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Celebrating Amazing Students

Join us here to celebrate!

 I am grateful for my students.

 I am grateful for their great big hearts!
I am grateful for their empathy!
I am grateful for their kindness!

I am grateful for their joy & humor!



 I am grateful for their reflection!
I get to spend my days with these students. Guiding them. Watching them. Nudging them...and then getting out of their way as they take on the world!

 I am grateful for my students! Today I celebrate each one of them!
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  1. KendraNovember 15, 2014 at 11:07 AM

    Thank you for sharing these blog posts! They are to celebrate! May I share them with my first graders? I am just stepping into the blogging world and love sharing examples with them. :)

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    1. Michelle HaseltineNovember 15, 2014 at 11:14 AM

      Thank you so much!! :) Yes, please share them!!! You can find our class blogs on the blogroll at my class blog: mshaseltine.edublogs.org

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  2. JulieanneNovember 15, 2014 at 11:36 AM

    My students LOVE your student blog and you. They are always telling me about what Miss Haseltine has on her blog! So grateful for the link up with you guys as a model. It's like having another teacher in the room.

    And by the way, I'll be at NCTE..YAY! See you there??

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  3. Linda BNovember 15, 2014 at 12:47 PM

    Perhaps someday our classes can touch each other, Michelle. I don't think it will happen until the new year, but I'm hoping. I love each part that you shared. What kind and enthusiastic student writers you have! (They must have a good teacher!) Thanks for taking the time to share all of this.

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  4. Terje November 15, 2014 at 2:05 PM

    Your choice is great - this kind of student writing makes everyone smile. I hope you will let them know that I read their words in Estonia and wished them many more wonderful ideas and words for future writing.

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  5. Carrie GelsonNovember 15, 2014 at 5:32 PM

    Writers indeed. Wonderful.

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  6. Margaret SimonNovember 16, 2014 at 3:16 PM

    Don't you just love it when your kids jump on and write like this? I'm not sure where the research is to back this up, but I would bet that kids who blog move farther faster because they are writing what they want to write. Michelle, if the research isn't out there, we should do it!

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  7. Carol VarsalonaNovember 17, 2014 at 8:41 AM

    Glad you are in a grateful mood, Michelle. I am grateful that we met up and will get to be F2F friends this week at NCTE. I just got invited to the Wonderopolis breakfast with Chris Lehman on Saturday morning. Perhaps, you can ask for an invitation and we can enjoy breakfast together.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 21, 2014 at 11:48 PM

    I was impressed to see their different blogs. Times have sure changed since I was a student!

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