Coming Home

I know the lyrics to this song do not describe my situation, but I think the title is quite fitting because I am coming home after almost a year!  This song brings back some great memories with some great family and friends.  I am very excited to be flying back to Michigan on the 14th.  This probably means another grand blogging hiatus...

I will probably post this song again in another three months when I've had enough of home and will be ready to get back to my home in Doha! :)  

So that was my first year as a teacher...

It still hasn't quite hit me yet that school is finished...

However, I must say with all the ups and downs, it was a successful and great first year teaching.  I had some amazing students that I will be very happy to see again in September.  Nevertheless, in the mean time, I hope to enjoy a wonderful summer at home in Michigan with my friends and family! 

I am so grateful to so many people for helping me throughout this school year.  I have learned so much, not only from other teachers, but my students as well.  I know that I will only keep learning from them as time goes on...

The last few days of school we had some fun in class while having a few treats and watching a movie.  I was lucky enough to remember to get some great pictures of most of my classes...

A fantastic 5th grade class.  I will miss them next year!  Best of luck in middle school!

An awesome class of 2nd graders! 

We of course had to take one "serious" picture and one "silly" picture.  It was so hard to chose which ones to post.  So here are some "silly" 3rd graders!

Here is a great "silly" group of 1st graders!

I really enjoyed this group of 4th graders.

I could only post the "silly" picture for this group of 4th graders because that is how we passed most of our time... :)

My other class of 2nd graders.  It was amazing to see how much they grew throughout the year.

My other group of 3rd graders! 

My last group of 1st graders.

This guy is destined to be on the big screen some day...

Enjoying the last day of school with my great 5th graders!

What a wonderful group of girls!  I will miss them! 

More last day of school pictures with some of my 5th graders!

I will miss this one!  What a great student! 

This was the creation of the three girls in the picture above...

They covered the entirety of one of my white boards...

With a wonderful summer scene...

Culture Fair

The third graders here at ASD had a very busy third trimester.  They started a unit all about culture and spent the majority of their time studying about the cultures of different countries in order to prepare for the Annual Culture Fair.  The third graders had their Culture Fair about two weeks ago and it was fantastic!  It was great to be able to walk through the third grade hallway (which is where my classroom is) and listen to the students talk all about their countries and their cultures!  The hallway was divided up according to the different continents.  Here is a quick peak at the third grade Culture Fair for 2011!

One of my students talking all about Peru!

Some more of my students talking all about Colombia, I think.

Check out that guy!

Japan!

Of course the Canadian table was a bit out of control...

Three of my students at their Greece table.

Each student had to create a culture box about their country.  Here is one that a student of mine made for Poland!

Here is  another culture box that another student of mine made about Germany!