End of Another Semester

Friday, we finished our first semester and started our second today. We have had these kids for 6 months now, so we know them really well and they are adjusted to our classroom (at least I hope they are!). Because of this, it's difficult to let them go and get new students already. I feel like 6 months is such a short time to be with a class, but I know my month and a half with these next ones will be even shorter. It will definitely be difficult bonding and setting a routine with them and then have to leave them so soon, in the hands of the next teacher. But, I guess this is a regular part of teaching, just shorter than normal.
Anyways, our last week of school was pretty easy, but busy. On Thursday, we had a speech contest in the library with our class winners. On Friday, we had a spelling bee with our top spellers in the school. These are fun days, so I wanted to share a bit with you.

My kids had a scavenger hunt as a reward after their speech contest.

Jon's GT1 class; they were great!

Dean being toppled by some kids that absolutely love him.

My very special student, Rina, was a winner!

Some more winners. The boy, Alex, is one of the cutest boys I have ever seen.
His voice makes it all the better!

Here's proof of Alex's cute voice. You probably can't see it on the video,
but he takes so long to take a breath that his neck and veins start to bulge
and then he has to pause and gasp for a breathe. Did I mention he's
the cutest little thing?

Another very special student, Angela. Her speech is about teaching being
her hobby and how she is glad she likes teachers like me!

Simon is a favorite of both Jonathon and I. I am glad to have him a
second time starting this next semester.

This is Lisa, a very fun and expressive student, as you can see.

Ryan is one of my best students, who leveled up to the Magnet school;
Magnet is for the very advanced students. I will miss him and his quirky
attitude. This is only 1 of 3 videos of his goodbye speech. My favorite line is, "Some
people may think I am self-esteeming right now." I obviously didn't get to
proofread this one since he wrote it the night before...