Last days

I am in the last days of my practicum experience. After being in the same classroom every day for seven weeks leaving is hard. I have become attached to the students and seeing them every day. I can't imagine what it will be like when I have been with the students for an entire year. It is hard since you are with them so much in the classroom. I only hope that I have left some impact or impression on the students. That is one of my goals as a teacher. I want the students to have learned some math, but I also want them to have learned about working together and getting along with each other. During this last week, It so wonderful to hear that the students are sad that I wil be leaving. Leaving also got me thinking about some fun and educational ways to wrap up the school year. I was able to find one website that gave ideas such as creating an autograph book of their classmates. I would love to have had a keepsake of my classmates from every year. That idea can be found at http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacherlastday.html. Generally, I am sad to say goodbye to my students. I also fonud a website of some ideas that middle school teachers threw out for the last day of school. That website is http://www.middleweb.com/MWLISTCONT/MSLlastdays.html. The last day should be something fun and memoable in my opinion. It should leave the year on a good note. I only hope by the time we get to the end of the year that I have made some kind of postiive impact on the lives of the students.