Moving on to 2nd grade!

Mrs. Johnson

P.O. Box 8854

Big Timber, MT 59011

Max DeMars

P.O. Box 1257

Big Timber, MT 59011

May 20, 2001

Dear Max,

I am Linda Johnson, Lindi’s first grade teacher. At the end of each school year I write a letter to inform parents about their child’s behavior and learning capabilities coming out of the first grade.

I am happy to inform you that Lindi is a fantastic student! She completes each spelling test with a 100% almost every time. She happened to get annoyed with a boy named Brody, which is the reason she moved desks. Lindi gets excited to learn new things. She does an awesome job weighing things out on the scale. Heather, a former 8^th grade student, comes down to work with Lindi twice a week. This allows our first graders to have a “big” buddy in the 8^th grade. Throughout these past few months each child moving on to the 2^nd grade knows their shapes, colors, memorization, addition, subtraction, and how to count to ten in Espanol.

As Lindi’s first grade teacher, I approve of her learning capabilities and I am confident to move her on to Mr. Dykstra’s second grade class next fall. She has been such a joy to see everyday. You should be proud!

Have a great summer,

Mrs. J 

  

Mrs. Johnson





**This letter was written from the perspective of my first grade teacher. Keeping parents informed on their child’s progress in school is important. It was fun to think back on the basic things that I learned in the first grade. This will fall perfectly into the beginning of my Multi Genre Project. I was in first grade in the year of 2000/2001 so that is where this piece will be placed, in the 18 year timeline of my life!

Dear Diary,

3-15-12

3:00 p.m

7^th Period

Dear Diary,

The past few days we have been watching an interesting movie called Baraka. My creative writing teacher, Miss Perkins, thought it was a good idea for my class to visually see the fragmented piece of work as we begin to work on our multi genre projects. Based on my classmate’s expressions we all thought it was an odd movie to watch in a English class! The different pictures and sounds made many thoughts spin around in my mind. It gave me a sense of anger, sadness, beauty and hope for change. This video really made me want to go out help people in third world countries, which is something I’ve always wanted to throughout my seventeen years of life. Baraka has helped me realize that the people around me and my self live in a very large, large world. Everyone is different, practices different cultures and struggles throughout life. It made me think of how fortunate I am. Many people in the movie seemed to find happiness but in a much different way then I do, which is totally okay! Baraka gives viewers a glimpse of all aspects around the globe. It reminds us of beauty through enormous water falls, beating of the drums, and dancing, but doesn’t let us forget of the tragic things life throws at us. I pray that one day, with my help, our world can be full of pure beauty, happiness, and health. I believe anyone can make a difference!

Dearest, Lindi