Writing Letters & Reflecting

6/18/2017

Congratulations to each and every one of you as you begin to think about your summer and the completion of a very successful school year! End of year is always a time of reflection, to take stock of what you completed, what you were most proud of and what you still want to accomplish next year. With that thought in mind, I’m going to give a choice on a letter you can write. I will give you three choices on the letter that you can write:

A letter to your classmates this year -- thank them for specific events, a look back on great things that we’ve accomplished, showcasing positives from this year, or anything that talks about the incredible work we’ve done this year.
A letter to your future teacher -- this is a chance to talk about you as learner, what do they need to know about you, what are your learning quirks, you struggles, your goals, how can they help you learn. If you write this letter, I will help you print off a copy to bring with you on your first day of school so that your teacher can benefit from what you already know about yourself as a learner.

Henry

6/18/2017 10:42:42 am

Dear Mr. Steltman
Thank for teaching me whole year, you give so much. You are the best teacher I ever seen, everyone said you are the best teacher in the school, I feel so lucky you be teaching us. Thank you so much.
Your student
Henry

Brian

6/19/2017 12:50:46 pm

So for my blog post I am also writing a letter for Mr. Steltman (Like Henry)
1. (Letter to some classmates)
Thank you to the robot crew that worked on Vaq. I had such a good time sitting down and coding with you guys, even though most of you stopped half way through the year, I still want to thank you for working with me and coding the challenges we went through. I also thank you for the times were the team was stumped and someone solved the issue. I had such a great time with the crew and the rest of the class, thanks humans.
2. (Letter to my future teacher)
Well first up. Hi teacher, how ya doing. Well to the letter.
Dear Teacher,
I hope to move on to grade seven and have a good teacher, I know anyone can fil that role, but only some can do it well. I think one of those teachers is you. You will be a good teacher and teach us many things, and you will make a good year. I really don't know what to say now.
Bye
3. Grade 6 has been my favorite year so far, yes partly because of the activities. But also because of the teacher. Mr. Steltman has given us opportunities to mold our selves into smart and cool people, and all of us have succeeded. I want to that you for being a good teacher and giving us the best year ever and making the whole year fun, instead of just one day. You have gave me a really good year and one that I will remember forever.

*Grammar Police

6/19/2017 08:28:16 pm

TICKET:::::::: 2 missing commas
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Hudson

6/19/2017 04:56:59 pm

Dear Future Teacher

I'm looking forward to next year. I have had some great teachers so I have high expectations. I'm sure next year will be amazing. I normally have plans to help me succeed in work and learning. I am organized I plan and organize my work but sometimes my desk might be messy. I put strict rules on myself when it comes to goals. My goal for the year is to become a great writer. When I say writer I mean make my writing have more depth and feeling and I want my hand writing to be better. I hope are year will be awesome. See You In The Fall!!!!!!

From
Hudson

*Grammar Police

6/19/2017 08:31:56 pm

TICKET::::: 6 missing commas
TICKET::::: 2 grammatically incorrect word choices
TICKET:::: 2 misspelled words
TICKET:::: 1 case of random capitalization

Kate

6/19/2017 08:44:34 pm

Dear 6-2,
I don't think you all know how much you've done for me this year. I always say I love this class, and that will always be true. We are such a unique and smart group of kids, each and every one of us. Our talent comes in many different forms, and for the first time in a long time, I can be myself more than ever. In honour of this amazing year and experience, I wrote a short story. I promise, it really is short.
The sun streamed through the streaked windows, the exact same way it did on my first day here. It was like nothing had changed at all. Students were hard at work, and the click-clack of fingers on keys matched the sound of the rain that came down mere days before. But everything had changed. I wore my heart on my sleeve, knowing the people around me would not shame me for it. I was myself. I looked up from my computer to look at the remnants of my year. Robots were broken down and placed in stacked crates. Charts were disappearing from the walls. It was all so very bittersweet, knowing that it would never be like this again. But the past will always stay with me, and in my final moments of this year, I won't cry at the uncertainty of the future, I'll grin, remembering the countless smiles this class has brought to my face, and the support you will continue to give, even as we're seperated. I love you all more than you could know. (No, not like that Rumaysa.)

Kate (Edits)

6/19/2017 08:47:20 pm

I know, I know. I used a comma instead of a period. Deal with it! ;)

Rumaysa

6/22/2017 06:48:31 pm

HEY! I did NOT think that way! 💩

Felicity

6/20/2017 01:28:28 pm

Dear Class 6-2,

Guys I am not going to lie. You guys have given me so many laughs this year which make for some of the best memories, like when we all get so competitive in gym class on which team will win an which will lose. #KnightsAllTheWay, but I noticed something this year. I noticed that even though we all seem like very loud and hard to handle students, we all share one thing in common we share how we are still just young kids learning, some kinds already have their future while others are still figuring out what they wanna be. And most importantly. We are all doing our best to be ourselves. This class let me be myself I wasn't judged once NOT ONCE! (That is a record for me since I have a really crazy soul). Everyone in this class has a soul, heart, and brain of our own that is what makes everyone so special! And I know a lot of people don't see that side of them yet but hey we are only the ages 11 and 12. Thank you so MUCH class 6-2 for everything you guys have done for me you guys will always be remembered.

Your friend Felicity

P.S This is my favorite class BY FAR!!

Nathan

6/20/2017 01:44:59 pm

GO KNIGHTS!!!! #KnightsAllTheWay

Evan

6/21/2017 01:56:23 pm

GO COLTS GO #ColtsAllTheWay
but #KnightsAllTheWay

Nathan

6/20/2017 01:43:43 pm

Dear Teacher,

I am Nathan! I am a normal arguably human being who has a very strict work ethic and will stand for everything that I think I need to. I think A LOT and its probably too much to be healthy and I value trust a lot. I don't easily communicate my thoughts and feelings with anyone but a very small group of people but I still value trust from everyone else because I feel as if I want them to understand what I want, so to put it better, I want people to trust me I the same way I trust them. I really hate when people try to figure me out if I don't communicate to them as much as I do others, it makes me feel as if they don't accept me in the sense that I don't want to tell them stuff about me. I often feel neglected when someone talks about why I cant do something because I'm a kid, I feel as if it takes the human part out of me and replaces it with a number that kills what I wanted in the first place, its not like we aren't human just because we are younger than people, so why does everyone have to "make sure we aren't getting into trouble" I just don't get that. I often find school extremely easy and that makes me rush my work. Lastly, this year I want to not improve academically, but as a person, as there are people that I don't get along with, there ae some hat I'm not sure how I got lucky enough to be their friend, so I want to live up to how they are as people.

Sincerely, Nathan, The Normal "Human" Boy

Qasim link

6/20/2017 02:49:48 pm

Dear 6-2,
THANK YOU so much for welcoming me in to your classroom, even though I haven't spent a lot of time with you guys, there were a lot of fun moments. One of them being the Brock University trip, even though it did not seem long, it was fun playing lots of team games. Another fun thing was the Inanimate Alice project, it was so cool reading all the story's and finding out what happens to Alice in the end. Lastly I have to thank Mr. Steltman for being the awesome teacher of 6-2. In my opinion this is a class I am going to always remember.

Sincerely
Qasim

Emran

6/21/2017 04:23:54 pm

Dear 6-2,
This year has been amazing and I have learned so much, like in math we learned about bedmas to... to whatever. OK, stuff that my parents cant do. We earned so much in coding that most 8th graders probably can't do. My favourite memories of this grade are... the Alice story, PAX, and to Qasim, Roy and Andrew, it was like the absolutely true diary, and the Holes project. I have to go but i'll try and finish.
Emran/ Bob posested.
P.S My phones being weird today

Ava

6/22/2017 12:24:38 pm

Dear 6-2,
This year has been so amazing! I have learned so much, and I'm so thankful for you people because you have pretty much been always there for me when I'm stuck or need help solving a problem. We have just done so many fun things in this class, and this has been my favourite class, I just had so much fun working with you people. And I will always remember this class and who we are, I have so many favourite projects this year I can't even count them all, But I've just enjoyed every second I've had in this class. It has been so amazing, and I thank you all for that.
Sincerely,
Ava

Daniel

6/22/2017 01:22:52 pm

Dear 6-2

This year has been a successful and amazing year. I have reached to my goals, but I will still push myself further to be even more successful. One of my favorite projects was the hot air balloon project. It is an interesting project, where we got to make them out of bags. It is technically like a hot air balloon, but we used a hair dryer instead. Building the robot was fun. Through, I helped the crew building the robot. These were one of my favorite things we did throughout this school year. I would also want to thank everyone for being part of class 6-2!

Megan

6/22/2017 01:37:17 pm

Dear 6-2,

This year has been a year to remember and that is because of the great people that helped me through it all. There is so much to be said every little thing helped me get through the year. I have learned about math and science from my teacher mr. steltman and learned about life from my peers. I am thankful that this year went the way it did. I love every thing about this year although it could have gone better. I gess the things that I regret this year will help my next year. I know there will never be a year that goes the way I want it to and that even though I wanted it to go differently I wouldn't change I thing. I hope that I can make more memories like these ones in grade 7.

Haya ?

6/22/2017 02:43:23 pm

Dear 6-2

This year was really fun I made new friends that i won't forget and also for supporting in bad time i really want to thank MR.steltman for helping me i learned about really interesting things and ways to solve problems and i learned how to code (which I was really bad at ) there were some memories that were really funny that I will NEVER FORGET I really enjoyed every moment in this wired classroom ( we all agree that are classroom is wired right .....) I enjoyed the filed trips . This class if my favorite no matter What

Thank you classmates

Grammer Police

6/22/2017 05:46:18 pm

TICKET;;;;;;;;;;;; Please put capitals in the right places (for I's,)
TICKET;;;;;;;;;;;; Two misspelled words wired - weird, filed - field

yara

6/22/2017 02:54:30 pm

DEAR 6-2
This year was so much fun all of you made my year so much fun and i wanted to thank you for making this year so much fun.This year was the best school year in Canada.i want to thank all the people that helped me when i needed help.I want to thank Mr.steltman for teaching me and helping me through this year it was very fun learning with this class. Im going to miss each on of you im never gonna forget all the memories that we all had together

Roy

6/22/2017 03:12:39 pm

Dear 6-2,

This year has been amazing thanks to all of you. Thank you for making this a great year for me. You were all so welcoming when I first came to this school in December. I had lots of great memories and one of my favorite moment was when we wen't to Brock University because it was really fun doing all those activities there

Josh

6/22/2017 04:10:22 pm

It has been an awesome year for us all just to all be together. Please excuse it, I am trying to be the least amount of cheesy I can. We have had so many fun projects and games to work on, and get us all to know each other. Going to Brock university, and climbing high on wires was amazing. It has been an awesome year, and I hope for many more years to come. èaèaèaèèèaèèa

Future Teacher;

I am a fool. Especially when the chemical reaction is caused. Hope to see you next year. Bye....

Grammar Police

6/22/2017 06:03:51 pm

TICKET;;;;;;;;;;;;What's up with all the e and a's?

Evan

6/22/2017 04:18:08 pm

Dear My grade 7 Teacher

Hello my name is Evan her are a couple of thing you should about me.

One of the things is my personality I am kind and never give up. Also I am caring and responsible and very bubbly.

Another thing is that I have a writing disability. I use technology to help me but I can still write on paper.

I love school I make friends really easily so if you put me beside someone I don’t know I will make friends with them.

I am an experienced worker because a keep on trying if it is a hard math question

I sometimes need extra help in math and writing

From your Student Evan

andrew

6/22/2017 04:27:25 pm

My next year teacher,
I am Andrew and I like to read and do math.
My favorite part of math is division.
The thing that I am terrible at is writing since I have terrible handwriting.

From your future student, Andrew

Jacqueline

6/22/2017 04:44:04 pm

Dear class 6-2,
Wow, what a year! We had a lot of fun and exciting projects. We started to develop skills needed for the sixth grade. We also made many new friends along the way too. We has brought so much joy and happiness to our classroom. This school year in very positive and rewarding ways. I just want to say thank you to all of you, I’ll miss you guys!

Sincerely,
Jacqueline

Ameer

6/22/2017 05:43:35 pm

Dear 6-2(my baller friends)

Thank you Mr.Steltman and all my fellow students this year has been so much fun. Thank you to all my class mates you made this year twenty times better. Theres been so many great times like going to think research my group was great they were fun people to be with and very helpful, and when we play ultimate frisbee it was so much fun and that was because of my awesome classmates. There was so many fun projects like the water bottle math, are novel projects, and the doritto project these were so fun Overal this year has been one of the best years in my life thank you again to my class my friends and of course Mr.Steltman who made this the FUNNEST YEAR EVER!

Lin Xin

6/22/2017 06:00:17 pm

Dear 6-2,
Thank you for being such a great class this year. I had a lot of fun with you guys this year. We have done a lot of great projects and activities like the Roulette Doritos activity together. It was a lot of fun. Thank you for doing a lot of amazing work this year. It was amazing. Thank you for making this year one of the best.

Tomas

6/22/2017 06:20:22 pm

Dear class 6-2

I have experienced so many amazing projects and moments with you all, like the pax project(thank you ramose(OMG IM LITERALLY DYING RIGHT KNOW HAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHHA) for voicing Vola in Evan and my project.
the Doritos roulette challenge and the book project.
Thank you all so much for all the fun I have had this year.
Thank you Mr.Steltman for being such an amazing teacher.

From:Tomas

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BYE!

Rumaysa

6/22/2017 06:55:11 pm

HELLO 6-2!

This has honestly, hands down been the best year of school I've ever had! My favorite thing was probably all the coding, and ultimate frisbee, but there is so much more!

Dear future teacher,

Hello! I'm Rumaysa! I'm very energetic (good luck) and I will probably be the strangest person you will ever teach. Including anyone else from 6-2.
Likes:coding, memes, art
Dislikes: over the top girly stuff, PINK, most socialization
See you next/this year!
Rumaysa.

Dear Mr.Steltman

Thanks for possibly the best year I have ever had at school! I had so much fun in this class this year, and I believe that we resemble a problematic bunch of very distantly related human(?) beings(beings, human or not) p! We had so much fun as a whole class, and we hope to see you next year!

Connor

6/22/2017 08:21:04 pm

Thank you classmates for making this year a great year with you, it has been fun and exciting especially the Russian Roulette Doritos challenge Roulette Russian thingy thank you classmates for making this year fun and exiting and looking foreword to. I also have been looking foreword for next year t meet you guys. Thanks for this great year

CONNOR

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