My sweet goodbye letters I received from my 2nd Graders. It has been an absolutely crazy last 2 months, but I have been having the BEST time. While UCI has been getting intense (the edTPA.. help..), I started my new Student Teacher placement in a 5th grade class in IUSD (Irvine Unified School District) and have fallen in love with teaching 5th grade. It was tough saying goodbye to my 2nd graders, and I wish I was able to spend more time with them. While it was extremely challenging at times, I learned so much from those students, and how to be a better teacher. It was so fun spending the time before Winter Break with them, and getting to experience the week before break as a teacher, instead of a student. The excitement that surrounded Winter Break was contagious and the students were all so excited to talk about what they had planned for Winter Break. My last day was bittersweet, and I was given a huge envelope of student letters, each note capturing the student's personality ...