A Future Teacher?

Some of my students are natural born teachers.  They seem to know just what to say to make another student feel better in one-on-one situations.  They know how to almost naturally teach their friends in school, and they have lots of empathy for those who struggle.  I had a student last year who fit into that category.

Although she is now in second grade, she still swings through my class every morning just to connect and maybe pick up some more teaching tricks in case she truly does become a teacher some day.  She also likes to practice teaching to my current class.  A few days ago she dropped off a note that she wanted my students to edit.  Here is the note.

It says, "Find all my misstakes

             and have fun!   Avery.

           dear ms henrickson

              you Are th Best

              clas Ever

                       fondly

                       avery

           (Hope I didn't

             mess your plans.)"

So, of course I projected her note on the screen with the document camera.  I made a copy of her note for every student in the class and they had to correct it to:

"Dear Mrs. Henrikson's class,

  You are the best class ever.

                          Fondly,

                          Avery 

My class was just determined to get it right.  They took bright colored markers and fixed all of the "misstakes" that they could find!  My ex-student got a chance to teach, and my current class got a chance to learn from a skilled second grader.  It was a great lesson!