Birthday Poem

Today the parents of my students were so kind as to plan a morning of activities, culminating with a party, in celebration of my birthday. That gave me less planning for the week, and some sweet time with the students before our week-long midterm break.

At the end of the day a few of the girls wrote me this poem, which I must share. It says: "You are nice and kind, Dear Mrs. Deal. Even an animal would like you. Example: a seal." (I added in the punctuation they used in oral delivery... looks like a writing objective for after the break!)