This week has been great! I am amazed at how attached I can feel to this class of fourth graders in such a short amount of time. I will be sorry to see my field experience end. There is one student in our class that just loves to read. Currently he is reading Harry Potter. He tries to be sneaky by setting the book under his desk while reading. He rarely says much, just hurries to do his work and then right on back to his reading. On Friday, Brooke and I did a jigsaw lesson on the Native Americans in our state. We divided our class into five groups and assigned each group a different tribe to report on.  We were so excited at how excited some of the students were and how seriously they took this assignment. One of the students that really surprised us was our student that loves to read. He wrote an informative talk and you could tell how proud he was of the results of his work. I think we heard his voice more during that presentation than the previous weeks we had been in the class. And he wasn't alone in his excitement. This was truly a rewarding lesson and the students were great. We had a sub that day and they just accepted Brooke and I as their teachers. Many of our students are already expressing their sorrow at seeing us leave. Brooke and I both taught lessons this week. I was happy with how my lesson went and as always Brook was wonderful! We decided we could be team teachers for life. I have come to admire and respect Brooke even more during our time together. She is an excellent teacher and has great instincts. My greatest joy is working with the students. I was doing read aloud with them and trying to read with good expression and some of them got the giggles and couldn't stop laughing. Oh well!  This school has been so wonderful to us. We have met so many people here who encourage us and make us feel good about ourselves. It will be hard to leave them.But  I miss all of you and will be happy to be with you again.