You know you've made it...

...when your students write poetry about you.

April is the poetry unit in our writing workshop. Here, presented exactly as she wrote it, is one third grader's ode to me:

Miss Brave
is nice
and her
scin is
vere whate.
Miss Brave
is funny
and kind
Miss Brave
is pretty
and she
vere sweet
and smrt
She is
not mena
to us
She is allwaze
nice to us
She nvere
seem
at us.
She is
so nice
to us
and
that
is
my
teacher
Miss Brave

Did you get all that? Here's a translation: "Miss Brave is nice and her skin is very white. Miss Brave is funny and kind. Miss Brave is pretty and she [is] very sweet and smart. She is always nice to us. She never screams at us. She is so nice to us and that is my teacher, Miss Brave."