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Fe atured Te acher: Kate Rockstad, Grade 4, SG Reinertsen Elementar y, Moorhe ad, MN
V.I.P. Essays
From: Brady
My Mom has helped me with my homework and
problems when they need to be solved. She is very
pretty, tall, and has brown hair and brown eyes.
She always hugs us when we are sad or hurt. She
is very special to me and I love her so much.
Earlier this winter, a Forum columnist challenged readers to write a letter addressed to
people of importance in their lives. I challenged my students who have written the following V.I.P. essays. Their family members were treated to a special gift from the heart.
From: Shane
I love my Mom. My Mom takes care of me. She
loves me. My Mom gives to charity. She helps
out at the YWCA. She was also the coach for my
baseball team. My Mom is the best mom in the
world!
I love you Dad, because you always are there to
help me when I need you. I really like it when you
help me with my homework and play catch with
me. I love it when you play hockey with me at
practice and games. I like that you taught me to
skate when I was five. I love it when we watch
Sioux hockey together! I think I’m really lucky to
call you “Dad!”
I love my Dad very much. He likes rock music.
He also likes the Minnesota Vikings and hockey.
He has cooked food for me and taken me to my
hockey games. He is a very special person to me.
He is my only dad. I appreciate everything he does
for me!
My mom is very awesome. She is loving, caring,
careful, and nice. My mom has a nice smile and
a cute nose. She is funny, friendly, and generous.
My mom helps me with my homework and she
feeds my dog when I’m at school. I can’t ask for a
better mom because she helps me with so many
things and I think she’s the best mom ever.
From: Caden
My Dad is tall, he has green eyes and he’s tough.
My Dad is very important to me. One way my Dad
has helped me is by teaching me how to ride a
bike! I think my Dad is nice, cool and funny. I like
to play with my Dad and I think he is the best!! He
is a very special person in my life.
From: Maddie
You are the best Mom I could ever have in my life!
My Mom is a nice and loving person. My Mom
has really funny jokes! She can always make me
laugh! She helps me do my math homework. My
Mom helps me make lunch for my family. Yum!
My Mom helps my sister on her homework. She
is very special to me.
From: Sally
My Dad is my special person in my life. He is caring and kind. He helps me when my backpack is
too heavy for me to carry. He helps me when I am
stuck on a math problem. I am so lucky to call him
my Dad. I appreciate all he does for me. My Dad is
a very special person in my life.
From: Jasmyn
My Dad is loving because he gets everything I
need. My Dad is also caring because he takes
care of me, but most of all funny because he says
funny jokes. My Dad takes care of me when I am
sick, but most of all he helps me with my homework. My Dad is the best dad EVER. I’m glad I can
call him Dad!
My Dad is a very special person. Thank you Dad
for taking care of me. My Dad means a lot to me.
My Dad is friendly. My Dad is very helpful. My Dad
has helped me do my homework, cooks for me,
and plays baseball with me. I love my nice Dad because he is always very helpful. I’m glad to call him
Dad. My Dad is the best Dad in the whole world.
From: Daniel
From: Kaeden
From: Hannah
From: Brock
From: Quentin
From: John
My Mom is a very special person. My Mom is
very beautiful. She is fun, friendly and funny. She
helps me with my homework and practice for
piano. I am glad I have a Mom. She is an important person in my life!
From: Cullen
My Dad is the most supportive person in the
world. My Dad likes hockey, football, baseball,
soccer, and coaching my sister and me in sports.
My Dad also helps me and my sister with hockey.
My Dad is funny and awesome and is the best
dad ever. I am so glad I get to call him Dad.
From: Nujen
My Dad is the best dad ever. He helps me do my
homework. He helps me a lot. I think my Dad
is the best. I love my Dad. He takes me and my
brother to Thunder Road. He takes us everywhere.
From: Kailee
My Mom is nice, friendly, and trustful. My Mom
checks my homework and takes care of me. My
Mom helps people too. She helps children by taking care of them when they are hurt. My Mom is
the best mom ever. When I grow up, I hope I can
be as nice as her.
From: Angie
A very special person is my Mom. She is funny, caring, friendly, loving, kind, and fun. My Mom helps
me on a lot of things like homework, driving me
to school, buying things like a phone, and taking
me shopping. I love my Mom because she helps
my sister with her broken bones. I love my Mom
because she is always there when I need her.
From: Alexander
Mom, you have always been there for me whenever I have needed you. My Mom is very funny!
Thank you for helping me with homework. I really
appreciate all of your help. Thanks for going to the
grocery store and getting food for us. You are a
very important person in my life.
From: Lauren
Dad, thank you for helping me in all sports that
I do. You are the best soccer coach! My Dad
is nice, sporty, and of course fun! My Dad has
helped me in soccer and made me a better player.
He always encourages me to keep going no matter what. My Dad is so nice and I am happy to call
him “Dad.” He is a very special person in my life.
From: Caitlin
I love my Mom. She is awesome! Also she is very
helpful. She took me to the hospital when I was
sick. She also helps me with school work. She is
nice, loving, smart, and awesome. I love my Mom
and she loves me. She is a V.I.P.
From: Marissa
Mom, you have encouraged me and are always
happy for me. You help others by encouraging
them to push on and to never give up! My Mom is
wonderful and I love her with all my heart. She is
super awesome and I always try not to upset her
even though I do sometimes, she forgives me!
From: Jiwan
My special person is my Mom. My Mom is fun,
loving , helpful, and a great person! My Mom does
a lot of things for me like when I’m sick, she takes
care of me and gives me money and she likes me
a lot. I’m lucky she’s my Mom.
Mom, you have been so nice to me. My Mom
is very nice and friendly! She helps me with my
homework. She has never missed one of my
sports games. She has helped other people with
“Pay It Forward.” She was even in the commercial for it. I am very glad she is my mom. She is so
nice to me.
From: Nathan
My Mom is pretty, nice and loving. My Mom and
Dad took me to the Twins game on my birthday. I
liked it a lot! The Twins even won! She is the best
Mom I ever had. My Dad is handsome. He is nice
and hard working. He helps me by helping me
with my homework and mathematics. My Dad is
the best dad I ever had.
From: R.J.
A very special person is my Mom. She is friendly
and kind in many ways. She is also very loving and
caring. My Mom helps me a lot with homework
like math, geography, science, word study, and
many other things. My Mom’s job is to help people
with disabilities. I’m just happy she’s my Mom.
From: Ethan
My Dad is a very special person. He’s fun, playful,
and nice. He is loving, nice, happy, and sometimes
tired. He helps me with my homework, football,
and soccer. He has helped my baseball team and
my friends and my sister with her soccer. He is
friendly, funny, and kind. If I didn’t have him, I
don’t know what I would do. He’s so fun to play
with! This is why my Dad is so special to me.
From: Claire
A very special person is my Mom. She is a very
nice mom. My Mom likes to play with me and
my brothers and sister. My Mom helps me by
assisting me with my homework and she gets me
books to read. My Mom and I like to go shopping
together, play games together, and drives me to
places. I am very proud that I can call my Mom,
“Mom!” She is the best Mom in the world!
Our ne xt fe atured te acher will be: Rebecca Olstad, Grade 1, Nati vit y Elementar y School, Fargo, ND