Dear Teacher,
Today’s “Greatest Hits” are messages that I have enjoyed creating for us. I say us, because sometimes I go back and look at them/read them for encouragement and inspiration, too. I started making the picture notes as a way to send a second message at the end of each day near the end of the school year. I know now that I can’t sustain two posts a day, so the picture messages are weaved into the daily messages.
What has been so much fun is finding new ways to make them. The phrase “There’s an app for that” has never been truer for something! I have found online and tablet apps that let me make fun picture messages to brighten our day or to encourage us.
Because I have started to write a little message along with the picture notes, I have decided to break the “best of” into two lists. Picture notes with no extra message and picture notes with extra messages. Check out as many as you have time for and enjoy!
Just a Picture Message
- An Apple for You Because You Are Awesome! (the first picture message)
- A Quick Note at the End of the Day (first hand-written note)
- Week’s End Note (this was the first “outside of the box” hand written note…really fun to make…gave the post-its to a teacher at my school and she still has it!)
- Day’s End Encouragement (the Playdoh note…the picture at the top of the post…really fun to make…my son helped me!)
- The Empty Cup (one of the most popular picture notes, and my favorite)
- Downhill From Here (really fun to make, too)
- Day’s End Encouragement Note (another of my favorites, I put this picture on the post yesterday)
- Desktop Time Machine (another of my favorites)
- One of the many reasons you are AWESOME… (fun to make)
- Encouragement for the tough days… (I like this one!)
- Day’s End Poem (a poem for you)
- Friday Freedom…Go home, Teacher! (another fun one to make and one of my favorites)
- The Writing’s on the Board (yep, this was fun to make, too)
- Scraps of Teacher Love (popular one and I loved making this one)
- The Thank You Note You May Never Get (this is one of the most popular posts, in the top three)
- How Are You Awesome? Let Me Count The Ways… (the last one in my classroom for the year)
- A Personal Note to You, Teacher (a letter I wrote to you)
- Always a Brighter Tomorrow (after my hiatus)
- Wake of Awesome (this is probably in my top five…I have linked to it in posts a lot)
- Teacher Superpowers – Super Vision (I really loved making this one!)
- As You Face a New Week, Remember… (using a popular internet meme)
- Yeeeaaah Buoy! (another one in my top five)
- Teach with Ferocity (lesson from a lion)
- The Sky is Not Your Limit (the most recent without an extra message)
Picture Note with Extra Message
- New Day/New Week (the first picture note with an extra message)
- Big Like New York (New York as a metaphor)
- Teacher Superpower – Differentiation Control (pancakes and differentiation)
- Apple Influence (Apples and your Influence)
- Creativity and Cap’n Hook (lessons from Captain Hook)
Which ones are your favorites? Why? Why don’t you go share some of the links? 🙂
You are awesome! I hope you are having a great week! You are making a difference! Keep being awesome and keep on teaching, Teacher!
Love, Teacher
Repeat PS from Monday and yesterday…I have an idea. I want to compile stories about teachers who have made a difference in peoples’ lives. It can be a story or a “Dear Teacher ___________” thank you letter. I want to share them on here and maybe in a couple of other ways (possibly a book). If you are interested, email dearteacher@outlook.com and put “Teacher Story” or “Teacher Thank You Letter” in the subject. Thanks. I am excited about this project! (I will post more details about this soon, but please send your story/letter if you can!)
Dear Teacher/Love Teacher 