Mr. Peterson (by William)

I will always remember Mr. Peterson when I go on to 5^th grade and when I grow up.  Mr. Peterson is the nicest 4^th grade teacher ever!  He will be retiring when I finish 5^th grade and for sure, I will be missing him.

He is an old fashioned gentleman with bluish eyes.  Not to be offensive, his stomach is a bit big J  He talks calmly, but when we get too naughty, he may shout at us with his loud and musician like voice.  He is a musician with the Big Tweed Band (http://www.bigtweed.com/p/about-band.html), famous for singing folk and country songs. 

Big Tweed Band - Mr. Peterson is the second from left

I like Mr. Peterson because he shows movies and used to host parties for us.  The most important thing is that he teaches us skills such as decimals, electricity, and California history. 

Mr. Peterson also sizes problemos out.  One time, I told Mr. Peterson that some kids were teasing me about my crush on Kaylee.  Mr. Peterson said, “Those kids will be bothering you until the day you will die, so try to ignore them.”  I learned to have an open mind and to ignore kids who are bothering me. 

Mr. Peterson also picks out good books for read aloud.  For example, By The Great Horn Spoon tells the story about a boy, Jack and his butler, Praiseworthy.  They are two stowaways on the ship, Lady Wilma.  They didn’t purposely do it because Cut-Eye Higgins stole all their money to buy a ticket for himself.  The Lady Wilma tries to defeat another ship, The Sea Raven on a race to California for riches.  Along the way, the Lady Wilma runs into horrible, destructive weather around Cape Horn.  Despite that, the Lady Wilma pushes on to better weather right ahead of the Sea Raven.  The moral of the book is that even if the sky will be stormy some days, but if you hold on and wait, you will eventually open the door and look at the bright, sunny sky.    

Mr. Peterson used to be the principal of Garfield school, head of technology for the school district, and has always been a musician.  He loves and knows kids well since he has his own children and grandchildren. 

Now that you know about Mr. Peterson, don’t you think he is great?!