A Letter of Apology

There's a girl, Brenda, in my class who has been prone to steal things from me and other students as well as lie to me. There are several stories I could write about, and will some day, illustrating her thieving tendencies.

Here's one example. I have these reading card sets that the students use to practice their fluency.

Brenda took one of these home one day. Having several of them, I didn't notice it was even missing. After school several days later, Brenda and her mom came in. It looked like Brenda had been crying. After much coaxing from her mom, Brenda finally apologized for taking one of the sets of cards and returned it to me.

Several weeks later (and after I had found a few other things in her backpack that she was trying to take home), she wrote me this letter in class:



For any who are not used to first grade spelling and the letter s written backwards it says,

I will try my best to be kind to you and try my best to not take your stuff.



We'll see how long that lasts!