I got out of the truck and heard the laughs of my friends playing around and telling stories of the past day. As I slowly walked to the track, I looked for my friends. When they had seen me, they rushed up to me to talk. They wondered where I had been for so long (I was sick for two days). As the bitter chill of the morning November day rushed up and down my legs, I walked and talked and was glad to be with friends! Ding! Well, that meant it was time to go inside.
When I got inside, I made sure I had all my homework from the past two days (I did). Then it was time to do lunch count; today’s lunch was country fried steak. When she called out my name to choose what I wanted for lunch, I hesitated to answer because I didn’t know what it was, so I told her to come back to me while I looked. I ended up choosing turkey sandwich pack because I don’t like steak. Next, Mrs. McAllister said “flag” which means to do the flag salute. Every one jumped up from their chairs and put their right hand over their heart. Then it began,
“I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”.
Then, it was time for reading.
In reading, Mrs. Dux gave us partners to read “The Great Serum Race”. The story is about people in Nome, AK getting diphtheria so the doctor sent a plea for medication. Medication then was on its way, but the train couldn’t go all the way to Nome, so dog sled teams would have a relay to carry the serum to Nome. The serum gets there safely and is given to the people in need, and the people of Nome are saved thanks to the dog sled teams. After we read the story, we had to fill out an event worksheet on the story. Then, we had to do the comprehension check. Whoa, Time flies when you’re in reading. It was time for language arts!
In language arts we checked lesson 39. I still have to do it because I was gone. Then, it was time for social studies! What did I tell you? Time does fly!
In social studies we watched a video on Ancient Egypt! The video talked about mummies and pyramids. It showed us pictures of the mummies. It told us about the pyramid and the heavy stone blocks the Egyptians had used. Afterwards, it was time to go to spelling.
Barter, anaerobic those are just some of the words we used in spelling for L to J. After we wrote down the words for the definitions, we checked them. (I got 5 right.) Spelling went by faster than a herd of horses being chased by a mountain lion. Time for lunch!
At lunch I sat and talked to some of my friends until the teacher said it was time for recess! During recess I played on the monkey bars and the swings. Wow! We need a longer recess! That went by faster than light! Now, it was time for Mrs. McAllister to read to us.
When we got inside, instead of having her read, we played sparkle! I won one game! I like playing sparkle, but we had to have math.
First, we checked our paper. Then, we had a multiplication test. (I’m not very good at that.) After that, we had a math test! It was over the things we have studied the past few weeks. Next, it was time for music!
Music went by like a flash of lightning. (It usually does when you use the keyboards!) We practiced playing a song when all of a sudden, it was time for P.E.!
P.E. was amusing. We played Shark. When you play Shark, you sit on the floor with your legs under the parachute, and then the shark comes and tries to bring you under the parachute. If the shark does, then you will become a shark to! A lifeguard can come and save you. It was finally time to go to science!
We had Dr. Dave for science. He told us about earthquakes and how tectonic plates shift, and that is how we have earth quakes! The project we did was delicious. We took gram crackers and peanut butter and made houses to withstand an earthquake. The fun part was eating the house! Science went by like the speed of sound, and then it was time for study hall or band (if you are in band).
I’m in band, so as soon as I got into the classroom, I grabbed my flute and book then headed off to band. We had full band today, so it got a little noisy! We practiced and practiced until band was over, and then it was time to go home!
Everyone rushed into the classroom to grab their backpacks and homework to go home. The whole 6th grade rushed out like a lion chasing prey! Everyone was glad to be out, but pondered what wonder the next day would bring!
