Have you ever heard someone say, “in like a lion, out like a lamb”? They are talking about the month of March. It is said that if the weather is bad at the beginning of the month (in like a lion), then the month will end like a lamb, and the weather will be nice. Today, the first day of March, came in like a lamb and followed me to school.
Our school day started with Reading. Yeah! We read the story “Seabiscuit” from the leveled reader. This story is about a small scrawny horse that becomes a famous race horse. I love horses, and that was such an inspirational story to start off the day. Next we were assigned a GO. G-O stands for ‘graphic organizer’, but to me it means literally “GO!”, as in come on, you can do it, go, go, go! We G-O-ed all the way to language arts. In language arts, Mrs. Dux read our stories from the assignment ‘Nothing ever happens in…’ Of course, that is nothing like our days at school, because they are always filled with excitement and fun, like going to science class.
If you have ever played with a slinky toy, you know how fun they can be, and we were going to use them for an experiment. How much better could this day get? In our experiment, we tied a cup to one end of the slinky, used it like a scale, and measured the weight of washers. The farther the slinky stretched, the heavier the washers we were weighing. Now I know that slinkys aren’t just good for going down stairs! So after all that FUN, we stretched ourselves all the way to spelling.
Usually spelling is at the end of the day, but we had to change up our schedule so that we could watch the 3rd graders perform their spectacular program. After all, a little change can be awesome in life. Spelling started out very typical. I thought it was going to be the same old - do a workbook page and we’ll check it tomorrow - day, but no! Wait for it! Mrs. McAllister handed out a piece of paper with our spelling words on it. It was the most lovely shade of white with black letters all over it. I couldn’t believe my luck. We have a spelling test coming up. That just might be the next ‘best day ever’!
We were so happy that we all skipped from spelling to social studies singing “We’re going to have a spelling test! Yes, yes, yes!” With grumbling stomachs, we quickly reviewed our study guide for tomorrow’s test. I know what you’re thinking, “Another test? How can this day get any better?” Try the delicioso lunch that is served every day. The smells of cheesy chicken quesadillas were calling our names.
During lunch recess, everyone stomped around on the blacktop enjoying the last of the fast-melting snow. With such a perfect sunny day, it wasn’t going to last long.
After recess, we came inside to listen to Mrs. Dux read some more our favorite book “Hunger Games”. We are reading a part that is very exciting, and everyone was sitting of the edges of their seats biting their fingernails. We had to snap out of our wonder at the story in order to go to music class.
I’m so glad we’re still practicing for our music program, “Top 40”. These are the best songs I’ve ever heard, and I wish we could sing these same songs all the way through high school. Then we sang and danced all the way to PE class.
In PE, we didn’t even run at all. Darn! But we got to do another GO about food groups. Go veggies! Go milk group! Go MEAT!
When we came back to our room from PE, Mrs. Dux handed out a paper and said, “Here is your math test!” We all cheered vigorously. I’m telling you, this day should get an award.
“How can this be topped?” You ask. Well try getting to walk all the way to the high school through slush and mud to finally see the 3rd graders perform. “Bravo! Bravo! Magnifico!” we cheered. We clapped so loudly the whole auditorium nearly shattered to pieces and fell right on us. But we wouldn’t have cared, because this day was really turning out great.
As soon as we got back, Mr. Luebbe wanted us right away in the band room. Because the 3rd grade program ran a little long, we didn’t have any lessons. We just got to make beautiful music together.
When I got out of band, I saw my class was already leaving. Could this wonderful day be over already?
As you can see, the sun shined down on the best day of sixth grade ever! I know that I should be worried about March ending like a lion. I don’t care though, because I’m going to enjoy every day until then and know that they’ll all have something wonderful to report about.
