My First Day in Third Grade

By: Megan

"Megan, wake up, wake up! It's time to get ready for school."

I heard mom calling me but I pulled the covers over my head. I dreaded going to a new school. I was afraid that people would make fun of me.

My teacher, named Mrs. Rockwell, met me at the door and said, "Welcome to our class, Megan. Take a seat by Group One please," As I started walking, the kids in Group One waved to me. "This won't be so bad," I thought.

I sat down with Group One and even though they looked nice and smiled at me, I sat at my desk biting my finger nails. It's something I still do when I am nervous!

Then Mrs. Rockwell said, "Megan, would you introduce yourself to your classmates?"

My teacher was so nice. She made me comfortable in my new school. So I stood up and said, I'm Megan and I came from East Salisbury School.

A few minutes later the bell rang for recess. We went out to the school yard and I played on the jungle gym. Ashiona, a new friend in Group One, came over and said, "You want to play with me?" I smiled and said, "Sure!"

Ashoina and I had fun crawling all over the jungle gym and sliding down the sliding board. Then I looked up and saw some girls coming over named Shirley, Shana, and Alice.

"Look, it's the new kid!" they shouted. They had their hands on their hips. Uh oh, I got a sick feeling inside my tummy. They didn't sound really friendly to me. The reason why they were mean to me was because I was new. There was no reason for them to be mean to me. I didn't do any thing to them. I couldn't understand it.

Alice rolled her eyes and her head and asked, "Who do you think you are? We don't like new kids."

Ashiona stood up for me and said, "Leave us alone. You're just trying to start trouble."

Then Shana said, "Be quiet, Ashiona. We were not talking to you. We were talking to the new kid."

Then Ashiona went back to our classroom to tell the teacher that they wouldn't leave us alone. They were threatening us. They said they were going to call me names and talk about me. Just then it was time to line up.

Recess was over and we got in line to go back to class. I stood near my new friends, Ashiona and Jasmine, as we walked back to class. In my third grade classroom I was shy and nervous but I met more new friends, Mary and Kelsie.

When I got home after school I walked in the door and hugged my mom.

I had a good day at school even though some girls where mean to me at recess. My new friends made me feel comfortable by taking up for me and being my friend. My teacher was kind to me today. I'm looking forward to going back tomorrow. Being a new kid isn't that hard for me.

Patti Weeg
pweeg@comcast.net

May 13, 2006