Things I Remember from Third Grade
Today I was realizing how long ago childhood was, and how I only remember much of elementary school in little snippets. I want to see how many things I can remember from 3rd grade classroom days. Because later, I may not remember them anymore!
~ Being Felicity in the "Tea for Felicity" when we were learning about colonialism. We rehearsed out in the hall and Iliyana Ojeda (I have no idea how to spell her name) was such a mean controlling 3rd grade director. I remember the green bonnet and skirt I wore, and that Jamie's favorite line in the play was "Anabelle bananabell." Or at least we said that a lot. And how awkward the scene where Felicity's dad (played by thomas) was supposed to kiss her on the head. I think our third grade class skipped that part for fear of cooties. I think that might have been the same year I went to Colonial Williamsburg, and brought back journals for me and Jamie to practice writing with quill and ink in. What a mess.
~ Doing Neptune as my planet with Alison Penner, and starting the Planet's club in the back of the room when we got free time to work on our projects, and then getting kicked out when all the girls were doing Saturn and renamed it the Saturn club, even though I had made the password. Then Alison and I started the Neptune club under the big table by the chalkboard.
~Accidentally stealing Jamie's science book. I was so certain I didn't have it when i looked in my desk and found it there. Apparently it grew legs and walked over to my desk!
~The time Jamie called me a pupa. Best insult ever.
~The day Chad Kareki learned the meaning of the word obstreperous. Also the day he called Mrs. Hanson old in an analogy train thing. Or maybe that was Brian. I don't know.
~How much I wished my clothes were as stylish as Ashley's, and that my handwriting was as neat as hers. I remember I had one plaid shirt that reminded me of something she might wear, and always being very proud to wear it. I also remember trying very hard on one vocab test to have my handwriting look as neat as hers.
~How much I HATED multiplication times tests, and refused to learn them.
~How Mrs. Hansen called me "Amy-bird."
~The day I got my new gold glasses (rather than the multi-colored purple and blue and pink ones) and got to wear them to school
~When my story, The Corner of the Garden, got a gold star.
~How Rachel Gollay was the best author in the class, and I always wished I could write stories as good as hers.
~How Alison Penner once ate M&Ms on her pizza in the cafeteria. Oh, and how tater tots day was the best day at hot lunch.
~How funny it was when Jamie and I would joke that Brian was so stupid he'd trade the sears tower for a fruit roll-ups wrapper
~The time Jamie won that fish.
~How the milk cartons said "To flatten your rush pack" and we liked to laugh and cover up the second part so it looked like it said "to flatten you."
~the day I accidentally missed the bus, and didn't leave when mine was called.
~How cool it was to get the crazy city lights background at picture day that year, and how much I loved that stupid weird silky shirt I wore with those ridiculous purple earrings.
~How obsessed Jamie, Melissa, and I were about crayons, and how cool it was when they had a sharpener in the back of the box. My favorite color was Wild Strawberry and I remember us laughing for some reason about "Burnt Sienna."
~Being #13. Why did we have numbers? Maybe that wasn't 3rd grade.
~When we hatched butterflies in that class!
~ Being Felicity in the "Tea for Felicity" when we were learning about colonialism. We rehearsed out in the hall and Iliyana Ojeda (I have no idea how to spell her name) was such a mean controlling 3rd grade director. I remember the green bonnet and skirt I wore, and that Jamie's favorite line in the play was "Anabelle bananabell." Or at least we said that a lot. And how awkward the scene where Felicity's dad (played by thomas) was supposed to kiss her on the head. I think our third grade class skipped that part for fear of cooties. I think that might have been the same year I went to Colonial Williamsburg, and brought back journals for me and Jamie to practice writing with quill and ink in. What a mess.
~ Doing Neptune as my planet with Alison Penner, and starting the Planet's club in the back of the room when we got free time to work on our projects, and then getting kicked out when all the girls were doing Saturn and renamed it the Saturn club, even though I had made the password. Then Alison and I started the Neptune club under the big table by the chalkboard.
~Accidentally stealing Jamie's science book. I was so certain I didn't have it when i looked in my desk and found it there. Apparently it grew legs and walked over to my desk!
~The time Jamie called me a pupa. Best insult ever.
~The day Chad Kareki learned the meaning of the word obstreperous. Also the day he called Mrs. Hanson old in an analogy train thing. Or maybe that was Brian. I don't know.
~How much I wished my clothes were as stylish as Ashley's, and that my handwriting was as neat as hers. I remember I had one plaid shirt that reminded me of something she might wear, and always being very proud to wear it. I also remember trying very hard on one vocab test to have my handwriting look as neat as hers.
~How much I HATED multiplication times tests, and refused to learn them.
~How Mrs. Hansen called me "Amy-bird."
~The day I got my new gold glasses (rather than the multi-colored purple and blue and pink ones) and got to wear them to school
~When my story, The Corner of the Garden, got a gold star.
~How Rachel Gollay was the best author in the class, and I always wished I could write stories as good as hers.
~How Alison Penner once ate M&Ms on her pizza in the cafeteria. Oh, and how tater tots day was the best day at hot lunch.
~How funny it was when Jamie and I would joke that Brian was so stupid he'd trade the sears tower for a fruit roll-ups wrapper
~The time Jamie won that fish.
~How the milk cartons said "To flatten your rush pack" and we liked to laugh and cover up the second part so it looked like it said "to flatten you."
~the day I accidentally missed the bus, and didn't leave when mine was called.
~How cool it was to get the crazy city lights background at picture day that year, and how much I loved that stupid weird silky shirt I wore with those ridiculous purple earrings.
~How obsessed Jamie, Melissa, and I were about crayons, and how cool it was when they had a sharpener in the back of the box. My favorite color was Wild Strawberry and I remember us laughing for some reason about "Burnt Sienna."
~Being #13. Why did we have numbers? Maybe that wasn't 3rd grade.
~When we hatched butterflies in that class!