Review: GREAT STORY WITH A LESSON ATTACHED
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2013
It must be difficult to be the new kid at school. When I had a new student I sat them at my desk  (in the back of the room) until the tardy bell had rung and I had checked attendance. Then I made introductions and gave the new student a seat.I didn't want that teenager to have to stand for several minutes waiting till I got my preliminary work done. Especially since sometimes their home room teacher didn't get around to giving them a locker until the next day or so. ( I could never understand that- it was the first thing I did when there was a new student in home room. Almost every teacher would be giving that student a book-how times have changed!)Grace doesn't have to worry about a locker, but she sure feels out of place in her new city and her new house. When she finds something familiar at school, well, her teacher helps her make a friend and fit in all at the same time.That teacher was very observant.Things can go crazy in an elementary classroom with every child going in different directions. That's why the law has established a maximum size for kindergarten and first grade and a different maximum size for grades 2-5, at least in my state.The maximum changes again at the middle school level.Still, one teacher only has two eyes. That's why my desk was at the back of the room; the kids would always turn around to see where you were before they decided to stir something up.Ah, gotcha!