RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 6:

JUNIE B.,FIRST GRADER
AT LAST!
By Barbara Park.

Yesterday was the first day of school for Junie B.,so she was still new there.Today Mr.Scary handed out journals.Junie B. wrote in hers as,"My teacher has muscles and mustache".When Junie B. got to the classroom she was very nervous.She was happy to see her best friend from kindergarten,Lucille.But she became sad when Lucille told her that they can't be best friends anymore.

On Monday morning,Junie B. got into the schoolbus and thought of sitting with her second best friend,Grace.But Grace was sitting with another girl.Then she found Herbert,a new boy sitting behind her and they became friends.When they got to school she got a fun assignment of drawing a picture of one of the words on the board.She read the words.She did the word "cluck".Actually the word was "clock".

Mr.Scary found that something was wrong with the spelling and reading of Junie B.He took her from recess and made her to read three long sentences on the board from her seat.She read them all wrong!He sent her to Mrs.Weller,the school nurse.She did few tests with Junie B.Jones.She did perfect until she came to the small letters.
Ms.Weller informed Mr.Scary that Junie B. need glasses!!!

Mr.Scary told Junie B.'s mom over phone about the need for glasses for Junie B.She told to Junie's dad and they couldn't stop talking about the glasses,even during dinner time.Junie B. got upset thinking about the glasses.The next they went to the eye doctor.He did some eye tests with Junie B., put eyedrops in her eye and finally she got a new pair of glasses!

The next day at show and tell,Junie B. shared the class her glasses.Everyone loved it except May.May started to tease her.Then Herbert came for her rescue. He took the glasses from Junie and put them on."Wow!,he said.I can't see anything clearly.You must have some x-ray vision to see through this".Everyone felt happy for Junie B. and started to give her High-Fives.Then she thought herself,"May be first grade is not bad after all!"

PS.I did the first semester of my first grade at Lasposas School,California and the next semester at Longacre Elementary Michigan.I was nervous on the first day for both times.