Alex and the New Teacher
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Chapter 1-New Class
A school near Lakewood Elementary burned down. It was old but a lot of students still went there. They had to be put into the city's other schools to keep going to class. A lot of them would be moved to Lakewood. A new class was created in every grade to accept in the students. The old teachers would teach the new class. The third grade's new teacher taught music too. Mr. Ratburn wanted his students to learn about the music of other cultures. He lined up the kids and led them across the hall to the new teacher.
"Kids, this is Miss Lima. She'll teach you about Latino music. Listen to her very closely. Yes, Alan, there will be a quiz on this later," Mr. Ratburn said. Brain lowered his hand and took a seat beside some drums. Sue Ellen sat beside him with some maracas. Buster and Arthur sat across the room at more drums. All of Mr. Ratburn's students got different instruments.
They sat in a circle facing Miss Lima. She was wearing a Mexican dress. It had a lot of colors striping across the dress. Francine and Sue Ellen thought it was a beautiful dress. Muffy thought it was hideous. She grimaced as Miss Lima stood.
"Hello, class, I'm Miss Lima, but you all can call me Bonita. Does anyone know what language my name comes from?" she asked. Sue Ellen raised her hand. Bonita called on her. "Bonita means 'beautiful' in Spanish," Sue Ellen said. Bonita nodded, "Thank you, Sue Ellen, for your bonita answer! Yes, my name means 'beautiful,' and today I will teach you all to play beautiful music."
Mr. Ratburn's students were told how to use their instruments. The drummers had the easiest instrument. They just had to hit the drum on the right spot to make the right sound. Sue Ellen and a few others had a harder task. All of the kids still had fun.
Back in Mr. Ratburn's class, he gave an oral pop quiz about the instruments. He didn't ask about Miss Lima's first name. All of the kids remembered that. He ended class early so the third graders could go to the gym. They mingled with the new students. They would be there for a year or more, they said, until a new school could be built. Mr. Ratburn's class was nice to them. They waved goodbye when the dismissal bell rang.
As they walked home, Mr. Ratburn's students talked about the music class. The girls thought Bonita was pretty. The boys thought the same thing. And one boy in particular thought she was more than pretty or bonita; he thought she was hot.