mischievous and clever

shy and respectful

cowardly and calm

afraid and loyal

Welch Elementary

Parkside Elementary

Lincoln Elementary

Washington Elementary

Georgia

New York

Missouri

New Hampshire

The sea dried up.

The kids tracked sand into the hallway, and the maintenance man complained to the principal. When the principal investigated, she did not like what was going on in the classroom.

The trip to the South Seas never ended.

Miss Deaver was fired.

She didn't want to teach the class.

She is a new teacher, and maybe she didn’t understand. She wanted to please her students and let them have a good time.

She wanted to get fired from her teaching job.

She wanted to the kids to get suspended.

She was Nick's mom.

She was the girl in the class who made the noises.

Nick's 4th grade teacher

The principal of the school

He didn't learn anything about the birds. He just liked to make sounds.

He never made bird sounds in the classroom.

He was learning about hawks and what sounds they make in their environment.

Red-winged blackbirds give off high-pitched chirps when danger is near. Because of the way the sound travels, the hunter birds can’t tell where the chirp is coming from.

Perhaps she was angry at Mrs. Avery for yelling at her. Maybe she just thought it would be fun.

Janet never joined Nick and made noises.

Janet wasn't in the story.

Janet was the person making the noises the entire time.