阅读理解ThefirstdayofschoolIhavebeenteachingforseventeenyearsnow.ForthelastthreeyearsIhavebeenteachingthesecondgradeatWashingtonElementarySchool.Mostofwhathappensonthefirstdayofschooleveryyearisnotnewform

　　阅读理解Thefirstdayofschool

　　Ihavebeenteachingforseventeenyearsnow.ForthelastthreeyearsIhavebeenteachingthesecondgradeatWashingtonElementarySchool.MostofwhathappensonthefirstdayofschooleveryyearisnotnewformebecauseIhavebeendoingitfortoolong.ButIstillapproacheachnewschoolyeardifferently.

　　OnewaythateachyearisdifferentisthatIalwayshopethateachyear’snewstudentswillbedifferent.Ihopethatthisyear’sstudentswillbesmarter,betterbehaved,andmorereadytosettledownandstartactingasthoughtheyareinschoolandnotonvacation.Ialsohopethatthenewstudentswillnotcry,willhavetheirlunchmoney,andwillknowwhatbustheyaresupposedtotaketogethomeorwhethertheirparentswillbepickingthemup.

　　AnotherwayIhopenewschoolyearswillbedifferentisthatIhopeIwillbebetterprepared.IknowthatIhavestartedschoolyearsbefore,soIshouldbereadytohelpthestudentsorganizetheirsuppliesandputthemintheblueandredstorageboxesatthebackoftheroom.Ishouldbereadyforthechildrentogettiredandstarttofallasleepbytwoo’clockinthelongafternoon.Ishouldbereadytocheckthatthestudentscanwritetheirnamesandcanrecognizetheirnameswhentheyseethem.

　　ButIamalwayssurprisedatthebeginningofschool.Thisyear,forexample,Ihadtwenty-threenewstudents.Onthefirstday,sixofthemhadforgottentobringlunchmoneyanddidnothavelunchesoftheirown.Ihadtolendthemmoneysotheycouldeatinthecafeteria.Mostofthemknewhowtogetbackhome,butonelittleboy,Manfred,gotonthewrongbus,andIhadtopickhimupanddrivehimhome.Hecriedalltheway.

　　Iwasalsosurprisedthisyearwhenthreeofthestudentsdidnotseemtobeabletoread,andoneofthemwouldnotwritehername.Ihadgiventhemeasybookstoreadafterlunch,whileIwastryingtomakeupsomelistsofstudents’namesfortheoffice.Inoticedthatthreechildrenwerelookingatthepicturesinthebookbutnotatthewriting.Istoppedandaskedthemwhattheywerereading,buttheydidnotseemtoknow.Ihopethattheywerejustconfusedandafraidonthefirstdayofschoolandthattheywillbeabletoreadalongwiththeotherchildren.

　　Ingeneral,though,thefirstdayofschoolisanexcitingone,forthechildrenand