Growing Up Daisy Book 3: Daisy's Field Trip Adventure
Actually the letters on the paper were M a d i s o n Daisy was nervous She would be okay with it but Madison could be snotty sometimes Ms Lilly was waiting She said Daisy what kind of fish did you get Who is on your paper Daisy wanted to say she got a stinky fish but that wouldn't be nice Besides sometimes she liked Madison Instead she said I've got Madison From the other side of the room Madison said Nooo Ms Lilly do I have to have Daisy as my poetry pal Can't she choose again I really think Lizzie should be my pal Ms Lilly said Madison Lizzie already has a pal but I'll let Daisy throw her fish back in the bowl if you insist Daisy sighed with relief She swished her hand in the fish bowl three times and pulled a
new name It was Blanca She thought Three really is my lucky number this time The rest of the row continued to fish for names but Daisy and Blanca hardly noticed They were busy celebrating the fact that they were going to work together When it was Raymond's turn he pulled out a paper and gave it to Ms Lilly She read it and then announced the name Madison From across the room Daisy could see Madison's face was bright red like a chili pepper but she didn't say anything Ms Lilly had already allowed Madison one chance to get another partner Daisy felt sorry for Madison and for Raymond She didn't think they would like working together For one thing Raymond didn't usually do his work Raymond shuffled back to his seat and sat down Ms Lilly said We are making a
poetry portfolio We are doing several poetry assignments that you can include Let's begin Then she wrote on the board Ms Lilly loves to linger licking a luscious lemonade lollipop Ms Lilly explained that alliteration was using a bunch of words that started with the same sound in a row For this assignment poetry pals will write an alliteration sentence about each other she said You have five minutes and then we'll share your sentences Start Amber was chewing on her pencil Jason was thinking Daisy wrote Beautiful Blanca blinks at the big butterfly blanket covering her backyard Blanca wrote Darling Daisy draws delightful doodles during December After they finished their sentences Daisy and Blanca traded to read what the other had written
Ooooh I love it Blanca said Blanca you're the best Hey that's alliteration Daisy said When it was time to read the sentences to the whole class Raymond raised his hand to read his right away Ms Lilly said Okay Raymond get us started Everyone was surprised since Raymond hardly ever did his class work He cleared his throat Ms Lilly said Raymond please stand Everyone pencils down pay attention and honor the reader Raymond stood up He said Monster Madison makes mischief mashing mangos on Mars No one said anything but Madison looked mad Ms Lilly said Raymond you did understand the assignment but made a mistake We never use names like monster
