Nick apologized to Janet later in the day.

Nick told Mrs. Avery that he was the one making the sound.

Nick was glad that someone else was blamed.

Nick challenged Janet to a soccer game.

A nest of blackbirds had been living in the classroom the entire 4th grade year.

Nick learned from a show that blackbirds have a special curved beak that protects them from dangerous predators.

Nick learned from a show that blackbirds make a chirp that is so high-pitched, other animals cannot hear where it comes from.

Nick learned from his teacher Ms. Avery that Janet would not be able to hear blackbirds because of the way sound travels.

friend

dog

fruit from the Caribbean

It doesn't say yet!

uncaring

melancholy

dedicated

aggressive

The student would have to stay after school for detention.

The student would have to chew an entire pack of gum at once.

The student would have to clean Mrs. Granger’s classroom every day for a month.

The student would have to wear the piece of gum the rest of the school day.

“It sat on its own little table at the front of her classroom, sort of like at the front of a church.”

“Her vocabulary list was thirty-five words long, sometimes longer.”

“She had a perfect attendance record that stretched back farther than anyone could remember.”

“Mrs. Granger kept a full set of thirty dictionaries on a shelf at the back of the room.”

Nick hoped Mrs. Granger would give him the answer to the homework assignment.

Nick wanted to know where all of the words in dictionaries come from.

Nick was trying to make Mrs. Granger forget about the homework assignment.

Nick wanted Mrs. Granger to like him.

Mrs. Granger was excited to talk about her favorite hobby.

Mrs. Granger was delighted that the class wanted to know the answer too.

Mrs. Granger knew that Nick was not really interested in the question.

Mrs. Granger loves talking about words and the dictionaries.