Reading Comp 5_1

​A First Day To Remember








Samuel had just moved. He didn't know anyone and was nervous about starting sixth grade in a new town. His mom told him it would be OK. She said Samuel would make friends easily, and his new teacher will help him feel welcome.

​ Samuel's mother drove him to his new school on a cold fall morning. The sky was dark, and it was raining cats and dogs. Samuel had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach as they pulled up to his new school.

"I would give anything to get out of this!" he thought.

​ Just then, the school was bathed in a strange green, glowing light. Samuel and his mother looked up and saw a spaceship hovering directly above the school! A ladder came out of the spaceship, and a team of aliens climbed down and landed on the school roof.

"We come in peace," said the aliens. "We have traveled long and far to reach your planet! Now you must teach us everything about life on Earth!" Samuel smiled. The aliens seemed interesting. Perhaps it would be a good first day after all.