Light a Candle: A Story of Chinese American Pioneers on Gold Mountain

Light a Candle: A Story of Chinese American Pioneers on Gold Mountain — page 7
The students took out their slate boards and nubs of chalk The first word was kindness Chalk clacked on boards and screeched a few times as the students wrote the word in cursive Ms. Lilley had chosen her spelling words carefully to teach the lessons she felt the children needed The next word was generosity Emma heard Sam groan from two rows away Howja spell that he moaned Skip that one Sam Ms. Lilley said You haven't learned to spell it yet From the looks of it Mabel hadn't either On her board was scratched jenerositee Emma sat proudly waiting for the next spelling word She had gotten the first two easily In fact she flew through the rest of the words without a hitch She fancied that she did as good as or even better than Alice whom Ms. Lilley always praised as the perfect student Ms. Lilley read out the correct spelling of each word so that the students could correct their own work Mabel leaned toward Emma 10