"Kohkom would like you to come for tea today," Anna said as soon as she came into class in the morning.
"That sounds nice," Leigh set the paper she was grading aside. "I'll call Mr. Dalrymple at lunch time and tell him I'm going out after school."
Anna nodded and went to her seat. The other children came in and sat down. Some took books out to read. Others doodled on the covers of their notebooks. Others just talked with their friends.
Tom came up to her desk.
"Do you think Mr. Dalrymple has seen my dad yet?"
"I don't know, Tom, I'll ask him at lunch."
The bell rang and they stood for the anthem then listened to the announcements. Once they were seated again, Leigh started them on their reading. She had the class divided into groups of four. Each group had a strong reader, a weaker
