…but this time you are the kid! You go to _________ Elementary School:
My [name]Answer[/name]: Riverbend Elementary
You are in the third grade. You run out with your friends to go play on the playground at recess.
What is your name? (any name not your own, maybe a scramble of your name)
My [name]Answer[/name]: Riama Aethon (scramble!)
What are your friends’ names? There are nine of them and they are all girls. [name]Do[/name] they have middle and last names and nicknames? You may use names of your actual elementary friends if you want.
My Answers: [name]Anneliese[/name] ([name]Annie[/name]), [name]Samantha[/name] ([name]Sam[/name]), [name]Emma[/name], [name]Thalia[/name], [name]Alexandra[/name] ([name]Alie[/name]), [name]Cameron[/name] ([name]Cammie[/name]), [name]Elana[/name], and [name]Lisa[/name]-and-[name]Ana[/name] (twins!).
First all of you play a game where you can’t touch the ground, because it is a sea of lava. You can only get across the playground by jumping and swinging. One of your friends _______…
My [name]Answer[/name]: [name]Alie[/name]
…gets “benched” by the evil recess-monitors for:
My [name]Answer[/name]: Climbing the slide!
What does the meanest monitor have a tattoo of on her ankle?
My [name]Answer[/name]: An evil-looking rose
By now the lava game has gotten boring and you feel bad playing without your friend so you take out your prized baby doll given to you when your sister was born. This doll was the start of your baby-naming career! What is its name?
My [name]Answer[/name]: Delphinium (Nicknamed [name]Fin[/name])
You play with the doll for a while but then go to join the classwide game of boys-v.s.-girls tag!! The boys are “it”. What are nine of the boys’ names? [name]Do[/name] they have middle and last and nick names? You may use the names of your actual elementary school friends if you want!
My Answers: [name]Aidan[/name], [name]Christopher[/name] ([name]Chris[/name]), [name]Andrew[/name] ([name]Drew[/name]), [name]Ryan[/name], [name]Sean[/name], (gosh this is so hard remembering, I’m using th e real names), [name]Matthew[/name] ([name]Matt[/name]), [name]Jacob[/name] (no surprise there), [name]Paul[/name], Visar
As a bonus, what are five more names (either boys, girls, or combos) of other actual elementary friends that you can remember? Hurry up, recess is almost over!
My Answers: [name]Bari[/name], [name]Morgan[/name], [name]Abigail[/name], [name]Jared[/name], and [name]Michael[/name] ([name]Mike[/name]).
Oh no, the monitors are blowing their whistles! Time to go back in.
What is your third-grade teacher’s name, and, as a bonus, do you like her?
My [name]Answer[/name]: Mrs. Signore (and no I did not like her)
Ok, I promise I’m almost done. But just for fun, what were some of the most popular names in your third grade class?
My Answers: [name]Emily[/name], [name]Matthew[/name], [name]Michael[/name], [name]Avery[/name] (for boys), and [name]Lauren[/name] (also, names ending in -an for boys [[name]Ryan[/name], [name]Brian[/name], etc.], [name]Em[/name]- names for girls [[name]Emily[/name], [name]Emma[/name]], and -ia or -ana endings for girls [[name]Thalia[/name], [name]Talia[/name], [name]Elana[/name], [name]Ana[/name]])
[name]Hope[/name] you had fun being a third grader again, even if it was only for a short while!