Caroline was so nervous to be going to her new school in Australia. It was Secret Heart Primary school ( S-H-P-S). "What if they bully me? What if they think I'm weird?" Caroline asked her mum, changing into her school uniform. "Nobody is going to say anything bad about you, okay. When you're coming home with me you're going to say that you love school!" mum said. 

Don't worry about it, Caroline!

Caroline and her mum walked to school and Caroline waved goodbye. "You're going to love school!" mom said. Caroline had a nervous feeling in her tummy as she entered the class. There were so many students sitting on desks!

There was a teacher standing next to a whiteboard. "Hello there! You must be Caroline! I'm Ms. Roger, your class teacher! Please take a seat!" she pointed to an empty desk.

Read with fluency

* Read without stopping

* Reading without making any mistakes

Caroline silently took a seat. "So we are focusing on reading with fluency. Caroline, do you want to go first?" Ms Roger asked, handing a big fat book in front of Caroline to read. "Great. I hate reading in front of people!" Caroline thought, but quietly said yes. "Please read the first paragraph." Ms Roger said.

Once there w-w-w-was a-a-a g-g-g-girl umm who err umm went to sool. I mean school and she loved it th-th-th-there.

"Ok Caroline. great reading! Now, something you can improve on is maybe reading without stammering. Ok, next! Abby, it's your turn!" Ms Roger said. Caroline looked down at her desk. "I just wish I can go home and happily be with mum!" Caroline thought. Instead of listening to Abby's reading she began doodling on her book. DING! DING! DING! Finally, it was recess! Caroline was last to go out.  She went over to her locker to get her snack.

She was looking forward to recess because she could be peaceful and eat her snack, but she had to be alone! Carolina was getting her food out of her bag when she felt someone watching her and suddenly a shadow creeped over Carolina. "Aah!" squealed Carolina as she turned around. A girl had her hands on her hips. "Oh! Hey there stammering girl! Or is your name Carolina? Isn't my name way better? It's Zoe." Zoe teased and walked away. 

Why are you teasing me?

Hey 'Stammering Girl'!