The New Sun 3rd Graders in the Days of Covid from Public School 87 in New York City First, the Downside: Lily 1. I have to be with my parents the WHOLE DAY 2. If you have a sibling you have to spend more time with them 3. You can't go anywhere fun 4. Camp is cancelled 5. You have to wear a mask 6. You can't hug anybody if you need a hug (that's usually why I want a hug) 7. I can't collect stickers for my sticker collection 8. You can't play in the playground 'cause it's closed 9. You stay in your room more than usual so it gets messier therefore, you have to clean up more 10. You can only shop online Peter 1. Not seeing your friends 2. No playgrounds 3. No sushi 4. No big walks 5. Coronavirus 6. Other sicknesses 7. Sudden change of setting at 7 to 8 8. No burger Tuesday 9. No Aquatopia Waterpark Zeynep 1. I don't get to see my teachers 2. I don't get to see my friends 3. I don't get to travel for summer vacation 4. I won't go to Bosnia and Turkey 5. I don't get to see my cousin Sofia Things you miss during quarantine time: 1. The Museum of Natural History 2. Central Park 3. School 4. Travel 5. Riverside Park 6. Grocery store 7. Friends 8. Flamenco 9. Choir 10. Piano Emerson Places I'd rather be: 1. Coney Island 2. The Jersey Shore 3. Michigan 4. The Hall of Science 5. Books of Wonder 6. Natural History Museum 7. Pittsburgh Children's Museum 8. Lego Land 9. The Library 10. Long Beach Olivia Places I'd rather be: 1. Park 2. Friend's house 3. Castle's as big as an amusement park 4. Amusement park 5. Claire's 6. School 7. Dominican Republic 8. Camp 9. Pool 10. Disneyworld/land Zoe Places I want to be: 1. California 2. NJ 3. Vermont 4. Long Island 5. School 6. Friend's house 7. Zoo 8. Movie theater 9. Beach house 10. Ocean And now the Upside: Lily 1. I get to my school work in my pajamas 2. I got a computer 3. You don't have to worry about your room you just cleaned because nobody can mess it up for you except you 4. You can put really cool filters and stuff on zoom 5. You can eat anytime 6. You can do fun things in the afternoon instead of whatever your parents make you do after school (if they make you do anything) 7. Your parents can't say no to screen time 8. If you have a pet, you can spend more time with it 9. You can do schoolwork anywhere anytime 10. More flexible schedule Aubrey Ways to ignore school work: 1. Video games 2. Play with my dog 3. Annoy my sister 4. Watch YouTube 5. Annoy my mom with silly noises 6. Watch movies 7. Go outside and stay there for lots of hours 8. Ride my bike 9. Hide 10. Take a long shower Leo 1. You can sleep in 2. Make family time 3. Less work 4. More comfy 5. More breaks 6. More food 7. Better food 8. Pajama all day 9. Not as busy 10. More family dinners Peter 1. Always seeing your family 2. No close Reading 3. Less schoolwork 4. Movies every day 5. Lots of reading time 6. Up later 7. No homework Sofia 1. Sleeping in 2. Staying in pajamas 3. Reading more 4. Going to bed late 5. More family activities 6. Ordering in 7. You have more time to organize 8. Eat more 9. Play more games 10. Learn to type faster Emma 1. Arts and Crafts 2. Baking/Cooking 3. Zoom calls with friends 4. Reading books 5. Writing stories 6. Playing with my brother 7. Playing with my baby cousins 8. Going to play outside 9. Swimming 10. Doing fun experiments Olivia 1. FaceTime friends 2. Adopt Me 3. Piggy 4. Flicker 5. Fashion Famous 6. Crafts 7. Crafts with my Aunt 8. Bake cookies with my mom 9. Go to the park with my dad 10. Jump on the couch Sofia 1. Watch TV 2. Play games 3. Read 4. Play Wii sports 5. Sleep in 6. Build puzzles 7. Do crosswords 8. Do spirals 9. Do spelling Bee's 10. Sit outside Zeynep 1. I get to wake up earliest 2. We don't have extra homework 3. I can do work at my own pace 4. I get to spend more time with my grandparents 5. I have more time to read Brock New things I got: 1. Skip hops 2. Animals 3. Spray calk 4. Cubles 5. Frozen ll 6. Jump rope 7. Sand toys 8. Jell pens 9. Paint puzzles 10. 5 second rule Ruby Things I have gotten in lockdown 1. Barbie Dream books 2. Pens 3. Fidget spinners 4. Paints 5. Puzzle book 6. School Ipad 7. Books 8. Clothes 9. Jewelry 10. Notebooks Emerson Places to walk outside: 1. Central Park 2. Riverside Park 3. PS 87 4. Boardwalk 5. Amsterdam Ave. 6. Riverside Dr. 7. Around my apartment 8. Around the block 9. Around the Natural History Museum 10. Central Park West Things I'm going to do when the quarantine is over: Olivia 1. Go to school 2. Get hoop earrings 3. Have a sleepover 4. Have my birthday (hopefully) 5. Paint my room 6. See my friends 7. Get braces (ahhhhh) 8. Go to an amusement park 9. Going to camp 10. Go to Hamilton Ruby 1. See my friends 2. See my family 3. Go swimming 4. Have sleep-overs 5. Have play date 6. Go to the movies 7. Go to my favorite stores 8. Go back to school 9. Go on holidays 10. Go to my favorite parks/playgrounds