Wednesday, 5/7/08 Reported By: Josh

When I got to school at 7:40 A.M., I went to the Parish Hall to set up for Heritage Day.  Heritage Day is when the whole school has to do a report on a country.  The country I did was China.  It took me about ten minutes to set up my poster board and artifacts. 

At 8:00 A.M. we went to our classroom.  We went to our classroom because we had to read a book called Snow Treasure.  Ms. Jensen told us to read chapters 3-4.  None of us got to finish reading.  After ten minutes, we headed back to the Parish Hall so that we could answer questions about our countries and look at other people’s reports. 

Next, Ms. Jensen handed out a booklet called “Passport to the World”.  In the booklet, we had to choose ten countries and find two facts about each country.  Since we were at the Parish Hall for most of the day, Ms. Jensen had us find five facts instead of two.  I thought the assignment was easy.  After we did our passports, we went outside for recess.

Recess wasn’t as long as it usually is because we had to stay inside until Ms. Jensen reviewed our reports with us.  At 10:30 A.M. we all sat down to watch the performances.  I recited a poem in Chinese and English for my performance.  My favorite performance was when one of my friends in the third grade wore a costume of a gondola and pretended he was rowing it down a river.  This was my favorite performance because I thought it was funny.  At the end of all performances, the third, fourth and fifth grade sang “It’s a Small World.” 

Afterwards, we had lunch.  I thought lunch was really good because there was a lot of ethnic food.  There was food from France, Germany, Peru, China, Korea and Belgium.   The empanadas were the best.  I did not go outside for lunch.

After lunch, the Kindergarten, first and second grades visited the Parish Hall to see our projects.  Right after the lower grades visited, the sixth, seventh and eighth grades came to visit.  I was happy because they complemented my project.

            At 1:10 P.M. Heritage Day ended and we had to pack up our boards and artifacts.  After we brought our things back to class, we watched a movie called “Muppets From Space” and “The Bee Movie”.  We got to finish “Muppets From Space” but we didn’t get to finish “The Bee Movie”.  The bell rang at 3:00 P.M. and we hurried to pack up our bags.  Another great learning experience at St. Timothy School!!!