Monday, October 27, 2008

FRIDAY, OCTOBER, OCTOBER 24TH

DEAR ROOM 201 AND MRS. FRIEDLANDER'S CLASS,
HELLO, EVERYONE!! GUESS WHAT,201: MY FRIEND, MRS. FRIEDLANDER, FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL, TEACHERS FIFTH GRADE AND HER CLASS IS ALSO FOLLOWING MY BLOG!! I AM SO HAPPY THAT MRS. FRIEDLANDER'S KIDS ARE ENJOYING MY PHOTOS AND STORIES!! FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS, 5TH GRADE!! I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM IF I CAN!!
ANYWAY, EVERYBODY, I HAVE NOT WRITTEN SINCE FRIDAY AND I AM VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT I HAVE BEEN A VERY, VERY BUSY LADY!!! FRIDAY WAS A GREAT DAY!! IN THE MORNING WE HAD A MEETING AT CITY HALL WITH PARENTS OF THE SCHOOLS WE VISITED. AFTER THAT MEETING WE WENT TO A PLACE WHERE THEY MAKE POTTERY. THAT WAS FUN TO SEE. AFTER THAT WE WENT TO A PLACE WHERE THEY DIE FABRIC FROM SUGARCANE AND MAKE CLOTHES, WALLETS, WALL HANGINGS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WERE GIVEN A PIECE OF FABRIC THAT THEY HAD DIED AND WE MADE KALEIDOSCOPES. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! THIS PLACE WAS RIGHT NEAR A BEACH AND THEY SENT US DOWN TO THE BEACH TO FIND TINY SHELLS FOR THE KALEIDOSCOPE. WHILE I WAS ON THE BEACH I SAW LOTS AND LOTS OF CORAL. I COLLECTED ENOUGH CORAL SO THAT MY SECOND GRADERS CAN EACH HAVE A PIECE. THE WATER WAS BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL AND WAS RIGHT NEAR AN AIRPORT. A PLANE FLEW RIGHT OVER MY HEAD AND THEN LANDED, THAT WAS AWESOME!!! IN THE EVENING I WENT TO MCDONALDS FOR DINNER. MY FRIENDS AND I JUST WANTED SOME AMERICAN FOOD AND THAT WAS THE EASIEST PLACE TO GO, BECAUSE THEY HAD AN ENGLISH MENU. THE HAMBURGER WAS YUCKY, BUT THE FRIES WERE DELICIOUS!!! IT WAS A FUN, FUN DAY!!NOW LOOK AT ALL THE PICTURES ABOUT MY AWESOME FRIDAY!!

1 comment:

murphypj said...

Mrs. Willner,
Thank you for mentioning our 5th grade class in your blog. We have really enjoyed reading about your experiences in Japan and the pictures have been GREAT! We have learned so much about Japanese culture and now we have some questions.
1. What was the pizza like? Is it like pizza in Philadelphia?
2. How many rooms were in the host family house? Does each child have their own bedroom?
3. Do they use pencils and binders in school? Were the school supplies the same as in an American school?
4. Do they celebrate Halloween? If so how?
5. Do the kids act like kids in the U.S.?
Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. We hope to meet you some day so we can learn more about Japan.
Mrs. Friedlander's 5th graders at Merion Elementary School