This year our grade did a research project on a Asian country. I chose to do my project on Cambodia. I liked learning about this country, even though I am not from there.  Cambodia has many palace ruins, the most famous of which is Angkor Wat. Both its seasons (rainy and dry) are good for traveling. It also has the Tonle Sap Lake, which is one of its major bodies of water. It is a popular country to visit and I hope I will go there someday!

On Wednesday 5th grade went on a field trip to the Philiadelphia Museum of Art. We were studying Asia this year, so we saw the Asian exhibits. The person that led us showed us a Chinese house, a Japanese Tea House, and some Hindu stone carvings. One carving was of the Hindu god that was half-human, half-elephant, who is my favorite Hindu god. The museum we went to was also the one where they filmed Rocky running up the steps. We had a race up the steps to see who is the fastest. I hope I can go to the Museum again!

This is our library. It is very large and has a lot of books. My class has library every Monday. I like to get up to five books each class, and I usually finish them all in less than  a week. We also have a ‘Story Mountain’ where the teacher (usually) reads a chapter of a book. We are currently reading Out of My Mind.