Wally Visits the First Mint!

I went home with a friend on the 27th and the 28th of December. We took a friend to Philly by train, and on the train I saw the Philly landscape there was a church, which meant the settlers, brought different religions with them. When we got to the train station, we had to walk in the cold! We walked past the building where George Washington lived when he was president. He was the first president and Philadelphia was the first capital! Then we got to our destination. Which was the first Mint in the US! We watched money being made. She told me that this was a coin factory and that there are only two money making factories in the US that are open to the public. They used to pay people with bits of silver and every state had different money. Until a person named Alexander Hamilton said. “We are one country, we should have one currency instead of different”. Now we have big factories which make one kind of money.We also went to Ben Franklin's grave.



What would have happened if the U.S. had not changed our money and every state had a different currency?

Snow In Pennsylvania

On 1/8/10 I went home with a friend. We went snow boarding. This taught me that Pennsylvania can get snow.
Who cares? How does what I learned matter to Pennsylvania? Well people pay money to go to vacation houses when it snows. They eat there, go sledding, skiing and snowboarding. That’s even more money that people spend.
In the summer time it’s very warm, but in the wintertime it’s very cold and it snows a lot. We’ve had snow days and delays. Climate really affects our lives.

How does your climate and weather affect your lives? Explain your answer.
By, see you soon!

By Wally

The Day Wally Learned About Pretzels!

My Experience on December 20,2009


Hey kids, I’m here again to teach you something else about Pennsylvania. On December 20,2009,I went home with a friend. I knew she was going to teach me something about Pennsylvania! In the morning, we played in the snow. The snow is even higher than me! She told me that the snow was about 5 inches and the snow is an enormous storm.
In the afternoon, she brought me to a birthday party. At the birthday party, I watched her playing Wii. We watched a movie. We also ate pizza; chips, soft pretzels and we drank Coke and Orange juice. she told me that the pretzels were first in southern Europe in 610 A.D. The German, Austrian and Swiss settlers brought the soft pretzels. The first commercial pretzel bakery was founded in Pennsylvania. I learned a lot about pretzels. It was really fun. Bye! I’ll see you next time!


P.S. How did the settlers’ in your area affect your state/country?

P.S.S. I might visit your school soon!

Hey kids! Today, 1/7/10, I went home with my friend. It was his birthday so his parents and his sisters and I went to get Sushi.

After the sushi we went to Maggie Moos for ice cream. I learned that Pennsylvania has lots of dairy farms. We can make milk, butter, cheese and my favorite ICE CREAM! Our state beverage is milk. We ship those products to other places through the Delaware River.

I had a great time. Before bedtime we listened to Will Smith's hit single just the two of us. Will Smith Is my new role model! I had so much fun!!
This is Wally Mammoth signing off for now! Do you have any dairy farms in your state or country? If or if not what is your favorite dairy product?

Ps. Respond! I want to know if you have dairy farms in your state or country.
Ps. Also I want to know your favorite dairy product.

Wally Visits Philadelphia

Hey! What’s up? Wanna know what I did on December 29? I went home with a friend .We went to Betsy Ross’ house and saw Samuel Nichols. I got a picture with him. We also went to East End Salon, which is made up of houses from the 18 century. One of the buildings was Betsy Ross’ bedroom! I got to sit by the fire there. I wish she could tell me a story. Her birthday party was soon, so we got stamps for the invitations at the Benjamin Franklin post office.

I learned what post offices looked like in the 1700’s. Betsy Ross is a famous Pennsylvanian who may have made the first American flag! Awesome…. Samuel Nichols said that no matter if an American flag has 13 stars, or 50 stars it is still an American flag.

What I learned matters to Pennsylvania, the USA, and the world because without a post office people couldn’t send letters, and if there was something really important of serious going on, they couldn’t notify some one far away. Benjamin Franklin needed to send important letters to important people far away to help this country.

Well, that’s what I did on December 29. But before you’re done reading, I want to ask you a question.

Do you think the Benjamin Franklin post office is more important, less important, or as important as the American flag? Why do you think this? Please make sure you have strong support.

All right that’s all for now. See you later. And answer my question at, The Wally Blog.

By Wally

Wally Learns About Pennsylvania's Climate

On the 23rd and 24th of December I went home with Eva. I walked home with Eva and her friends. When we got back I listened to Eva's ipod.
We went sledding on the way to her house. I never knew that people went sledding in this town. When we got to Eva’s house we had Hershey’s hot chocolate. Eva’s Dad told me something about chocolate.. “People use to have chocolate for medicine!" Isn’t that funny! After hot chocolate we went sledding again at Short Ridge Park. The snow was packed down a lot so we went really fast!

Eva told me that it had snowed just early that weekend. Eva also told me that the climate here in Pennsylvania is very unusual. In the summer it’s really warm and in the winter it’s really cold. How does the climate where you live affect your state? Here the warm weather makes people have beach houses and the cold winter makes people have ski houses.

Then we got back and played in the snow.
With these 2 furry things called dogs. They were really nice but we had to be careful because, one of the dogs, Toby, was younger and I could possible get eaten. The other dog, Buster, was chasing after a little green ball. He was always loosing the ball in the snow! His nose would get all white and Eva called him “Buster the White Nosed Reindeer”! I thought it was really funny. We made a snowman and had a snowball fight!

That night we also went caroling. It was really fun. If you don’t know already I’m a very good musician. I play the recorder and I like to sing. So, caroling practiced my singing. I also learned a lot of Christmas songs. My favorite one was Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Probably because of Buster.

The next day I had a fun time except it had nothing to do with Pennsylvania. We just had fun! Eva told me I am a great playmate. Overall, I had a GREAT time at Eva’s house. I also learned a lot.

Don’t forget to answer my question:
How does the climate where you live affect your state?

By, Fabulous Wally

The Wally Project

Although Wally has only been in my class for a few short weeks THIS year, the kids have become quite attached to him. Here is their understanding of "The Wally Project".