* * * Class Clown - Page 7

Later that night in the Golden Tamarin house, Chimp's Dad asks each of his kids how their day went. When he gets to Chimp, he asks him about the team project Chimp has been working on with Benny. But Chimp just looks down at his plate of fruits and vegetables and shrugs his shoulders.

"Young man, I want an answer here. How did your day go?" Chimp's Dad asks again. "And how is your team project coming along?"

Chimp thinks about his day. He remembers jumping around the classroom, pushing Benny out of his chair, crumpling Maddie and Lucas' report, yanking the Venetian blind cord, and dropping Miss Eddy's book. Maybe his day didn't go so well after all. It seems like a lot of the kids were mad at him. He got everyone laughing, but maybe he wasn't as funny as he thought.

"Dad, I just had a so-so day," he finally answers. "I don't think our team project is going so well."

"Uh huh," Dad responds. "What's going on with that?"

"Well, we haven't made  much progress," is all that Chimp admits. "But we still have tomorrow to work on our project."

"You better finish it up tomorrow, son," Chimp's Dad says. "I don't want any more notes about your behavior from Miss Eddy."

"Okay Dad," Chimp sighs and goes back to eating his dinner.

The next day at school, Miss Eddy gives each of the teams their reports back with some notes and suggestions written on a separate piece of paper. Then each team presents their reports to the class. 

First Teejah and Parker present their report on "The Annoyingness of Having Younger Sisters and Brothers". Parker is responsible for taking care of his little sister Punky which really gets on his nerves. And Teejah is the big sister of four little tiger cubs! The class thinks that this team report is hilarious, but Miss Eddy has some comments about that topic. She says the report is supposed to be a research project, not a personal opinion project.

Wolfinna, Tedds, and Bixie present a report on "The Beauty of our National Forests". In addition to their actual report on forests, they have made a poster with brochures stuck to it. Tedds' family always goes on driving trips during the summer, and Tedds has collected brochures during his family's travels to state forests. He's happy to use these brochures for his team project instead of keeping them stacked in a desk drawer at home. 

Bixie has created a splendid diorama of nature with a plastic palm tree, real stones, and a shiny tin foil river. She even glued dirt to the bottom of her diorama. Wolfinna holds the team report and reads it to the class. 

Miss Eddy is very pleased with their presentation as their report is a good descriptive report with lots of visual aids. This, of course, makes Tedds, Wolfinna and Bixie very happy.

Other groups present their reports to the class which are very entertaining. Both entertaining AND educational.