My Trip to the Bank

Today, I got to go to the bank with my mom. Sometimes, she has money or checks that she needs to put into her account, and I wanted to go for a special reason today. My mom usually goes through the drive-thru at the bank. In the drive-thru, my mom puts her money in this cylinder-like compartment. Then, the compartment and  money are vacuumed up the tube, and to the window to the bank teller. The bank teller puts the money in mom's account, and then puts the container back in the tube to send my mom her receipt. I have always thought that this was so cool! Today when we went, I decided that I wanted to see what it was like to ride in the tube....

 

      My mom finally agreed, but only after making sure with the bank teller that it would be safe. She talked to my mom and I about some cool facts about the bank. She said that people count the money that they want to put into their accounts, and they write it on a piece of paper to make sure that the teller knows how much they want to deposit, or sometimes withdraw. Then, the money gets vacuumed up the tube and the teller puts the money in the bank account. Mom carefully let me climb in the tube, and I heard this loud wind. All of a sudden, I was sucked up the tube! It was like a big slide, but going backwards! I dropped down the other side of the tube and I got to meet the bank teller. Her name was Amy, and she was very nice. She told me that I was a very brave flat person. She also asked me if I wanted a sucker, and of course I accepted the offer.
      She also gave me two gold dollars! I asked about the special looking coins, because I had never seen these before. Amy said that these coins were called "Sacagawea dollars."  These gold dollars are named after the Indian woman who guided two explorers named Lewis and Clark into the American West. Amy also told me that the "gold dollars" are not actually made of gold. They are really made up of different metals, such as copper, zinc, manganese, and nickel. I liked learning from Amy, and she let me have the gold dollars.  Amy put me back in the cylinder-like compartment, and I waited. I heard the strong wind again, and all of a sudden, I was vacuumed up the tube and back to my mom!

 

I had so much fun exploring at the bank today. I learned a lot about the Sacagawea dollars, and I can't wait to bring these back to school to show my classmates and teacher!