Wheel Day!

The kids have been passing interesting proposals. This week was wheel day. Many of the kids brought things to ride on that had wheels and then some brought toys with wheels. The weather must have heard about our special proposal because it cooperated to perfection. Enjoy some of the great pictures. It was awesome.

We are working on our projects about the Maya culture. They are amazing and the kids have been doing great work. Thanks for your help with the research. It makes the learning more complete and we love to have you involve.

More Project Fair Photos

Just had to share these too!

Our mini project fair was a wonderful success.  Children had art projects with life-sized pictures of themselves painted in Egyptian Frontalism style.  They also had science projects of mummified apples that were placed in colorful burial barges.  We also shared our early human's pinch pots that were fired and wonderful examples of clay work.  We made bread, something that was so significant for Ancient Egyptians.  We even ground our own wheat to make the bread! Some children had their own individual projects as well. Thanks for coming and sharing with us.  Take a look at some of the photos here!

Remember that we have a field trip next Friday, the 13th.  We will have a Valentine's celebration on Thrusday.  Check your emails for class lists.  

Remember, there is no school on Monday, February 16th for President's day.  

Enjoy the pictures!

Ancient Egypt Celebrations

This is a picture of our special guest, Madigah, who performed Egyptian Belly Dancing for our class. She shared the music, moves and traditions of Egypt while we studied the customs and beliefs of ancient Egyptian culture.  

You are invited to join us for a mini-project fair this Friday, February 6th.  We will have projects celebrating our study of Egypt on display as well as some of those that students have completed in areas of personal interest.  Come ready to be awed by our work and explanations. We will be having viewing times from 11:00 to 1:00 on Friday.  Stop by and see our work. 

Look for our new DVD that should be out soon. (Maybe even posted here if I can work it out!)  We will have our groups performing their reader's theater plays, as well as three guest critics reviewing their favorite books. 

There is a field trip to Tears of Joy Puppet Theater next Friday, February 13th!  We leave at 9:00 and ride the MAX downtown.  We'll be back for noon dismissal. Join us if you have the time to chaperone.