WINDS OF TIME CELEBRATION!

Today was the culminating celebration for Winds of Time. We had a great time listening to the speakers from all civilizations and parading around the school in our Pharroh finest!

Egyptian Engineering!

We are wrapping up the  end the year and celebrate the Winds of Time.  We have learned lots about the Ancient Civilization of Ancient Egypt.  Today we made all the knowledge connect by building a model of ancient Egypt.   Students were put on teams and given a pile of supplies (paper, straws, clothes pins, pipe cleaners and tape) to build something for the town.  We put the final products together and Egypt came to life!

Students had to apply what they know about shapes to make things 3 dimensional.  They had to apply what they know about Egypt to lay out the town.  For example, crops are near the Nile and the house to make growing and getting food easy.  This was a great culmination to our unit!

Authors, authors, everywhere!

Today was a celebration of writers!  It was great to hear the kids excitement as they looked at all their work. 

Micah said "look at my handwriting, ooh it's gotten better"

Audrey said "I didn't use capital there"

Tonio "loved everything!"

It is great to be reflective learners!  Today was a great time to see growth and look with critical eyes. I hope you enjoyed their work as much as I did. 

Teacher for the Day

I may be retiring!  Our class was in great hands with Miss. Whilden as acting Teacher for the Day.   She did a great job teaching us about mummies and planning a few small groups.  We ended the day with a little wrap the mummy game.

A Giving Heart!

As part of our personal finance unit, we learned that Charitable Giving is giving to people less fottunat. Every class voted on a charity to donate money to. Our class picked the Red Cross to support the flood victims. 

Before students went to their Fun Friday activity, they had a choice to donate to a class bag. It was great to see kids with a giving heart. 

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Today we worked a little in the garden. MacKenzie and Lexi watered first thing this morning. They realized they needed lots of water because it has been hot. 

After lunch we pulled up 2 turnips and found a few sugar snap peas. Not enough to eat, but it was great seeing the parts of a plant in real life. "We made it happen from a seed," said Katherine!  

Renting is...

We continued to run our mock economy today by renting!  Students were allowed to rent pens or pencils. They had to choose if they "wanted" to spend the money for the fee and then leave their shoe as collateral. 

This was a great real life lesson!