Storybird!

Students created their own stories using the website "Storybird" at:
http://storybird.com/
The assignment was for students to choose a theme based on the pictures on the website and write a short story. They will be sharing their stories with the Kindergartners at E.P. Foster. The standards of focus for this assignment includes:
*stories have strong elements of plot as well as
*figurative language and sensory details

We will post some of the stories on this blog once they are done.
In the meantime check out the photos of the students working and creating!

Playing The Egypt Games!

What a fantastic review for out test on Egypt tomorrow!
Students played their games... Fun!
Video summary and pictures of the games below...

The board games are purple because that was Cleopatra's favorite color!
Outstanding work was posted on the wall in Room B9:)

The Egypt Game

Using the theme of Ancient Egypt, students created a board game of their own to review the main concepts covered in class from their Ancient Civilizations power point. Students were asked to create a game with various types of questions (facts as well as higher order, open ended questions). Once the games are made, students will play them with their family as well as classmates. Fun!

Come back later to see finished product and more pictures of us playing the games!

A Brochure of Ancient Egypt!

Students summarized the main concepts of Ancient Egypt using MS Publisher. The final product turned out to be very informative and creative. Students then uploaded their brochure onto their Thinkquest page.
Well done students!

Technology and Art!

This picture shows it all!

Students built a pyramid with their hands, then used the computer to take a picture and write about it.

Young Archeologists Tour of Egypt!

Students took a mini tour of Egypt in our class today. Students were put into groups of six and spent 19 minutes at each of the five "Egyptian Centers".
Center 1: Building a pyramid using large blocks and Legos
Center 2: Researching Egyptian Gods and giving them a report card on their characteristics
Center 3: Creating an acrostic poem about EGYPT using words, pictures and color (figurative language and sensory detail as well)
Center 4: Writing their names in hieroglyphics
Center 5: Creating an Egyptian symbol using play doh


Building a pyramid

 Using play doh to create a symbol of something Ancient Egypt then taking a picutre of it and uploading it into their Ancient Civilizations powerpoint

Writing an Acrostic Poem about Ancient Egypt using figurative language and sensory detail

 Researching Egyptian Gods and making judgements

 Looking up how to write our names in hieroglyphics, then writing it on paper

 A proud group

 All work uploaded into the Ancient Civilizations Powerpoint on Ancient Egypt

Life as an Ancient Egyptian

Students researched what life was like for an Ancient Egyptian. Then they choose a social class and wrote a Historical First Person Narrative as that person. The essays turned out to be three or more paragraphs long. Students then uploaded their essay and recorded themselves reading their essay into a slide in their Ancient Civilizations Powerpoint. Finally students posted their essay on Thinkquest in a message board for others to read. Super job kids! If you are a parent of one of this Champion students ask to see their essay in Thinkquest!
Here is just one example:

Philip R
               Greetings! My name is Joseph and My parents are Joe and Josephine. My dad is the Pharaoh, so my family and I are royalty. For fun we spin our gold plated tops, and making leather balls out of the highest quality leather and cotton. Oh, and I like bossing around my personal servant.
              My palace is made of marble as white as snow, and the hierglyphics are painted by the chief scribes. They tell stories of Ra gliding down the Nile in his Sun boat, or Set nailing Osiris into his coffin. The palace overlooks the Nile where you see the reeds flowing with the current, and I also hear the whipping of the wind.  If you walk closer to the Nile, you can smell the Lotus flower blooming in the Spring.
        My father, Joe, had a mother named Cleopatra. You may have heard of her. She is the best grandma ever! Imagine having Christmas every day. Now imagine these presents being plated in gold or silver and smelling like lavender. See what I’m saying? Plus, you know how your grandma’s kisses are all sloppy and wet?

Nov. 14, 2011

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The Three Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt

How did we learn about the three kingdoms? First we made a fold-out using construction paper. Then we researched and read about the three Kingdoms. Next we wrote our notes about each Kingdom on our fold outs. Then we debated and concluded which Kingdom we would have wanted to live in had we been alive during that time. Students then added notes to their Ancient Civilizations Powerpoint and took a picture of their fold-out.

Well done!

Good Work Posted in Room B9

Excellent All-Star Champion student work is posted in room B9.
Stopy by sometime to check it out.

DATA....what a great place to be!

Egyptian Gods

Student researched Egyptian Gods and then created one by decorating a Lego Man. Then students created a word bubble with a Figurative Language quote that the God might have said. Students had fun making, learning and creating.
The link below is what we researched:

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html

Putting it together

researching and creating

Final product with figurative language

Putting them all together

Message board posts of which God they choose, why, and what 

figurative language their God might have said:

Acting out an Egyptian Cinderella (good job)!

Today students acted out a scene from the story "An Egyptian Cinderella". Students worked in small groups putting together their performance, then we performed on the school stage in the DATA cafeteria. Students did a great job. Once we were back in the classroom we posted messages on our class website about what we liked and learned about the experience.
The following pictures show each group on the stage with a few photos of our "All Star Actors".
Per. 1-2
Planning it out

 Acting it out...

 Our per. 1-2 All Star Actors

Per 3-4

P. 3-4 All Stars!

A Taste of Egypt (thanks Mrs. Geib)

Thanks to Mrs. Geib we were able to taste test some great foods from Ancient Egypt. First we watched a short video (and took notes) about the foods of Egypt. Then we learned about the taste buds and how the foods we eat work in our mouth! Then we tried and took notes on the following foods:
Calmyrna Fig, Black Mission Fig, Fresh Pomegranates, and Dried Pomegranates.
Then we posted our thoughts and new insights on the class blog in THinkqeust. Fun and Ymmie!

                                                                           The food

The Notes...

                                                        Mrs. Geib sharing and teaching

                                                 Students comparing notes...

                                                Our class Blog supported by Thinkquest.org

                       Our Handout with a great diagram of the taste components of the mouth

                                                                             The posts!

Good times in room B9!