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Chess Club

DATA school has a chess club thanks to some outstanding volunteers. A huge thanks to Mr. Wilcox (and his lovely wife and daughter) and Mr. Cashman for setting us up for a great club. We will meet every Friday in Room B9 during lunch.

The Famous Mr. Cashman

 Setting up the games

 Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Cashman coaching

 Mr. Wilcox leading our meeting

 Let the games begin

 

Egyptian Trade (6.2.6)

After reading about and watching a short video on Egyptian trade, students found images that related to what was traded. Then they put the images into "Windows Live Movie Maker". For each slide students added a caption describing the image of trade in a "figurative language way". Once the movies were made, students shared their work in small groups.
Finally the students added their "movie" into the Ancient Civilization PowerPoint.
Way to go Champions!

Putting it together

 Getting ready to share

 Presenting

Then outstanding students sharing wtih the entire class...

Finally students blogged about the lesson with the following prompt:
"Did you enjoy making your movie? Who do you think did a great job on their movie and why?"

Great Job Champions!

More on Egypt (standard 6.2.3)

Today we investigated Ancient Egyptians standard 6.2.3. Students were able to research the various Egyptian gods (http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html). Then they chose one to recreate using a Lego dude. After making their "god" they created a word bubble of what figurative language phrase the god would say. Next, they took a picture of it and added it to their Ancient Civilization power point. Finally they wrote a fictional narrative with all the elements of plot centered around their "god".
Amazing work students!

first, researching

 Creating the slide to put the information on..

 Taking a picture of their Lego "god"...

Students holding their creations...
Here is one example of a students amazing story:

                           Ra, My fictional Story

Ra is the sun god, He gets to enjoy the beautiful lush Green rivers and flowing Nile during the day, But at  night he is swallowed up by nut and forced into the underworld. The underworld is dark and cold, and Ra wished more than anything that he could enjoy the night ,like every other god. All the gods bragged about the beautiful nights and the full bright moon. They bragged about the huge parties that were held for only Gods. And here was Ra trapped in the Underworld listening to the parties the gods were hosting in The beautiful world above.  And Ra was a god so he should get to go, But the mean gods made him stay in the underworld. Ra has heard that there is ways out of the underworld, but with Nut constantly Guarding the sky making sure no one could get out of the Underworld, Especially Ra, it is impossible.

                Ra Decided that he needed to get out of the underworld so he makes a plan, he is going to run from Nut and try and Trick her into going into the Underworld. When it was time to put his plan into action, he ran around every where during the day, not letting Nut catch him, but eventually she did. Huff, exsosted from his run, he made a new plan, He was going to disguise himself as Sobek the Nile God, who held the parties, but once again his plan didn’t work, she found him and asked him a code, when he didn’t Know it she knew he was an imposter. How was he supposed to Know that every god had a secret code. That was another thing the rest of the gods kept from him. On his last plan he decided to learn how to disguise himself as the Moon, his plan went just as planned for the first time, She saw the moon god and thought that ra had given up and went to the Underworld by himself. But just to be sure she went in the underworld to look for him, As soon as she did that Ra locked the door to the underworld, and She couldn’t get out.

                 That night Ra went to the Party, and it turned out That the gods were glad he came to the party, and Nut was the one that didn’t want Ra coming. Ra had so much fun and the next morning Ra rose into the sky happy and proud of himself, That he had tricked Mean old nut. And the Evil Nut was trapped in the underworld forever.

                That is Why The Sun moves across the sky everyday, a then turns into the Moon at night.

 

Our Egyptian Cinderella Play

Today students read the ancient fable "The Egyptian Cinderella". Next students, in small groups, chose a part of the story to act out for the class.

Above, students practicing...

 

Below... the "performers"

Well Done Champions!

Young Venture Capitolists

Our students are creating a buisness idea and presenting their ideas to a panel. Mr. Anderson, a local businessperson, spent some time with our students going over what will make an effective plan.
Thanks Mr. Anderson!

Figurative Language and Play-Doh

Today after reading a story, students represented the story using play-doh for their symbolism.
Well done Kids!