Welcome to the 2016-2017 School Year!

Welcome! This school year is going to the best one yet! Check back here soon to see our first building project!

Sailing The Nile!

Champion students participated in a PBL focused on the benefits of renewable energy. The Ancient Egyptians were the first to harness wind energy to their advantage in trade with their neighbors along the Nile river. After reading, annotating, and writing about the history of sail energy in Ancient Egypt, students constructed their own sail boats using the following set of materials:
one foot of tape, seven straws, and one large note card

From those materials students created, tested, modified, and raced their boats along our "Nile River".
Many students were successful in crossing 'The Nile" and becoming the Queen's and King's of the Nile River!

Getting ready to sail....

And there off..... along "The Nile"...

Our next step was to write a post card to the Mayor of Ventura persuading her to have the city invest more in renewable energy for the benefit of future Venturans in years to come.

Our last step was having students write a reflection of what they learned during the PBL in their on-line portfolio. The reflection included screen clipping pictures of their sail boat and post card.

Way to go champions!

Ancient Egypt Studies: Live It, Be It!

We have begun our Ancient Egypt Studies, and are learning a lot about this impressive civilization!
Focusing on the State Social Studies 6th grade standards at:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/glc6thgradecurriculum.pdf


Just a few of our lessons so far have included comparing and contrasting Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt in a variety of ways.
We have also read multiple versions of the Myth "Osiris and Isis" (and acted it out).

 After reading, acting, and creating, students are ready to write an impressive essay of what they have learned.

Students also tried to make their own pyramid....

We are very proud of the Champions of A8!

Ancient Egyptian Deities!

We studied Ancient Egyptian Religion, then students created their own deity to re-create using a Lego figure. Next, students created a word bubble of what that god/ goddess would say as an attention grabber to a persuasive essay as to which deity is the most interesting and why! Champions students did an amazing job!

Something Old, Something New

The old..... Ziggurats from Mesopotamia, and the new... blending it with technology using our netbooks....

A perfect combination...researching, constructing, and archiving.
Great job Champions of room A8!

Mesopotamia....

We are comparing and contrasting Paleolithic Era to the Mighty Mesopotamians. Did you know they invented writing in the form of Cuneiform?
Champions in room A8 created their own tablets as well:

Each one has a different story with a key to interpret what their symbols represented...

Well done Champions!

Welcome to the 2015-2016 School Year in Room A8!

2015-2016 is off to a great start!
We have begun our school year learning about Early Humans (The Stone Age). Students have been reading, taking notes, writing claims, and supporting them with facts. We also created some "Cave Art". Great job Champions!

Next up.... Student created board games that we will be playing to review for our Unit 1 exam.

Great Job Champions!