This week we are exploring Ancient Egypt and here are some resources for you to check out. Listed below are links to games and activities. Also, at the bottom, there is a website that includes many kid friendly videos all about Egypt.
For our new unit, Where We Are in Place and Time, grade 5 is exploring how people learn about the past. We have already put the puzzle pieces together for what makes a civilization and are exploring how places change over time.
Central Idea: Historical evidence helps us connect today's way of life with the past. Lines of Inquiry:
Processes involved in collecting, analyzing and validating evidence
How people build upon previous understanding
Ways in which our understanding of the past has evolved over time, and shapes the future.
We are also looking into mythology and writing our own myths. To help us get some instruction on how to write myths we watched these two videos.
After watching the videos, we began our pre-writing task. In table groups, the students wrote ideas about what we could write about to explain the natural world. Some of my favorites were "Why do snails have shells?" and "Why do hounds have long ears?" Next, we brainstormed words associated with the topic to go in a word box and then plotted out several story possibilities. Our next step this week will be to learn about different Gods and Goddesses so that we can build them into our myths.
I will let you know how they progress, but until then, here are some other websites that might be useful.
It is Sunday and therefore I have had some time to catch-up on my To-Do List, including downloading some photos from a while ago. Here are some shots of the kids dressed up in their vocabulary costumes. They chose really great words and it was a total blast. I even shared with them that it might have been the most exciting event I have ever participated in as a teacher, but then again, I am really into words!
Hi students! Hope you are getting ready for your math test on Friday. I know this was the first test I actually wanted you to "study" for. It is important that you take responsibility for your learning more and more the older you get and studying is one way to do this. I know we have IXL and you have your daily homework, but I wanted to share with you some videos that also might help you with some concepts covered on the test. Enjoy!
