Ancient Egypt Celebration

Our Ancient Egypt Celebration

Today we had our Ancient Egypt celebration.  The students started their day decoding hieroglyphics and trying fresh figs.  They built skeletons of square-based pyramids, and they counted the edges, vertices, and faces.  The students learned and played an ancient Egyptian board game called Mehen.  The afternoon activities included reading the book, The Egyptian Cinderella and a light snack.  The students had fun wrapping each other up as mummies.  We ended the day by watching a movie about Ancient Egypt.  The day was a lot of fun!

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We were playing with Tellagami with Mrs. McMillan today. Here is a multiplication story problem that Miguel created!

https://tellagami.com/gami/4E4L41/

Yesterday the students looked at the 'pyramid of power' in ancient Egypt.  The pharaoh was the most powerful person.  He owned all the land, and he made all of the laws or rules. The students had fun imagining they were the pharaohs of Egypt, and they enjoyed writing their own rules.  These were some of the rules students wanted to share.

No eating fruits or vegetables.  (Kaitlyn)
Play video games no matter what happens.  (Luca)
You can have hippos and crocodiles as pets. (Dylan)
Dance in the classroom.  (Kyra)
Stay up late to watch TV.  (Hunter)
Eat candy.  (Kendra)
Don't go to school.  (Miguel)
Eat junk food.  (Kaley)
No boys in my house.  (Taylor)
No listening.  (Keegan)
Everyone has to eat healthy except for me.  (Jenessa)

Our Study of Egypt

We have been learning about ancient Egypt in S.S.  We are learning many interesting things so far. 

Here are some of the things that we have learned: 

It is hot and dry. ( Kendra) 

Egypt is in the continent of Africa. ( Miguel) 

The Nile River is the longest river in the world. ( Dylan)

Papyrus grows in Egypt. ( Keegan) 

It is a desert. ( Alexis)

It is sandy in Egypt. ( Timmy) 

Papyrus is used to make paper and boats. ( Kaley) 

The Nile floods it gives soil. ( Luca)

Camels live in Egypt. ( Kira) 

Hippos and crocodiles live in Egypt. ( Dylan) 

If you were a small child you would not wear any clothes and if you were a man, you would wear a loin cloth. ( Hunter) 

They shaved their heads. Young boys had a small lock of hair on the side. ( Xavier) 

They lived beside the Nile River so that they can get water.  (Timmy) 

 They did not eat pigs because they thought they were dirty. They did not have bananas and oranges. ( Hunter) 

Cats were popular. ( Timmy) 

Cheetahs and camels live there. ( Nicole) 

Elephants and giraffes life there. ( Kendra)

The Nile River was also called the River of Life. ( Miguel) 

They eat ducks and they have mummies. ( Kaitlyn)  

They wore jewelry. ( Kaley) 

They have pyramids there. (Jesse)