A Successful Museum Opening!

Here is a photo of our class celebrating a successful Opening Day at the Ancient Egypt Museum!  Thank you to Mr. Hughes, who visited, and thank you to parents who helped support your children with this project.  It was a lot of work, but it was a great experience for the students.  Their hard work really paid off.

Please look out for the June calendar coming home this week.  There are a great deal of special activities this month that students won't want to miss out on.  Have a great week!

This Friday...Come to Our Museum of Ancient Egypt!

We are so excited to present our Ancient Egypt projects to you.  This week, students are carefully planning how to set up our museum so you can visit our room and see what we've created.  Students have tons of terrific ideas to create a welcoming environment...they can't wait for you to come.

When:  Friday, May 27th from 9:30-10:30 am
Where:  Room 121

See you there!

Opening Day at the Museum

This Friday, students will be presenting their artifacts and reports on Ancient Egypt to our class.  We are all very excited to see the final products that students have created.

Next Wednesday, May 25th, parents and other classes will be invited to "Opening Day at the Museum" where we will showcase our projects.  Most likely this will begin around 9:30 am, but we will let you know as it gets closer to the time.

Have a good week,
Mrs. Vera

Ancient Egypt Inquiry Projects

Last week, students worked hard to narrow their focus to one area of Ancient Egypt.  They crafted a focus question to guide them and collected research during class and over the weekend.

There are a number of new links listed below to help students on their research.  Thank you to Ms. Balla for putting this list together.  Please make use of it!
In two weeks we will be presenting projects at "Opening Day at the Museum!"  Check back here next week for more details!

As usual...have a terrific week!

Scantron Testing This Week

Happy May!

This week we will be having our last session of Santron Testing for the year.  The Scantron tests students on their math skills one day and on their reading skills another day.  As you know, these tests are unique because students take them on the computer.  I look forward to seeing how students have grown academically this year!

On another note, we have some special guests coming to visit us from the Shedd Aquarium on Wednesday.  Please be sure to ask you child about it.

Finally, starting this week, students will be embarking on a three week adventure about Egypt through reading and writing, as well as learning skills to be a good researcher.  Ms. Balla, our student intern, will be leading this unit. 

Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Vera