Working Hard

All of the classes are hard at work on their new units. The first and second graders are reading Fairy Tales and completing Travel Tickets that tell the elements common to all Fairy Tales. They will complete 6 Travel Tickets before writing their own Fairy Tale. The 3rd and 4th graders are going back in time to Ancient Egypt to learn about life at that time. They have been divided into Nomes (groups) and have completed their Nome standards, menat necklaces, and learned how to dress like an Egyptian. The have been assigned individual projects that they will present to the class on Feb. 28th to teach the rest of the class about theiir assigned topic. I am sure we will learn a great deal about life along the Nile. It has also been a perfec time to talk about present day Egypt and the news making the headlines. The 5th graders are about to complete the unit on Clipper ships and the California Gold Rush. It has been an exciting race and we can't wait to see who wins! This group also started a unit on Feudal Japan and the students are learning about the history of Japan as their Armies try to take over all of Japan so they can become the Shogun.