Have a wonderful Summer!

Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses

In a blog post, please tell me who your favorite Greek god or goddess is. Remember to support your main idea with a topic sentence, details and end with a concluding sentence. There should be at least 5 sentences!

Use the following websites to complete your research!

BBC-Ancient Greeks
Gods and Heroes
Heroes <-- cool quiz! Try out!
Greek Gods

Image: Greek Gods

Design a Greek Vessel

It's your turn to design an ancient Greek vessel! Remember what you learned for your own design!! Please check out this site and design your vessel! 

Image: Ancient Greek Pottery 

Ancient Egypt

Prepare to step back into time-during the times of the Ancient Egyptians! Please click on the first link, and step into the role of a Mummy Maker! Read the directions carefully, and use the arrows to click to each page. Will you succeed???

Mummy Maker Game

Image: Mummy

If you finished your mummy, now you must build your pyramid. 

Pyramid Builder

Ancient Mesopatamia

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Penn Museum stated that the "Sumerians created cuneiform script over 5,000 years ago." These drawings, or pictographs became the first writing system!

Write your name in cuneiform. Be a scribe!

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What is an Orchestra?

This week's informational text is about an orchestra. Please check out the following link about the different parts of an orchestra. Post a comment about something new you learned!

The Instrument Lab

Image from Merriam-Webster.

After you post your response, please check out Seussville in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday!

Aida

This week, we'll be reading about Aida, an Ethiopian princess who is being held captive by the Egyptians. Please read about her in the following links.

Classics for Kids

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