Egypt Days

Every year P.T.A sponsors a study of a country. This year we went to Egypt. Social studies, art, reading, science, math, writing and technology were integrated. Map skills of Africa were studied. The Egyptian Cinderella was read. We made picture frames with our names written in Arabic and we decorated them with jewels. These were our Mother’s Day gifts. In math we solved words problems about ancient pyramids. We also made pyramids and decorated them with Egyptian symbols.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

The Mummies




When I was at Egypt I went to a pyramid. We heard on the news that my teacher was kidnapped and taken there. So Tucker, Chad, and Hannah and I went to rescue her. When we got there, we went inside. It smelled yucky and all I could see was darkness. It felt sandy. Finally, we found a mummy case. We opened it and there she was, wrapped as a mummy!! We unwrapped her and went to the treasure hunt.
---By Tanner

On Egypt Day, my favorite part was the mummy. When we wrapped the teacher, everybody wrapped her up. It was fun wrapping up my teacher. My teacher was covered in white strips of cloth. It was funny. We wrapped long strings of cloth and tied it into knots to make it longer. She was twisted down to her feet. We laughed and laughed. It was funny. I liked it, my class liked it and my teacher liked it. We were like real Egyptians!
---By Simiyah

After we got off the plane, we went to the mummy wrap. The Mummy Wrap is a game where you wrap your teacher. After we wrapped our teacher, we wrapped each other. It felt weird. We did many other activities. It was very fun.

--By Brittany

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great stories. Your teacher must
be a good sport to let you dress
her as a mummy. Wanda

9:30 PM  
Anonymous Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach said...

Tanner,

How exciting! What an adventure! I am very glad your teacher is safe. I am very interested in ancient Egypt. How do you think they built those pyramids without any machines to lift the heavy blocks?

Thanks for sharing your adventure.

Sheryl (a teacher in Virginia)

3:54 AM  
Anonymous Darren Kuropatwa said...

What an exciting day you all had! Sights, sounds, tastes, smells. It "feels" like you were really in Egypt!

And a kidnapping too! With three rescuers no less! Reading your blog makes me wish I had been there.

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Cheers!
Darren Kuropatwa
Winnipeg, Canada

7:06 AM  
Anonymous marie speegle said...

DearKatie


Iam so glad to read your writing about the cafe!

10:15 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Katie,


I enjoyed your story. Love,Allison

2:20 PM  

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