Ancient Egypt Documentary

Pretty neat - broken into 3 parts.  This shows a neat, inside look at Egypt.

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Part 2 -


Part 3 -

Ancient Egypt

As we enter into Ancient Egypt, we find ourselves in a fantastic unit - one of my favorite!  There is so much history in Egypt, from the pharaohs, to the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and so much more!  It always amazes me when I am reminded that all this construction was done by hand...and each brick (of millions) weighed 5000 pounds - that's more than my car weighs.  And there was no mechanized equipment!  Amazing.

Well, below are a few links that I have found - some of them are pretty cool:

National Geographic Egypt - A great website that allows you to explore these ancient buildings.

Discovering Egypt - loaded with activities, art examples, full of interactive stuff to look at.

PBS Pyramids - The website behind their great documentary on the building of the ancient wonders.

Elmer Avenue Library!

Hope everyone had a good library period today!  I learned today about a bunch of new things...the new Elmer library search engine is terrific!  You all did a fantastic job with your scavenger hunt!

Here is the link for the Elmer library page.  It is great that you can use it at home as well to see if certain books are checked in and such.  I know that the library will soon be getting a good amount of new books, so be sure to check back soon!

Additionally, Mrs. Salisbury has started a blog for the Elmer library, here.  You should head over and say hello!

Have a great night - and keep reading! 

(BTW - the links for both the search engine and Mrs. Salisbury's blog can also be found on the right under "classroom links".

"Turkey Ham"

Allright, as I did research online (yep, no life...), I found that Turkey Ham is more common than I originally thought.  Mainly it has two purposes:
-Provide a "ham-like" experience for people whose religion precludes them from eating pork products; and,

-Provide a healthier "ham-ish" product that tastes like ham, but is healthier turkey.

So, it is a poultry product, made from turkey, then flavored and smoked to taste like ham.  So, there you go. 

Enjoy your chicken nuggets tomorrow.

Reminder - Math Quiz Tomorrow

Just a reminder that there will be a Math Quiz tomorrow, covering Chapters 3-1 to 3-3. 

That includes:
3-1 - Representing Decimals
3-2 - Comparing and Ordering Decimals
3-3 - Rounding Decimals

If you have been paying close attention, you should do fine.  You should be familiar with the different forms of a fraction (standard, word, expanded), how to compare and order decimals (line them up vertically) and finally, how to round decimals to certain decimal places. 

For additional help, head over to www.msmath1.net and try some additional problems out.  Good luck!