Ancient Egypt

This term in Room 8 we will be researching all about Ancient Egypt. Today many of the children brought in books and treasures from their or their families experiences in Egypt! It was great to have so many things to look at!

We did KWL charts in our co-operative groups. First we wrote facts or information we knew about Egypt (K). Then, after sharing information and looking at books and treasures, we wrote some questions we have about Egypt on post-it notes (W - what we want to find out).
Some of our questions were:
- What are the pyramids made out of and why were they built?
- Why do people wear headscarves?
- What are mummies?
- What is inside the pyramids?
- Why do people ride camels?
- Do they speak a different language there?
- What do they eat in Egypt?
At the end of the unit we will fill in the L section of our chart - What we learned.