A Day In The Life....

A day in the life of an ancient Egyptian. Choose one of the five social classes (government official, priest, scribe, artisan, or peasant), and imagine yourself as a member of that class. Describe your day, from sun up to sun down. Include information about your social class, and also include interactions with people from the other social classes, demonstrating a knowledge of their lives, too. Due Friday, Jan. 25!

Reading: 30 minutes. Math: Crouching Dog, Hidden Pattern. Writing: If you were a mouse in your house in the evening, what would you see your family doing?

Reading: 30 minutes. Math: fill in the "What it looks like with pictures" and "Algebraic Expression" columns from at least one of your number tricks from class today, and the fractions worksheet. Writing: If you were principal of this school, what would you do?

Reading: 30 minutes. Math: Number Trick. Writing: If you could do whatever you wanted to right now, what would you do? Bonus Question (have your answer written down tomorrow and win valuable prizes!): The earth is at it's perihelion today. What is that, and why is it today???