Greco-Roman Day...

Regan's 5th grade had Greco-Roman Day on Friday, April 27th.  This is one of their largest 5th grade projects and Regan has been working on it for over a month.  Regan was assigned the Greek Goddess Athena - Goddess of war, wisdom and arts and crafts.  For the report, Regan had to write a 2 page paper about Athena, dress up as Athena and give a 2-3 minute speech and she also had to do a project for their Greek/Roman museum, which she did a model of the Roman Roads.  Regan worked very hard on this project and learned a lot.  

 Regan made her helmet out of cardboard, 4 layers of paper mache', and bronze spray paint.  She made her Medusa head shield out of cardboard, modeling clay, a Chick-fil-A platter, and bronze spray paint.  Regan made her spear out of cardboard rolls, cardboard boxes and bronze spray paint.  And we made her costume out of a white sheet and gold cording.

 Here is Regan's model of an ancient Roman road showing all the layers.  There were 5 layers that made up the roman roads:  1.) Sand  2.) Crushed rock  3.) Gravel and cement mixed (Regan used cement from a stepping stone kit)  4.) Sand, Gravel and Cement mixed  5.) Cobblestones (Regan made these out of modeling clay and then painted them gray).  Regan made the cart out of clay and then painted it.  The plastic box she used is one of Tony's model car display cases.  She did a fabulous job with this project!

 Regan getting ready to do her speech.

 Regan with her teacher, Miss Price, or should I say, Medusa.

 Regan with her friend, Hannah, or a.k.a Odessa.

 The children enjoyed a Greco-Roman lunch on the floor with pillows.

Regan's teachers, Miss Price and Mrs. Ruffing.