HORARIO MIERCOLES 3 DE NOVIEMBRE

7:00 – 7:20 5° (DIRECCION DE GRUPO)

ORTOGRAFIA: ABACO – ALMENDRA

STATEMENT: WORK HARD AND BE PROUD WHAT YOU ACHIEVE

REGLETAS: 72 + (-16)

(-39) –(-13)

9:10- 9:50 2°-3° LANGUAGE ARTS

9:50-10:30 2°-3° SOCIAL STUDIES (MODULO PAGINA 46- 47 QUE TRANSCRIBAN EN EL

CUADERNO)

10:30-11:10 1°

11:10-11:50 1°

1:00-1:40 6°

2:20-2:30 5° TUTORIA FIRMAR CONTROL Y QUE LO ESCRIBAN

 Interesting facts
The Pyramids of Egypt were built during
Some believe that the Cheops
2700-2500 B.C in Giza on the west bank
Pyramid was built by slaves but this
of the Nile and are the most ancient of
is not true. One hundred thousand
the Wonders of the World. The first
people worked on it for three
three of the ten pyramids at Giza are
months of each year. This was the
considered to be the most important. The
time of the Nile's annual flood which
first pyramid is the largest and is known
made it impossible to farm the land
as the Great Pyramid. It was built for
and most of the population was
Pharaoh Khufu, also known as Cheops, and
unemployed. Cheops provided good
is 450 feet high.
food and clothing for his workers
and was
There arekindly
threeremembered in folk
great pyramids at Giza, each
tales
of for many
which oncecenturies.
had an adjoining mortuary
temple.
Questions:
The 'great' pyramid itself is truly an 1. When were the Pyramids built?

astonishing work of engineering skill - for 2. Where are they situated?

over four thousand years, until the modern 3.Which pharaoh built the largest pyramid?

era, it was the tallest building in the world. 4. Did slaves take part in the construction of
the pyramids?

The sides are oriented to the four cardinal 5. Which pyramid is the largest in the world?

points of the compass 6. How are the sides of the pyramids

oriented?
7. How much does an average limestone block
Limestone blocks weigh on average 2.5 tons
weigh?
each. But some weigh as much as 16 tons.
The Cheops Pyramid was constructed using
around 2,300,000 limestone blocks.