Weekly Review  Thursday, May 12th – Written entirely by the 6th graders.

Last Thursday the 6th grade went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. We drove there in two school vans, a car and the drive was about two hours long. After we arrived, we split into two groups each with a tour guide. Our groups saw many pieces of Ancient Greek and Roman art from pots to grave markers to statues. During the tour we learned about different styles of Greek art and what they symbolized. The exhibit was on two floors, and on the top floor there was a real ancient Etruscan chariot. The tour took about an hour and then we went to lunch in Central Park.

During lunch, some 6th graders were doing Parkour and the rest of us were watching or playing tag. The park we played in had many trees in bloom, cherry blossoms, large rocks and was hilly. We met a kid named Max who lived close to the Museum and he played tag with us. Everyone was excited to have a break, free time and have lunch.

We returned to the museum and split up into three small groups. In the groups we completed a scavenger hunt booklet about different kinds of art. Also, as part of the activity we tried to find certain pieces of art that were mentioned in The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan. The night before the trip, each sixth grader researched a favorite art piece found on the Metropolitan Museum website. On the scavenger hunt, we tried to find our individual art pieces and had to describe them. One of the groups went to the Egyptian wing for a little while. Our final stop before heading home was the gift shop where some of us bought souvenirs.

We finished our notes on our individual ancient Greek reports and most of us are now ready to begin our first drafts.  Final reports are due on Monday, May 23 and our media presentations is due on Friday, May 27.