Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics

Tonight is the Opening Ceremonies for the Rio Olympics. Hearing that this opening event cost less than 1/10th the cost of the London Opening Ceremonies, I'm expecting it to be a full-on Carnival and not much else.

So, while thinking about the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, it made me think of some pretty cool things in the ceremonies of years' past. 


Here are a few things that still stand out in my mind...

Whales coming through the floor in Vancouver.

The "Queen" skydiving in London.







But, my favorite of all was Beijing. 

Hands down.  
They won.

Here is my evidence to support this claim: 1. The drummers.





2. The "moveable type" -- and the costumes! Imagine the work that went into these... 




This does not even count for the "footsteps of history" that "walked" to the stadium with fireworks of feet, the fiber-optic Olympic rings, the singing, dancing on the history scroll of China, etc...  

Worth re-watching the entire thing.


Of course, China hosted the Youth Olympics, too, and they didn't fail to impress (you may wish to forward to 2:30):




In the comments section below, what highlights do you recall from past Olympic Opening Ceremonies? 

Enjoy watching the Rio Olympics!

UPCOMING EVENTS!

First, for those in Mrs. Butterick's Inquiry Friday group, you may be part of the GIVE BACK DAY on Saturday, June 4th from 10 - 2. Please let us know if you are attending and if you have parents volunteering to help you!

Secondly, for those in the GLOBAL READ-ALOUD with the NZ school and Miss Krenicki, we are having our last Google Hangout on Tuesday, June 7th from 2-5 in the media center. Permission slips were given out with the Edmodo form, so only students with permission may stay. The permissions are located in the right column of this website.

Long Walk to Water Book Trailers

The book trailers are due on June 1st, and to make it easier to share, please add your name (and your partner, if you have one), your SS class, and the link to your video in the chart below. This way, everyone can watch your trailer, even if it is someone in another class!

https://docs.google.com/a/colchesterct.org/spreadsheets/d/1HgaXgBW5qERtGrTw8UabSyGlE7QS0Qvfj9df5RMB9N4/edit?usp=sharing

BOSTON FIELD TRIP!

Today, students received their tee-shirts for the field trip tomorrow. Please be sure to wear it!

Also, this letter went home, so if you need a new copy, please click here.

Long Walk to Water - Book Trailer

Here is the project outline, the storyboard, and the rubric for the Book Project!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13jyd6jWURaTpCwtuAahNLpOa3sxF_h6vqKJOuEt3VgY/edit?usp=sharing

Phantom of Terawhiti group

If you have your EDMODO permission slip, please go to this link:  https://edmo.do/j/dnjgn3 to join our group.  Use your school email to register.

If the link doesn't connect you to our group, or if it asks for a group code, please enter this: j9uk37

A class should be in group #1, B class in #2, etc. so be sure to be in the right group.

Once into our group, if you have a device, you may download the app and sign in. It should know you are in the group now.

Wait for further directions from Miss K!

GLOBAL-CLASSROOMS.ORG

Letter from Salva and Author

http://www.southamptonschools.org/webpages/ecullings/files/long%20walk%20epilogue1.pdf

Here is the information about Water for South Sudan:
http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/