French: L'Afrique Francophone

In conjunction with our unit on French-speaking Africa, the girls are creating fantastiques posters on countries such as le Gabon, Madagascar, le Congo, Djibouti, le Mali, and more. They are researching, describing, and presenting their country's climat, population, drapeau, and culture, among other topics. See the girls hard at work in the pictures below.

Bryn Mawr and the BSO!

3rd, 4th, and 5th grade girls were treated to a "Symphony Space-tacular" concert yesterday by the world-class Baltimore Symphony Orchestra!  While listening to "Mars" by Gustav Holst, we saw amazing images of Mars captured by the Curiosity Rover. A NASA astronaut narrated this musical journey around our own galaxy - and even those that are far, far away. You can imagine the excitement when the orchestra played the main Star Wars theme! 

It's great to listen again! Here are the selections from the program. All are available on Spotify or YouTube.

Also sprach Zarathustra, by R. Strauss"Mars" and "Jupiter" from The Planets, by G. Holst
Symphony No. 5, 1st movement, by Beethoven
Mothership, by Mason BatesMain Theme from Star Wars, by John Williams

More evidence to support reading.....!

         All these studies support the benefits of reading. As the holidays approach, please consider giving books as gifts. Talk to your daughters about what they are currently reading. In class, we have started Lois Lowry's Number the Stars. Ask your daughter what she thinks about this wonderful novel set in World War II Denmark.

Art_Adinkra Stamps

The girls have all designed a symbol to honor a personal loss in the style of Adinkra stamps. The Ashanti people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast in Africa use the stamps to print on fabric that they wear as a funerary custom that comes from a story of two kings long ago. Each stamp has a story and a meaning that honors the qualities of the people who passed away.

The girls told stories of their own personal losses and designed stamps with similar criteria: strong positive and negative shapes, thick black lines, abstract, unique, and fits in a square. They carved the stamp out of linoleum squares and will print them in an array on cloth next.

Typing Club

This letter will be coming home with your daughter. 

This week, the 4th and 5th graders were introduced to TypingClub.  Although we will not be working on typing skills during Computer Science classes, students are encouraged to practice at home.

TypingClub is an educational program that will help students learn to type quickly and accurately on a standard computer keyboard. The program is fully web-based, so students can use it to practice keyboarding anywhere an internet connection can be found.

To log in to TypingClub account, go to the following login URL:

https://brynmawrschool.typingclub.com

Click on “using your Google account”

Use the credentials on the label at the top of this page.

If you would like to help at home, the most important thing for your child to focus on while practicing is to avoid looking at the keyboard while typing.

I am very excited to share TypingClub with you and to work toward developing your child's keyboarding skills. Together, we can help perfect a skill set that will be indispensable to your child in the future.  If you have any questions, feel free to email me.

All the best,

Alisha Caruso

carusoa@brynmawrschool.org

Happy Spirit Day!!! Go Bryn Mawr!

  

Here's what we're reading this week: