From the Library

Kindergarteners are now experts at checking out books from the Lower School library. They love to scan the barcodes and look at their accounts. We have been reading a variety of books from the classic (Caldecott Award-winning) The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, which we acted out, to this year's Newbery Award-winning Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena. The girls enjoyed  Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider (winner of the Theodore Geisel Award). Ask your daughters about the growing oatmeal, or what James' father suggests he can do with soft bones.

Please continue to read with your daughters and to encourage them to share their library books with their pets, babysitters, siblings and YOU!

French fashion show fun

We have been having lots of fun in French class learning to talk about clothing.  The girls put on a silly fashion show for their classmates the other day.  Today, they became the commentators on a princess fashion show.  Watch below to see what some of them had to say.

Winter Fun!

We have had a fun and busy start to the New Year! From celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a morning of service, to studying author Jan Brett, to preparing for Groundhog Day, we have enjoyed every moment of 2016. The snow may have kept us out of school for a few days, but we are happy to be back and enjoyed telling stories of our snowy adventures. Enjoy some pictures below!

Addition and subtraction game

Smashing subtraction

Practicing our teen numbers

Learning about Snowflake Bentley and the wonderful snowflake photos he took

Enjoying a morning treat and some parent readers to kick off the ReadAThon

Retelling Jan Brett's The Hat

Retelling Jan Brett's The Mitten

Popcorn to celebrate learning our popcorn words and hot chocolate in anticipation of the coming storm!

Catching snowflakes

Making flowers for Meals on Wheels

Code!

In December, we began by learning about Ada Lovelace, a famous computer programmer.  The girls learned what computer programming is and how it is used in our every day lives.  We are now using the Kodable app in order to learn about basic coding.  By the end of this unit, students will understand what a sequence is and be able write code using commands in order to move fuzz character through a variety of mazes.  Students will also text and debug code. 

December

                                                        December is the Time of Joy, 

                                                      Traditions and Giving to others !

                  We enjoyed families visiting our classroom telling the story of their religious traditions.

                     

                             We are certainly young Bryn Mawr girls who are learning to respect others. 

                                         Practicing this Lower School value of RESPECT is important to us.

                             

                                        The Muslim festival of Eid when families show gratitude,                                                                                   help the poor and find ways to help others.
 
       

          Celebrating Hanukkah, learning the special story and having a delicious dreidel snack!

DIWALI CELEBRATION 

We had fun making pictures with colored sand and learning the story of Diwali.

This is a special tradition in India during their celebration. 

If you are lucky you could see a sand picture in Baltimore.

We were excited to share our Gingerbread Houses with Sarah's Hope's Shelter.

We hope the houses will make them happy and know people care. 

Click on the link below to see pictures of the shelter.

https://www.vincentbaltimore.org/programs_sarahs_hope_mountst_st_vincent_baltimore.html

POLAR EXPRESS

After our trip to the BSO for the Polar Express concert,

we had such fun using our imagination to take our own train ride

with cookies and hot chocolate wearing our PJs!

AT THE END OF THE RIDE WE EACH WERE GIVEN 

A MAGIC BELL TO HELP KEEP OUR IMAGINATION FOREVER!

WITH EACH TRADITION AND RELIGION WE LEARNED THERE IS

 A STORY ABOUT BLESSINGS, LOVE AND BEING GRATEFUL.

WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 

AND PRIVILEGE TO TEACH YOUR WONDERFUL, DEAR GIRLS.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A WINTER BREAK FILLED WITH LOVE AND FAMILY!

FONDLY,  CAROL AND KATI 

BMS and the BSO!

The view from here, just before the concert begins!!

Run, Run, As Fast As You Can...

You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!

We have been busy reading about gingerbread men, babies, friends, and girls. These stories begin our unit on author Jan Brett. We are observing Brett's beautifully detailed illustrations as she teaches us about setting, characters, plot, and especially making predictions. Jan Brett's The Gingerbread Baby and Gingerbread Friends gave us the perfect examples for creating our own gingerbread girls this morning. What fun we had decorating our cookies and creating two gingerbread houses! Our classroom smells like a candy factory! A huge thank you to the parents who helped us this morning. We could not have done it without you!