Happy to Learn Hieroglyphs

French: Pictures at the Eiffel Tower

 We are so glad to be back home, but were certainly sorry to leave Paris.  Here are pictures of the girls in front of the Eiffel Tower.  When I passed them out in class, one of the girls asked how I made them.  I took the opportunity to talk about photo adjustments in Photoshop and how you cannot always believe every picture you see.  The girls wanted to see an example so I showed them this video clip from Dove showing how women in advertisements are often adjusted with photo editing software. 

Walters Art Museum

After enjoying two SNOW DAYS, the third graders arrived this morning ready to go to the Walters Art Museum!  Our adventure began on the yellow school bus which delivered all its usual thrills, especially going over speed bumps.  Three experienced docents guided us through the Ancient Egyptian Exhibit.  The girls' background knowledge, listening skills, and genuine interest in learning were quite noticeable and appreciated! 

Back in the classroom, the girls connected with the field trip by making their own Egyptian cartouche.  They traced hieroglyphic symbols which represented the letters in their names.  The girls learned that the cartouche, an oval loop with a knot at the base, represented eternity.  Pharaohs placed their names inside it, hoping to live forever.    

Guess whose name had the most hieroglyphic pictures?