Dia Das Mães 2015

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Online English Dictionary

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Mason

Poesia em homenagem às Mães

Dia das Mães

Toda mãe tem um carinho

Que toca seu coração,

Mas o que ela tem de verdade

É o poder da doação

Seu amor com seu afeto,

Tem cuidado e atenção,

E com ela lá por perto

A tristeza vai pro chão.

Mãe rainha e divertida

Traz um pão pra dividir

Um bem lindo como ela

Que só ela vai partir.

Não precisa nem falar

Que é muito paciente

E com muita preocupação

Fica bem inteligente.

Criativa nem se fala,

Pensa muito, mesmo cansada,

Educada até o final

Vai virando a maioral.

 Por: João Victor Year 4 B

Fun with fractions!

Hi Students:

Here are two fun websites to work on the fractions we are learning to use in class!

1.      This game uses time to work with fractions.
Fractions and Time

and

2.      This game is to understand fractions with your favorite food...PIZZA!  Fractions and Pizza!

Mr. Mason

ABA Global School: Parent Camp 2015

Museo do Trem

Hello all!

Miss Patricia and I really want you parents to look over these photos with your children and ask them what they remember, what they learned, and how the museum helped them understand trains!  Of course, it can be in English or Portuguese!

Does anyone know what a "steam engine" is?

 The students finally made it to the Museo do Trem after not arriving due to a manifestation on the first attempt.  The trip was part of a larger exploration of how ancient civilizations are similar and different from our current way of living.  We looked at transportation through a historical lens to get better perspective on the way our city is laid out today.

 

Everybody loved the chance to take a crazy photo!

The students then recapped their knowledge through an interactive game in teams!

We are hoping to take more field trips this year.  We really believe in the power of experiential learning.  After all, the world is the biggest, best classroom of them all!

Thanks!

Working on Understanding How Civilizations Work

In order to better understand the present, we are investigating the past.  In order to better understand the past, we are examining the present.

 They made a visual representation of the cities and their services and presented to their colleagues.

"A civilização é antes de tudo vontade de conviver." -José Ortega y Gasset

The students from Year 4 A and B explored their ideas about how cities work.  They came up with questions after brainstorming all the services that the government provides.

Questions that Year 4 A came up with:

Why exactly do I see just a little bit of the public things?

-Marina F.

How do we get water up on to a hill?

-Marina X.

Why do some people depend on services from the government?

-Maria Clara

To whom does the government provide public services?

-Camila A.

Will the government always provide more and more schools?

-Julia A.

Why are public services so important?

-Fernanda

How do they use math in public services?

-Vinicius

Why doesn’t the government make more public services and public spaces for people that don’t have money?

-Anonymous

Why do some of the presidents not care about the problems of they city and say that they were already solved?

-Maria

Why aren’t there more public projects in the city?

-Maria

Why do we need so many orphanages if every child has a Dad and a Mom and every child is someone’s son or daughter?

-Anonymous

Why are most services not public?  Everybody needs a house right?  But not everyone has one.

-Anonymous