Writing workshop

Persuasive writing is an important skill that can seem intimidating to elementary students. In fourth grade we  encourage students to use skills and knowledge they may not realize they already have. A classroom game introduces students to the basic concepts of lobbying for something that is important to them (or that they want) and making persuasive arguments. Students then choose their own persuasive piece to analyze and learn some of the definitions associated with persuasive writing. Once students become aware of the techniques used in oral arguments, they then apply them to independent persuasive writing activities and analyze the work of others to see if it contains effective persuasive techniques.


Currently, year 4 is in the "prewriting stage". We are brainstorming ideas and working on our graphic organizers. 
Love, 
Ms. Carla 

Wish us a happy writing journey!

Raz Kids

Comprehensive Leveled Reading Resources for Kids

Raz-Kids is an award-winning teaching product that provides comprehensive leveled reading resources for students. With hundreds of eBooks offered at 29 different levels of reading difficulty, it's easy to put the right content in every student's hands.

Kids access their leveled text through an interactive learning portal designed to keep them motivated and engaged. Every eBook is available in online and mobile formats, and allows students to listen to, read at their own pace, and record themselves reading. Students then take a corresponding eQuiz complete with an extended answer response to test comprehension and determine future instruction needs. Once a child has read ten or more of the leveled eBooks and passed each of the corresponding eQuizzes, they advance on to the next reading level where they have access to lengthier and more difficult text.

A DIGITAL LIBRARY AT YOUR DISPOSAL

• 800+ leveled eBooks for students to practice reading anytime, anywhere
• Corresponding eQuizzes that measure student comprehension
• Digital management and reporting tools to easily track individual and class-wide reading progress

Raz Kids reading at cyber

Reading comprehension and vocabulary in class

ELA centers with our MAPLE BEAR books

Storytelling at the Library 

Play-dough characters! Working on descriptions with Ms. Carla and Ms. Jess

Raz Kids features. Assigments for homework, flight check for running records and level up to improve your reading level. 

Happy reader!

Independent readers

Unit on nutrition!Raz Kids has it all

Reading comprehension activities 

Reading graph 

Maple Bear books always giving support to what we read

Ciclos de Consumo - The Story of Stuff

Começamos a conversar nas aulas empreendedorismo sobre ciclos de consumo e como podemos colaborar para termos um mundo mais sustentável. Assistimos ao vídeo abaixo e começamos a refletir sobre o assunto.

Vale a pena conferir e ver como você também pode colaborar com o nosso planeta!

Mais informações sobre o projeto no site: http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Sites para Aprender Brincando

Conhecimentos Gerais
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/


Matemática
http://www.coolmath-games.com/

Site com dicas sobre Educação Financeira

http://www.themint.org/index.html

What things do you love to do?

Go shopping? Watch movies? Play video games? Listen to music? Go out to eat with friends? Give money to people in need? Or maybe someday, would you like to drive your very own car?

To do a lot of things we love, we almost always need to use money.

Do you know how to earn money? How much money should you save? Discover the answers now! And play some games along the way to test your money smarts.

Collaborative Storytelling

Site muito legal para praticarem a escrita (inglês e português), escrevendo seus próprios livros. Usem a criatividade. Diversão para toda família!

http://storybird.com/ 

The Bilingual Advantage

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS

Published: May 30, 2011

A cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism sharpens the mind. Her good news: Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms. Dr. Bialystok, 62, a distinguished research professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, was awarded a $100,000 Killam Prize last year for her contributions to social science. We spoke for two hours in a Washington hotel room in February and again, more recently, by telephone. An edited version of the two conversations follows.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html?_r=1