Morning meeting!

This morning we brainstormed some "living agreements". We modeled positive behavior and class expectations. Students are involved in our decision making and each voice plays a fundamental music note in our symphony. We will work on it next week, simplifying our agreements and making them work. Today we modeled : Bag, arrival, and morning meeting procedures and routine. 

Morning Meeting is an engaging way to start each day, build a strong sense of community, and set children up for success socially and academically. Each morning, students  gather together in a circle for 10 to 15 minutes and interact with one another during four purposeful components:

1. Greeting: Students and teachers greet one other by name. They greet the day by singing a song.
2. Sharing: Students share information about important events in their lives. Listeners often offer empathetic comments or ask clarifying questions.
3. Group Activity: Everyone participates in a brief, lively activity that fosters group cohesion and helps students practice social and academic skills (for example, reciting a poem, dancing, singing, or playing a game).
4. Morning Message and Calendar: Students read and interact with a short message written by their teacher. The message is crafted to help students focus on the work they’ll do in school that day.

How to organize our bags

Morning meeting 

Welcome Back !

Dear Students,

Welcome back to a new and exciting school year! We hope that you had a wonderful summer vacation and are ready to begin Fourth Grade. This year will be full of new learning experiences and discoveries.  Let the adventure begin!

Music IS and will be a fundamental part of our Fourth Grade experience.  

Morning Chant 

Good morning dear earth

Good morning dear sun 

Good morning dear resting stones

and beast on the run 

Good morning dear flowers

and birds in the trees

Good morning to you, good morning to me. 

Morning Song

Year 4 ( A or B) 

Every morning you greet me

Come to play

and create 

I am happy to see you

Blossom of life

may you bloom and grow,

Bloom and grow forever.

Year 4 ( A or B) 

Let´s read and write together

Afternoon Chant

Welcome noon 

here you are 

with your beautiful sunshine

come to play and create 

let´s sing this again

read with me, talk to me, dance with me so happily!

let´s begin, take a sit very calmly. 

Count on Me

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you

Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

You can count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
You'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Whoa, whoa
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah

If you tossin' and you're turnin' and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song
Beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Everyday I will
Remind you

Ooh
Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

You can count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
You'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah

You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go
Never say goodbye
You know you can

Count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
And you'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Oh, oh
You can count on me 'cause I can count on you

LOVE, 

Ms. Carla 

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

Dear families

Queridas famílias e students, 

Espero que estejam bem, voltando a rotina e aproveitando o mês de Fevereiro. Esta semana começamos o Google Classroom, e, com apoio do Media Lab, tivemos uma aula no cyber onde relembramos como utilizar o aplicativo. Este ano o Google Classroom será utilizado para diversas atividades, porém, peço que tentem participar e apoiar ou aprender com seus filhos. 

Guten News: Este mês  já  começamos com o Guten News, uma plataforma que  estimula a leitura com atividades gamificadas e temas atuais. Year 4 visitará o cyber room todas as semanas para fortalecer a  compreensão leitora por meio do acesso a diversos textos.


Raz Kids : Este mês também começaremos com Raz Kids. Já enviei nas agendas o usuário e a contrasenha para que tenham accesso e possam explorar diversos livros. Year 4 lerá livros de Raz kids coletivamente na aula de English e também deverá ser utilizado em casa como reforço de compreensão de leitura. 

Class Blog:  Year 4 promove a cidadanía digital, por isso  pedimos que vocês sigam o class blog. Sua participação é de suma importancia no desenvolvimento educacional de seus filhos. http://year4abaglobalschool.blogspot.com.br/


Este mês estamos nos adaptando à  rotina, horários, tarefas e professores novos. Venham nos conhecer , nossas portas estão abertas!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love, 

Ms. Carla 

Flipped learning-Homework : Community

What is a Community?

A community is a group of people living or working together in the same area. People in communities might go to the same schools, shop at the same stores and do the same things. They also help each other and solve problems together. If it's a bigger community, the people in it might not always go to the same places, but they might like or believe in the same things. Watch both videos and take notes in your PYP notebook. Answer the following question: What type of community is Recife most like?. Compare and Contrast Recife with a different community around the World. Give at least 10 examples to support your answer. Add labeled drawings!. Enjoy the videos, come prepared to discuss in class. 

Happy writing! 

Love, 

Ms. Carla 

Inventions!

Santos Dumont, Thomas Edison, Guilhermo Marconi, Alexandre Graham Bell...Apesar de viverem em épocas distintas, esses homens marcaram seus nomes na história mundial por sua criatividade e ousadia. Eles revolucionaram o modo de vida da humanidade com a idealização do avião, da lâmpada, do rádio e do telefone, facilitando a rotina das pessoas e fazendo com que o progresso surgisse. 

O Year  4 está trabalhando a unidade “How the World Works”, explorando como os seres humanos tem a capacidade de aprimorar a tecnologia. Durante o mês de Agosto os alunos da quarta serie se aventuraram em pesquisar e conhecer a trajetoria de diversos inventores e suas invenções. Para reencarnar na pele dos inventores e na época correspondente, criaram uma dramatização em forma de dialogo e entrevista escolhendo seus inventores favoritos. Com suporte do Media Lab estarão filmando suas reportagens em grupo. Este trabalho é p/que as crianças, de uma forma lúdica, entrem em contato com a história geral e vejam a importância dessas criações em suas vidas. Desejamo-lhes muita criatividade e que se divirtam!

Interactive Board! Burrito having a blast.

Dictionary Hunts

Lu our soccer star! 

Math Games to warm up!

Balanced routine.

Class Brainstorm, let´s share our ideas. 

Marina and her  "What´s in the sack" presentation.

Sharing Carpet with our Indiana Jones: Manu Manso.

Interactive videos . 

Math Expanded Form Board activities

Dictionary Hunts

Math Division/Multiplication Games

Math stories. Lipe looks thrilled!

Raz Kids and Thomas Edison. Shared reading and Read alouds are key!

Beautiful cards

In class research. Using Ipads.

Sharing notes and sources

Having fun!

Love, 

Ms. Carla