We are learning a lot about RIVER ANOIA and we decided to use all we have discovered so far to invent our own river. We had a lot of fun creating our river because we did not just draw.. We used blue paper and scissors to make our river with one continuous string. We had to […]
These days we have been playing while learning a bit about computational thinking. Computers? We did not touch any computer but we solved problems just like computers do: analyzing the problem, breaking it in small parts and sequencing instructions. To be more precise, we focused on sequencing by giving instructions. First, we pretended to be
MOVING LIKE ROBOTS Llegeix més »
Studying about how to make the school menu accesible, we discovered that lunches in the school are not the same in all the countries. In the USA, for example, EVERYBODY has lunch in the school. Children DO NOT have lunch at home! In the USA you decide if you BRING your own food or take
As part of our project “We make our board games” we are reflecting a lot about a text that is very present in our lives: instructive texts. All the board games that we played had one characteristic in common: they all had a set of instructions. It is true that not everybody reads the instructions
INSTRUCTIONS: VERY EASY TO READ, DIFFICULT TO WRITE! Llegeix més »
“Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures” Harvey Pekar. A l’aula hem anat un pas més enllà de les descripcions físiques dels personatges. A partir dels còmics, hem descobert que les imatges també expliquen històries i que, sovint, ens transmeten molta més informació del que sembla a primera vista.
DESCOBRINT EL CÒMIC Llegeix més »
Now that we know a lot about invertebrates, it was time to be creative… We invented invertebrates! Each Alicia decided if we wanted to create an insect, myriapod, arachnid or crustacean and we made it with plasticine. It was very fun! Do you like our art pieces? But the activity did not finish here because
OUR INVERTEBRATES Llegeix més »
As you know, we are studying how can we help our river, the river Anoia. We go to Parc Fluvial a lot and we are quite familiar with the image of the river in Vilanova but we know that the river is different in all its parts. We know the river starts near Calaf and
IS IT RIVER ANOIA? Llegeix més »
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience” Ralph Waldo Emerson After learning about the art of Bonsai, the other day we discovered another plant that is a national treasure of Japan: marimos. When we arrived at the class we found a glass jar full of water and two little green balls floating in
DISCOVERING MARIMOS Llegeix més »
“Comics are the gateway to literacy” David Kracov During these months we have been discovering TINTIN, the character that gives name to our class. We read comics and watched the film “Castafiore’s jewels” and we discovered quite a lot about the characters. We have identified the main characters in the series and we have discussed
COMIC CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Llegeix més »
“The moth prefers the moon and detests the sun, while the butterfly loves the sun and hides from the moon. Every living creature responds to light.” Suzy Kassem While we wait for our chrysalis to open and see the butterfly, we want to learn a little bit more about them. Just the other day we
BUTTERFLY OR MOTH? Llegeix més »