Making Meaningful Connections in Ms. Arcenas' Class

Inspire. Challenge. Succeed. 

Every Student... Every Heart... Every Mind... Grade 4 continues to build community by practicing The Eagle Way and demonstrating intellectual curiosity, perseverance, respect, integrity and kindness in their learning.

Grade 4 participates in their first STEAM challenge... The Task Party! I wonder, in what ways were you challenged? In what ways did you embrace the challenges and feel successful? I wonder, what did you learn from performing and creating the different tasks?

Grade 4 AGREES to be inspired by The Eagle Way... 

Grade 4, connect your experience during STEAM to The Eagle Way... 

• In what ways did you practice acting safely, giving respect, living responsibly and embracing challenges?
• In what ways did you grow as a learner?

Making Meaningful Connections In Our Learning

Reader's Workshop... Grade 4, we used what we know about the thinking routine, CSI (Colour-Symbol-Image) to grow ideas about a character. We used metaphors to make connections to the character's actions and feelings, and are learning how to provide text evidence from our note-taking see-think-wonder to help support and build our ideas. 

Grade 4 uses a see-think-wonder to practice noting important things to talk about later and pausing to synthesize information from the story, thinking about the backstory that further explains the actions and feelings of the characters. 

As you read the following student examples, I wonder, in what ways does their thinking help push your ideas about the character, Rob, in different directions?

Nico

Grant

Vincent

Antoine

Valentina Lima

Isabella

Jiho

Take a look at Duda's completed CSI. I wonder, what do you notice about her thinking? Consider the following questions:

• What connections could you make to her CSI?
• What new learning has taken place after reading closely her CSI?
• In what ways has your interpretation of Rob changed after considering Duda's interpretation?

Parents, make your thinking visible... Parents, use the same tools and structures when reading with your child. Support your child by helping him/her apply the reading strategies we are practicing in class to his/her reading at home. 

One School. One Community. One Graded.

Grade 4 is STEAM! Stay tuned to our next STEAM challenge! We will have another opportunity to participate in a learning challenge that will help foster intellectual curiosity, perseverance, respect, integrity and kindness.

New challenges will be added to this presentation

Rewatch the video below and consider the following questions:

• I wonder, in what ways could you connect STEAM to The Eagle Way?
• Could you identify specific skills that will help us build our classroom community?
• In what ways could your participation in STEAM help you grow as a learner?