Creativity & Service at Magic Years

Creativity & Service: We are a class of 4-5 year olds at Magic Years International School

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

There’s an orchestrated effort to demonize and misrepresent anti-racist practices in schools. But we remain committed knowing this core truth: ”Anti-racist work is the practice of healing and of restoring; it is a practice of love.”
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[Creativity & Service at Magic Years @CsMyis]

It was hard to say goodbye today from so far apart! 😢 We made this book with @BookCreatorApp to help us remember our year and to look at when we are missing school and our friends! Gratitude is the best attitude! @MYISMagic #myis1920 #distancelearning

[Creativity & Service at Magic Years @CsMyis]

From today's read-aloud by @LadyGraceByers: "I know that we don't look the same: our skin, our eyes, our hair our frame. But that does not dictate our worth; we both have places here on earth". Committed to continuing these conversations with Ss #WeCanDoBetter

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To celebrate our last week, every day is a costume party! Today was pajama day! We listened to Pajama Time by @LaurieBerkner, reflected on some v important Would You Rather Q's and read a @The_Pigeon book! @MYISMagic #MYIS1920 #distancelearning

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Today's rainbow challenge sure brightened up this rainy Friday! #happyfriday #ibpyp #distancelearning #MYIS1920 @MYISMagic

[Creativity & Service at Magic Years @CsMyis]

This week we thought about our responsibility for the well-being of living things & made signs to help inform others about how we can all help keep the earth healthy and happy! @MYISMagic #IBPYP #Sharingtheplanet #everydayisearthday #MYIS1920

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Ss got outside this week to go on an insect scavenger hunt, putting their scientific observation skills to use! #sharingtheplanet #IBPYP #distancelearning #MYIS1920 @MYISMagic

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Friday festivities! We had a costume party on Zoom, complete with pizza and ice cream! #distancelearning

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Today we read The Water Princess by @susanverde and learned that not everyone has easy access to clean water. Ss did a science experiment to see what it’s like to clean dirty water, making their own filter systems! @MYISMagic #sharingtheplanet #ibpyp

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Ss created animal habitats this week, making sure to include water, food & shelter for their animals! #ibpyp #sharingtheplanet @MYISMagic #myis1920

[Creativity & Service at Magic Years @CsMyis]

@MariettaMayaE I used this tutorial- https://t.co/7BBd6YLnhS

[Creativity & Service at Magic Years @CsMyis]

Super excited about our new virtual library! Hope the Ss have as much fun using it as we had making it! Thanks to @davidgostelow1 for the inspiration! @MYISMagic #myis1920 #distancelearning

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Our collections work continued this week as Ss explored different ways to record their collections. They drew pics, made charts, and used tallies. @MYISMagic #myis1920 #distancelearning #playfulmath #ibpyp

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This morning on Zoom Ss were very excited to see that the plants we planted for our science experiment have started to sprout! @MYISMagic #myis1920 #ibpyp #distancelearning #sharingtheplanet

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Our counting collections work continued this week. Ss are finding new creative ways to organize and count their collections! @MYISMagic #myis1920 #playfulmath #ibpyp #distancelearning

[Creativity & Service at Magic Years @CsMyis]

On Zoom today we shared our hypotheses for our new science experiment! We want to find out which plant will grow fastest & which will grow tallest. We collected our data & showed it in 2 ways: a chart with tallies & a bar graph! @MYISMagic #MYIS1920 #IBPYP #DistanceLearning

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This week we began an ongoing counting collections exploration! Ss are developing their counting skills, organization, problem solving, understanding of quantities & so much more! & thanks to @gfletchy for the Counting Squares 3-act task which started us off! @MYISMagic #myis1920

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Ss creativity & individuality shined in this STEM challenge to build a functioning bird nest! They used any materials of their choice and made their own decisions about how they wanted to construct it @MYISMagic #myis1920 #ibpyp #sharingtheplanet

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Ss played w/ their number lines today to learn how to subtract. The way they showed their work in dif ways through drawings, numbers and videos was amaaaaazing! @MYISMagic #myis1920 #ibpyp #playfulmath #proudteacher

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Discovered this beautiful book just in time for Earth Day this week! We Are Water Protectors by @CaroleLindstrom , illustrations by @MichaelaGoade