Snail Mail in a Digital Age - eTwinning Project, 4th Grade

EUROPEAN QUALITY LABEL - "Snail Mail in the Digital Age"

> Após termos recebido o Selo de qualidade a nível nacional, o nosso projeto foi distinguido com o Selo Europeu de Qualidade, um reconhecimento do trabalho desenvolvido ao mais alto nível europeu.

Parabéns a todos os envolvidos por este sucesso!

QUALITY LABEL - "Snail Mail in a Digital Age"

> Com muito orgulho, informo que os alunos e professores que participaram no projeto eTwinning "Snail Mail in a Digital Age" (2021/2022), em parceria com a Polónia, Espanha e Turquia, receberam com mérito o certificado "eTwinning Quality Label" que é um selo de qualidade a nível nacional pelo projeto desenvolvido.

Muitos parabéns a todos os alunos e professores envolvidos!!!

STUDENTS' CERTIFICATE

Thanks to our commitment, hard work and dedication, we achieved succesfully the aims of the project.

Here is your certificate of participation. Congratulations!

WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED (3rd TERM)

STUDENT INTERACTION IN TWINSPACE

Portuguese students love visiting twinspace, adding "likes" and comments on Home Page posts, replying on forum discussions, reading and writing twinmails

SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND FAREWELLS (Collaborative padlet)

Let's talk about summer holidays and... time to say goodbye.

SNAIL MAIL IN A DIGITAL AGE - OUR STORY (Collaborative video)

We are close to the end of our wonderful project... Let's write the story of our project and create a great collaborative video : )

> OUR FINAL COMMON OUTPUT: "Snail Mail in a Digital Age: Our Story"

> PORTUGUESE STUDENTS WORKING ON THE FINAL COMMON OUTPUT

ETWINNING DAY, 9TH MAY (Collaborative video mosaic)

Let's create a video mosaic with photos of all the etwinners

Photo Mosaic: HERE


ETWINNING DAY GAMES : )

1) Play with LearningApps - Matching Game

2) Play with Jigsaw Planet - Solve the puzzles made with the eTwinning logo & the project logo.

4th ONLINE MEETING 

WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED (2nd TERM)

COLLABORATIVE RECIPE BOOK: Let's exchange typical recipes from our countries and exchange tastes...

> PORTUGUESE STUDENTS WORKING ON TYPICAL DISHES

> COLLABORATIVE RECIPE BOOK

SECOND SNAIL MAIL EXCHANGE: Let's write penpals and send them best Easter wishes/messages

> PORTUGUESE LETTERS 

(Greetings, physical description, eating habits and best Easter wishes/messages)

> MAIL RECEPTION: Thanks for your letters : )

> OUR COLLABORATIVE VIDEO (POLAND, SPAIN, TURKEY AND PORTUGAL)

FEBRUARY, 14 - VIDEOCONFERENCE: 1) School presentation; 2) Contact with other languages; 3) Kahoot

> OUR SCHOOL PRESENTATION

> CONTACT WITH OTHER LANGUAGES: let's learn from each other

> KAHOOT

> VIDEO OF THE STUDENTS' VIDEOCONFERENCE

FEBRUARY: MONTH OF LOVE AND AFFECTION... So let's build a collaborative Word Cloud related to "FRIENDSHIP"

Write all the words you know related to "FRIENDSHIP"

VOTING LINK: 

LIVE RESULTS: Click on the picture

3rd ONLINE MEETING 

WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED TILL NOW

1ST SNAIL MAIL EXCHANGE 

> MAIL RECEPTION AND EXHIBITION

> OUR COLLABORATIVE VIDEO (POLAND, SPAIN, TURKEY AND PORTUGAL)

> 1ST LETTER

> CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR CARD + CHRISTMAS SECRET CODE (PORTUGAL)

EU CODE WEEK 2021 

> IN THE SCOPE OF HALLOWEEN FESTIVITY, WE PARTICIPATED IN "EUROPE CODE WEEK 2021" WITH OUR ETWINNING PARTNERS 

Main Themes: Playful coding activities; Motivation and awareness raising

- OUR VIDEO:

- EXHIBITION IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY

- CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION

OFFICIAL LOGO/DRAWING FOR THE PROJECT

> FINAL VOTING RESULT & OFFICIAL LOGO/DRAWING

> FINAL VOTING: Poland, Spain, Turkey and Portugal

> LOGO/DRAWING PROPOSALS TO REPRESENT THE PROJECT - PORTUGAL

> VIDEO

> VOTING RESULT / TOP 3 - PORTUGAL

PROJECT MEMBERS' INTRODUCTION

> PEN PAL PAIRS

> SELF-INTRODUCTION - FLIPGRID

All the participants introduced themselves - To get into FLIPGRID, introduce your personal code

> COUNTRIES / SCHOOLS / PARTICIPANTS

Getting to know each other: Click on the picture and have a look : )

> COUNTRIES INVOLVED

Check your knowledge: Geographical location of the countries

2nd ONLINE MEETING

1st ONLINE MEETING

ABOUT THE PROJECT

> PROJECT REGISTRATION

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Snail mail in a Digital Age

TEACHERS: Elisabete FERREIRA (PORTUGAL); Alyona KELLECİ (TURKEY); Maria Alonso (SPAIN), Joanna Sniady and Joanna Walczak (POLAND)

DURATION OF THE PROJECT: September 2021 – May 2022

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

The main objective of the project is to allow pupils from different countries to interact and collaborate with each other using English as language of communication in real and meaningful contexts.

Pupils will have the opportunity to get to know new friends and have a pen pal. On the other hand, based on each school's curriculum, pupils will work on specific topics to develop the different language skills, collaborative work and other essential skills and values.

AIMS:

-  Use the English Language in real and meaningful contexts;

-  Get to know friends from other countries;

-  Have a pen pal;

-  Develop language skills (writing, speaking, listening and reading);

-  Develop social skills;

-  Promote collaborative work and values (respect, friendship, responsibility, tolerance, etc.);

-  Foster the awareness of a European identity;

-  Share cultural experiences, customs and traditions;

-  Promote digital literacy to access knowledge in context;

-  Bolster student’s motivation in the teaching and learning process.