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The way we see it, Elementary Education is when the student begins to consolidate the main concepts of the different areas of knowledge. At this consolidation – or, as the name itself says, elementary – stage, we work with all academic content with special emphasis on developing reading, writing and logical thinking skills.
We believe this to be a vital moment of school life because it establishes the first criteria according to which the students will critically organize their thoughts and actions.
Conhecimento e Sabedoria Collection (ME)
The first year of the Conhecimento e Sabedoria Collection (ME) also encompasses the 1st grade (with all disciplines addressing the same theme, in one single chapter), reinforcing interdisciplinarity which is for us a reflex of the structure of reality, especially because in this year the child is still adapting to the change from Pre-School Education to Elementary Education. From the 2nd grade on, we start working per subject*, keeping our commitment to the interdisciplinary view by organizing our material as follows: we present a general, interdisciplinary theme that is analyzed by each subject until we reach more specific concepts of each area studied, and then we assess the meaning of all aspects studied for the student’s life.
In this segment, in addition to students’ books, we have the teacher’s book (with answers), support materials for the teacher and a teacher's handbook.
* All disciplines (Portuguese Language, Mathematics, Sciences, Geography, History, Art, English Language) are taught from grades 1 to 9; Spanish Language is taught only from grades 6 to 9.