Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Islamic Studies: Students had a pop quiz about Prophet Adam, Eid and good deeds.

Writing: Students wrote compound sentences about our Mix and Match day.

Math: Students circled items they can buy for 95 cents in their Math books.

Art: We are making a continent plate craft. We went over the 7 continents and 5 oceans. Students painted plates blue and they coloured and cut out continents which we will paste on the plates in shaa Allah.

Reminders:

• Today students took home their assessment folders. Please sign the Math quizzes and Islamic studies quiz and send the folder to school on Monday.
• Students also took home their DRA reports.
• On Thursday Tr. Ibtissam gave students their Quran rubric. Please sign the rubric.
• Homework pack is due on Wednesday.
• Spelling quiz on Monday (Review list words from lesson 1 to 5 and ordinal numbers... first to tenth) 
• Students should work on their project by making a poster or diorama. Each presentation should be around 5 minutes long. You will find your child's due date to submit the project in the homework pack.

I hope you all have a great weekend in shaa Allah!

Updates on Mammal Project (Tr. Nancy)

Dear Parents,
Assalamu Alaikum

Thursday morning, October 30, the grade two students started looking through their mammal book to find the answers to their questions. When they found  the answer, they took quick notes. For instance, when talking about their mammal's habitat they would write the following:

Habitat

• Wetlands

• Grasslands

They were not allowed to make full sentences; writing full sentences will be the next step, inshaAllah. The purpose of having the students take quick notes first is to have them jot down important words that relate to the mammal's habitat from the text, take these words and make complete sentences with them. It is important to instill in the students the importance of putting information in their words to prevent plagiarism. In addition, this step demonstrates if the child understands what he or she is reading. 

Next week, we will continue with the seeking of answers and the taking of notes, inshaAllah.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.

Nancy-Ann Brethour

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Alhamdulilah we had a great day today! We wore clothes that didn't match and we looked awesome!

Islamic Studies: Students sat on the carpet and we finished reading our unit about honesty. We talked about how the prophet was honest and trustworthy. We gave examples of some ways to be honest and trustworthy. Students went back to their places and each student wrote a compound sentence about honesty and trustworthiness.

We will be starting a club called "The Honest Birds". To get into this club students need to collect honest points! I have created a new classdojo account where students will only be collecting honest points in shaa Allah!

Mammal Project: Tr. Nancy joined us and students started working on the "Do" portion of their project.

Math: We completed pages 70 and 71 in our Math books where students added coins.

Social Studies: We watched a PowerPoint about continents and oceans.

Homework:

• Homework Pack (due on Wednesday)

Reminders: 

• Students should keep their spelling books at home to study for Monday's spelling quiz (lessons 1 to 5).

I hope you all have a wonderful evening in shaa Allah!

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a lovely day alhamdulilah!

Science: We watched a video about the different types of birds and some of their characteristics. We learned about the body parts of a bird and students completed a worksheet where they labeled a bird and gave examples of different birds.

Math: Students completed page 69 in their Math books where they drew 6 coins that add up to 90 cents.

Language: We made a proper noun pizza craft. Students gave examples of proper nouns and we talked about the difference between a proper noun and a common noun.

Library: We went to the library with 2B and Tr. Nancy started explaining the "Do" portion of the project.

Gym: We played Simon says and Zap!

Islamic Studies: We started our new unit, I am a Muslim, I am Honest! We learned about what it means to be honest and how the Prophet (SAW) was honest and trustworthy.

Today we sang our diversity song for assembly and masha'Allah the students did a great job!

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is spirit day! It's  Mix and Match day. Students will wear clothes that don't match and bring a toonie, so that we can buy matching clothes for those in need.
• Make sure your child has his/her library book and KWL chart  and question sheet tomorrow.
• Your child should keep his/her spelling book at home until Monday to practice for the spelling quiz (revision on lessons 1 to 5)

I hope you have a wonderful evening in shaa Allah!

Updates about Mammal Project-Tr.Nancy

Dear Parents, 

Assalamu Alaikum

The grade two students started working on the "DO" portion of their mammal research today. Unfortunately, a few students did not have their mammal book or their KWL Chart and Question sheet with them.  As a result, they were unable to follow along and do the required work. This stage is a crucial part of their research, so it is important that they come to the class or library prepared. 

Please note that this first research is done under the supervision of both teachers and myself. Because the bulk of their research will be done at school, they need their materials with them at school until their research is done. 

Tomorrow, I will be in both classes to continue what we started today, inshaAllah. Please make sure they have their animal book and papers with them before they leave for school.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Jazakum Allahu Khairan.

Sincerely,

Nancy-Ann Brethour

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a great day alhamdulilah!

 Math: Students watched a video about how to count coins. They completed page 67 in their math books. Students sat on the carpet with their white boards and they practiced how to count different combinations of coins.

Language: Students had a verb and noun pop quiz. They also did an angry bird activity where they wrote 2 sentences using verbs about their angry bird and they coloured their angry bird. Students really enjoyed making their angry birds!

Islamic Studies: We sang our diversity song.

Today after prayer we all attended an assembly where Tr. Hadia talk to us about Hijra.We sang  nasheeds and students got treats from Tr. Dina!

Homework: Spelling book pages 25, 27 and 28.

Reminders:

• Sign Spelling quiz.
• Please make sure your child has his/her library book and worksheet for library class tomorrow (We will be doing the "do" part for our mammal project in shaa Allah)
• Tomorrow homework pack # 2 is due.
• Picture Day is Nov 24th  (not on Friday)
• Today we won the Salah cup! Please talk to your child about following rules during prayer, so that we can keep the cup all week in shaa Allah!

I hope you all have a lovely evening!

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Computer Lab: We went to the computer lab and students explored razkids. They also played educational games!

Spelling: Students wrote their spelling quiz. The bonus was to write a compound sentence. We started the revision unit (Lessons 1 to 5). Students wrote opposites and rhyming words in their spelling books.

Next week's spelling quiz will be a revision on all five lessons. Students should revise the spelling of the list words from lessons 1 to 5.

Math: We are learning to add coins. Today students completed a worksheet where they added quarters (25, 50, 75, 100...etc) They also completed a worksheet where they matched the piggy banks to the correct amounts.

Islamic Studies: We sang the diversity song that we will be singing for assembly on Wednesday in shaa Allah.

Gym: We completed our Hijra laps. Students took turns to race each other.

Reminders: 

• Thursday is spirit day! It's  Mix and Match day. Students will wear clothes that don't match and bring a toonie, so that we can buy matching clothes for those in need.
• Friday is picture day in shaa Allah.

I hope you all have a great evening in shaa Allah!

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a fabulous day alhamdulilah!

Math:Students wrote their Math quiz (Calendar and Temperature). We are learning how to add coins. We added nickels, dimes and quarters.

Language: Students wrote compound sentences on their white boards. They also wrote common and proper nouns.

Art: Students used paper towels, crayons and coin cutouts to make a hot chocolate with marshmallows craft. They pasted the coins on their craft and wrote the price of their hot chocolate! They all did a wonderful job masha'Allah!

We drank delicious hot chocolate milk with marshmallows and we sang our diversity song.

Gym: We competed 10 more laps today from our Hijra laps. We played green light/ red light and freeze tag!

Homework:

• Homework pack is due on Wednesday.
• Spelling quiz on Monday: set, head, help, yet, bread, belt, tent, said, bed, sell + seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.
• If your child has not completed writing his/her questions (5W1H) about the mammal project, make sure he/she finishes writing the six questions. Students should look through the index and read about their mammal. Please make sure your child does not answer the question, because we will be doing this next week with Tr. Nancy in shaa Allah. Your child may start working on his/ her poster or diorama.  

Reminders: Our Art classes will be on Fridays now. I will email you the updated schedule in shaa Allah.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend in shaa Allah!

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a great day alhamdulilah!

Mammal Project: We went to the library with our mammal books and students finished writing the questions about their mammals. Tr. Nancy asked the students to underline keywords in their questions and explained what an index is and how it is used.

Math: Students added nickels and dimes. They completed a worksheet about nickels. We watched a video about calendars and ordinal numbers.

Language: Students completed a worksheet where they read compound sentences and circled the correct conjunctions (and, but & or).

Islamic Studies: We sang a beautiful song about diversity.

Homework:

• Math worksheet (calendar and temperature).
• Homework Pack (due on Wednesday 10/29/2014)

Reminders:

• Sign your child's spelling quiz.
• Students have a Math quiz tomorrow.

Have a lovely evening!

Updates about Mammal Project-Tr.Nancy

Dear Parents,

Assalamu Alaikum

During the grade 2A and 2B's weekly library visit, they continued with the "Planning" stage. They also chose a book on a mammal of their choice. Afterwards, they were given a KWL Chart along with a 5W1H (Who, What, Where, Why, When, and How) paper. The first step was to have them write something about their mammal that they already knew on the KWL Chart. Next, they were asked to come up with one question for each 5W1H. Asking questions is something new for them, so the teachers and I helped the students when they needed our assistance. Asking questions is a crucial part of the research process. For this reason, we want them to get into the habit of doing so; the students worked on their papers for the whole library period. 

This week, the teachers and I want them to finish their questions so that next week, they can start looking through the book to find the answers to their questions. The goal for next week is to start the "Do" stage. This step requires the students to look at the table of contents, look at the index, and read to find the answers to their questions. In addition, they will learn how to take simple notes, how to organize the information, and how to credit their sources. After all that hard work, they get to present their mammal to the class. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email.

Sincerely,

Nancy-Ann Brethour

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a great day alhamdulilah!

Language: Students are learning how to form compound sentences. I wrote simple sentences on the board and students used the conjunctions but & and to form compound sentences. Students took turns to say 2 simple sentences and each student would write the correct conjunction on his/her white board to join them. Each student wrote three compound sentences on his/her board and shared it with the class.

Math: Students completed a worksheet where they added nickels and dimes by counting by 5s and 10s.

Library: We went to the library and Tr. Nancy gave each student a worksheet where they wrote what they already know about their mammal and what they want to know. Students also wrote down questions that they will research (what, where, when, why, who and how). In shaa Allah first period tomorrow we will go to the library to work on our projects.

Please do not start working on the project with your child now. Students can read about their mammal to learn more about it, but Tr. Nancy and I are working with the class to teach them the steps of research.

Gym: We are running 21 gym Hijra laps! Today we ran 5 laps around the gym. We have 16 to go!
We played Green Light/ Red Light. We made 4 groups and took turns to race each other!

Social Studies: We played a game where the student who caught the ball got to say a continent and locate it on the map. Students wrote the continents on a map.

Homework: Colour the map.

Reminders: 

• Today students left their library books in their desks for our project class tomorrow. If your child has his/her book, please make sure he/she has it tomorrow.
• Spelling words for next week's quiz on Monday: set, head, help, yet, bread, belt, tent, said, bed, sell + seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.

I hope you all have a lovely evening in shaa Allah!

Quran (Tr. Ibtissam)

Alsalamu Alaikum,

We will be having a test on Surah Al-Gashiah on Monday Oct-27-14 inshaallah

This is a partial translation of surah Algashiah :

Report	Hadeethu	حَدِيثُ
Overwhelming	Algashiah	الْغَاشِيَةِ
Working	AAamilatun	عَامِلَةٌ
Fire	Naran	نَارًا
Spring	AAynin	عَيْنٍ
Food	TaAAamun	طَعَامٌ
Hunger	JooAA	جُوعٍ
That Day	Yawmaithin	يَوْمَئِذٍ

Satisfied	Radiya	رَاضِيَةٌ
Will Hear	TasmaAAu	تَسْمَعُ
Couches	Sururun	سُرُرٌ
Cups	Akwabun	أَكْوَابٌ
Cushions	Namariqu	نَمَارِقُ
Carpets	Zarabiyyu	زَرَابِيُّ
Camels	Alibili	الإِبِلِ
Sky	Assama	السَّمَاء
Mountains	Aljibali	الْجِبَالِ
Earth	Alard	الأَرْضِ
A Controller	Bimusaytir	بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Who Turns	Tawalla	تَوَلَّى
Their Return	Iyabahum	إِيَابَهُمْ

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Science: 

• Students took turns to present their animal life cycle. 

• We went to the library and each student chose a mammal book for our project. Tr. Nancy told the students that they need to bring the books to the library tomorrow, so we can start working on the project.

Mammal Project: Due on Monday 11/03/2014

1. Answer the six questions worksheet about your mammal (Students will take tomorrow).
2.   Share an interesting fact about your mammal.
3.  Present your project using a poster or a diorama.

Students will be taking the rubric and the project expectations with this week's homework pack in shaa Allah.

Math: We are learning about coins. Students completed a worksheet about coins.

Language: Students completed a worksheet about action verbs.

Social Studies: We are learning the continents. Students looked at a map and located the 7 continents.

Islamic Studies: Studies sat on the carpet and we started our unit about how Muslims celebrate Eid around the world.

Homework: 

• Spelling book pages 23 and 24.
• Start studying the new list words (lesson 5)

I hope you have a great evening! 

Tr. Sahar (Arabic Quiz)

Dear respected Parents.

Alhamdulilah the students finished two lessons.

"In the school" and 'My Teacher.

They learned new words how to read them, their meanings and writing activities related to the lesson.

They will have quiz on Thursday  InshaAllah. 

Classwork and Homwork

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a nice day alhamdulilah!

Spelling: Students wrote their spelling quiz and the bonus was to write 3 common nouns. They learned the new list words (short vowel sound e). They answered questions about the new  list words in their spelling books.

Writing: Students sat on the carpet and we talked about honesty, what it means to be honest, why it is important to be honest, the consequences of being dishonest...etc. Students went back to their places and wrote about a time when they were honest and how it felt.

Math: Students got to see the changes in the thermometer from hot to cold water. They completed page 66 in their Math books.

Science: We learned about the life cycle of a frog and we compared it to the life cycle of a butterfly using a Venn diagram.

Homework:

• Math book page 66 (Home Connection)
• Draw the life cycle of any animal.

Reminder:

• Students have a Math quiz on Friday 10/24/2014 (calendar and temperature)
• Tr. Sahar's students have an Arabic quiz this Thursday 10/23/2014 on pages 4 to 11.

I hope you have a wonderful evening in shaa Allah!

Friday's Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

We had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Language: The students reviewed verbs. They completed worksheets about verbs in pairs.

Math: Students are learning about temperature and how to read a thermometer. They completed some worksheets on this topic.

Gym: We played People to People and Giant Soup.

Arts: Students did some abstract artwork based on the painting of Piet Mondrian. I showed them samples of the painting of  Piet Mondrain for inspiration and understanding of his art. Students did a wonderful job using lines and primary colours alhamdulilah!

Homework:

• Homework package due Wednesday.

Reminders:

• Students have a spelling quiz: gum, pot, dust, frog, must, sock, pup, shot, soft, tug + fourth, fifth, sixth) on Monday Oct 20th, insha-Allah.

Have a great weekend!

Upcoming Mammal Project-Tr.Nancy

Dear Parents,

Assalamu Alaikum

Teachers Hoda, Hina and I will be working together with the grade two students to help them along during their mammal research project. We understand that this is a new way for the grade two students to do research. We want them to familiarize themselves with the research steps -- we want them to feel comfortable and confident in doing so. 

On Wednesday, during the grade two library visit, we tackled the first of three steps which is the "Planning" stage (beginning). We discussed what needs to be done. For instance, in the planning stage, students need to know what is required of them. They will need to ask themselves the following questions: 

1) What am I asked to do? Answer: Prepare a research project on a mammal of my choice.

2) What mammal will I choose?

3) How long does my research project have to be?

4) Do I need a poster?

5) When is my project due?

Once the above-mentioned questions have been answered, the student can move on to the next phase which is finding out about the mammal.

1) What do I want to know about this mammal? To find out about the mammal, the student should be asking questions using "Who", "What", "Where", "When", "Why", and "How."

When the questions have been formulated, the student can decide which sources would be most helpful in his or her research ( nonfiction book, magazine articles, the internet...). To help them practice a little, I  used a "Who", "What", "Where", "When", "Why", and "How" dice. As I rolled the dice, students needed to come up with a question 

concerning the black bear using the word "who" for example. When all the six questions were written on the white board, we used the book to answer the questions. We first looked at the table of contents and the index to see if the book was helpful. Once we made sure that it was, we proceeded to find the answers.

On the agenda for next week, the students will have chosen their mammal, and they will be ready to work on the planning stage. During their library visit, the teachers and I will be guiding them along, inshaAllah.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email or by phone.

Sincerely,

Nancy-Ann Brethour

Tr. Salam

السلام عليكم :

 ما تم دراسته منذ بداية العام و حتى الان الاتي :

*مراجعة عامة للتعرف على المستوى العام للتلاميذ و أخذ ذلك في الاعتبار عند وضع أهدافنا و خططنا الدراسية ، مراجعة جميع الحروف الهجائية شكلا و لفظا مع حركات التشكيل الفتحة و الكسرة و الضمة و المدود .

*انتهينا من الدرس الاول ( في المدرسة) من الوحدة الاولى ، و نحن الان في الدرس الثاني ( معلمتي ) ، حيث تم  

من خلالهما الاتي :

التدريب على القراءة الصحيحة التي تعتمد على التقطيع للمفردات  ، أي عند القراءة يلفظ الطالب الحرف المشكل كمقطع واحد مشكلا ، و لكن الحرف الساكن يلفظ كمقطع واحد مع الحرف  الذي يسبقه ، أي لايلفظ منفردا . و كذلك حرف المد لايلفظ منفردا و لكن يلفظ كمقطع واحد مع الحرف  الذي يسبقه ، هذا يجعل القراءة أكثر يسرا و اتقانا .. فهم المقروء و الاجابة على أسئلة موجهة ... تكوين جمل صحيحة بتكملة الناقص منها ...... وصل الكلمة مع الصورة المناسبة ، تعزيز بعض الحروف شكلا و قراءة و كتابتها غيبا مع المدود و التنوين....تزويد الطالب بمفردات و تراكيب جديدة .

*يمنكم التواصل  معي عبر الايميل الموضح

sbeseiso@abraarschool.com

                                          و جزاكم الله خيرا / المدرسة :سلام بسيسو

   الصف الثاني الابتدائي

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah! 

Writing: Students wrote simple sentences in their journals about how they spent their long weekend. They circled the verbs and drew a picture of themselves.

Reading: We joined 2B and watched a video of the story The Crayon Box that Talked. We talked about diversity and how we are all unique, but when we get together the picture is complete!

Math: Students completed a worksheet where they solved word problems related to ordinal numbers. 

Library: We went to the library and Tr. Nancy talked to the class about a project they will be making about mammals. She will be giving the students books for their projects this week in shaa Allah. Students will learn what is expected and the due date on Friday.

Gym: We played dodge ball. 

Social Studies: We joined 2B and watched a video about different types of homes and places in our community. 

Homework: Math Worksheet

Reminders:

• Sign your child's spelling quiz.
• The deadline to order the scholastic books is Wednesday 10/22/2014. Please only send a cheque for your order. 

Have a great evening!

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

I hope you all had a lovely long weekend!

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Spelling: Students wrote their spelling quiz and the bonus was to write three proper nouns. We started lesson 4, Short Vowel Sounds u and o. Students read the list words and put them in sentences. They completed sentences using the list words and they completed a word puzzle in their spelling books.

Math: Students completed a Math worksheet about a calendar. We also revised the ordinal numbers and we started a worksheet with word problems about ordinal numbers.

Carpet Time: Students sat on the carpet and we talked about DIVERSITY. We learned that we are different but we all love and respect one another. We work together because together is better!

We went  to the park with 2B and played with the beautiful leaves. Students talked about the colours of the leaves and their texture. We had a great time alhamdulilah!

Homework:

• Spelling book page 20.
• Math Worksheet

Reminders:

• Today we started the DRA program. Students will take turns to read to Tr. Naaz or myself and in shaa Allah soon you will know the level of your child's reading, so that we can work together to improve the reading of our students.
• Students have a spelling quiz (List Words Lesson 4 + fourth, fifth, sixth) on Monday in shaa Allah.

Have a great evening!

Quran (Tr. Ibtissam)

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Please help your child to memorize Surah Al-Gashiah From Ayah 18 to 21

JAK

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Science: We are learning about Life Cycles. Today students learned about the life cycle of the butterfly. They also got to see the stages a honey bee goes through from birth to death.

Students also played Mammal Scavenger Hunt. They worked in pairs to look for cards with interesting facts about mammals and they answered questions about mammals in pairs.

Math: Students had a pop quiz today about telling the time to the hour, half-hour and quarter-hour.

Islamic Studies: Tr. Dina joined us today and asked students to complete the sentence,
Love is...........

Homework: 

• Math book page 64 (Home Connection)
• Spelling quiz on Tuesday. The list words are band, fit, him, tack, sad, list, mitt, have, will , skin + first, second, third
• Islamic studies, I Love Islam page 5 (Unit A, exercise 1)

Reminders:

• Sign your child's spelling quiz. 
• Today students took home the October Scholastic Flyer. Please only send a cheque for your child's order. 
• There is no school on Friday and Monday.

Have a lovely long weekend in shaa Allah!

Reminder: Dental Screening on October 9

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Annie Sauvé RDH, a REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTwith Ottawa Public Health, will provide a dental screening using a tongue depressor on October 9, 2014, for all grades and other children as necessary. If your child’s grade is not selected, but you wish for the dental hygienist to see him/her, please advise the school. Only children identified as having dental needs will bring home a form. Follow-up school visits by the dental hygienist for individual children may be done. THIS DOES NOT REPLACE REGULAR DENTAL VISITS WITH YOUR FAMILY DENTIST.
* Some date(s) may be subject to change

This dental screening is offered in accordance with the Ontario Public Health Standards from Ontario Ministry of Health and LONG TERM CARE. Personal Health Information is collected in compliance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Personal Health Information Protection Act and will be used for the purpose of dental assessment, treatment and oral hygiene instruction, and for statistical purposes.  Questions concerning the collection and use of this information should be directed to the Supervisor of Dental Health Promotion, Ottawa Public Health, 400-1580 Merivale Rd., Ottawa, ON, tel.: 613-580-6744 ext 26376.