Scholastic Book Fair (Tr. Nancy)

Dear Parents,

Assalamu Alaikum

I hope this email finds you well and in good health.

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school this week, inshaAllah!  For more information about the book fair, please look at our Scholastic Book Fair flyer.

Have a wonderful day, inshaAllah.

Sincerely,

Nancy-Ann Brethour

Class Updates and Reminders

Assalamu Alaikum,

We had a fabulous day yesterday and today alhamdulilah!

Reading: We integrated our learning about reptiles into language by reading two nonfiction books about Turtles. We got to know many amazing facts about Green sea turtles and also learned rich verbs during reading.

Writing: Today we showed our knowledge of Green sea Turtles 
by writing about them! Students wrote verbs on a turtle shell about turtles (dig, emerge, flea, swim, protect, escape, hatch...etc)  Then, they used the verbs to write sentences about turtles. After writing their sentences, students highlighted their verbs. They did a wonderful job MashaAllah! 

Yesterday students maintained stamina during work on writing. They started off by choosing something that is special to them, and they made a mind map where they used as many adjectives as they could to describe their noun and how it makes them feel. Then, they wrote sentences using their adjectives. 

Vocabulary: We are playing vocabulary games to become more familiar with the new vocabulary list we learned on Wednesday with Tr. Madlien .Yesterday we played BINGO where students listened carefully to the definition of a vocabulary word (e.g: Curious: to want to know about everything.) and once they figured out which word it was, they had to cover the word with the correct heart number. 

Today we completed a word search, and students chose three words to define. 

Gym: Yesterday we had a great time playing Sharks and Guards with the parachute!

Math: We are practicing reading bar graphs using a variety of worksheets. We learned the parts of a graph using an acronym called "TAILS" which stands for: title, axis, intervals, labels, and scale. Students wrote about TAILS in their math journals, they worked in groups to make a bar graph, and they worked independently to complete math worksheets where they made bar graphs and answered questions about them. 

Social Studies: Yesterday students followed instructions to colour continents and they named the 5 oceans. 

Art: Today students did a fabulous job making birds out of their coffee filters!

Reminders:

• Students have a spelling quiz on lesson 11 on Monday (long vowel sound e): feed, sea, meet, real, keep, week, deep, easy, beach, clean
• Students should also learn the spelling of eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth for Monday's spelling quiz.
• Homework pack is due on Wednesday.
• Students were assigned a Raz Kids reading assignment which is also due on Wednesday. 
• Please make sure you sign your child's agenda.

I hope you have a great weekend!

Yesterday and Today's Updates

Assalamu Alaikum,

We had a wonderful day today and yesterday!

Grammar: Yesterday we played "Say an Adjective to Your Partner" where students were told what nouns to describe and they had 20 seconds to say as many adjectives as they could to each other. Then, two students would say their adjectives in front of the class (e.g. feelings: glad, annoyed, happy, optimistic, excited, scared...etc)

Today we played "Say an Adjective to Your Partner" again, and students worked independently to complete an adjective worksheet.

Spelling: Yesterday we completed lesson 11 in our spelling books where we learned list words with the long vowel e.

Reading: Yesterday students maintained stamina while reading to self, and they kept an open eye for adjectives while they were reading. After they were done reading, they shared some of the adjectives they found in their books with the class.

Today Sr. Madlien read us ONE SMART COOKIE! Students learned great vocabulary, and we answered questions about the vocabulary words as a class.

IsA we will be playing vocabulary games, completing vocabulary worksheets, and using the words in our writing classes. Please use these words at home with your child. You can choose one or two words per day, and use them when speaking to your child. (e.g. Masha'Allah you got a point for being prepared today!, I think you should do your homework today, and stop procrastinating.)

The vocabulary words are:

1. Prompt

2. Organized / Unorganized

3. Prepared / Unprepared

4. Compromise

5. Empathy

6. Kindness

7. Listening

8. Contribute

9. Procrastinate

10. Diligent

11. Persevere

12. Arrogant / Humble

13. Ponder

14. Daydream

15. Creative

16. Dishonesty

17. Integrity

18. Curious

19. Inspire

Math: Yesterday students completed page 19 in their math books where they skip counted on number lines, and they showed a two digit number using tally marks, 10 frames, a calendar and pictures.

Today we started a new chapter on Data Management. Students wrote down the meanings of key vocabulary words on Data Management (Data, Tally Marks, and Graph) in their math journals. Students also worked in their groups to make bar graphs and answer questions about them.They did a wonderful job, MashaAllah.

Then they worked independently to complete a worksheet on bar graphs.  

Science: Yesterday students wrote 5 special facts about reptiles in their science folders.

Today we worked on our projects. Students looked for answers to their questions in their books. 

Gym: Yesterday we played Pizza, Freeze Tag and Copy my Silly Dance! We had a great time alhamdulilah!

Homework:

• Students took home a reading stamina track sheet to record their reading stamina at home. 

Reminder:

• Tomorrow is Spirit Day! Wear green and white to show Abraar School Pride.
• Fundraising Dinner is this Saturday. Looking forward to seeing you all isA!

I hope you have a lovely evening! 

Today's Classwork and Homework

Assalamu Alaikum,

We had a great day today alhamdulilah!

Math: We revised the difference between ordinal and cardinal numbers, and students completed a worksheet on them.

Spelling: Students wrote their spelling quiz on the long vowel o.

Grammar: We learned that adjectives are describing words, and we played games to practice adjectives.


Gym: Today we played What Time is it Mr. Wolf, hockey and basketball. We had a wonderful gym class alhamdulilah!


Library: We went to the library, and Tr. Nancy showed us how to use an index to find information. In science class, students found the pages with the information in their books, and started reading about their animal (bird or insect).

Homework:

• Students took home a stamina track sheet to record their stamina at home. 
• Please review all Surah Al-Ghashiyah.

I hope you have a lovely evening! 

Arabic Class (Tr. Hoda)

 

Masha'Allah students finished their group projects about body parts in Arabic class!

 

Monday and Today's Classwork and Some Reminders!

Asslamu Alaikum:
 
Spelling: Yesterday students wrote their spelling quiz on the long vowel U, and the bonus was to write as many verbs as they could in a minute after estimating how many they think they could write.
 
Today we completed lesson 10 where we learned words with the long O.
 
Reading: Yesterday students maintained stamina while reading to self, and I had some students read to me.
 
It is Anti-Bullying week this week...Today students discussed in pairs what they think a bully is, and I read "The Recess Queen", a great story about bullying. Then, we completed a Venn diagram where we compared two characters in the story - (Jean and Sue).

 Library/ Project: Yesterday Tr. Nancy brought books about insects and birds, and each student chose his/her animal for the project. Then, she talked to the class about how to ask questions and what a KEYWORK is. After that, students started writing questions about their animal, and underling the keywords. (e.g. Where does the snow owl live?/ What does it eat?).
 
Math: Yesterday students completed page 16 in their math books where they showed numbers on number lines and circled the greater numbers. Then, they worked in groups to show the greater number in 10 frames on chart paper.
 

Today each group chose a number greater than 10 and less than 31, and they represented that number in as many ways as they could (calendar, tally marks, 10 frames, illustrations and words). Then, students worked independently to complete page 18 in their math books where they represented two numbers and explained how they know one number is greater than the other.
 
Science: Yesterday we watched an interesting video about reptiles, and discussed the characteristics of reptiles as a class.
 
Today we played "catch the puppet" where the students who caught the puppet had 3 seconds to say something about reptiles. After that, students completed a worksheet where they wrote the number of reptiles they see in a picture, and coloured all the reptiles.
 
Islamic Studies: Students worked independently to answer questions about Habeel and Qabeel in their workbooks, and we took up the answers as a class.
 
Gym: Yesterday we did a graffiti activity about the different food groups. We also played duck duck goose and freeze tag.
 
Quran Homework: Practice Surat Al-Ghashiah Ayah 22 - 26.
 
Reminders:

• Homework pack is due tomorrow.
• Students are grouped and named according to continents. Research three interesting facts about your  group continent by Thursday.
• Students have a spelling quiz on lesson 10 on Monday (long vowel sound 0):  those, low, goat, own, coat, go, hope, sold, over, ago
• Students should also learn the spelling of sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth for Monday's spelling quiz.
• Ticket reservation forms for Abraar Fun Night and Fundraising Dinner were sent home today.

Have a wonderful evening!

Arabic Homework (Tr. Salam)

واجب اللغة العربية للغدالاربعاء 18/11 ان شاء الله:

 

*التدريب على القراءة الصحيحة بصوت مرتفع ل ص 28-29 ( درس هدى تحضر

 

 المائدة ) ، وسيتم تقييم قراءالطالب

 

*تكملة كل كلمة في ( ألاحظ و أعبر ) ص 29 بكلمة مناسبة ( جملة مفيدة)

Updates and Reminders

Assalamu Alaikum,

We had a great week last week alhamdulilah!

Writing: We started our second DAILY 5 which is Work on Writing. We learned the I Chart for work on writing, and students did a great job maintaining stamina while writing!

Students got to pick their spots and chose a topic to write about. The second time we did Work on Writing, each student chose a character to write an adventure story about , they drew a picture of their character, and highlighted the verbs.

Reading: Students maintained stamina while reading to self.

Grammar: We learned the difference between a sentence and a fragment. We played a fun game to practice , and students completed a worksheet where they cutout sentences and fragments and pasted them in right column.

Math: Students completed word problems in groups and independently about ordinal numbers, and practiced greater and less than by completing a worksheet and on their whiteboards.

Ameer brought the ESTIMATION JAR, students wrote their estimations on paper, and the three students with the closest estimation each got a balloon.

Saara will be bringing the estimation jar tomorrow isA for more fun!

Science: We learned about what a life cycle is and got to see different life cycles.

Social Studies: Students worked in groups to make maps and label them with the continents and oceans.

Each student is assigned a task to research 3 interesting facts about his/her continent, so that each group can share some fun facts about their continent with the class. This is due on Thursday.

Art: Students used markers to colour coffee filters, we sprayed them with water to spread the colours, and isA we will be making beautiful birds with them this week.


Arabic (Tr. Hoda):
Students are learning verbs in Arabic class.

 

Reminders:

• Homework pack is due on Wednesday.

Students have a spelling quiz on lesson 9 on Monday (long vowel sound u): rule, use, tune, mule, due, true, grew, few, you, cute

 Students should also learn the spelling of first, second and third for Monday's spelling quiz.
Students are grouped and named according to continents. Research three interesting facts about your  group continent for Thursday.
Please make sure you sign your child's agenda.

Have a wonderful evening!

Today and Yesterday's Classwork

Assalamu Alaikum,

We had a wonderful day today and yesterday alhamdulilah!

Students sounded beautiful today singing our friendship song for assembly (You Can Count on Me!)

Reading: Students maintained stamina while reading to self and they made verb mind maps where they wrote down verbs from the books they were reading.

Spelling: Yesterday students wrote their spelling quiz on the long vowel sound i, and the bonus was three words with the long vowel i.

Today we completed lesson 9 in our spelling books where we learned words with the long vowel sound u.

Math:Yesterday students showed what they know about numbers in their math journals. They answered questions about their favourite number and how many ways they can represent the number 25 (which is the total number of students in our class). They also completed a worksheet where they showed numbers in 10 frames, and wrote the number of tens and ones.

Today we completed page 15 in our math books after we figured out how many socks we are wearing altogether by making a T Chart (25 students are wearing 50 socks), students showed the number 50 in 4 different ways.

We also learned ordinal numbers today from first to twentieth by looking at the floors in a hotel. Students each took a hotel to write the ordinal numbers on each floor, colour the hotel, cut and paste it in their agendas. 

Estimation Station Activity:

Yesterday Ameer took home an estimation jar with a parent letter that he will bring on Thursday insha'Allah. Students will take turns to take the jar home and get it filled. Please do not share the number with your child, so he/she can have fun taking part in the fun estimating activities we will be doing in class. 

Library: Yesterday we had a great time in library lesson getting to learn the first step of the researching process, and practicing to write questions we need to find answers to, so we are ready to start our project next week.

Insha'allah T. Hina and I will be assigning the project to students next week, so you will know what your child is expected to do at home, and when his/her project is due. Tr. Nancy will be walking the students through each step of the project isA.

Science: Today students worked in groups to make mind maps about insects on chart paper.

Gym: Yesterday we played Dodge ball, and today we went to the park and played a game where each student got an ordinal number, and they had 20 seconds to line up in the right order!

Character Assembly: Yesterday we attended a Character  Assembly on Cleanliness. The grade 3 students did a great job in their presentation on Cleanliness Masha Allah!

Qura'n Homework: 

• Practice Surah Al-Ghashiyah Ayah 17-21.

Reminders: 

• Students have a spelling quiz on lesson 9 on Monday (long vowel sound u): rule, use, tune, mule, due, true, grew, few, you, cute
•  Students should also learn the spelling of first, second and third for Monday's spelling quiz.

Have a great evening isA!

Message from Tr. Nancy

Dear Parents,

Assalamu Alaikum

The grade 2A students and I had a fun and productive library visit yesterday. We discussed the first step of the researching process, which is the planning stage. We talked about how long their project had to be, and what accompanying material they needed for their presentation. We let the students know that, in the planning stage, they need to choose their topic (they will choose either a bird or an insect to research). Because what we are doing in the library now is just practice, they will be choosing their bird or insect on Monday, and they will be made aware of the due date on Monday, insha

​Allah. In addition, we discussed the need to narrow their topic. For instance, bird and insect are too broad, so they need to narrow their topic by choosing a specific bird or insect. Once the choice was made, I asked the grade 2A students to think of some questions regarding their topic using the 5ws + H.

We will be working on the bird/insect project during library period. I will be modeling each step for them. That means that I will be working on my own bird project at the same time as the students are; I will also be presenting my project along with them. Our goal in presenting the research process this way is to help the students familiarize themselves with the steps. As a result, they will not feel overwhelmed or stressed when they need to do a research project.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at nbrethour@abraarschool.com

Have a wonderful day, inshaAllah.

Nancy-Ann Brethour

Arabic Homework (Tr. Salam)

*واجب اللغة العربية للغد الاربعاء 11 / 11 ان شاء الله ( تلاميذ المعلمة سلام):

التدريب على القراءة الصحيحة بصوت مرتفع لدرس ( أحب أسرتي ) ص 25 – 26 منه

  جزاكم الله خيرا 

                                                     

Friday's Classwork and Reminders

Assalamu Alaikum,

We had a great day on Friday alhamduilah!

Writing: Students wrote simple sentences about our trip to Baxter Conservation Area. We learned how to organize our thoughts when writing, and to answer the 5 Ws + 1. Students also wrote about some of the things they learned there, and they circled all the verbs.

Math: We learned different ways to represent whole numbers (calendar, 10 frames, tally marks, drawings). Students worked independently to represent whole numbers using WIN (words, illustrations and numbers).

Art: We made Thumbprint Bugs in Jars using paint, construction paper, crayons and permanent markers. It was a fun art project to make body parts, antennae, spots and eyes on all kinds of creepy
crawlers since we are learning about insects.

Reminders:

• Students have a spelling quiz on Monday on the list words (LONG VOWEL I)

wide, mile, line, hide, fire, nice, fine, mind, find, behind

• Homework pack is due on Wednesday.
• Please make sure you remind your child to check his/her agenda.

Enjoy the rest of your evening!

Message from Tr. Salam (Arabic)

واجب منزلي - الصف الثاني الابتدائي – تلاميذ المعلمة سلام

املاء الاثنين الموافق 9/11 في الاتي :

م  -  ر  - با  -  كي  -  مو  -  رو

رمى كريم كرة رباب

نشاط لغوي موجه – موعد التسليم الجمعة 13/11 ان شاء الله

المطلوب من الطالب الاتي :

*كتابة خمس مفردات، لاشياء موجودة في كل مكان من الامكنة التالية ...........كما في المثال  :

 المثال :   في البيت :  1) أمي و أبي      2) اخوتي     3) غرفتي     4) مطبخ      5) تلفاز

*في غرفتي .........................

*في البستان ............................

*في المدرسة ................................

في حقيبتي .........................................

في المطبخ...........................................

* لصق صور توضيحية جميلة ، لبعض المفردات التي سيكتبها الطالب .

*الرجاء تنفيذ النشاط على ورقة أو أكثر من الورق المقوى  (حجم الورقة العادية ) بالطريقة التي يرغب بها الطالب .

*سيتم ان شاء الله تقويم التلميذ على :

* اختيار المفردات الصحيحة  وفهم الطالب لها –  حسن الخط و الكتابة ،مع مراعاة موقع الحرف من السطر   - القراءة الصحيحة المعتمدة على التهجئة والتقطيع  الصحيح، طريقة العرض امام الفصل  – وضوح الصورة الشارحة  ، حسن الترتيب .

- التسليم في الوقت المحدد .

       ملاحظة :

قد تم تدريب الطالب ، على كل ما هو مطلوب انجازه.

Today's Classwork and Homework

Assalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

We started our day by taking turns to tell the class something new we learned on yesterday's field trip.

Reading: Masha'Allah today students maintained stamina while reading to self for 40 minutes. Alhamdulilah I am done the DRA, and you will be getting your child's reading level next week isA.

Grammar: We learned that verbs are action words. We made a verb mind map as a class. After that, Students were divided into groups, and they rotated around the class to write school related, art related, sport related and vacation related verbs on chart paper. Each group got to present one category to the class.

Math: We learned about estimating, and students estimated how many marbles they could draw in a jar in one minute. Then they drew marbles for one minute, counted them and recorded their answer.

We also completed page 14 in our math books where we read the definitions of SKIP COUNTING and ESTIMATE, we skip counted by 5s, estimated dots in a box, and we counted the dots by 2s to record the number of dots.

Islamic Studies: We finished our story wheels about the story of Prophet Adam (SAW), and students started answering questions independently in their I Love Islam workbooks about the sons of Prophet Adam (SAW).

Homework: Homework pack is due on Wednesday.

Have a great evening insha'Allah!

Today's Classwork and Reminders

Assalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a great day alhamdulilah!

We started our day by practicing how to exit the building when hearing a fire drill. After that, Grades 1 to 6 had a RECESS DRILL where we learned some new procedures that we will be following during recess time.

Spelling: We watched a video about how the magic e makes other vowels strong (pin - pine). Students read a passage in their spelling books with words with the long vowel i sound, they took turns to give examples of words that have the long i sound, and they answered questions about the new list words in their spelling books.

Math: We made more number patterns on a 100 chart and a number line as a class. Then students worked independently to make different number patterns on 100 charts.

Islamic Studies/ Art: Today Tr. Adam and Tr. Isa explained to the class how to make the cover and paste the apples for our story wheel about Prophet Adam (SAW). Masha'Allah they did a wonderful job giving instructions. Students went back to their places, drew pictures of things they would love to have in Jannah, and they started pasting the apples in the right sequence.

Reminders: 

• The list words for Monday's Spelling quiz (LESSON 8 - LONG VOWEL I): wide, mile, line, hide, fire, nice, fine, mind, find, behind
• Homework pack is due tomorrow.
• Tomorrow is our field trip. If you have not sent the field trip form, please make sure your child has it tomorrow.

I hope you have a wonderful evening insha'Allah!

Message From Tr. Salam (Arabic)

واجب الصف الثاني الابتدائي (تلاميذ المعلمة سلام) للغد الثلاثاء

 3/11 ان شاء الله :

*تكملة حل ص 24

*قراءة ص 22 -23 –24 بصوت مرتفع ،قراءة صحيحة 

Today's Classwork and Field Trip Update

Assalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Reading: Masha'Allah today students maintained stamina for 41 minutes while reading to self. After reading, some students shared some interesting things they read today! I worked with students on the DRA.

Spelling: Students wrote their spe
lling quiz on words with the long vowel sound a (lesson 7).

Math: Today we learned to make growing patterns on a 100 chart. Each student made two patterns on a hundred chart.

Library: We went to the library and Tr. Nancy went over how to use a book mark when choosing a book and which books we are allowed to borrow. IsA students will be borrowing books next week.

Gym: We went to the gym, and we played FREEZE TAG, BASKETBALL and students took turns to RACE.

Islamic Studies: Today students put the events in the story of Prophet Adam (SAW) in order by numbering apples. Insha'Allah tomorrow we will be cutting out the apples to make a story wheel about the story of Prophet Adam (SAW).

Qura'n Homework: Practice Surah Al-Ghasiyah  Ayahs 11-16.

Important Note:

• The field trip will be on Nov 4th (this Wednesday) and not on Nov 10th. Today students took home a new field trip form with the correct date. Please make sure you send the form to school tomorrow, and let me know if you will be able to volunteer. 

I hope you have a great evening!