Aasalaamu’alykum
Dear Parents,
Below is a
brief update from last week.
Language: Author’s purpose is something new
that we learned last week. It’s also referred to as PIE (persuade, inform and
entertain) i.e. the reasons why an author chooses to write. After reading a
story from the Magic School Bus series, students had to ask themselves certain
question about the text to figure out the purpose. They looked for clues in the
story for eg: did the author try to change their opinion, convince them of
something. If so, then the author’s purpose was to persuade. Did the author
give them facts or try to teach them something? If so, the purpose was to
inform. Did the author try to make them laugh or simply tell a story. If so,
then the author’s purpose was to entertain.
Spelling: As planned, students wrote their spelling test
on Thursday and moved on with the next spelling lesson on long “u” vowel sounds
in their workbooks. The spelling words for the next test on Thursday November
24th are: rule, use, tune,
mule, due, true, grew, few, you and cute.
Bonus:
pictograph, purpose, shark, seventeenth and eighteenth
Islamic
Studies: Wudu’, a
means of purification before standing in salah, was covered last week. Students
were reminded that in order to thank, praise and worship Allah (swt) in salah
it is important to perform proper ablution first. We learned the
steps of making wudu’ from a video shared in class. Students then read about it
in their Islamic textbooks and completed exercises in their activity books. We
touched upon the origins of wudu as well. How the Prophet (saw) was visited by
Jibreel (as) and was flown from his house in Mecca to Jerusalem, mounted on al buraq
which travelled at the speed of light. He (saw) ascended to the heavens and it
was there that the prayer was established and made compulsory. Students also made
a step-by-step wudu’ guide. The sole purpose of this assignment was to assist
and develop the basic rules and action of ablution. And to further develop
their knowledge of it.
Math: In preparation for their data management test, all week students worked independently
on a math package practicing how to interpret and create bar graphs and
pictographs.
Science: We wrapped up our lesson about fish. Students worked independently on an animal profile, specifically the Great White Shark. After watching a kids discovery video on the great whites and reading about them, students wrote a neat description using complete sentences and proper punctuation.
Health and Gym: Students worked on a ‘food groups’ worksheet
where they were required to list all the food items in the appropriate food
group. For gym we worked on developing good sportsmanship by playing games such
as meet in the middle, the wheelbarrow race, streets and alleys and triangle
tag.
Reminders:
RazKids-
please encourage your child to read on RazKids 20 mins every day.
Library
books- please remind your child to return any library books that may be due.
