Friday 29 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a great day alhamdulilah!

Spelling: Students read the new list words in their spelling books. They wrote the missing letters to complete the list words. Students looked at pictures in their spelling books and wrote list words that have the same beginning sounds. They looked at pictures and wrote the list words that rhymed.

Reading: We read "Cookies" for the third time.

Math: Students took a Math worksheet and made a graph about Noah's Garden Flowers. Students also showed the class the graphs they made at home about feelings and they described how their family members were feeling.

Science: We talked more about living and nonliving things. Students took a Science worksheet and wrote living and nonliving things in the correct column .

Islamic Studies: We talked more about wudu and prayer. Students answered questions in their I Love Islam workbooks.

Homework: Homework pack (due on Tuesday)
                   Story Log (Cookies)
                   Read a story.
                   Study for spelling quiz on Monday.      

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Thursday 28 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Writing: Students learned more about punctuation (full stops, question marks, exclamation marks). They wrote sentences in their writing notebooks about the weather. Students were asked to use adjectives when writing their sentences.

Reading: Students sat on the carpet and I read "Cookies" for the second time. Students got to learn new vocabulary. Cookies is the book Sr. Madlien read us last week for the story log.

Math: Math book page 118. Our Math buddies from 4A joined us today. Students took a worksheet with a graph about a hen laying eggs on different days. Students answered questions about the graph with their Math buddies.

Art: Students made a hen by tracing their hand, colouring and sticking pompoms and eyes. They had lots of fun!

Homework: Math book page 118 (Home Connection)
                    Homework pack (due on Tuesday)
                    Read a story.

Kindly note that your child has a project to research an animal (details are in homework pack).
 Teacher Nancy and I will be collaborating for this in shaa Allah.

Reminders: Tomorrow is the deadline to order mitten clips. If you haven't ordered any and need some, please make sure to order them tomorrow.
Students should start practicing for their spelling quiz on Monday (test #9). Don't forget to use Spelling City.
Please make sure that your child cuts and makes the book in the homework pack.

I hope you all have a great evening!

Tr. Nancy (Library)

Dear Parents, 
Assalamu Alaikum
Your child will be researching an animal very soon. For this reason, Teacher Hoda and I will be collaborating for this. I will be teaching grade 1A students three easy research steps that will help them in their animal discovery. In addition, I will be showing them how to cite their book.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact by email or telephone.
Have a wonderful evening, inshaAllah.

Tr. Nancy

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Snowy Day

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Alhamdulilah we had a lovely day today!

Classes 1A and 1B stayed together all day as there was no formal teaching due to the number of students that attended school today. 

The students had lots of fun playing outside in the snow! 

The weekly homework will be sent home tomorrow In shaa Allah.

Tuesday 26 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu alaikum,

Alhamdulilah we had a lovely day today!


Reading: Sr. Maram read a story about "Feelings". Students read words that describe feelings and told the class how they were feeling today.

Math: Students made a graph about feelings. They asked 10 friends about how they felt and they made a graph.

Science: Students compared the needs of a human to the needs of a bear.

Islamic Studies: We talked more about wudu and the benefits of it.

Homework: Ask your family members about how they are feeling and make a graph (tired, happy, sad, bored, interested...etc)
                    Read a story.
                 
Hope you have a wonderful evening!    

Monday 25 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a lovely day alhamdulilah!

Spelling: Students wrote their spelling quiz. They completed sentences in their spelling books using the list words. They read words and wrote words that rhymed.

Writing: Students wrote a sentence about the weather and learned about weather maps.

Science: We learned more about animals and plants. Students wrote some of the characteristics of living things on the board. Sr. Saamia read us a book about "Noses". We learned about some of the different noses animals have.

Islamic Studies: We talked about wudu and sang the wudu nasheed. We also talked about the importance of being respectful during prayer and how to pray. Students said the five pillars of Islam ans sang a nasheed (The Pillars of Islam).


Homework: Homework pack (due tomorrow), please make sure your child makes the booklet. and  is able to read it and the word family sheet. Read a story. Practice making wudu at home.

Field Trip: We went to the public library, most students borrowed books and those who did not have a library card got to borrow a book from the school library. Please make sure you return the books to any public library. Books are due in three weeks (Dec 16th). Parents who did not submit the forms can send me an e-mail and I will send a form with their child, so he/she can have a card next time we go in shaa Allah.

Have a  great evening in shaa Allah!






Friday 22 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today was a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Spelling: Students wrote the new list words in their spelling books.

Math: Math book page 116.

Homework: Math book page 116 (Home Connection)
                    Read a story.
                    Complete homework pack (due on Tuesday)
                 

Reminder:  Practice for the spelling quiz on Monday. Don't forget to use Spelling City (Test # 8)
                   
We are going to the Library on Monday in shaa Allah from 10:30 to 12:00.
-   If your child has a public library card please send it along on Monday.  The students will be able to check out books only if they have their library card.  For those students that do not have a library card but sent the form to get one, the librarian will give them out on Monday in shaa Allah.

Alhamdulilah I had a really good time today at the Parent - Teacher conference.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Thursday 21 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Writing: Students wrote sentences and drew pictures on T-shirts about bullying and they cut out the T-shirts.

Math: Math book page 116. Our Math buddies came today!

Art: We finished making our books (All about Me)

Homework:  Math book page 116 (Home Connection)
                      Please complete any incomplete work in the Math book.
                      Read a story.





-Tomorrow is a half day. 
- Please sign and return the field trip form tomorrow.  If your child is not attending school tomorrow, please send me an e-mail for confirmation and have them bring in the form on Monday in shaa Allah.


                                   


Tomorrow

Wednesday 20 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Alhamdulilah we had a good day today!

Reading: Sr. Madlien read us "Cookies". Students completed a worksheet about the meaning of words with Sr. Madlien.

Spelling: Students looked at pictures in their spelling books and wrote the list words that have the same beginning and end sounds. They wrote a sentence about their favourite pet.

Writing: Students wrote and drew pictures about bullying.
We watched a video in Tr. Jessica's classroom about  bullying and we talked about what to do when there is someone who is bullying us.

Math: Students showed the class the graphs they made at home.

Science: Students sat in groups and they talked about the different characteristics of living things. Each group took a doll and they said some of the organs we have in the human body.

Homework: Homework pack (due on Tuesday)
                   Read a story.
If your child did not do the graph for the home connection. please make sure he/she does it today.

Have a lovely evening in shaa Allah!






Tuesday 19 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Aalikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Reading: We read "Sharing is Caring" and "Lucy and the Bully". Students sat in groups and they took turns to read "Frog and Dog are Friends".

Math: Math book page 104.

Science: We learned about animals and we compared them to plants.

Islamic Studies: We sang a nasheed about the Pillars of Islam.

Gym: We played "People to People" and "Foxes and Squirrels"

Homework: Math book page 104 (Home Connection: Make the graph)
                    Read a story.

Kindly note that students took their report cards home today.

I hope you have a great evening!



Monday 18 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Reading: We read " School Bully, Beware!".

Writing: Students wrote down some of the ways we can make others feel special.

Spelling: Students wrote the list words in their Spelling notebooks.

Library: We went to the library and Tr. Nancy read "Bullies Never Win"

Gym: We played Squirrels in the Forest.

Science: We talked about Living Things and their characteristics.

Quran:  Reviewing sural "Al-Alaaq". Started surat "Al-Sharh" aya 1 to 4.

Islamic Studies: We talked about the five pillars of Islam.

Homework: Read a story.
               
Have a wonderful evening!



Thursday 14 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a wonderful day alhamdulilah!

Reading Program: Students sat on the carpet and I read them "Betty Lou Blue". Sr. Madlien read this story last week and I read it to them twice. Students took a Story Response Log home. Your child will retell you the story and you will write down a summary of the story (the way your child told you the story). Please include all the details your child says.

Writing: We learned about Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives.

Math: Math book pages 114 and 115. Our Math buddies from 4A joined us today!

Art: We are making a book "All About Me".

Homework: Math book pages 114 and 115 (Home Connection)
                   Read a story.
                   Story Response Log (Your child will tell you the story and you write down a summary)
                   Homework pack (due on Tuesday)

Reminder:  Please have your child use the Spelling City website to practice the list words for the next spelling test.. Test # 7

  https://www.spellingcity.com/Jaragon/  

Have a great long weekend in shaa Allah!


Wednesday 13 November 2013

Arabic (Tr. Salam)


السلام عليكم :
الواجب المنزلي للغد الخميس 13/11 :
*حل تدريب (أفكك الكلمات الى مقاطع كما في المثال) و تدريب (أضيف ) ص 30 من الكتاب المرسل مع الطالب ، مع ضرورة اجادة الطالب قراءة المفردات في التدريبين . و الرجاء .. الرجاء ضرورة الحرص على اعادة الكتاب مع 
الطالب غدا الخميس للمدرسة  ،لحاجتنا اليومية له .

الواجب المنزلي للاسبوع القادم :
*التدريب على القراءة الصحيحة بصوت مرتفع للمقاطع و المفردات يوميا ، و الكتابة بخط جميل ، من الورقة المرسلة مع الطالب.

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu Alaikum,

Today we had a nice day alhamdulilah!

Writing: Students wrote sentences in their notebooks about how we can fill our buckets.

Spelling: Students wrote the list words, looked at pictures and wrote the list words that have the same end sounds and they completed sentences using the correct words.

Math: Math book page 113.

Science: Students learned more about the human body.

Homework: Math book page 113 (Home Connection)
                     Homework pack (due on Tuesday)
                     Read a story.

Reminder: Kindly send the Library form to school tomorrow if you have not sent it.

Have a great evening!


Tuesday 12 November 2013

Classwork and Homework

Alsalamu alaikum,

Today we had a good day alhamdulilah.

Reading: We joined 1B and watched a video about Bucket Filling. We read about some of the ways we can fill our buckets. We talked about how to care for each other's feelings.

Math: Math book page 112.

Health: We learned about healthy food and habits.

Science: We watched a video with 1B about the Human body. Students turned an oval into a face and labelled it (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and hair)

Islamic Studies: Students learned about The Five Pillars of Islam.

Homework: Math book page 112 (Home Connection)
                    Read a story.

Please sign your child's spelling quiz and send it to school tomorrow.

Have a lovely evening in shaa Allah!