Thursday, April 11, 2013

Weekly Update

This week in Language Arts, we read a book called Leo The Late Bloomer. It was about a tiger named Leo that learned to read, write, talk, and eat neatly later than his friends. We talked about what we could do now that we were not able to do last year. They have grown so much, like Leo, in just one year!
We also added the words 'said' and 'good' to our word wall. We practiced our sight words by hopping and reading them outside. Using their bodies helps them remember the words and it's fun!
In Math, we finished Chapter 10 which focused on time, temperature, and the calendar. The concepts at this age are very general. We will review Chapter 10 on Sunday and start Chapter 11 next week. Chapter 11 and 12 are on addition and subtraction.

In Science, we continued discussing matter. We focused on solids and sorted solids by color, shape, weight, and size.

In Social Studies, we talked about the difference between what we need and what we want. In pairs, we sorted picture cards into things we need and things we want. At the end of the activity, the children saw that we want many more things than we really need.

In Character Building, Ms. Mariam discussed using good manners. In our classroom, a few examples include pushing in our chairs, asking to use the bathroom politely, and chewing with our mouths closed. Each week we will have a new focus and reinforce the message throughout the week. Next week, it will be about listening.
Yaseen reads his book 'The Bike Race' to his friends!
**The school Carnival will be held on Saturday from 10am to 5pm. Elementary and KG students are not allowed to attend the Carnival without their parents.

 :Arabic and Religion Update
* التربية الدينية الإسلامية:  لقد تم  تدريس نشيد  ( إن سألتم عن إلهي ) و بدأنا في تدريس حديث ( الناس سواسية ) و سوف يتم تكرارهم حتى يتمكن الأطفال من حفظهما  .
*  اللغة العربية : لقد  تم تدريس أصوات ( الضمة ) لحرف (ز) و الكلمات الدالة( زُ)  - (زُجاجة ) و تم تدريس أصوات (الفتحة -  الكسرة) لحرف (س) و الكلمات الدالة  ( سَ)-    ( سَمكة ) - (سِ) (سِجادة )سوف نكمل  أصوات حرف (س) الأسبوع القادم  ان شاء الله .

* سوف أقوم  بإرسال كراسة الإملاء و يتم عمل إملاء منزلية كل أسبوع بعد الإنتهاء من كل حرف . 

2 comments:

Eman Awwaad said...

Its nice to see Yaseen reading to his friends, I though he'll be too shy to do it. Thanks for sharing the pic with us :)

Victoria Ly said...

I was surprised as well. He read it very quietly but his friends were such good listeners. They were so impressed!