SK2 Weekly Updates! (May19 – May23)

As-salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatuhu

Dear Parents,

Here are some updates:

Language Arts:

Phonics: This week, we learned the sounds of the digraphs er, and ar. Please check the link below for further practice at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCkBK9RTkU

Writing:

This week we practiced writing our own sentences using sentence starters. Way to go SK2!

Literacy Tips:

• Read for 20 minutes with your child everyday.
• Please help your child to read the book from their reading bag daily.
• Go to starfalls.com and readingbears.org to enhance your child’s reading skills.

Math:  Subtraction in Action:

We started to learn how to subtract using subtraction strategies such as drawing pictures and counting fingers in order to write a subtraction sentence.

We sang the song “Five Little Monkeys” and acted out subtraction problems while we listened to the song (ex: 5 little monkeys swinging in a tree, teasing Mr. Alligator, "Can't catch me!" Along came Mr. Alligator, quiet as can be and snapped 4 monkeys out of the tree). One student was the alligator and used his arms to "snap" the monkeys out of the tree. Then, we used a tree mat and monkey cut-outs to model the problems. Finally, we coloured and pasted our monkeys on our own booklet and made a subtraction problem.

On Friday, we listened to our all time favourite "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" and then modeled subtraction problems using Pete the Cat work mats and some buttons. As we listened to the story about Pete losing his buttons, we modeled the problems and wrote the subtraction sentence. Sk2 enjoyed this hands-on activity a lot, Masha-Allah!

Math tips:   

·         Have your child draw pictures on a calendar to record each day’s weather. At the end of the month, make a picture graph showing how many sunny days, rainy days, and cloudy days were there in that month.

·         Have your children manipulate objects to figure out basic concepts in Math. For addition, they could add one, two, or more blocks to a pile of blocks and then tell you how many blocks are in the pile.

·         Play board games like Chutes & Ladders, Sorry!, Dominoes, etc. as they promote the development of counting skills, understandings of patterns, and numeral recognition.

Islamic Studies:

We reviewed the fourth pillar of Islam, “The Zakah’ (Charity). We took turns to give ideas about types of food we can donate to Sadaqa Food Bank for the Food Drive.

Arts:

We made a donation box ”I am a helping hand for the needy”. Please encourage your child to collect money in their donation box on a regular basis in order to help the needy in the month of Ramadan and afterwards. This way they will get in a habit of collecting/ donating money for charity.

3-D mosque Presentations:

Sk2 are doing a wonderful job presenting their 3D mosques, Masha-Allah!

Sadaqah Food Bank (Food Drive):

Alhamdo-lillah, Our class had collected 107 food items for the Sadaqah Food Bank. Jazak-Allahu khariun for everyone sending the food for the needy.

Jazakumullahu-khaira for your co-operation and support!

Message from Tr. Nancy (Abraar School Librarian)

Dear Parents, 

Assalamu Alaikum

It just seems like yesterday when we were all getting ready to greet the students on the first day of school. Now, June is just around the corner. Time has flown by, subhanAllah!

Please take note that the school library will be closing its student services starting Monday, June 2, 2014. For this reason, we would ask that all the students bring back their library book(s) no later than Friday, May 30, 2014. Please remind your child to bring his or her library book(s) before the deadline.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Have a wonderful day, inshaAllah.

Sincerely,

Nancy-Ann Brethour,

Abraar School Librarian

Message from Tr. Said (French Teacher)

Assalamu Alaikum Dear Parents,

 I hope my email finds you in good health. I would like to give you some updates on the French material covered so far.

   

1-  Reviewing the pronunciation and writing of (A Auto, B Baleine, C Chien, D Diamant, E Éléphant, F  Fromage, G Guitare, H Héron, I Igloo, J Jus, K Kiwi, L Lion, M Miel, N Nid) .

2-  We did ( O Orange - P Papa - Q Quai - R Roi - S Soeur )

3-  Learning numbers 1 to 20 and introducing ( grand - petit )

4-  Introducing the vocabulary on the theme of friendship:

je joue avec mes amis

je partage avec mes amis

j'apprends avec mes amis

j'aime beacoup mes amis.

  

5-  reviewing a few names of colours / developing oral expression.

6- we learned how to read the time on a clock.

7- Guided reading.

Jazakoum Allah khairan.

SK2 Weekly Updates! (May 12 – May 16)

As-salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatuhu

Dear Parents,

Here are some updates:

As we are learning about bugs in Spring, this week we learned about butterflies in Science. As well, we continued to work on different literacy and numerical activities on butterflies throughout the week. Sk2 loved these hands-on and fun learning activities.

 

Language Arts:

Phonics: In phonics, we continue learning Jolly phonics workbook 7. We will be learning the following digraphs: qu, ou, oi, ue, er, and ar, InshaAllah. This week we learned the sounds of the diagraphs oi, and ue. Please check the link below for further practice at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCkBK9RTkU

Reading:

We read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle to go along with our “Bugs in Spring” theme. The book tells you about the life cycle of a butterfly through beautiful illustrations and engaging text. It is an all time favourite book among SK2 students!

 

Literacy Tips:

• Read for 20 minutes with your child everyday.
• Please help your child to read the book from their reading bag daily.
• Go to starfalls.com and readingbears.org to enhance your child’s reading skills.

Math:  

We continued to learn how to add using addition strategies like drawing pictures and counting fingers in order to write an addition sentence.

We made a “The Hungry Caterpillar” addition booklet and practiced our addition skills. Sk2 really loved to do addition.

Math tips:   

·         Have your child draw pictures on a calendar to record each day’s weather. At the end of the month, make a picture graph showing how many sunny days, rainy days, and cloudy days were there in that month.

·         Have your children manipulate objects to figure out basic concepts in Math. For addition, they could add one, two, or more blocks to a pile of blocks and then tell you how many blocks are in the pile.

·         Play board games like Chutes & Ladders, Sorry!, Dominoes, etc. as they promote the development of counting skills, understandings of patterns, and numeral recognition.

Science:

·         We watched a very interesting and educational video about butterflies, and then we made an anchor chart together about it.

·         We made the life cycle of a butterfly on a paper plate.

Islamic Studies:

This week, we learned the fourth pillar of Islam, “The Zakah’ (Charity). We did a class discussion of ways to give charity (helping poor with money or food, smiling at someone, helping and respecting parents, listening to teachers, etc…).

Arts:

To go along with our Butterfly theme, we made butterfly masks.

Edible snack: We beautifully decorated the butterfly cookies and ate them after! Yum!

Jazaki Allah Khairen to sister Laura (Hala’s Mom) for baking butterfly cookies for us.

Career Day:

On Wednesday, Abraar School celebrated career day. We got to meet a fire fighter, a police officer, a physician and a dentist. We also got gifts from them.

3-D Masjid Presentations:

Sk2's are doing a wonderful job presenting their 3D masjid projects, Masha-Allah!

Field Trip:

We had a great field trip to the Nepean Centrepointe Library on Friday, Alhumdulilah. Students enjoyed the interactive read-a-louds and a tour of the children's section. Jazakum-Allahu-Khairun to our volunteers who went with us. We couldn't have done it without you!

Jazakumullahu-khaira for your co-operation and support!

SK2 Weekly Updates! (May 05 – May09)

As-salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatuhu

Dear Parents,

Here are some updates:

 

We will be learning about bugs in Spring. During this unit, we will be reading books by the famous author, Eric Carle, and will do activities that will go along with the books.  We started our week by learning about ladybugs in Science and continued to work on different literacy and numeric activities on ladybugs during the week. Sk2 loved those hands-on and fun learning activities.

Language Arts:

Phonics: In phonics, we started the last Jolly phonics workbook 7. We will be learning the following digraphs: qu,ou,oi,ue,er,and ar, InshaAllah. This week we learned the sounds of the diagraphs Qu and Ou. Please check the link for further practice at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCkBK9RTkU

The progress of this book can be assessed on the skills checklist below:

 Reading:

• Recognizes the seventh group of sounds: qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar.
• Can blend regular words with this group of sounds.
• For example: round, brown, queen, butter, farmer, boil, shout.

Writing:

• Can write the seventh group of sounds:qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar.
• Can also write regular words using these sounds, such as: out, spoil, star, dark, later, quick, quit, count.
• Understands that many sounds have more than one way of being written.
• For example: <oi>, <oy> (boil, boy), <ou>, <ow> (out, owl), <er>, <ir>, <ur> (her, bird, turn).
• Can begin to choose between <er>, <ir> and <ur> in spelling words.

Reading:

We read “The Grouchy Lady Bug” by Eric Carle to go along with our “Bugs in Spring” theme. It is such a fun book and students absolutely loved it.

Writing:

After reading a book, we wrote what makes us grouchy and we will attach it to our  ladybug craft along with a picture of each student making a grouchy face.

Literacy Tips:

• Read for 20 minutes with your child everyday.
• Please help your child to read the book from their reading bag daily.
• Go to starfalls.com and readingbears.org to enhance your child’s reading skills.

Math:  

We continued to learn how to add using addition strategies like drawing pictures and counting fingers in order to write an addition sentence.

We made a “Ladybug addition booklet “ and used black circles as manipulative to add the spots on our ladybug. Sk2 did an excellent job learning how to add and make our friend ladybug happy by putting missing spots on her.

Math tips:   

·         Have your child draw pictures on a calendar to record each day’s weather. At the end of the month, make a picture graph showing how many sunny days, rainy days, and cloudy days were there in that month.

·         Have your children manipulate objects to figure out basic concepts in Math. For addition, they could add one, two, or more blocks to a pile of blocks and then tell you how many blocks are in the pile.

·         Play board games like Chutes & Ladders, Sorry!, Dominoes, etc. as they promote the development of counting skills, understandings of patterns, and numeral recognition.

Science:

·         We watched a very interesting and educational video about ladybugs, and then we made an anchor chart together about it.

·         We made the life cycle of a Ladybug through a cut-and-paste activity. Please check the wonderful work by SK2, Masha-Allah!

Islamic Studies:

We read the story of “Prophet Hud and the storm” and discussed the theme of the story. We also continued to pray Jummah prayer in class. Great job SK2!

Arts:

To go along with our Ladybug theme, we made a Ladybug Craft. Also, we made ladybugs using strawberries, blueberries, and raisins. Sk2 ate it afterwards, yummy!

Student of the month

The theme for the month of April was “Homework completion and class participation”

We acknowledged many students in the class. Congratulations to all of you for being the “Students of the month” for the month of April, Mash-Allah.

The theme for the month of May will be “Initiative / goal setting to improve work and self-regulation.”

 Jazakumullahu-khaira for your co-operation and support!

SK2 Weekly Updates! (April 28 – May 02)

As-salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatuhu

Dear Parents,

Here are some updates from our class:

Language Arts:

Phonics: In phonics, we have finished Jolly phonics workbook 6. Next week, we will be starting Jolly phonics workbook 7, Insha-Allah.

Reading:

We read a book called “My Garden” and discussed the main idea of the story. We also read some other books about planting in Spring. We planted grass seeds in a cup and SK2 students are really excited to see the results in a few days Insha-Allah.

Writing:

After reading a book, we wrote a journal prompt “What we would like to grow in our garden?”

 

Literacy Tips:

• Read for 20 minutes with your child everyday.
• Play I spy games using the ch and sh  and th consonant blends. For example, “I spy with my little eye something that starts with the ch sound.”
• Go to starfalls.com and readingbears.org to enhance your child’s reading skills.

Math:  

We continued to learn how to read and interpret the data from graphs. We did lots of worksheets to practice graphs. On Friday, we made a graph about the favorite colour of friezes and after the activity, SK2’s enjoyed eating friezes in class.

We also introduced the concept of addition and will continue to work on it next week. insha-Allah.

Math tips:   

• Have your child draw pictures on a calendar to record each day’s weather. At the end of the month, make a picture graph showing how many sunny days, rainy days, and cloudy days were there in that month.

• Play board games like Chutes & Ladders, Sorry!, Dominoes, etc. as they promote the development of counting skills, understandings of patterns, and numeral recognition.

 Science:

•  We watched a very interesting and educational video about parts of plants, and then we made an anchor chart together about plants.
•  We also made a craft about flowers from recycled newspapers and leftover tissue paper. We then labeled the parts of plants.
•  We learned and drew all the things (Sun, air, water, and soil) that plants needs to grow and labeled them.

Islamic Studies:

We read the story of “Prophet Saleh and the camel” and discussed the theme of the story. We also continued to pray Jummah prayer in class. Great job SK2!

Arts:

In order to integrate Math into Art, we made a spring Kite and decorated it with stickers. We wrote an addition sentence on the kite’s tail by adding up the stickers on both sides of the kite.

Jazakumullahu-khaira for your co-operation and support!