Mini Theme of
the week: “Prophet
Mohammed’s Birth”
لقد من الله على المؤمنين إذ بعث فيهم رسولا من أنفسهم يتلو عليهم آياته
ويزكيهم ويعلمهم الكتاب والحكمة وإن كانوا من قبل لفي ضلال مبين (آل عمران 168)
Translation: Allah did confer a great favour on the
believers when He sent among them a messenger from among themselves, rehearsing
unto them the Signs of Allah, sanctifying them, and instructing them in
Scripture and Wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error.
Arabic
Language اللغة العربية:
- Since it is the month of Moharram now, we took advantage
of it and talked about the biography of the prophet PBUH and the day he was
born which is on 12th of Rabei’ Al-Awwal as reported by a majority
of scholars.
- Students reviewed the letters (أ – د)
through different activities.
- JK team are so impressed with the ideas of Show and Tell the students come up with,
Masha’Allah. Please note that this week’s show and tell (Jan 12-15) will be
about the word and picture students worked on during the winter break, so no
need to send anything for show and tell with your child.
- We have been reading many books in Arabic to enrich the
Arabic vocabulary of the students.
Science
العلوم:
Students worked on identifying
the different properties of various materials such as wood, metal and plastic
and check their bending property. Students learned the words يَنْحَني
and يَنْكَسِرْ
while discovering the result of bending the materials.
-
Students recorded their
answers in their worksheet that was sent home of Friday.
Arts الفنون:
- Students listened
to the story of the prophet Mohammed PBUH and learned the Nasheed محمد نَبِينَا.
- They had fun making a tree and pasting 6 facts about Prophet
Mohammed PBUH (His name, mother’s name, father’s name, uncle’s name, Nanny’s
name and his tribe/last name). اسمه ، اسم أبوه، اسم أمه، اسم عمه، اسم
مرضعته ، اسم قبيلته.
Mathematics: الحِساب:
-
Students were taught the
name of the triangle shape in Arabic مُسْتَطِيل through different
physical and mental activities. We sang the مُسْتَطِيل song:
مسـتـَ ، مسـتـَ، مُسْتَطِيل، مُسْتَطِيل، مُسْتَطِيل
مُسْتَطِيل،
مسـتـَ ، مسـتـَ، مُسْتَطِيل، هوَ طَويل
مسـتـَ ، مسـتـَ، مُسْتَطِيل، مُسْتَطِيل، مُسْتَطِيل
مُسْتَطِيل،
مسـتـَ ، مسـتـَ، مُسْتَطِيل، هوَ جَميل
What is new?
-
Marble Jar:
students by now have a decent amount of vocabulary words in Arabic that can
help them form sentences. We thought of using the marble jar idea to motivate
students to talk in Arabic. Every time a student says a full sentence in Arabic
will earn a marble and will come and place in in the empty jar. Once the jar is
full, JK2 will earn a party to celebrate their success.
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Borrowing Arabic
Books from the Classroom: Since
students have limited access to Arabic story books from outside the school, I
thought of lending students an Arabic book every Tuesday along with the English
book they borrow form the library and read it with their parents at home. You
are requested to kindly take extra care of the books since we only have one
copy of each book and they are considered as collection items for us.
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Roots of Empathy: A
detailed e-mail will be sent about this new program, Insha’Allah.
Reminders:
·
Thursday, January 15 is
dress like your parent day.
·
Friday is PD day for
teachers. No school for students.
·
Kindly send an empty toilet
paper roll with your child.
Special Thanks شُكْرٌ
خَاص:
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Special thanks to sisters
Naaz and Karin (Noorah and Adam’s mothers) for donating educational materials
in Arabic to be used in our classroom. We are benefiting a lot form them,
Alahamdulilah. Jazakum Allahu Khyran!
- Many thanks to sister Nadia (Shanza's mother) for volunteering and helping with organizing our classroom library. Jazaki Allahu Khyran.
- Many thanks to sister Nadia (Shanza's mother) for volunteering and helping with organizing our classroom library. Jazaki Allahu Khyran.
