Assalam alikum Dear Parents,
Below are some updates of our
class activities:
Language Arts:
We learned about the short
and long vowel OO.
In the jolly phonic book 5 we
covered the following letters, sounds and actions with some examples.
W: Action: Blow on to open hand, as if you are the
wind, and say wh, wh, wh
ng: Action: Imagine you are a weight lifter and pretend
to lift a heavy weight about your head, saying ng,….
Examples: long, bang,
lung, ring, strong.
V: pretend to be holding the steering wheel of a van and
say vvvvvv
Examples:
vest-van-very-drive.
oo: Action: Move head back
and forth as if it is the cuckoo, saying uoo,uoo.
Examples of short oo:
book, look, hook, took.
Examples of long oo:
moon, soon, tooth.
We will continue working in
this book to finish all language related activities inshaAllah.
Guided Reading:
MashaAllah, Sk1 are doing a
wonderful job in their circle time reading.
We are still learning to read
sentences form our book Best Friends.
Writing:
We wrote four sentences in
our journals on Friday.
Rules for writing in our
class.
Start with a capital letter
for each new sentence.
Leave one finger space
between each word.
End the sentence with a
period.
Skip a line when you write
each new sentence.
Draw a picture in the space
above your writing.
Math:
We started a new unit (Geometry)
We are learning about 2D shapes.
We played a bingo shapes
and colours game in class. The Sk1 enjoyed very much this hands on activities
game.
We will investigate the
relationship between 2 dimensional shapes and 3 dimensional figures.
Science:
We are learning about the Five
Senses.
I read the story Me and My
Senses.
We are going to spend some
time in this unit inshaAllah.
Computer Class:
In computer class, we will be
learning to draw different shapes using Microsoft paint.
We also visited the following
web site: www. Starfall.com
We watched some educational
videos about performing Salah.
In addition the kids enjoyed
performing salah in the class.
We managed to make a
beautiful booklet about the positions of prayer.
We also managed to
beautifully decorate our class door with the 99 names of Asmaa Allah Al Husna.
This was part of our 100 days of school group work activities. This craft was a
combination of language, art, Islamic studies and fun!!!
Physical activities:
In Gym, during our 100 day of
school party, the children practiced their hockey skills. The students
have learned how to work together as a team to get the hockey ball towards the
other team’s net.
We will be learning some soccer
skills as passing the ball, kicking towards a target, and stopping the ball
with one foot.
Alhamdullelah we have been
able to successfully launch our “Literature Club”. On Friday afternoon
small groups of SK1 students step out of the classroom and joined Sr. Naaz and
Sr. Lindsay ( our Literature Club Volunteers) to the library in a huddle
reading session. The children really enjoyed these sessions, and look forward
to having them on a weekly basis inshaAllah. Thank you Sr, Naaz and Sr.
Lindsay for running our literature club!
