A message from teacher Amal E. the Arabic teacher for Arabic Speakers.

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته وكل عام وأنتم بخير

 

أنهى التلاميذ-  بعون الله - درس (أيام الحج) وسيكون هناك اختبار بهذا الدرس وهذه الأيام التي سيتم بها الاختبار

 

5 نوفمبر سيتم مراجعة الدرس استعدادا للاختبار

 

6 نوفمبر اختبار كتابي شامل (مفردات - أسئلة - إملأ الفراغ - كون جملة ).

 

8 نوفمبر ينسخ التلاميذ الفقرة الأخيرة من درس (أيام الحج) والتي تبدأ من (فجأة ......... ما أجمله) استعدادا للإمللاء الاختباري يوم  9 نوفمبر - إن شاء الله -

 

سنبدأ في الأسبوع القادم بإذن الله وحدة جديدة بعنوان  (كيف تنظم وقثك )

 

                                                                                                               شكرا لكم تعاونكم

                                                                                                               مدرسة الفصل أمل

Field Trip on November 13th, 2012

We will go to the Musuem of Science and Technology on November 13th. The students will participate two activities designed for grade 3 students in the curriculum day workshops. Below is the description of the activities which are part of the science curriculum for this grade. Grade 3A and 3B will go together, we have a total of 41 students and we need 3 parents to volunteer for this field trip. Please let me know if you are free on November 13th from 9:00am to noon.
 

CURRICULUM DAY WORKSHOPS

Curriculum Day workshops complement the Museum’s regular school programs by focusing on specific aspects of the school curriculum. Each workshop consists of a 15-minute introduction followed by 30 minutes of hands-on exploration.

 

Pushing and Pulling Forces:

Explore forces that cause movement, including magnetism, static electricity and gravity. Compare the strength of different forces. Find out which materials are magnetic and which are not. Discover the role friction plays in moving materials. Discover how different forces can be applied to an object to start, stop, or change its direction of movement.

Stability:

Build structures using different materials and determine the effect of shape on the strength of your materials. Test the ability of your construction and its components to support a load; learn about stability in our balancing game.

 

We will finish the plant unit in the next week or so and start the next unit; Spring Into Action which is about forces.

 

Scholastic Book Clubs

For those students who showed interest, I sent the flyer with them. Please make sure you make your order by next Tuesday. Below is information about the books that Teacher Nancy, our Librarian recomends.

Gr. 2-3(November flyer)

 

· #1 (Geronimo Stilton #51) : The Enormouse Pearl Heist and #2 Geronimo Stilton Mini-Mysteries Pack: No home library would be complete without this mouse. Still very much a favorite among the students.

 

· #51 Nate the Great and the Phony Clue by Marjorie Weinman: This early chapter book will be a favorite for the little sleuth in your family.

 

· #70 What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?by Steve Jenkins: Did you ever wonder if a new lizard's tail will grow back if it breaks off? Do you know where to find crickets' ears? If your child wants to know the facts about these and other animals, this book is for you.

 

· #83 Chester Pack: Chester is a one-of-a-kind cat and quite the trouble-maker, too. These three books are excellent and funny. Your child will want to read them over and over again.

Quran

(from Teacher Samia)

Alhamdullah we finished surat Alinfitar and we will have a memorization test with Tajweed rules on all of the surah next Monday Oct 15 Insha Allah. To practice Quran with your child please use this website and go to Sheik Ibrahim Alakhadar ;

http://quran.ksu.edu.sa 

 

Best memorizers and reciters of the month of September are: 

 

Grade  3A	1.Shada T.
	2.Sakeena A.
Grade 3B
	1.Abdullah M.
	2.Mariam A.

Math Quiz

Mid-Chapter Quiz on Monday, October 15, 2012

We have finished half of the chapter on Numeration and we will have a quiz next week.
I will give the students a review sheet, please make sure you practice with them.

Helpful Website: Please sign up for this website to help your child with math

 I will recommend that all parents sign up for the website www.ixl.com. This is a very good website to practice the skills that the students are learning in grade 3. I took the students to the computer lab today and they practiced on this website. It costs about $10/month. For this quiz the students can practice sections B1 to B9 (under place value), A1, A8, A9 and A10 (under numbering and comparing).

Today's Updates

Math

Today we covered section 4 of chapter 2: 'Rounding to Estimate Numbers'. The students learned how to round up and round down to the nearest 100 and the nearest 10. The home work is page 12 of the workbook.

Science

Today we covered 'How do plants make new seeds', students learned the parts of a flower and they started making a flower model.

Arts

Students learned about the 5 paterns of nature; Spiral, Meander, Explosion, Packing and Branching. Students sketched these patterns and coloured them.

Today's Updates

Islamic Studies

So far we have covered the following pillars of Iman: Believe in Allah, Believe in Allah's Angels, Believe in Allah's Books, Believe in Allah's Messengers and Believe in the Day of Judgement.

The students received their Islamic Studies Workbooks and I have assigned page 1 to 10 as a homework to be completed for next Tuesday, October 9, 2012. These pages are easy and each page shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.

Please make sure the children do this home work and also that they know the 6 pillars of Iman.

Arabic for Non-Speakers

Teacher Mohamed asked the non speakers to do page 59 of their book. Students should join the letters to make words and practice reading.

Math

We are working on chapter 2, Numeration. We talked about representing, renaming and regrouping numbers. Today, we covered Place Value Pattern and I assigned page 11 of the workbook as a home work.

Science

We covered 'how plants provide energy for animals'. Students watched a video on the food chain and will complete a worksheet tomorrow in class insha Allah.

Welcome

Dear Parents,

I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am very happy to have your child in my classroom. I have just completed my Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa and got certified. Prior to that I got a Bachelor of Science from the University of Ottawa and a Masters from Johns Hopkins University. I chose to teach because I love children and I love to see them grow emotionally, academically and socially.

I believe that by all of us working together we can make this a very successful year. I consider it of prime importance that you be an active part of your child's education.

It is important that you and your child be informed of my standards of classroom behavior so everyone knows what is expected. I have always found parents to be very supportive of good classroom behavior so their child has a good environment for maximum learning. I am attaching a copy of our classroom rules. If your child develops any difficulty conforming to the rules, I will notify you. As well, I hope that you will advise me if at any time your child has a problem, academic, social, or emotional. Should your child become discouraged or fearful about school, please communicate with me so that we can discover the cause of the problem.

Also note that if you ever have any comments, questions or concerns, I am available for meetings (by appointment please) each day before and after school. To schedule a meeting, you may contact me via my school email.

I will be using the blog for parent communication, so make sure you check the blog frequently.

I am excited about working with your child. I welcome questions or comments, and am looking forward to a great year!

Please feel free to contact me if you need anything else

Week 4& 5 Updates & Reminders

Assalamu Alaikum Dear Parents : I hope you are well inshaAllah .Please find below our updates /news reminders for the last two weeks.

Updates 

Language : in reading ,students learned to identify the purpose,the audience and the author of an informative text .In writing ,we learned the requirements of a good reader and a good writer . Students also completed a short paragraph that expresses their feelings: I am happy when…………………………I am sad when ……………………………...the things that get me upset ……………..I get scared when ………………

Last friday,we did the critic's corner where the kids sat on the teacher"s chair and shared the book they read (audience-title-purpose-main idea-3 details -appreciation with stars )

Social studies : we studied how the aboriginal people helped the pioneers . Pictures were available on my storyboard for new words (like scurvy-kernel-fertilizer-juniper-trade-deerskin-craft-toboggans) and group work was set up to complete charts with information in printed texts.Students who finished early made drawings on their charts demonstrating understanding of the topic.

Islamic studies : We studied the qualities of Allah (SWT) and started the roles of angels

Arts : After primary and secondary colors, students colored with both using colored pencils.

Today

Language : we started this morning with a fable drawn from first nations history . Students learned the importance and the purpose of a fable. They listened to the dream catcher and wrote a story map about it (title-kind of text-characters and their traits-beginning-middle-end). They were encouraged to find the moral of the fable.

Social studies : students had a quiz to assess their knowledge about the already learnt units (early settlers origins-Aboriginal peoples help to pioneers )

During This Week

Language :students will continue studying other fables and learn the writing process of a narrative type. They complete story maps and elicit adjectives(character traits ) and transition expressions (one day-but-so-fortunately..) to prepare them for the culminating writing task (write their own fable using characters like beaver-bison-deer )

Social studies : we studied how Canada's pioneers cleared land

Arts : this week we are doing something different : Myself in 3 D (skill: make straight and curved lines in 3 dimensions )

Islamic studies : we will revise the previous units then go on with the books of Allah .

Some suggested online resources:

• To review pioneer life: http://www.projects.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/pioneer/

• Educational Games: http://www.abcya.com/third_grade_computers.htm

News 

• You will be invited as parents to attend the presentations done by your children at the end of the term. You will be notified by e-mail about the time and the details of the presentations.
• A field trip is being organised to either civilization museum or science museum .You will be informed of the exact date furthermore inshaAllah

That is all for now ,please don't hesitate to contact me for any questions /comments/concerns at any time.