who will be our Khatip?

Dear Parents,


We are looking for khatip to give  the khutba to the SKs. I will chose the most well behaved child from SK to give the Khutba tomorrow inshaAllah.


Topics:

• manners of salah
• being a good friend

good luck SKs!

Ma'oon

Please help your child to practice and memorize Surah Al-Ma’oon.

Jazakum Allahu Khairan

Tr. Salam

Farewell

Dear Parents,

We are sadden to announce that Tr. Gamela  (SK assistant) will be leaving us for personal reasons.

We (SK) would like to express our gratitude to Tr. Gamela. With warm wishes we would like to thank Gamela for the kind support she provided us. We will surely cherish all of the joyful memories.

We will be having farewell party for Tr. Gamela this Friday December 23, 2011. Please send with your child something to share with the class.

Tr. Hamdi

Dear parents

Language:
This week we will work on letters: F and B. We will also practised reading words which begin with the above letterers.

Book:
We read "Fifi Ferret's Flute". We discuss about the

• characters
• theme
• plots

We then praticed

1. Writting letter F in our Phonic book
2. Writing/Reading  the following words Flag, Fox, Family, Frog, Flat, Fish and off.

Islamic Studies:

We began our Dua unit. Today we practised the dua before sleeping. We also discussed the manners of sleeping.

Math:
We will review measuring with non standard device (pencil).

salam
Tr. Hamdi

Word Game: I spy

Assalamo alaikum

Reading program assessment went well walhamdulillah.

Language
We played I spy with words. The students were divided into groups of 3 and they competed against each other reading words of our word wall.

Islamic Studies :

We prayed Salatul Juma together. Mahad led us to salah with his beautiful voice. MashaAllah! I enjoy hearing the way the SKs recite the Quran. May Allah protect them.

Language:

Letters of the week

1. L
2. U
3. we will also learn how to read words which begin with the above letters

Surah Al- Kafiroon

Monday, December 12,  2011

Please help your child to practice and memorize Surah Al- Kafiroon by next Monday December 19, 2011.

Jazakum Allahu Khairan

Tr. Salam

My Community Project

We are implementing 0 tolerance bullying policy. Please encourage your child to keep body parts/objects to self.

Masha Allah! The Sks did very well presenting their project. Please came and see our beautiful work.

Salah   

We prayed Salatul Juma together. Safeyyah gave us beautiful halaqa regarding manners of Salah MashaAllah. Siraj led us to Salah with his beautiful voice MashaAllah. Good Job Safeyyah and Siraj.

Star of the week

Our star of the week was Yara. Way to go Yara! I hope to have more shying stars next week inshaAllah.


have a good weekend

Letter O Word List

Language:

1. 
   We practised writing letter O in our Phonic book.
2. practised reading the following words:

• Ox
• Fox
• Dog
• Frog

 Anti-Bullying day

• We discussed  some of the ways which kids bully other people:hitting, kicking, calling them names, saying or writing nasty things about them, leaving them out of activities, not talking to them, making them feel uncomfortable or scared, and taking or damaging their things.
• I then draw a happy face and sad face on the while board.
• volunteers were then asked to place pictures/words with the appropriate facial expressions (happy face, sad face).
• Dramatic play: few volunteers  acted out different ways kids bully each other. While other volunteers model for us proper manners, and cooperation.

Letter G Word Lists

We practised reading today's poem. Few volunteers were then chosen to circle words from the poem.


Gas in My Car
I have to get gas in my car and go from Galveston to Idaho.
I'd go the Gulf of Mexico.
I have to get gas in my car and go!


We then practised reading/writing words which begin with letter Gg.

1. Gum
2. Goat
3. Gas
4. Gate
5. Girl
6. Game

Educational Games

Lets Play and Learn!

http://www.covenantworks.com/Bouncy-A/index.htm

Letter G

Dear parents,

Welcome back!

This week we will learn:

1. sounds/actions of letter G and O
2.   words which begin with letters G and O
3. letter formation

Islamic Studies:

• We practised nasheed about the 5 pillars of Islam

MashaAllah!

Jazakum Allahu khairan Siraj for sharing the story of Prophet Yunis (as) with us. Good Job Siraj!

Dear Parents,


Today we began our prejoural writing. MashaAllah! the SKs are doing very well. However, some need more pratice writing lower case letters.

En word Family

Dear Parents,

Today we practised reading the following words:

En word family:

1. hen
2. men
3. ten
4. tent
5. pen

Ottawa Public library

Asalamo Alaykum


The perfect way to keep your child busy and educationally entertained.


 http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp


please click on 


Audio Books Read along, or Audio Story Books


please click on K-1 reading level

Word list from book 2

Asalamoalaykum parents,

Today we practised reading the following words:

• neck
• stick
• crack
• sack
• packet
• kick
• rocket

Reading is Fun!

Practice your reading skills and play some word games online!

Links to More Online Stories to Practice Reading


Practice "Phonemic Awareness" and "Sound-Symbol" Matching
http://www.professorgarfield.org/Phonemics/farmIntro2.html

Online Word Games
Color Word Match and Word Searches for 100 sight words
http://www.crawfordthecat.com/games/

Play What's in the Bag? online.

Choose Which Shape Each Word Matches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/hfwords/starwords/index.shtml

Sight Word Fun
http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/sightwords/default1.htm

Online Word Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

Learn to Read Some Sight Words!
You can hear the pronunciation of a word when you move your mouse over it. Primer Level Words or Grade One Level Words

Lots of Word Activities
http://carlscorner.us.com/ http://www.wordway.us.com/

Online Stories to Read

Starfall Online Word Games and Interactive Books
The Starfall learn-to-read program was created to meet the needs of the emergent reader by incorporating rhyming games and high-interest books that teach phonemic awareness (sounds in words), phonics, decoding skills, and comprehension. The program is designed to instill confidence and enable the child to proceed as quickly as possible to a balanced reading program.

Online Stories and More
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/rzn2000/
http://www.beartime.com/children_stories.htm
http://www.goodnightstories.com/stories.htm
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/adlib.cgi
http://www.storyplace.org/eel/other.asp
http://www.kizclub.com/storylinks.htm
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
http://www.storylineonline.net/

math website

http://www.aaamath.com/B/k2fm10up.htm

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Zakah

Islamic Studies:

We talk about Zakah, then we practised the etiquette of giving Zakah.

Phonics book #2 word list

Today we practised reading the following words:

• Hen
• Pen
• Net
• Hat
• Cap
• Rat
• Man
• Mat
• Cat

Sk Word List

If your child is having difficulty reading the below words please break down the
sounds them.

Example:
Whole Word (from part to whole)
Parent gives the child a one-syllable word to blend, one sound (not letter) at a time.

Parent: "b...i...g" What's the word?"
Child: "big"

Parent: "s...t...o...p" What's the word?"
Child: "stop"

Aa	Ant, apple, am, any, an, about,
Bb
Cc	Cat, car, came, cut, cap, could, call
Dd	Dog, down, did, dress , day, door, duck
Ee	Eat, each, egg,
Ff
Gg
Hh	House, hat, he, hot , hen, had, has, hug, his, her, have,
Ii	It, in, is,
Jj
Kk	Kite, king, key
Ll
Mm	Monkey, man, me, mat, mom , my, may , mitten,
Nn	Net, now,
Oo
Pp	Pen, play, please, put, pocket , pin, pit, pot , people,
Qq
Rr	Rat, rocket, rabbit, run, rug, ring, rooster,
Ss	Sun, sit, see, said, she, snack, seal,
Tt	That, teacher, talk, the, they, to, with, top, tent, tin,
Uu
Vv
Ww
Xx
Yy
Zz

Morning Message

We read "When I'm Scared" thereafter, we discussed about the story.  We then practiced reading the morning message. We practiced Choral, Eco, and Partner Reading.  Few volunteers were then asked to circle some words from the morning message.

Morning Message:

My mommy and daddy always protect me when I am scared.

Afterwords, we practice writing letter "D" in our Phonics book # 2.

MashaAllah! good work S.K.

salah

AsalamoAlaikum Dear Parents,

Islamic Studies:
We sang very interactive and fun nasheed about Salah. We then practiced performing Salah. Zaid was our Imam (under my guidance) for the day.The Children did very well. MashaAllah!

Language:
We are almost at the end of Phonics book #2. Please continue with your amazing work. Your hard work is greatly appreciated.

Reading Program Workshop

November 17, 2011.

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Senior Kindergarten is an exciting phase in a child’s life. The success that children experience during this time can have a lasting effect on his/her future. Our goal in the Senior Kindergarten is to ensure that every child achieves his/her full potential. For that reason, we will be holding workshop this Friday November 25, 2011   to promote the Early Literacy Program. The workshop will take place in the S.K classroom between 4:00-4:30pm. Dr. Aisha Sheraze will present the workshop.

The workshop will cover the following points

Ø  What is done in SK to support reading and early literacy.

Ø  What the reading program offers children.

Ø  How parents can help support the program from home.

Ø  Other games and activities that may work well.

Please come early and take advantage of this once in lifetime workshop.

I look forward to seeing you all.

Sincerely,

Tr. Hamdi

No School on Friday November 18, 2011.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Please help your child to practice and memorize Surah A-Nasr by next Monday November 21, 2011.

Jazakum Allahu Khairan

Tr. Salam

This is a reminder that there is no school on Friday November 18, 2011. We wish you very beneficial and relaxing long weekend.

Thank you.

Tr. Hamdi 

Trip to Cosmic Adventure

our trip to cosmic adventure was amazing. The children had great time playing in all of the stations. The little ones were so tried, most of them slept on our way from cosmic. I have great pictures of your prince/princess let know if you want me to email them to you.  Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteer (Sana's mom).

take care
Tr. Hamdi

Cosmic Adventure

We will be going to Cosmic Adventure this Tuesday inshaAllah. Please send the field trip form and the money with your child.


Thank you


Tr. Hamdi

Creative Art Work

Announcement

Eid Mubarak! May Allah (SWT) grant you a very happy and blessed Eid.

Please come and see our wonderful art work.

Eid Party on Wednesday November 9, 2011

Please send with your child $4.00 dollars and we will order pizza. You are also welcome to send with your child healthy food and drinks to share with their classmates.

Tuesday November 15, 2011:

We will be going to Cosmic Adventure

Show & Tell for group 1

Group 1 Don't forget your show and tell tomorrow inshaAllah.

Task:

Please bring a picture of yourself and tell us about it. Or anything that begins  with

“ C, K, E, H, R, D, or M”

Letter C

Dear Parents,


Today for Language We practiced:

1.  The sound of letter "C".
2. Sounding out and reading words which begin with letter "C" (such as Cat and Car).
3.  Choral, Eco and Partner Reading

Library: The students did not take a book today due to the Book Fair.

Reading strategies

Today we practiced the following Reading strategies:
Choral Reading: I read a sentence.  The students echo what I just read (while I points to the words).
Eco Reading: students echoing the words after me.
Thereafter, I divided the students into 2 groups. Group 1 read the first half of the message and group 2 finished the message. MashaAllah! The students did very well. The students enjoyed this type of reading.

Newsletter

asalamo Alaykum
October Newsletter was sent home today. If you have not received one please send me quick email and I will happly send you a copy.
Thank you.

nominations are still open

Assalamu Alikum Dear Parents of Abraar School,

This is a reminder from the Parent Support Team (PST) that nominations are still open for anyone interested in being part of  a group that will provide support and fundraising events for the school. Unfortunately we have not received enough nominations to even run an election next week !!!

The PST is an essential team for the school so please consider yourself for these nominations. The PST was able to help raise funds to help the school with various projects and programs. All this help and support to keep our school improving is at risk of ending if new members are not found.

You can view the blog at:
 http://abraarpst.blogspot.com/
and email pstabraar@gmail.com

Thank you
Parent Support Team (PST)

Our Eid Craft

Please come and see our Eid Craft displayed on our board.

The Best 10 Days of the Year! (STARTING TOMORROW)

Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“There are no days on which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allaah than these ten days.”
They said: “Not even jihad for the sake of Allaah?”
He said:
“Not even jihad for the sake of Allaah, unless a man goes out himself for jihad taking his wealth with him and does not come back with anything.”
Narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him); Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2/457.


How can we try to make the most of these days that are beloved to Allah jallay wa 'ala:

1. FAST!Try to fast from the 1st to 9th of Dhul Hijjah if you can, but if you cannot, then at least try to fast the Day of Arafat (the 9th day, day before Eid).
2. Do lots of ADHKAAR: Spend your time doing lots of dhikr, saying Takbeer (ALLAAHu Akbar), Tahmeed (Alhamdulillah), Tahleel (La ilaa ha ill-Allah) and Tasbeeh (SubhanAllah). Also recite the takbeerat on the first ten days, as well as the three days of Eid. The takbeer is "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha ill-Allah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillaah il-hamd (Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great, there is no god worthy of worship except Allah; Allah is Most Great and to Allah be praise).
3. Read as much QURAN: (one of the greatest form of dhikr) as you can
Whatever you normally read, try to increase it and read a bit more each day. Read the translation as well if you dont understand the Arabic and take time to reflect on its meaning and see how you can apply the words of ALLAAH azza wa jal in your daily life
4. Make lots of DU'AA  Remember that Allah azza wa jal always near and He always hears the supplication of everyone who calls on Him
5. Makes lots of ISTAGHFAR: Make sincere repentance to Allah subhanu wa ta'ala for your mistakes and give up all things that Allah azza wa jal doesn't like.
6. Increase in all general GOOD DEEDS: Give sadaqa, be good to parents and family members, help the needy, visit the sick..
7. Make a SACRIFICE: Make arrangements for the sacrifice of a cow, sheep whatever. Read the story of Prophet Ibrahim and his sacrifice and ponder on the lessons on this story
8. HAJJ AND UMRAH: Well....if you haven't already made plans for this, its a little to late now
9. Perform more VOLUNTARY PRAYERS (especially QIYAM AL LAYL): Try to pray at least 2 rakat in the last 3rd of the night.

Show & Tell for group 5

Group 5 don't forget your show and tell tomorrow inshaAllah!

Task:

Please bring something  that  starts with letter:

 “ S, A, T, I, P,  or N”

letters sound

Please practice with your child the sounds of the following letters:
Aa, Ss, Tt, Pp, Ii, and Nn

you may visit: http://www.starfall.com/

Kids' Songs - IT'S time to go to the masjed

Islamic Games

enjoy playing!
http://www.islamicplayground.com/Scripts/default.asp

Quran

Memorizing Quran made easy!

http://tanzil.net/#19:3

Great Websites to explore

Language:  

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.php#

Teach your Child How to Rhyme

Help Your Child Improve Auditory Skills by Teaching How to Rhyme
Knowing how to rhyme will help your child read word "families" such as let, met, pet, wet, and get. Notice that rhyming words have same sound endings but different beginning sounds. Some words don't look the same: ache, cake, steak but they rhyme. To teach your child how to rhyme, play a game.

Body Name Game
How to Play: Begin by modeling how to rhyme. Point to parts of your body, say a rhyming word and your child should say the body part. This puts rhyming into her ears with a visual cue (pointing). If you point to your nose and say rose, she will automatically say nose.

1. Tell your child, "We are going to play a rhyming game. Rhyming words have the same sound endings. I'm going to point to something on my body, and say a word. You're going to say the body part that rhymes. Okay?"
2. Give her two examples: "I'm pointing to my leg, and I say beg. You say leg. I'm pointing to my nose. I say rose, and you say nose.
3. Here's a list of body parts and rhyming words:

deer-ear pail-nail sack-back

go-toe gum-thumb put-foot

bye-eye deck-neck see-knee

bear-hair fin-chin band-hand

peek-cheek farm-arm feel-heel

4. When your child is able to do this, turn it around. Point to your knee and your child will say a rhyming word such as bee or me!

When your child rhymes body parts, play this game:

1. Say, "I'm going to say a word and you'll tell me as many rhyming words as you can. I say bee." Your child then says words such as "he, she, we three, free, or agree."
2. Choose one-syllable words that are easy to rhyme with such as had, rat, man, fall, ten, red, big, fill, hop, dog, bug and sun. All of these have multiple words that rhyme.

Taken by: http://www.succeedtoread.com/rhyme.html

Putting Sound together:

Help Your Child Put Sounds Together to Make Words by Playing "Connect Three."
This game will help your child connect sounds to make words. This skill is used when he sounds out new words.

How to Play:

1. Tell your child, "I'm going to say three sounds. I want you to put the sounds together and say a word. For example, I say c-a-t and you say cat. I say d-o-g and you say dog." This is a little tricky on your part because you have to think of words that can be said in three parts. Words such as me or go won't work. Longer words such as party can be par-t-y or p-art-y. You might want to practice ahead of time to say words in three parts. I have trouble thinking of words, so I usually look around the room for good ideas such as l-am-p or win-d-ow.
2. Here's a list to get you started: begin with nouns-things that can be visualized and advance to words that don't create mental pictures.

m-o-m b-ir-d h-o-t h-i-m

d-a-d s-u-n gr-ee-n c-a-n

d-e-sk pi-zz-a dr-in-k w-i-ll

br-ai-n mo-n-ey c-ol-d a-n-d

tr-e-e c-am-p st-o-p b-u-t

y-ar-d t-en-t w-i-n fr-o-m

Getting Back into Books and Real Stories
Since the goal is improving your child's reading skills, we need to get her into books. Choose four words from a short reading selection (one page of a book) and say each word in three parts to your child. Ask her to put the words together. Now help her find those words on the page, and read them together. You are making a connection between the words she put together and what they look like in print.

Taken by : http://www.succeedtoread.com/sounds.html

Qurana: Surah An-Nass

Quran                                                                            October 20, 2011

Asalamu Alaykum

Please help your child to practice and memorize Surah An-Nass by next Monday October 24, 2011

Jazakuma Allahu Khairan

Tr. Salam

No School tomorrow

Dear Parents,

This is a reminder that there is no School tomorrow. I wish you very relaxing week.

salam
Tr. Hamdi

Good Readers

MashaAllah! the S.K students are becoming good readers. The Senior Kindergartens are now able to sound out and read three letter words (such as: CAT, DOG, KID, LID, PEN, HEN, RUG, BUG, BAT, HAT, SUN, ANT, FOR, HOT). Please continue encouraging your child to practice reading with you.

Helpful Website:

http://www.starfall.com/

Please allow your child to go on www.starfall.com  for 10 minutes a day.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated

Jazakum Allahu khairan

Tr. Hamdi