Dear Parents
The following activities will take place for the remainder of the month!
Different activities will take place to develop our students’ reading abilities and to encourage their
enthusiasm for reading.
THESE ARE OUR READING ACTIVITIES
Activity 1 Look! I got caught READING! 17th until 31 ST March 2015 School Activity
Students bring books to school to read for the next two and a half weeks here at Hawar.
Students are encouraged to read during break, homeroom and every spare time they have at school.
Students will receive a reading token from teachers who spot them reading at odd times during the
day.
Each student must collect the tokens from teachers who spot them reading.
The student with the most tokens will receive a certificate at the end of the month.
Activity 2 Decorate the class door with “Slogans and Sayings” 17th March 2015. School Activity
The teacher will provide the students with slogans and sayings.
The students will write and decorate the slogans and sayings.
The students will paste the slogans on the classroom door.
Activity 3 Create a Poster Due on Sunday 22nd March 2015 Home Activity
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Take a picture of your child reading a story.
2. Paste it on an A4 paper and send to school.
3. Write a sentence about the poster:
4. Example Muneera is reading a story. The story is about a dog.
Please send the poster to school on Sunday 22ndMarch 2015.
Activity 4 Character Day Thursday 26th March 2015 School Activity
1. Choose your favorite character from your book.
2. Dress like your character.
3. Tell 5 interesting things about your character.
Activity 5 Reading Buddies Tuesday 31st March 2015 School Activity
Students bring their favorite book to school and read it to their buddies.
Thank you
Grade 1 to 5 English Teachers
1. Students will continue reading the story:
1.1 How Animals Communicate
Story Words: of, how, make, some, why, animal
1.2 Poem Stegosaurus Stan
Poem Words: race, place, feet, cheat
2. Learning Phonology: Students will learn and apply:
2.1 Introduction to blends
2.2 Continue with first 100 words for Grade 1
3. Learning Spelling Words:
3.1 Students will learn to read and spell the Spelling
Words for Week 22.
Words to learn: dad, did, do, first, food, from, good,
has, can, could
5. Learning to Write: Students will be writing about:
My Favorite Animal
The Writing Process Pre-Writing
(Choosing a Topic &
Brainstorming)
Drafting
Editing
Publishing Using full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks in all their sentence and story writing.
Thank you Ms. Faldiela & Ms. Sonia
EXTRA INFORMATION
** To check the student diary every day
for homework & notices.
** To assist your child with the homework
given.
** If there are any queries, please do not
hesitate to contact us.
Thank you Ms. Faldiela & Ms. Sonia
29th March 2015 – 2nd April 2015
Unit 6: Earth’s Resources
BIG IDEA: There are many kinds of
resources on Earth.
Lesson 1: Fossils
1. Fossils are made from animals
and plants that died a long time
ago.
1.1. What are fossils?
1.2 How are fossils made?
Vocabulary words used in lessons:
animals
bones
soil
rocks
Thank you Ms. Faldiela & Ms. Sonia
Math
Unit 3: Unknown Partners
BIG IDEA: Solve for unknown partners
Lesson 1: Stories with unknown partners
Lesson 2: Fact Families
Vocabulary words used in lessons:
Unknown Partner
Fact Family
Equation
Thank you Ms. Faldiela & Ms. Sonia
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Unit 4: Heroes and Helpers 1.Reading: Fluency, Pronunciation & Expression
To develop students’ listening skills
To Enhance fluent reading.
Very Important!!
Dear Parents: Read the story with your child, please
Story to read: Journeys 2 Volume 2
Story to read: Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble pages 15 –
34
Target vocabulary: received, account, budget,
disappointed, chuckled, staring, repeated, fund.
2. Phonics & Spelling: continue
rubbing, clapping, sitting, hopping, selling, missing,
missed, mixed, rubbed, clapped, wagged
3. Learning to write: Prewriting continue
Sports Day Brainstorm
4. Grammar: continue
Pronouns: she, he, they, you, I, her, his.
Example: She cleans her room.
He is riding his bike.
You have to practice reading every day!
Thank You Ms. Una & Ms. Teena
Daily Routine:
Counting: 1 200
Count in 5’s 100
Read Time: quarter to, quarter past
Unit 9: Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers
Lesson 3: Partners and subtracting
Lesson 4: Story problems
Lesson 5: Two methods of subtraction
Thank You Ms. Una & Ms. Teena
EXTRAS ENGLISH
** Please assist your child with the homework given. ** Please make time EVERYDAY for about 10 minutes, to let your child read:
his/her English reading books OR favorite books
Give your child lots of chances to read the story again and again.
This is the key to successful reading.
READING PRACTICE = READING FLUENCY
Please Note: Reading Month! Dear Parents
Read bedtime stories to your child.
Kindly send a box of pencils and coloring pencils to school.
Practice reading the story in the big reader. If there are any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you Ms. Una & Ms. Teena
29th March 2015 – 2nd April 2015
Unit 5: All about Plants Environments for Living Things
Lesson 2: How are living things adapted
to their environment? continue
Words to know:
environment, characteristics, adaptation,
cacti, survive, protect
1.Interactive Glossary: page R2 find the
meanings of the words in the Science
book.
2.Read the meanings with your child,
please.
Thank You Ms. Una & Ms. Teena
Math
Unit 4: Lesson 18
1. Comprehension: A Tree Is Growing Student Book pages: 72-100 This week, I will read aloud the selection ‘A Tree Is Growing’ with my teacher. I will write a paragraph that gives important facts about the tree.
2. Vocabulary in context:
Student Book, pages 68-69 This week, I will understand and use the target vocabulary words.
3. Grammar: helping verbs /special verbs/ subject verb agreement Practice book, pgs. 30, 32 and 37 In Grammar, I will identify and use forms of special verb be.
4. Writing: Writing an Autobiography Essential understanding: An autobiography is a written account of the life of a person written by that person. This week, I will continue to use the writing process
in writing an autobiography.
Volume 2
Unit 8: Lesson 3
Area and Perimeter
Math expressions Student book vol.2, pages 293-296. Homework and Remembering pages 209-210
In Math, I will develop methods for finding the perimeter and area of a rectangle without counting Individual Square or units lengths.
Please remember:
Please assist your child in preparing for
TESTS and doing his/her homework.
English Spelling Test:
Study from Journey’s Practice Book –pages
201
Math quiz – unit 8 on 1/4/15
Study from unit 8- Area and Perimeter
Please make sure that your child will
practice his/her times tables.
Thank you,
Ms.Divina & Ms.Nischita
Unit 8 Earth and its Moon Lesson 1: How do Earth and the Moon move? Science Fusion Book, pages 323-345 Earth Resources Key concepts
include a) Seasons b) Phases of moon
This week, I will know the different seasons and understand that the seasons are caused due to the movement of the earth. Moreover, I will draw the different
phases of moon.
Math
29th March 2015 – 2nd April 2015
Dear Parents,
Please practice the math problem in the
exact way I have thought (paper attached
in the dairy)
Lesson 11:
Use a multiplication table to find equivalent
fraction.pg 375 – 376.
Lesson 12:
Discuss and add unlike fraction pg 382.
Thank you.
Ms.Mahvish
English Class work Continued…
Note
Note:
Remember, next Thursday April the 2nd
we
will have the library period. Thank you, Ms. Hadia
29th March 2015 – April 2rd 2015
Unit 10: Electricity
Lesson 5: How Do We Use Electricity?
Scientific words:
Magnet, electromagnet
Test:
On Wednesday for G4A, Thursday for G4B,
B4A,B4B
on lesson 1 and 4 study from page 484 to 514
Concentrate in all the scientific words given.
Study from the textbook, notebook, and the
worksheets given in your orange file. Please:
Encourage your child to read the lesson and
prepare. Learn all the vocabulary words.
Ms. Dina
Math
Lesson11:
We will explore the question, how do
animals influence your opinion of nature?
We will read and discuss the stories (The
Screech Owl Who Liked Television) and
(Frisky Whiskers).
We will have assessment test for lesson 11
on Wednesday 1/4/2015.
The test will include facts and opinions from
the above two stories, the target
vocabulary, and short sentences.
Grammar:
Identify and use the pronoun.
Thank you,
Ms. Hadia
The students will be studying lesson 12:
“Can’t you make them behave, King George?”
Page 300 - 323
Learn the target vocabulary:
benefit, repeal, advantages, temporary, contrary, prohibit,
previously, midst, objected, rebellious
BIG IDEA: History is made by individuals.
Essential question: How did people’s opinions lead to a revolution?
Target skills:
Facts and opinion
Grammar: Verb Tenses
Ms. Thekrayat
EXTRAS ENGLISH
H.W:
Study the following words for the spelling
test on Thurs. 2nd
of April: cellar, flavor,
cougar, chapter, mayor, anger, senator,
passenger, major, popular, tractor,
thunder, pillar, border, calendar, quarter,
lunar, proper, elevator, bitter
PLEASE CONTINUE READING AT HOME; IT
IS THE READING MONTH!!!!!!
Ms. Thekrayat
29th March 2015 – April 2rd 2015
Math
Functions pg 357.
Graph functions pg 365
HW pg 215..219.Hw book.
THANK YOU
AMJAD EBRAHIM
Unit 13: Matter
Lesson 6: What is the Atomic Theory (Continued…._ Encourage your child to read the lesson and
prepare. Learn all the vocabulary words.
Continue: More activities and worksheets will be
given.
G5A/ B5A (Ms. Dina Al Sawafiri)
G5B/ B5B (Ms. Rani.)
From 1 to 5 with Mr.Mark
HAWAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
WEEKLY SCHEDULE GRADE 6
ENGLISH
MS.Praveena
MATH
Ms.Jamila
Chapter 5: Lesson 5-2: Adding and Subtracting with Unlike Denominators. Homework and Practice Workbook: Pg.28 Practice math everyday at home.
SCIENCE
Ms. Rani
SOCIAL STUDIES
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HAWAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
WEEKLY SCHEDULE GRADE 7
ENGLISH Spelling Connection: Unit 9 Continued
Writing : Presentation: Report about an inventor who made a profound impact on society
Grammar: Test on Phrases (P/NP) Library: 6th - Weekly Book Review - Due on Sunday 30th March Submit Library File with the 6th Book Review on 30th March
MATH
Ms.Lata
Ms.Jamila
7BA & 7BB Chapter 6: Lesson 6-6: Simple Interest Homework and Practice Workbook: Pg.35 Practice math everyday at home.
SCIENCE
Ms. Rani
Ms. Iffat
Library: 6th - Weekly Book Review - Due on Sunday 29th March.
SOCIAL STUDIES
HAWAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
WEEKLY SCHEDULE GRADE 10
ENGLISH
Mrs Shah
MATH
Teacher Ms Margaret
12-3: Arithmetic sequence and series 12-4; Geometric Sequence and Series Incomplete work has to be done as homework
SCIENCE
Ms Iffat
SOCIAL STUDIES
Iram Jamil