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

HAWAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

WEEKLY SCHEDUL GRADE 11

English

Mrs Shah

MATH

Teacher

Ms. Margaret

6.1: Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integration 6.2: Area 6.3: Riemann Sums and Definite Integrals Incomplete work has to be done as homework

SCIENCE

Teacher

Mr. Danish

Economics

Iram Jamil