End of Year Accomplishments

For all those in 1C and 1N - your year in Grade 1 is over!

Congrats to all students for making it through the 2015-2016 school year. We accomplished a lot of learning and had a lot of fun along the way!

Here are a few photos of the students who achieved an A or A+ on their final report card in English.

Greatness in Grammar

Yesterday we celebrated the students who received 100% (20 out of 20) on the final English Grammar exam.

Students got a certificate to show their achievements!

Final Exam Schedule

Here is the final exam schedule for G1 students.

Early Dismissal for End of Year

Please note that from May 23rd until May 31st the school will be following a short schedule. These days will be ending at 12:00 - students will be ready for pickup at 11:50 in the playground.

All students in 1C and 1N will be expected to be at school from 7:25 until 12:00 as they still have important exams and classwork.

Thank you.

April Exam Schedule

Here is the exam schedule for April.

Please note that the English exams are just the regularly scheduled Sight Words quiz and Grammar quiz. These two tests are normally given on this Thursday anyways. No special or extra studying is necessary for the English exams.

Thank you! Happy studying!

Date اليوم/	Subject/المادة	Required lessonsالدروس المطلوبة/
Sunday 10/4/2016	لغة عربية	الدرسان: الخامس ص78 والأول ص 94 مع التدريبات . مهارة المد بأنواعه ( المد بالألف والواو والياء ). جمع الكلمات ( بيت ، حديقة ، مدرسة ، فصل ). مفرد ( غرف ) ، ضد ( سعيدة ) . وضع الكلمات التالية في جمل ( حديقة ، تعيش ،  نحرص ، مرتبة ) إملاء في الجملة الآتية :  ( نَحْنُ نُحَافِظُ عَلَى غُرَفِ بَيْتِنَا مُرَتَّبَة . )
	Music(1A,1B,1R)	امتحان عملي ( في الصف)
Monday 11/4/2016	Math	Study chapter 6: Lessons: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 and 6.7. Solve the review sheets and bring them back on the day of the test.
	Music(1I,1H)	امتحان عملي ( في الصف)
Tuesday 12/4/2016	Science	Study Unit 9 lesson 1: Pages 326,328,329,330,331,332 and the related worksheets. Study Unit 7 lesson 3: Pages 274,275,276,278,280,282,283,284 and the related worksheets.
Wednesday 13/4/2016	إسلامية	-الدرس الرابع من مجال السيرة النبوية ( مولد رسولي محمد )     - الدرس الخامس من السيرة النبوية ( طفولة رسولي محمد )       الدرس الخامس من التهذيب ( أصل أرحامي )   -
	Music(1C,1N)	امتحان عملي ( في الصف)
Thursday 14/4/2016	English	Commands Grammar Quiz (study review sheet - sent home by Sunday April 10) Sight Word Quiz

Spelling and Sight Words - This Week

Hi Parents and Students, here are the spelling and sight words for this week:

      

      Spelling words (chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, child, such, catch, match).

(Test Sunday, Apr. 10)

Sight words (been, never, own, brown, off, very, know, out, spots, many).

(Quiz Thursday, Apr. 7).

Spelling and Sight Words - This Week

Although it is a short week - we have our regular Spelling and Sight Words tests.

Spelling words (the, than, path, their, those, tooth, moth, these, thick, theme).(Test Sunday, Apr. 3)

Sight words (through, know, any, want, shark, deep, before, around, pond, use).(Quiz Thursday, Mar. 31).

Sports Day!

Last Monday was Sports Day for G1 and G2 as part of the students' PE mark.

We had a beautiful sunny day at Bayan park. Students rotated through 12 different stations and showed off their athletic skills. Lots of parents and family were able to come join us for this awesome day.

Here are a few pictures!

Spelling and Sight Words - This Week

Spelling words this week are: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get, sled, smell, spell, step.
The test is on Sunday, Feb. 21

Sight words this week are: after, read, draw, was, pictures, write, much, round, old, things.
The quiz is on Thursday, Feb. 18

Good Luck!

Spelling and Sight Words - This Week

Spelling words (on, got, fox, pop, not, hop, cot, plop, slot, plot).

(Test Sunday, Feb. 7).

Sight words (her, she, now, today, our, would, music, has, rhyme, sound).

(Quiz Thursday, Feb. 4).

Word of the Month - HONESTY

Our character education Word of the Month for January was HONESTY.To be honest you must tell the truth.

The story of Jack and the Wolf was a good way to introduce this concept to the students because Jack does not tell the truth in the story. Jack gets in trouble because he plays tricks and lies to his friends. We also read a story called 'I Tell the Truth' which presents students with certain scenarios.

As a class, we made a poster of different times in our lives when we have been honest (in blue) and times when we have not been honest (in red). The discussions we have had in class have been very productive and helpful to the students.

All About Adjectives!

We have been focusing on the concept of adjectives in English class. An adjective is a describing word.

We focused on SIZE words (big, small, long, short, wide, narrow), COLOR words (red, blue, green, yellow, pink), SHAPE words (square, flat, round, rectangle), NUMBER words (one sock, two feet, three pencils) and POSITIVE words (nice, beautiful, pretty, good, fun, happy).

To help students understand how we can use adjectives to describe different nouns - we made visuals.

A tree can be many things - tall, old, brown etc.

A butterfly can be many things - colorful, pretty, small etc.

A flower can be many things - tall, pink, cute etc.

An apple can be many things - yummy, shiny, round etc.

We also used adjectives in our journal writing. Adjectives help to add detail.

To practice at home: Ask your children to describe something for you (their bedroom, the cat, your outfit, the house...)

Class work sent home

Hi Parents,

Today you will find some completed class work in the students' homework diaries. This is work from Lesson 4-6 which we finished before the winter break. It has been marked and evaluated by me. I am sending it home to you. I do not need it back. Please keep it at home or dispose of it.

We are already well into Lesson 7 and will be moving into Lesson 8 in two weeks time.

Thanks,
Ms. Carlee

Winter in 1C and 1N

Winter in Kuwait is not like winter in many other parts of the world - especially Canada. I was able to go home to Canada for the winter break to see my friends and family, but also to experience winter. I really wanted to share this experience with the class.

I built a few snowmen outside of my house and brought back photos of them to share with the class. We discussed the snowmen and wrote a journal entry about it.

Another way to share the winter season with the students was through the gingerbread cookie houses I brought back from Canada, to make with the classes. We were able to construct our houses using cookies at the walls and roof, and icing as the glue to hold it all together. Students were given candy to help decorate the house, and we used marshmallows to build a snowman. 

We used the cookie house as inspiration for our second journal entry that week. 

Once we were done discussing the cookie house and using adjectives to describe it - we ate it! Yum!

Spelling and Sight Words - This Week

Spelling words this week are: in, will, did, sit, six, big, crib, drip, drill, grill
(Test Sunday, Jan. 24)

Sight words this week are: animal, how, make, of, some, why, sweet, baby, first, more
(Quiz Thursday, Jan. 21)

To practice at home: Please study with your children!   

Spelling and Sight Words - This Week

Spelling Words - the test will be on Sunday, January 17th

jam, gap, lap, pack, rack, lack, tack, snack, track, crack

Sight Words - the quiz will be on Thursday, January 14th

sheep, long, better, sorry, travel, show, your, trick, went, soon                  

To practice at home: Please study with your children!     

Happy New Year!

Parents and students of 1C and 1N,
I just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year - Welcome to 2016!
I have been spending my winter holidays back at home in Canada with my family and friends. Wanted to share a bit of the cold weather with you - here are my two snowmen.
See you all next week!
Ms. Carlee