Parent Newsletter for 1A

INQUIRING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION

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April 27 th May 1 st

Reminders:
Please make sure your childs permission form and fee (60 AED) are paid by Sunday, April 27th. Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. Please remember to collect your child at 4:00pm.

- After school activities continue this week on

This is our fourth week in the Unit of Inquiry Transportation systems develop over time to meet the needs of a community. We will discussing how different transport systems have affected the environment. Students will be creating and writing advertisements to persuade

people to use environmentally friendly transportation in Dubai.

FIELD TRIP IMPORTANT INFORMATION: We will be going on a Big Bus tour of Dubai to look at transportation though Dubai to connect to our Unit of Inquiry Transportation systems develop over time to meet the needs of a community. We will be exploring old and new Dubai for 2 hours (8:30-10:30am) Your child will need: 1. A hat (no hat means your child cannot ride on the top of the double decker bus). 2. A water bottle

LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading: This week students will be reading both online and physical books. Mondays reading is on RAZ KIDS and Wednesdays reading is the guided reader sent home. Phonics: This week we will be focusing on ph sound. Word examples of this would be phone, dolphin or elephant. Spelling: Words their Way, our individualized spelling program, is suited to your childs needs in spelling and will focus on either initial/final sounds, short vowels, long vowels, digraphs, other vowels, blends or inflected endings. Spelling test on Thursday! Writing and Grammar: We will be writing about our weekend in our Weekend News session. Students will concentrate on making complete sentences that use correct subject verb agreement and punctuation. This week, we will also be exploring the language used in advertisements to persuade people to do or think a certain way. This weeks Dojo weekly Winner is Olympia Kelekis Well done

MATH
This week in math we will be exploring symmetry. Please work with your child at home to help them remember the names and attributes of 2D and 3D shapes. We will be using patterns to create symmetrical designs. A great way to extend your childs understanding of symmetry is to draw half of a shape and have them draw the rest. The end of this week will be a progress check for students to see how they have progressed in their 2D and 3D shapes and concept of symmetry.

www.everydaymathonline.com is a great resource of

games and support to enhance your childs math skills.

Grade 1 A April 2014

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6 Day 8 Music Library 13 Day 5 PE Library 20 Day 2 ART

7 PE

Day 1

8 Day 2 ART

9 Day 3 PE

10 Day 4 MUSIC

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14 IT

Day 6

15 Day 7 ART

16 Day 8 Music Library 23 Day 5 PE-cap Library 30 Day 2 Big Bus Field Trip- cap

17 PE

Day 1

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21 PE

Day 3

22 Day 4 Music

24 IT

Day 6

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27 Day 7 ART

28 Day 8 Music Library

29 Day 1 PE-cap

May 1
Day 3

PE-cap

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This schedule may be updated if changes arise.