Dictionary use

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Students are increasingly being asked to use their dictionaries in class to help them will their spelling. 

Fourth graders will need a French dictionary, an English dictionary, and a French-English dictionary (for French speakers and French learners).

Please be aware that there is no school tomorrow, Nov 1st.

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Tabaski homework and IQRA school information

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Here is the homework that 4th graders must complete before the start of class inshaAllah. Some of these have been already collected and noted. They have been listed here for those students who have not completed them.

Science

1. Plant classification poster: How do you classify plants? Use labelled pictures to show how plants are grouped.

2. Assessment questions: Four end of sub chapter questions that students wrote in their Science books.

Social Studies

1. The Arab-Israel conflict. "Palestine will be free." Relook at this nasheed (Youtube, type in Maher Zain, Palestine will be free). Imagine that you are the boy in the video. Describe your life in this conflict zone. 1 page.

2. Souleymane and the wounded dog. (A hypothetical scenario that students wrote in their notebooks). List the steps that you would take to solve this conflict.

3. The Gebel water conflict. (For those students who did not receive a note and wish to redo this exercise). List the steps that you would take to solve this conflict. Please relook at all conflict resolution tools to help you.

Math

1. Bar graphs and pictographs. (Two exercises on hand-outs).

2. Benchmark numbers. Harcourt page 11, questions 1-7

English and English Second Language

1. Describe everyday with at least 3 sentences and you did and what you hope to do (during the Tabaski break).

2. Vocabulary Dictionary word search (15 words to look up in a dictionary and to write down what they mean).

IQRA news

Please do not forget to return those brown enveloppes if you haven't done so already!

Also, surveys were given to all students today. Please complete the surveys and return them to administration.

Our Saturday classes have started. If you or any one you know will like to participate in these fun, interesting and inspiring Saturday programs, please fill out the form (that was given today to your child), and return it on the 31st inshaAllah.

Have a happy and peaceful Eid holiday!

Going to the Spelling Bee Finals will be...

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All classes at IQRA Bilingual Academy has their 1st round Spelling Bee today.

It was a very charged room in the Faraasha class!

Aneesa Nawab and Souleymane Ndaw battled to get the ticket to go to the Finals. Finally Aneesa won by spelling correctly the word that Souleymane didn't AND spellling another word correctly.

On the French side, we had a long but exciting battle between Fatima Zahra Diouf and Thiaba Kadam. They spelt more than 20 words with finally Fatima Zahra Diouf pulling through to represent the Frenchies.

So a HUGE TAKBIR to Aneesa Nawab and Fatima Zahra Diouf!

They will be in the Finals this coming Tuesday inshaAllah!

Gouter partager and Eid Gift Exchange

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This Tuesday Oct 23, inshaAllah, we will be having a joint class Gouter Partager (Grade 3 and Grade 4). The students can bring their snacks to share communely with their classmates.

Also, the Eid is a very special occasion that should be different from all others. It is only one of 2 occassions that Allah subhana wa ta'ala has given us to celebrate.

Families from many countries, often exchange greetings and gifts during the Eid day. Needless to say, from a child's perspective, Eid went farther than just eating and drinking. Of course, Eid is the day that people who have very little food can partake in the Eid feasts that are usually organized by community.

For those children who would like to, and have permission from parents, we are having a gift exchange between Grade 3 and Grade 4 (boys between boys, and girls between girls).

Each child will draw a name from a bag and give that student a small gift. This gift can be something creative or was made by the student himself. If the gift is bought, it should cost less than 3000fcfa.

Students will draw names tomorrow inshaAllah.

Fiamanillah!

Upcoming Spelling Bee and Eid-ul-Adha (Tabaski) break

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IQRA B A Spelling Bee

We will be having the first round of the bi-annual Spelling Bee this coming Thursday. There will be 2 winners from each class who will pass to the school Finals next Tuesday (Oct 23) inshaAllah. 

Students have been given their words lists yesterday (Monday).  The words of the first round will come from this list. However, the words given on the Finals will be general, non seen words.

Eid-ul-Adha break

We have changed slightly the days of the Tabaski break. The last day of school will be next Tuesday inshaAllah (Oct 23).

School will restart on Wednesday Oct 31 inshaAllah.

We hope that you all have a peaceful and restful Eid!

Tomorrow is OPEN HOUSE!

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I hope that all of you had an excellent week!

Please do not forget that tomorrow, October 13th is Open House (Journee Portes Ouvertes) at IQRA. 

We will be starting at 9am.

If you would like to see me, please schedule a time between 10am and 12pm.

See you tomorrow inshaAllah!

No school on Monday October 8

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We had a great week this week! I will be posting pictures from the Health March and the winning Posters this weekend inshaAllah.

Important! This coming Monday will be a Professional Development Day for the teachers and the administration at IQRA Bilingual Academy. There will be no school on this day. 

However, the winners of all competitions held this week will be coming on Monday for their pizza and icecream party! We will announce the time of the event inshaAllah, shortly.