Thank You

Thank you to all my students from the bottom of my heart for everything this year; making me smile and laugh, helping me learn more about teaching and students, the cards and gifts, and all the good memories. You made my first year teaching at MA special. I will always remember you 4 as my first class as a "real" teacher! I truly enjoyed coming to work everyday and teaching you all. May Allah bless you all and your families with long happy and healthy lives and reward you with Jannahtul Firdaws for your hard work these past 10 months. (Please keep me in your dau'as!) Also, you can always come back to this blog years from now and remember 3rd grade with me :p

Making cards for teachers

Adding the last piece to the puzzle

Patiently waiting for everyone to arrive!

Aisha using her magic "tool" to pop this balloon

I don't know what pose this is :p

Why are they pointing at me?!

Social Studies Chapter 6 Study Guide

Vocabulary

canal

transcontinental

homestead

vaccine

telegraph

wagon trains

technology

immigrants

activist

frontier

Key Concepts

1. What was the fastest way to travel across the country in 1869?

2. Who invented the telephone?

3. What did landowners do with the money they received from toll roads?

4. Which explorer worked to widen the Cumberland Gap and to allow wagons to travel through the mountains to the American frontier?

5. What role did Mary McLeod Bethune have in the fight for equal education for everyone?

6. What did Orville and Wilbur Wright start building in the early 1900s?

7. Harsh weather, sickness, and steep mountains were difficulties MOSTLY faced by people traveling in _____________________

8. The Pony Express was a faster system for carrying _________________ that involved riders changing horses while traveling across the country.

9. How did the first radio signals travel?

10. Explain how Henry Ford’s assembly line worked, and how it affected car prices.

11. What did both Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman fight against? Name 1 thing each person did.

12. How did Sacajawea help Lewis and Clark as they explored the West?

13. What are 2 reasons why people move, or immigrate, to a new land?

14. What event brought so many immigrants from China to the USA that it eventually led to the Chinese Exclusion Act?

15. In 1860, people set up _________________ to improve the way letters were carried across America.

16. What is John Roebling’s best known contribution to New York City?

17. When thousands of European and Asian immigrants came to the USA in the early 1800s, where did they MOSTLY settle?

18. What is the fastest way to send a written message today?

19. What tool that we have today sends and receives signals for radios, televisions, cell phones, and computers?

20. People in the early 1800s wanted to improve transportation of goods and people between the Great Lakes and New York City, so they built ____________

21. What kind of car did Henry Ford want to build?

22. Today, new and more powerful airplanes allow people to travel across the country in 6 ________

23. What did the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1965 supply money to build?

24. What was the MOST COMMON way European immigrants arrived in NY in the early 1800s?

25. How did Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb change the way people lived?

26. What details did Lewis and Clark tell people about when they returned from exploring the West? What was the effect of telling people these stories?

27. What was the main goal of the Homestead Act?

28. What idea did Edward Jenner use to fight smallpox in 1796? How was it successful?

29. How did the transcontinental railroad improve travel in the 1800s?

June 13-17 Homework

Monday, June 13
1. Math- finish classwork, test on Thursday
2. Social Studies- finish classwork, test on Thursday
3. Science- lesson 3 worksheet, test on Friday

Tuesday, June 14
1. Math- homework page
2. Social Studies- finish classwork

Wednesday, June 15
1. Math- worksheet, test tomorrow
2. Science- lesson 4 worksheet
3. Social Studies- study for test tomorrow

Thursday, June 16
1. Science- study for test tomorrow

Friday, June 17
NO HOMEWORK :)

May 31 - June 3 Homework

Monday, May 30
School is CLOSED

Tuesday, May 31
1. Spelling- sentences for LAST 10 words
2. Grammar- worksheet
3. Math- my homework page, play mathman to practice multiplication facts
4. Science- study for test tomorrow
* Please check with your child/ their planner for any Arabic/ Turkish/ Islamic Studies homework.

Wednesday, June 1
1. Vocabulary- sentences for each VOCAB word
2. Grammar- worksheet
3. Math- my homework page, play mathman to practice multiplication facts
* Please check with your child/ their planner for any Arabic/ Turkish/ Islamic Studies homework.

Thursday, June 2
1. Spelling- 3 times each
2. Grammar- worksheet
3. Vocabulary- study words
4. Math- finish study guide for test tomorrow
5. Social Studies- finish classwork
* Please check with your child/ their planner for any Arabic homework. 

Friday, June 3
1. Writing- journal
* Please check with your child/their planner for any Quran/ Islamic Studies homework.

The teacher holds the right to make changes to the homework schedule. Students will be told in advanced if any changes will be made.

May 31- June 3 Tests

Wednesday, June 1
Chapter 6 Science Test
Please click here for more info.

Thursday, June 2
Unit 6 Week 1 Comprehension Assessment

Friday, June 3
1. Spelling/ Vocabulary Test (Unit 6 Week 1)
This week's spelling/vocab. test will include dictation, matching, fill in the blanks, and writing sentences/paragraph. Students should study using their Spelling/Vocabulary "cheat sheet" or notebook.

2. Grammar Test (adjectives and articles)
Students have practiced what the test will cover in classwork and homework. Students should look over these at home and participate in reviews in class i.e. games, worksheets, etc.

3. Math Test on Fractions

*The teacher holds the right to change test dates. Students will be told in advanced if any changes will be made.

Chapter 6 Science Test Study Guide

Since this chapter is long (6 lessons) I decided to provide a study guide. Students should also look over the worksheets completed for each lesson. We will continue to review in class on Tuesday.

The test will be on Wednesday, June 1. There will be about 40 questions. Most will be multiple choice and a few short written response questions.

Vocabulary is VERY important. Students must know all the bold printed vocabulary words in chapter 6.

1. What tool would be used to measure wind speed?
2. Melted rocks that cool and harden are called_________
3. What substances do ALL soils contain?
4. What process would MOST LIKELY affect rocks in a dry climate?
5. What is a way that valleys form?
6. Rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure are called_______
7. Which type of soil breaks down to provide resources for making new soil?
8. At what stage of the water cycle does some precipitation seep into the ground?
9. Explain how erosion by water is DIFFERENT from weathering by water.
10. Describe what the climate is like where you live. What factors affect your climate?
11. Water from rain that flows over the land into a river is an example of ____________
12. As water vapor rises into the air, it cools. What happens next in the water cycle?
13. What location is MOST LIKELY to have a moist, mild climate?
14. Winds form when _____________
15. Rocks are _________________
16. You find a rock that has layers of small bits of rock, shells, and other materials pressed together. What kind of rock is it?
17. Which soil layer contains the most humus and plants?
18. Which soil is a mixture of particles of the other three kinds of soil, plus air and water?
19. Which landform is a low, narrow area between hills?
20. What can FORM new rock on Earth's surface?
21. What is an example of weathering by water?
22. Water changing from a gas to a liquid is called________
23. What describes what the AIR is like outside?
24. What tool would you use to measure precipitation?
25. What are the size and pattern of minerals in a rock called?
26. The soil in a bucket feels rough. Water poured into the soil drains quickly to the bottom. What type of rock particle does this soil MOST LIKELY contain?
27. What natural event can cause a rapid change in Earth's surface by shaking and cracking it?
28. What process breaks down rocks?
29. What describes an area's climate?
30. The average temperature in summer for a certain city is 30 degrees Celcius. In winter the average snowfall is 25 cm. The climate in this city would best be described as __________
31. Granite, rhyolite, and pumice are sedimentary rocks. All 3 rocks formed_______
32. Earthworms help improve the soil by ____________
33. How are sedimentary and metamorphic rocks SIMILAR?
34. The thin layer that covers most of Earth's land is ____________
35. You observe grains of different colors in an igneous rock The grains most likely are ________
36. Which material contains the most humus?
37. Which process MOST LIKELY caused the smooth shape of a rock?
38. How are ALL rocks alike?
39. How are ALL minerals alike?
40. Which process MOST LIKELY causes puddles to disappear?

May 2-6 Homework

Monday, May 2
1. Spelling- write sentences for FIRST 10 spelling words
2. Comprehension- book report approval form DUE Friday 5/6
3. Writing- 2 paragraphs in journal DUE Friday 5/6
4. Math- my homework  page
5. Social Studies- finish study guide and study for test on Thursday 5/5
* Please check with your child/ their planner for any Quran homework.

Tuesday, May 3
1. Spelling- write sentences for LAST 10 spelling words 
2. Comprehension- practice book pages 223-226; book report approval form DUE Friday 5/6
3. Writing- 2 paragraphs in journal DUE Friday 5/6
4. Math- my homework page
5. Social Studies- finish study guide and study for test on Thursday 5/5
6. Science- worksheet
* Please check with your child/ their planner for any Arabic/ Turkish/ Islamic Studies homework.

Wednesday, May 4
FIELD DAY
1. Comprehension- book report approval form DUE Friday 5/6
2. Writing- 2 paragraphs in journal DUE Friday 5/6
3. Social Studies- study for test on Thursday 5/5
* Please check with your child/ their planner for any Arabic/ Turkish/ Islamic Studies homework.

Thursday, May 5
1. Vocabulary- sentences for each vocab word
2. Math- my homework page and practice facts 0-12
3. Spelling and Grammar- study 
4. Book report approval form and journals are due tomorrow 
* Please check with your child/ their planner for any Arabic homework. 

Friday, May 6
1. Comprehension- worksheet
2. Math- worksheet
* Please check with your child/their planner for any Quran/ Islamic Studies homework.

The teacher holds the right to make changes to the homework schedule. Students will be told in advanced if any changes will be made.

Science Test on Chapter 3 Lessons 1-3

The science test will be on Thursday, January 14, 2015. This test will cover concepts taught in chapter 3 lessons 1-3. Notes have been completed in class and should be used to study.
 
There will be 25 total questions.
6 labeling
17 multiple choice
2 short answer responses
 
Lesson 1
6 ways plants are classified or grouped.  
What are flowering plants?
Seeds grow inside cones.
What are spores?
4 parts of plant and what each does (handout)
 
Lesson 2
2 places carbon dioxide comes from.
Plants need energy from the sun to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar.
The leaves make a kind of sugar (glucose) for food.
 
Lesson 3
Roots store food made by the plant's leaves and they also take in water and minerals from the soil.
Most plant stems have tiny tubes that move water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.

Book Fair 2015

Our 1st book fair was a success! Alhamdulillah with everyone's support, we were able to raise over $1,000!!! InshAllah we can have another great book fair before the end of the school year ;)

Thank you to all my students who helped me set up the book fair and for purchasing Scholastic and Islamic books. I really hope you read and enjoy all the books you chose.

Miraj Academy's 1st Book Fair

December 14-18, 2015

(Click on the images to enlarge them)

 

 

There were hundreds of different books to choose from!

 

A variety of Islamic fiction and nonfiction books were available.

 

 

Someone just picked out an interesting looking Islamic (fiction) book!

Looks like someone is really into their book ;)

I spy Minions!!!

Report Cards

I wanted to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to my students who have gone on the Honor Roll and High Honor Roll!!! Inshallah you all keep up the good work and make improvements where needed.

Thank you parents for working with me and your child this past marking period. Please sign your child's report card and return it with them to school on Monday, December 14, 2015.

If you would like to meet with me to discuss your child's progress, Miraj Academy welcomes you to attend Open House on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 from 3:15 pm to 5:30 pm. There will be no after school activities on Tuesday.