Ms. Mary's Class
Class 2C at the Elementary School, ASD, Doha.
Week 26: March 12th, 2015
We have worked so hard on Math this week and the perseverance is paying off! The coming Tuesday will be a full school day since we are all off on Thursday and there will be no homework next week. This Sunday will be the last opportunity for you to give to the Nepal Orphanage - please bring your books, notebooks, coloured pencils, anything from the list, and place it in the box outside our room. Finally, after you have read the Newsletter, please share the videos and other resources in it with your children - I put them here so that they are easily accessible to you and to our young learners!
Looking forward to another exciting week at ASD and a great Spring break afterwards!
Kind Regards,
Mary Mulqueen
Dates for your diary...
Join the Elementary School Counselors March 15th at 8:10am in the Elementary Cafeteria for a morning coffee and a discussion about Managing Attention and Impulsivity.
Upcoming Principals’ Coffee
Tuesday, March 17th at 8:05 in the ES Cafeteria – Please mark your calendars. Our focus will be on supporting your child with reading at home. This session will be presented by our Literacy Coordinator, Mrs. Katrina Theilmann. We hope that many parents will attend.
Supporting our swimmers...
We huffed...
And we puffed....
We were cheering for our classmates!
Folk tale puppet shows at the Museum of Islamic Art Auditorium
Garbage Monster: a Karagoz Performance
With The Istanbul Karagoz Puppet Foundation
8 May, 9 May, 6pm
Join us for a contemporary Karagoz performance by the Istanbul Karagoz Puppet Foundation in celebration of the 'Marvellous Creatures: Animal Fables in Islamic Art' exhibition. Karagoz shadow puppetry began in the Mamluk period in Egypt, and travelled to Turkey with the Ottoman conquest of the region. Puppetry is an exciting visual and aural performance with live music and traditional songs to delight the whole family.
Reading & Role Play
Before role-playing, we spent a lot of time summarising our folktales, 'across 4 fingers' or in 4 or 5 sentences. We were careful not to include details that are unimportant and we made sure we included the important ones. This will be a very important skill in Grade 3!
How do readers roleplay characters?
Readers have to close read to notice the clues that will help them role play their character.
How do readers push themselves to dig deep into character feelings?
Readers ask and think “Why is the character feeling this way?” to dig deep into character feelings.
How do reader’s envision a character’s perspective?
Readers read closely noticing the characters' actions and feelings to envision a character’s point of view
New Math Unit - Solving problems with Addition & Subtraction strategies
Where we are now ....
Place Value Representation & Vertical Adding
Read the problem - more than once if you need to
Draw and label it - to understand what you know and what you need to find out
Write a number sentence - plus or minus?
Write a word sentence - to answer the question
Relive precious moments from Anansi & the Golden Box...
International Children's Digital Library
Our next Reading Unit will be on Folktales from around the world: check out this free resource which has 228 Folktales in several languages.
The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children.
Ongoing Extension at home....
- Please wait until Wednesday to complete Math homework as we often have not completed teaching the Math points until then.
- Practice 'Accountable talk' with your family during dinner.
- Be a Math Hero - know all the combinations to 20 by heart! Play Close to 20 game.
- How many different ways can you show the number that is today's date? (standard form, expanded form, word form...)
password: dragons
Password: 123456
Elementary Playground after school
Absence from School
We kindly request that you contact the Lower Elementary Office Manager, Mrs. Krista Wilson if you know your child will be absent. Her contact information is kwilson@asd.edu.qa or you may prefer to call the elementary office at 4459-1550
Important Dragon Band Announcement:
If your child uses their Dragon Band to purchase lunch at school it is important to "top up" the band at the vending machine on a regular basis. Campus Card will send reminders to parents once the card dips below 100 QR.