Grade 3 News
Newsletter #1: Who We Are UOI
UOI 1: Who We Are
Transdisciplinary Theme:
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; and what it means to be human.
Central idea: People's cultural beliefs and values impact the formation of a society.
Key concepts: Perspective, Connections, Responsibility
Related concepts: cultural beliefs and values, formation & action of communities, and democratic principles
Lines of inquiry
- How different cultures from one society (Perspective)
- Practices connected to democratic principles (Connection)
- Maintaining our identity in a multicultural society (Responsibility)
UOI Field Trip
Our field trip will be to Butler's Orchard in Germantown, our tentative date is October 6, we plan to leave at 8:30. Please send a brown bag lunch (everything disposable) with your child's name on the bag. Please look out for details soon!
What Are We Learning This Unit?
Math
- I can understand multiplication by thinking about groups of objects.
- I can use the Commutative property of multiplication. (I know that if 6 x 4 = 24, then 4 x 6 = 24.)
- I can use the Associative property of multiplication. (To figure out 3 x 5 x 2, I can multiply 3 x 5 = 15, then 15 x 2 = 30 OR multiply 5 x 2 = 10, then 3 x 10 = 30.)
- I can use what I know about multiplication and division to solve word problems.
English Language Arts
- I can read, understand and talk about the fiction stories I read.
- I can ask and answer questions to show that I understand the stories that I am reading.
- I can remember and retell different kinds of stories from many cultures.
- I can tell the difference between what I think and what the author or characters might think in a story.
- I can talk about the most important details in the information I read and how they support the main idea.
- I can write an informative text that introduces my topic and then groups related information together.
- I can take notes to help me organize the research in my writing.
Arabic
Green Group:
- I can introduce myself نفسي and greet others. السلام عليكم، مرحبا، اهلا وسهلا، صباح الخير، مساء الخير
- I can recognize the sound of letters and write them in correct form.
- I can memorize color and shape words, and numbers one through ten
- I can talk about myself نفسي and greet others. السلام عليكم، مرحبا، اهلا وسهلا، صباح الخير، مساء الخير
- I can recognize words and write simple phrases in correct from.
- I can memorize colors الالوان, shapes الاشكال, hobbies الهوايات, and numbers الارقام one through fifteen.
Yellow Group:
- I can greet others and talk about myself نفسي, and my likes and dislikes. السلام عليكم، مرحبا، اهلا وسهلا، صباح الخير، مساء الخير
- I can write sentences in Arabic in correct form.
- I can memorize color الالوان, shape words الاشكال, hobbies الهوايات and numbers الارقامone through twenty.
Science & Social Studies
- Observe and compare properties of seeds and fruits.
- Investigate the effect of water on seeds by monitoring and recording changes over time.
- Observe plant structures as they appear during the plant's life cycle.
- Care for plants and animals and compare their needs.
- Observe crayfish structures and describe their function in terms of growth, survival, and reproduction. Compare crayfish structures to structures of other animals.
- Study skeletal systems using bones, images, and models.
- I can describe different elements of culture.
- I can describe how culture meets the basic needs of a society.
- I can identify roles, rights, and responsibilities in a society.
Qur'an
Tajweed:
- Recognize the letters of Arabic alphabets.
- Recognize and understand the sound relation of Arabic language (Madd, Leen letters and Tanween).
- The etiquettes of reciting Qur’an.
- Surat Al-Fajr
- The general meaning for Surat Al-Fajr.
Islamic Studies
- Learning Steps of wudu along duas of wudu.
- Learning how to do a perfect wudu with only 16.9 fl oz of water.
- Learning about the story of Adam, Huwa, Cabeel and Habeel.
- Learning about the Childhood of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
- Learn about the five “ullul azam” Prophets. Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, Isa, Muhammad ﷺ. There will be a matching contest at the end of the unit.
Art
- Experiment with art media, processes, and techniques and learn how to use materials and tools
- Create artworks that explore the uses of color, line, shape, texture, form, space, and selected principles of design, such as pattern, repetition, contrast, and balance to express personal meaning
- Express opinions about selected artworks based upon the relationships between the elements of art and selected principles of design
Investigating Seeds
Investigating Seeds
Students maneuvering a model Strandbeest
Grade 3 Team
- Ms. Ali - hali@tarbiyahacademy.org (Hmrm)
- Ms. Ibrahim - hibrahim@tarbiyahacademy.org (Quran)
- Ms. Janjua - njanjua@tarbiyahacademy.org (Art)
- Ms. Maher - smaher@tarbiyahacademy.org (Arabic)
- Imam Mikaeel - msmith@tarbiyahacademy.org (IS)
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