Thursday, December 17, 2009

Exchanging Celebration Cards With Bromstone Primary School, England

The Five Pillars of Islam Card
our friends at Bromstone Primary School in England
Happy Eid Card
Our Christmas Cards
How very lovely to receive Eid cards from our dear friends at Bromstone Primary School in England! The cards were made with love and care. We consider ourselves lucky to listen to your beautiful Ramadan song last week... and now see all your pretty cards. In return, we made and decorated Christmas cards for you and wrapped them in love wishing you all the best. Mrs Baker, thank you for making our Eid more special...the joy of Eid brings us closer to each other. God bless you with a wonderful joy- filled Christmas!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

National Tree Day In Bekaa

Special thank you to Sheikh Khalil El-Mayss, Mufti El- Bekaa, for your gracious hospitality. If those trees could talk, we are sure they would tell you how proud they are to be planted in your yard!
We have received 50 olive trees from the Armed Forces Command. We highly respect and appreciate the sacred gifts. Thank you
Big thank you to Mr Adel Bahlawan, Mr. Jamal Farhat, and to the wonderful school team of Al- Marj School for the warm welcome and hospitality. We very much enjoyed our planting day with you!
with our new friends at Al- Marj School
On National Tree Day, we visited Azhar El- Bekaa and Makassed Al- Marj School and planted the baby olive trees along with our new friends. They all promised us to take care of the trees...and with sunshine and good soil our trees will grow with us and will always tie us back to this beautiful land.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Cooperative learning method: STAD

During the last math session students experienced a new learning method:Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) After I explained a math lesson about kinds of angles and how to draw and measure them,students worked in teams to make sure that everyone mastered the objectives of this lesson.Then all students made a quiz about the material given,and every student's score was compared to his previous test score(also about angles). Students,who exceeded their previous averages with their quiz scores,were rewarded by taking green cards that were summed according to team membership. Here's a bar graph that shows how students' scores improved after performing STAD. This site helps you know more about cooperative learning methods: http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_peermii.html

Sunday, December 13, 2009

A Letter To My Star Student, Mohammad Darwiche

Mohammad, you have made every single Lebanese proud! THANK YOU

Saturday, December 12, 2009

A Letter from Mohammad Darwiche to Mrs. Rawya Shatila

A simple Thank You is not enough.You are such an inspiration to us all. Some times words fail to describe your dedication, enthusiasm,and hard work.I believe that now is the best time to say, "Look at what teachers can make."

Friday, December 11, 2009

مشروع أشياء تتكلم

نود مشاركتكم بما كتبته جريدة الأخبار عن مشروع شاركنا فيه بعنوان أشياء تتكلم
هذا ما كتبته جريدة الأخبار
لقراءة الموضوع بأكمله زيارة الرابط التالي

صداقة بين الشعوب

قال الله تعالى "وجعلناكم شعوبا وقبائل لتعارفوا" صدق الله العظيم تصديقا لقول الله تعالى، وجريا على عاداتنا في انشاء الصداقات بطوي المسافا ت بين البحار والقارات، كانت لنا زيارة ميدانية لتلامذة الصف الثاني أساسي وذويهم لبيت الصداقة النجيرية اللبنانية تطبيقا للدرس التعلمي "خوف ياوو"والذي يدور حول خوف ولدأفريقي من الغرباء التقينا هناك بالقائمة بالاعمال النجيرية في لبنان تحدثنا خلالها حول سبل تطوير العلاقات ولاسيما التعلمية منها ،خلال الزيارة تعرف التلاميذ الى بعض عادات، وتقاليد، وأزياء الدول الأفريقية بما فيها المناسبات، وأطباقها المشهورة . في نهاية الزيارة اجتمعنا حول مائدة طعام منوعة، حوت مالذ وطاب من المأكولات اللبنانية أعددناها لهم ،ومأكولات افريقية أعدوها لنا

طفولة لبنان في كوبنهاغن: الطفل محمد درويش يخاطب قادة العالم