Congratulations to Our Shining Stars!

For your hard work And distinguished efforts Has greatly paid off Smile brilliant clovers For your great achievement is shining bright Our honor list students Another reason for happiness and pride We are elated to announce the names of the students that had marvellous achievement in Term One. Grade One: Nisray Theologo Grade Two: Ahmad Melhem, Jamal Yamout, and Sana Itani Grade Three: Muheiddine Al Tabosh, Mohammad Darwiche, Dana Shehab, and Mohammad Al Hussein Grade Four: Mohammad Shatila, Mounir Shmeissany, Omar Wazzan, Hadi Nasser, and Inas Kanakri Grade Five: Nour Itani and Iman Shehab Grade Six: Fatima Abu Akila, Maha Abadi,Fatima Shatila, Carol Kebrit, and Salem Shatila Congratulations! Keep up the great work!

Math is Fun!!

There are lots of creative ways to make math fun for your class.In fact,humor can serve as a motivation that leads to retention of material.Here are some ideas that I have used with my students during the first term.

1-Quadrilaterals:To summarize a lesson about quadrilaterals,I hold the shoebox in front of the class and say:"If you bend a rectangle, what quadrilateral do you get?"(Parallelogram). And so on to demonstrate square and rhombus.

2-Geometric Tools: Students made their own geometric tools (compass, protractor, setsquare,ruler) using clay.Then,they used sticks to show the relationship between lines (parallel, perpendicular, intersecting).Also,they used straws to form acute,obtuse and right angles.

3-The Decimal Dance:When teaching students to multiply decimals,I often find that they forget to place the decimal point.To help them remember to mark the decimal point,I use the decimal dance.I simply exaggerate the motion of counting decimal places.I make a large white arc under each digit until I have accounted for the correct number of decimal places.By calling this The Decimal Dance,students remember to account for decimal place value after multiplying decimals.

4-The class work wave: I motivate students to do their class work with the Class work Wave.If every student has completed his assignment,they take out their assignment sheets and wave them.Students enjoy this activity.

5-Memorizing the multiplication table: Students memorized the multiplication table by listening to multiplication songs. http://www.songsforteaching.com/math/twotimestable.htm

6-Hats for angles: When teaching students to name angles, I found that they forget to place the symbol for angles ^,so I told students that angles can't exist without wearing hats!!

Animated Snowman Story

One thing is absolutely clear...We love stories! We had a great time planning. First, we used the story map to identify the main parts of a story. Here is our story map: Title: The Lonely Snowman Characters: Snowman- second graders Setting: in winter- in the mountains Plot: Beginning- Middle- End Problem: The snowman is lonely.

We were divided into three groups to create our story: Station A, Station B, and Station C.

Station A was responsible for the beginning, Station B for the middle, and Station C for the ending. Then we sat in coopreative groups and took turns telling the story and writing it down. It's really fun to watch ourselves in this animated video dancing with the main character "the lonely snowman"!

New Year Wishes From Our President

"I extend My Best Wishes and Greatest Hopes for good Health and Success To all Principals of Schools, Teachers, students, Staff and To Makassed Hospital Doctors, Nurses and Staff, and To Makassed Volunteers and To Makassed Scouts, and To all Administrative Staff and Social Workers, and To the Directors of Makassed, and To all PROUD MAKASSIDIYYIN. May this year be as great as all the years past... and may you build for the Golden Era of your Association" Mr. Amine Daouk

New Year Card From Mrs. Baker, UK

Happy New Year to you, too.

Thank you so much! Best wishes to you and everyone at Bromstone Primary School

Letters From Mid Calder Primary School

We all shine like stars!

We are really very excited to receive letters from our friends at Mid Calder Primary School in the United Kingdom. You gave us the possibility to use English for a real purpose. Thank you Ms. Maah- Rukh for collaborating with us to integrate a letter- exchange program in the classroom.

Children's Day: JNV Bhiwani, India

Children made posters, and then created a classbook of their drawings. Here is a video of the children's visit to Appu Ghar on Children's Day. They organised several competitions for senior students and excursions for junior classes' students. Special thanks to Ms. Namita Verma... We're so glad to collaborate with you and looking forward for more to come.

Letters from Grade Four to their Friends at Windmill Primary School in Nottingham