May 6-10

 We are doing activities in class that require that the students bring their required materials. Some students are not prepared.  Please be sure that your student comes to class with: pencils, scissors, glue, and colored pencils. Thank you for your attention to this.

English

Spelling Words: live, places, people, house, high, below, home, different, shapes, because.
Our students are learning about descriptive writing. They will write an essay describing themselves, and another that describes a house.

A good reading practice website is at www.starfall.com.

Math

We are still learning about graphs. Your student can make a bar graph in this game.

Bar graphs can be used to show and compare information. Here is a bar graph that tells about the UAE's economic growth.

Science

The boys are enjoying learning about camouflage. We have watched videos of camouflaged animals.

You can watch them HERE and HERE.  Amazing! In class we played a game where the students tried to color butterflies and find a place to give them camouflage.

April 29-May 3

Thank you parents who came to our Parent Teacher night! We hope the students will use their learning from this year to have a great third trimester.

English

 We have been learning about the elements of a story. This week, your students are creating and writing stories of their own. Here is a site where they can practice, and see other stories written by children: http://www.kidscom.com/create/write/write.html. We are still reading "Hippo's Toothache" for our reading book.

This week's spelling words are: coral, tooth, ache, graph, data, tally, vine, cliff, moan, groan.

Extra reading practice: find your child's reading level and read with him. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f

Math

Last week's topic was graphs. This week, students are now learning about pictographs. A pictograph is a graph that uses pictures. Here is a pictograph game for kids: http://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/pictograph/games/.

Be sure to check the key before reading the graph!

Science

In science, students are learning the difference between plants and animals. Next week, the students will learn about animals that can use camouflage.

We have talked about corals, which are animals. Here are some pictures of corals: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/coral-kingdoms/#.

We also have learned about plants that can eat animals, like the Venus Flytrap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJpgMDOZInA&feature=related.

April 22-26

English

This week, students are learning about the parts of a story. They are learning about characters (mein? who is in the story?), setting (wein? where does the story happen?), plot (shu? what happens in the story?), problem (mushukula?) and resolution (haleit?).  They will analyze some stories in class, and then write some stories of their own!

Math

Students are learning how to record and represent data. They are learning how to use tally marks and pictographs.

Science

Flying animals are the topic of this weeks science lesson. Watch for a test on "How animals adapt" at the end of the week. Check to see that your child does the review on page 96 in the science workbook.

Websites for  help, practice and FUN!

English:

Reading practice at  www.starfall.com,

Math:

Pictographs video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKOtGgq_wvY&feature=player_embedded
Addition and subtraction games at: http://sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/popup/popup_subtraction.htm
Multiplication and Division at: www.multiplication.com

Science:

Amazing Birds at: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/03/10/top-25-wild-bird-photographs-of-the-week-5/

Animal Puzzles: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/puzzles/puzzlepage.htm

April 15-19

We hope to see many of you at the parent-teacher night on April 25.
Our year end is not far away, but our students are still learning so much. We would like to show you  some websites where students can learn at home, and practice the skills they have studied at school. Students who use educational games are able to use their knowledge in a fun, relaxed setting, and they often are presented with problem-solving challenges. We hope your student enjoys the games and videos as he learns.

English

This week, we are reading a book about animal eyes. The students are learning how to find specific details in the books, and write about them using sentences they construct on their own. They are writing reports in class about animals from the book.

Your student can practice reading on www.starfall.com.

This website has stories for different levels of readers, from begining readers to more advanced students. Let your student try several different levels, and have fun as he learns.

Math

Our students are learning how to read clocks, after learning about calendars last week. They are learning how to read both digital and analogue clocks on the hour and the half-hour. There are some games they can use to practice their time reading skills at http://sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm#time.

Third graders can practice their addition and subtraction skills on many of the games at http://www.fun4thebrain.com/addition.html.

Science

In science, the 3rd graders are finding out more about how animals move. We are discussing how animals use their bodies to swim and to walk.

Explore some sites about animals:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/octopuses/

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/polar-bear-videos/

Welcome to the website for Al Sadarah Grade Three!

Miss Lindsay, Miss Tamika, Mr. Isaac and Mr. Ricard are happy to offer an internet resource that will help our students' parents to stay informed on their students' learning.

We hope to use this site give you information about instruction and links to help your students learn.