ILM ACADEMY December 2017

Elementary

Fourth & Fifth Grade

Student Achievements

Islamic Quiz Bowl

• First Place – Daniya, Hadiya,

Aroush, Aleeza, Basim, Ali, Akram,

Omair, Nabhan, Talal, & Kasim

• Second Place – Sarah R., Zahra, Dua,

Sheza, Maryam, Zara, Tarneem,

Zainab, Rayah, Leena, Summer,

Farah, Sabrina, Fatimah, Khadijah

Multiplication Bee

• First Place – Safaa, Aroush,

Sameeha

• Second Place – Kareem, Ismaeel,

Hadiya, Kameelah, Zara, Zainab

• Third Place – Daniyal, Fareeha

Social Studies Fair

• First Place – Omair

• Second Place – Ahmad

• Third Place – Hiba

• Honorable Mention – Talal, Nabhan

Water Art Calendar

• May – Zara (5th)

• November – Nabhan (7th)

• Honorable Mention – Fatimah (8th)

ICNA Young Muslims Quiz Competition

Saarim, Nora, Yusuf, Safaa, Umar, Maryam, Daniya, Hadiya, Aroush, Aleeza,

Zainab

Math

4th Grade

The students have worked very hard in

understanding the concepts of Multiplication and

Division. We will begin the third quarter with

Measurements.

Enjoy the break and keep practicing!

5th Grade

We have completed the chapters on Fraction Sums

and Differences. The third quarter is the start of

much newer concepts like Multiplying and

Dividing Fractions. Enjoy the holidays and keep

practicing!

Anam Mughal

anam.mughal@ilm-academy.com

Social Studies Fourth – This quarter in 4th grade students learned about the Northeast and Southeast regions of the United States. Students learned about the geography, climate, natural resources, history and economies of these regions. Students also wrote a interdisciplinary essay about the use of natural resources in the United States. Next semester we will continue to learn about the other three regions of the Unted States. Fifth – This quarter in 5th grade students learned about the causes of the American Revolution, the events that took place during the revolution, and the results of the American Revolution. We discussed the United States relationship with Great Britain and how they gained their independence. Next semester we will focus on the formation of the United States government and the important wars the United States participated in.

Science 4th & 5th Grade Science Newsletter by Sr. Nazia

Assalamualikum wrwb,

Alhamdulillah, we are half way done with our school year and

successfully finished the Science fair 2017. I want to thank all

the parents for their support and help in Science fair projects.

I am proud of students’ effort and work and have high

expectations in coming years In shaa Allah. Our students are

working hard in Science Olympiad as well and pray to Allah

SWT to bless our kids with success, Aameen.

4th & 5th Grade Science:

Alhmdulillah, we have finished one section of our science

curriculum and get in depth understanding of the basic

concepts covered in “Physical Science”. We have learned all

about “Energy” and practiced some of the concepts through

labs and STEM Projects. 4th Grade get a chance to learn all

about “Pendulum” , its uses and about its Inventor “Galileo

Galilei“. 5th grade learned about melting and boiling points

and worked on a lab and applied scientific method. They have

learned how to draw a graph based on the data taken through

the experiment. We have learned about forces and motion

and performed some demonstration in class. By the end of

this quarter we are working on another STEM Project

“Electric Circuits”. We have learned how to make open and

closed circuits. We also have differentiated between series and

parallel circuits. We have replaced the circuit with different

materials to identify conductors and Insulators. In shaa Allah

after winter break, we will continue another section of our

curriculum about “Earth Science”.

I wish you all a wonderful Winter Break. In Shaa Allah

Jazakallah Khair

Grade 4 – Alhamdolillah, students worked on several short projects. We have learned how to use various functions of excel by creating and formating an image. Students also created a game of ping pong by using coding funtions on scratch. Next semester we will work on more coding lessons on code.org and will also continue creating mini projects on scratch, insha’Allah. Grade 5 - Alhamdolillah, Students are working hard on their children’s storybook project and look forward to sharing it with the elementary students. They have completed the introduction to programming lessons on codehs and will start on using the function commands lessons next semester, insha’Allah.

QURAN Grade 4: Assalamualaikum, The last two

months we celebrated completion of Suratl-Mursalat and Al-Insan with a party. We started Surahtul- Qiyamah general meanings, keywords. and tilawah. students will be assessed on this Surah after the break Insha’allah. We also practiced some Tajweed rules (Heavy and light letters, Raa and Lam rules) with some worksheet.

Grade 5: Assalamualaikum, The last two

months we celebrated completion of Surah- Nuh and Surahtul-Ma'arij with a party. We started Surahtul-Haqqah, students will be assessed on this after the break. We also completed most of tajweed rules, as well as hamzatul-wasl, Ith’har,Iqlab,Raa and Lam

rules with worksheet and writing test.

TECHNOLOGY

Islamic Studies

Grade 4:

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa

barakatuhu,

Alhamdulillah! All praise to Allah (swt) who

enabled us to complete the second quarter of

School successfully. Alhamdulillah, we were able

to study the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad

(saw) and Learning to pray the Prophet’s way as

well as Islamic Quiz Bowl which was done by

students with a lot of enthusiasm. Along with

that we also did small skits in class on the

stories learned alhamdulillah.

For the coming quarter in shaa Allah we plan to

do lot more with kids learning about Importance

of Ramadan, fasting in Ramadan, Islamic

Lifestyle and engaging them in Quizzes,

Activities and Projects on Ramadan, Islamic

lifestyle, etc. In sha Allah

We pray that Allah swt puts Barakah in our time

and enable us to practice all that we preach.

Ameen

Grade 5:

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa

barakatuhu,

Alhamdulillah! All praise to Allah (swt) who

enabled us to complete the second quarter of

School successfully. Alhamdulillah, we were able

to learn about Surah Mulk and prophets of Islam

as well as Islamic Quiz Bowl which was done by

students with a lot of enthusiasm. Alhamdulillah

For the coming month in sha Allah we plan to do

lot more with kids learning about Prophet Nuh,

Prophet Hud, Prophet Salih, Surah Nuh and

engaging them in Quizzes, Activities and

Projects on Prophets mentioned in Quran, etc.

In sha Allah

We pray that Allah swt puts Barakah in our time

and enable us to practice all that we preach.

Ameen

Fourth Grade: We are in the middle of unit 3 ( يوم في حياة تلمي).

Fourth graders learned how to describe a place like the house & the school. They learned how to use the superlative expression (ما أجمل). They are learning how to write a

paragraph with the help of pictures and some given words. Fourth grade learned the simple sentence structure (subject, verb, object). They learned some opposites related to the unit topic. 4th graders finished unit 2 (Interesting Trip) throughout second quarter as well. They learned how to write a letter describing a place they visited. They learned new vocabulary words about big cities with their describing words. We have also learned the two kinds of simple sentence ( فعلية اسمية ) and

three kinds of tanween.

Fifth Grade: We are in the middle of unit 3 ( التعاون والمساغدة(

where they are learning about different ways of helping others in society. Fifth grade ILM students are learning the subject connected and disconnected pronouns with past tense verb. They have also finished unit 2 (Jobs & Professions/االغمال

المهن ). Our students learned Arabic words about jobs (masculine & feminine). They learned the simple sentence structure and the plural nouns (masculine & feminine). They practiced writing short paragraph related to unit texts. Fifth grade also enjoyed working on their unit projects (they made their own story book).

Arabic With Sr. Nafen

Alhamdu Lillah Students of class (B) Arabic have learned a lot this quarter. They were able to have a conversation in Arabic, to express where they are from and which country they are from. They also were able to explain what their father does for a living. Students learned to add a definite article ( )ال to a word and how the change will affect it. We also applied the rules on an in-class project. Students also worked on changing a sentence from a positive to negative by adding (ال( and how the “hourouf al-jar will change the word followed by it. We worked on lessons to tell time in Arabic and reviewed the days of the week.

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Language Arts and Reading - Sr. Meher The objective of English Language Arts (ELA) is to help our students grow into critical readers, writers, and thinkers. Fourth and fifth graders studied the following in the second quarter: Reading: The aim is to get the students to stop and ask themselves questions about a section when they read, such as Why did this event happen? and What are the main ideas in this selection? It is also important that they learn to summarize sections of the text as well as the text as a whole. JazakumAllahu Khairan to our parent volunteers who helped label books from the fourth and fifth grade libraries! Spelling: Alhamdulillah, we have covered all the words in the fourth and fifth grade Spelling bee lists and we are now reviewing! Thanks to the help of parent volunteers we are also holding optional Spelling bee review classes afterschool for 4th-8th graders. InshAllah the next review session will be afterschool on January 9, 2018. Writing: We are continuing to explore different forms of writing. This quarter we covered poetry and formal letters. All the fourth and fifth graders have participated in a poetry competition (www.appelley.org) and have written to school administration about the importance of recycling. InshAllah we are planning to visit the Roswell Recycling Center on January 9, 2018. In October we hosted Tasnim Shamma, a journalist with NPR WABE who gave a presentation on the experiences of a Muslim journalist. We had very informative discussion and the students really enjoyed the informative exchange. Fourth graders were so excited they even asked for her autograph! Fifth graders did presentations on culture and heritage which was the topic of one of their reading assignments. Both fourth and fifth graders also went on a school field trip Quest Laser Tag, which was not only educational but a great deal of fun! Please encourage your child to complete the weekly homework packets and IXL skills! Jzk!