CLASS TODAY : FEBRUARY 22ND

4a : In class today we shared family pictures and students talked about their family members!
We cancelled dictation today since they all had a Math test.  MAKE SURE YOU STUDY for your dictation tomorrow! Study the vocabulary from Lesson 1 in Unit 7!

4b: We talked about our family members and played the game "who am i?"
example : I am your brother's son.  I am   your  NEPHEW
               I am your parent's parents.  I am your GRANDPARENTS


We also started workbook pages 36 and 37.

The second time we had English, I was surprised to hear some students say that they "hate" their teachers.  So, in their notebooks, I had my students write and think about the question : WHY SHOULD YOU RESPECT YOUR TEACHERS?

I want students to think about this question.  In my class, and in all classes, students MUST be respectful to all their teachers and their classmates.

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK : February 22nd - February 27th

We've started a new unit this week!

UNIT 7 : PROMISES

On Saturday, we started the lesson by talking about our families!

Who is in our families? What do they look like? Are they tall, are they short? We also did a worksheet on family members. 

E.g. : Your brother or your sister's son is your : Nephew

          Your brother or your sister's daughter is your : Niece

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK !

MONDAY FEBRUARY 22ND, 2010

homework : Bring a picture of your family! We will talk about our families in class. 

in class : We will do a worksheet on Possessives (his, her, their, our)

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23RD, 2010

homework: STUDY FOR DICTATION! Study these words : husband, wife, daughter, children, niece, nephew, son, grandchildren  (these words are from Lesson 1 in Unit 7)

in class : DICTATION.  We will make sentences with the Possessives that we have learned, and introduce the words "must/ mustn't" to make Promise lists for family members. 

WEDNESDAY: FEBRUARY 24TH, 2010

homework : make a promise list for your father. List 5 things you promise to do.  (for example : I promise I will help clean the house)

in class: we will read each other's list and make a promise list for our classrooms as well!

THURSDAY : FEBRUARY 25TH, 2010

NO HOMEWORK! 

in class : we will talk about our promises and practice writing sentences with "Will/ Won't"

REVIEW FOR TEST!

In class today, we read the story that the students had to read for homework last night again.  I want students to feel comfortable with reading comprehension exercises.

I was not able to pass out the review sheets for the TEST ON THURSDAY.
THIS IS THE REVIEW SHEET FOR THE TEST!

UNIT 6 TEST ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18^TH, 2010

Could/ Could not

·         Be able to write sentences using the word “could” and using “could not”

·         I will ask you questions about what you could do 2 years ago, and about what you could not do

COMPREHENSION

I will give you a short story to read on the test.  You will read the story and then answer 3 questions about the story.  The questions will be like the questions from the story “Jeffrey Can’t Wait”

PAST SIMPLE TENSE:

Past Simple Tense = verb + ed

On the test, I will give you sentences.  You have to know if the sentence is in the past tense or in the present tense.

REMEMBER : IF YOU SEE THE WORDS LIKE :

·         YESTERDAY, LAST WEEK, LAST YEAR, AGO

That means that the sentence is in the past tense!! Check for these words when you read the sentences.

PREPOSITION OF LOCATION

                -Where is the Apple exercise

KNOW these prepositions :

·         Above

·         Around

·         Inside

·         Outside

·         Between

·         On top

·         Next to

·         Beside

·         At

·         Behind

KNOW what these mean!

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS :

• 1.       What is something that you can do now, but could not do 2 years ago?
• 2.       What could you do 1 year ago? What is something you could not do 1 year ago?
• 3.       How old were you 4 years ago?

EXAMPLE QUESTION:

I will give you a short story to read.  You will have to answer questions.

WRITE THE CORRECT VERB IN THE RIGHT FORM

1.       I love to _____

a.       Dances, danced, dance

2.       Last week, I  ________ to school with my friend

a.       Walking, walked, walks

3.       She always _______________ in class!

a.       Talked, talking, talks

4.       I _______ my lunch everyday

a.       Ate, eat, eating

5.       Yesterday, the boy _________ in class.  The teacher was really angry at him!

a.       Shouting, shouted, shouts

6.       My mother _____________ on the computer all the time

a.       Typed, typing, types

7.       She _______ for a long time last night

a.       Typing, typed, type

FIND THE PREPOSITION : I will give you a short story and you have to circle the preposition words! This will be just like what we did for homework last night!

Class today : February 15th!

Sorry for posting so late!

4A :
NOTE FOR MS. MAGGIE'S STUDENTS!
You do not have to complete the homework that I (Ms. Fahmida assign).  You only have to complete homework if Ms. Maggie gives you homework.  ALSO, you will get a test from MS. MAGGIE on Thursday, not from me.  Your test will be different.  Let me know if you have any questions.

MY CLASS : we went over homework and practiced saying "what we could do 2 years ago" and "what we could not do 2 years ago"

*NOTE: I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE HOMEWORK! Great job everyone!

HOMEWORK FOR TOMORROW:

I gave my students the story "Jeffrey Can't Wait".  I want students to read the story at home.  I want students to understand the story.  If there is any word they do not know, circle the word and ask me tomorrow in class what it means.  THEN, I want students to complete the QUESTION worksheet.

4B : first period :

We reviewed the homework. We practiced asking each other questions about what we could do 2 years ago and what we could not.  I also asked them questions to help them practice past tense.  For example questions like : How old were you 2 years ago? How old were you 3 years ago?

NOTE : From now on there will be STAR STUDENTS OF THE DAY!!! Their pictures will be posted on this site!

At the end of the week, there will be a STAR STUDENT OF THE WEEK and they will win a prize!!!

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK : February 15th - 20th

BOTH 4A and 4B 

 THIS WEEK WE WILL HAVE A TEST ON UNIT 6 ON THURSDAY!

We will review each lesson this week to prepare for the test!
I want you to study each lesson, and if there is anything you don't understand please ask me!!! The test will be SIMILAR to the lesson but it will not be the SAME thing.
I will be giving you example review sheets in class.

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY 15TH 
-Study the charts in Lesson 2 in Unit 6.
-WRITE (in your activity notebook) about 2 things you could do two years ago.  How well could you do those things?
Write about 2 things that you could not do 2 years ago.  Do you want to learn how to do those things now?
In Class  on Monday : We will review the homework.  I want to hear from each student.  On the test you will have to write! I want to see how well you can write sentences!
We will read a short story in class. 


HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16TH
-Read Short story at home, Complete comprehension questions on the back of the paper.  ALSO CIRCLE any prepositions that you see in the story!
In class : We will review the story and also review Past Simple Sentences.  I will give you UNIT 6 Review Sheet for Thursday's test.  COMPLETE THIS REVIEW SHEET AT HOME FOR WEDNESDAY.


HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17TH : COMPLETE THE REVIEW SHEET!
In Class : come prepared with any questions you have about the review sheet or about the lessons! We will finish the review sheet. 


HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18TH : STUDY FOR THE TEST
In Class : Unit 6 Test

Classroom Photos!!! More to come soon :)

Pictures from 4A!

TODAY IN CLASS : FEBRUARY 10, 2010

DICTATION TOMORROW ON THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
-Tripped
-Hole
-Mummies
-Coins
-Treasure

4A  :  We read the story "Treasures in the Sand" in class and answered questions about the story.  I want you to read the story at home, to practice reading.  
We asked these questions in class about the story :
     1. Where was the man? Which country was he in?
     2.  How long were the mummies there?
    3.  How did the man find the mummies?

I also checked yesterday's Preposition homework.

4B :  I gave them their Preposition worksheet and we worked on that in class.  I want students to study the first sheet of the packet, and look at the different words that can be used as prepositions! Look at the sentences!! Do you see and understand when each preposition word is used?

***NOTE *** ABOVE and BELOW are opposites,   INSIDE and OUTSIDE are opposites

I also gave the students the story "Treasures in the Sand" so that they can study for their dictation tomorrow on the words : Tripped, hole, mummies, coins, treasure

See you all tomorrow!

GAMES!!

FLASH HANGMAN GAME!!!! GUESS THE PREPOSITION!
see how many you can get! :) 

http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/k/words.php?f=prepositions

TODAY IN CLASS : FEBRUARY 9, 2010

WE HAVE STARTED ON “PREPOSITIONS”

 Prepositions are a part of  UNIT 6, and I wanted to help students learn prepositions more clearly than what we have in the book.  I have given them more examples and worksheets to help them understand when to use “prepositions”

4A : HOMEWORK : FINSIH YOUR WORKSHEET

4B: NO HOMEWORK : The copy machine was not working, and I was not able to print worksheets.  Review your notes, we will do the exercises on the worksheet tomorrow in class!

IN CLASS : IN THEIR ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK : WE LEARNED THAT THE “PREPOSITIONS OF LOCATION” TELLS US WHERE SOMETHING IS! 

We did an exercise called “Where is the apple?”

We drew an apple BETWEEN two glasses of water (BETWEEN and IN THE MIDDLE are Prepositions)

Then we drew an apple ON TOP of a book (ON and ON TOP are prepositions)

Then we drew an apple INSIDE a glass (IN and INSIDE are prepositions)

After introducing these prepositions with pictures, we wrote a list of some other prepositions.

THIS IS THE LIST OF PREPOSITIONS THAT I WANT STUDENTS TO STUDY:

1.      1.   ABOVE

2.  2.    AROUND

3.  3.    INSIDE

4.  4.   OUTSIDE

5.  5.   BETWEEN

6.  6. ON TOP

7.  7.   NEXT TO

8.  8. BESIDE

9.  9.   AT

1 10.   BEHIND

1  11.    NEAR

112.   BELOW
   13.   IN FRONT OF

Please study these at home!

TODAY IN CLASS : FEBRUARY 8, 2010

4A :
There are many students in class that are having a lot of problems reading and understanding in class.  The following students have Ms. Maggie :
Carolene
Basil Izz
Taleen
Nizar
Ghassan
Jalal
Bassil Shweky
Mahmoud Ali
Rami

These students did not take the quiz.  They are getting a lot of help from Ms Maggie, and they are working on worksheets during class time.  This is to help them with the class!

Students with Ms. Fahmida took their quiz today on "Past Simple Tense"

NO HOMEWORK FOR TOMORROW! I did not give Preposition worksheet.  We will do that tomorrow in class after reviewing the quiz.

4B :
During first period, we reviewed the quiz.  8th period, they took their quiz on "Simple Past Tense".
NO HOMEWORK FOR TOMORROW.  I did not give them the Preposition worksheet.  We will do that tomorrow.

***The quizzes that I give are SIMILAR to the worksheets we do in class.  Students must STUDY their worksheets, and UNDERSTAND what we are doing.  During the quiz, they must think about each answer choice, it is not a copy of the worksheets we have done before***

WE WILL HAVE A DAY FOR MAKE UP QUIZ FOR ANY STUDENT THAT WAS ABSENT TODAY!

HOMEWORK : FEBRUARY 8TH - FEBRUARY 13TH

MONDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2010

QUIZ 4: SIMPLE PAST TENSE – I will be giving you sentences on a worksheet and you have to identify the verbs in the past tense.  **Study the worksheets that I gave you last week** IN CLASS : Introduce Prepositions,  Lesson 4 (page 34, Pupil’s book) HOMEWORK  : complete Preposition worksheet

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2010

*Please make sure students have their activity notebooks* -Review the quiz from yesterday - We will do exercises in our notebooks on Prepositions

NO HOMEWORK for tomorrow






WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2010

-          IN CLASS  :  Please have your activity notebooks.  We will practice reading short passages and answering comprehension questions “Treasures in the Sand” (page 36 - comprehensoin -          ** I will be sending home a list of words to study for dictation**

HOMEWORK : study list of words


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2010

DICTATION : IN  class dictation.

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UNIT 6 REVIEW SHEET


SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2010

IN CLASS : complete Unit 6 review sheet

Homework : Study Unit 6 Review sheet 

*NOTE FOR PARENTS*

***PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS THEIR ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK IN CLASS EVERYDAY***

**PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD BRINGS A FOLDER JUST FOR ENGLISH CLASS EVERY DAY***

Dear Parents,
First, I want to say a warm hello.  Second, I want to thank you for being wonderful parents. I know that it is not easy for your child to adjust to a new foreign teacher, or to not be able to speak Arabic during English class in the classroom.  However, I can assure you that, within my first month of teaching I am seeing a huge improvement in students ability to speak English!  I am adjusting to the system here also, and I want to keep clear communication with you, so that we can work as a team for the success of your child.

I will post what we do in class daily.  It is very important, I feel, that to be an English learner, students must not only be able to read and write in English, but also have good understanding of English and be comfortable speaking it! We do many speaking exercises in class so that students feel comfortable asking questions and answering questions in English.  Practice, practice, practice is key!

Class time is very important.  To learn a language, students must be able to hear what is being said in English in class.
IMPORTANT NOTE : CLASS BEHAVIOR is an important part of your child's grade! Please tell your child to behave in class.  I will take off points for any fighting, shouting and screaming, throwing, running and talking in class.  PLEASE REMIND YOUR CHILD that they must listen in class! If they have problems understanding, they need to ask me and I will help them.

For the last 3 weeks, I have used many worksheets to help students with their grammar, comprehension, and English writing.  We will be using the Pupil's Book, the Workbook, Grammar worksheets, Reading passages and doing short writing exercises in class.  Students should expect at least one short quiz every week.  Dictations will also be once a week.  When I give UNIT TESTS to students, it will also have the grammar that we studied in class.  I will ALWAYS provide the student with a review sheet before the Unit Test to help them with studying.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,
Ms. Fahmida