The Pre-Kindergarten classroom at Dayton Islamic School is a self-contained room with a Montessori-based curriculum. Most of each day is spent with the children working on self-directed learning explorations, either individually or in partnerships. Each day, the students receive two short lessons from the teacher (generally about 10 minutes each), one in Language Arts and one in Mathematics. Once a week, the students participate in an Art activity related to the current instructional content for the given week. In addition, twice a week the students play songs as a class, using and sharing musical instruments. The resources of our school also provide special content for the students as they grow into devout Muslims. Every day, the students practice their Qur'an passages and Arabic vocabulary with their Arabic teacher, Sr. Eaman.
Upcoming Events Friday, May 28th is our LAST day of school! Please remember to pick up your child at 12:00, as it is a half-day for all students.
I cannot believe this is our last week together! It has been an incredible year for us, and I will miss the students dearly over the Summer months. For your child to retain the information and skills he or she has gained this year, please continue to read together over the Summer! It is great fun (and practice) for your child! Our Focus For May 24-28 is….
Language Arts:
Retelling stories in the correct sequence ( First...Next...Last)
Review characters and setting in stories
Our last trip to the Book Mobile will be on Friday.
Informal sentence writing with Summer as the topic
Pairs of rhyming words in partners Review punctuation marks as a large group/Which mark goes with which sentence? Mathematics:
Review coins and their values/word cards that match
Review students' heights from February/ Who has grown? How much difference is there?
Student-created patterns/Extending these patterns
Review devices that measure time Science/Social Studies:
Tracking growth of our butterfly larvae/chrysalides- Hopefully all of them will emerge so that we can let them go outside!
Review differences among a group of people Discuss the differences that exist within our classroom (boys and girls, heights, ages, etc.)
Demonstrations of gravity and review with simple experiments Review fast/slow and other ways to move outside on soccer field Compare this week's temperature with last week's/ Any changes? Why?
Note From Miss T.
Parents,
I hope to work closely with you all during the course of the school year to ensure that the students achieve as many goals as possible. I will keep in contact with you on a regular basis, and I hope that you will do the same with me. My email address is Rebecca@dis4u.org.
Reminders
Please continue to adhere to our school's set drop-off and pick-up times. I thank you all, because I have seen much improvement with this recently!!!
Every two weeks, your child will bring home his or her blanket. Please wash it and return to school the following Monday. I have noticed that a lot of students are borrowing my blankets and pillows because they do not have their own. Please make sure that your child's belongings come back to school so they can be comfortable at school.
Also, many of the students are coming to school without their folders. Please make sure that your child brings his or her folder to school EVERY day. Thank you!!
Photos of Our Classroom
 Creating Patterns
 Transferring liquids to improve concentration and hand-eye coordination Exploring the value of numbers Transferring objects to improve focus and counting skills Enjoying looking at and retelling stories we've read together, which is important for recall in beginning readers Moving cautiously in the room, staying focused and bolstering responsibility The Firefighters that came to school to teach us Fire Safety Working around the room in our Firefighter Hats!!! More fun work on Fire Safety Day!! Our classroom Green Bean Harvest! Sure, not many grew, but there were enough for every student to taste! Sampling the delicious ice cream that the Kindergarten class made and shared with us. A performance of Reader's Theater, an exciting way for the students to recall a story by acting it out. For this performance, the students acted out our class-written short story, Frog's New Friends.   |