3rd GRADE

SEPTEMBER Character of the Month: 

KINDNESS

There is a reward for kindness to every living thing. (Bukhari) 

Oct. 9 - PTO Hosts PIZZA LUNCH 

Oct. 10 - Uniform Free Friday—"Monochromatic Day" 

Oct. 10 - End of 1st Quarter 

Please refer to the school website dupeoria.org for more detailed information regarding upcoming events.

COMPETITION

The HS Student Council will be holding a school-wide competition for Pre-K through 8th grade from October 6–15. Each class will work to collect the most paper towel rolls, and the winning class will receive an Ice Cream Party. For scoring, toilet paper rolls will count as 1 point each, and kitchen towel rolls will count as 2 points each. We have already started collecting. Please keep sending the rolls in. Just for clarification: We are collecting the inside cardboard roll, not the toilet paper or kitchen paper towel. The part that gets thrown away. I showed them in class what they look like. 

PTO PIZZA LUNCH FUNDRAISER 

The PTO will be hosting a Pizza Lunch fundraiser for students and staff on Thursday, October 9. Participation is optional, and students may choose individual items or the full combo. The menu includes two slices of Papa John’s pizza for $4, two cookies from Sam’s for $1, and a Kool-Aid or Capri Sun for $1. A full combo of all three items will be available for $6. A form has been sent home with students. It is also attached for your convenience. If your child would like to participate in this lunch, please complete and return the form. 

 PTO Pizza Lunch Fundraiser  

THE STUDENT COUNCIL UNIFORM FREE FRIDAY 

The theme for Free Uniform Day on Friday, October 10 is “Monochromatic Day.” This means students are encouraged to wear clothing in one color or different shades of the same color—for example, all blue, all green, or all pink. Have fun getting creative with the look while keeping it school-appropriate! 

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on:

•     Thursday, October 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

•     Friday, October 17 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Please note: There will be no student attendance on these days.

Please click on the name of the teacher you want to schedule a meeting with. You should be able to choose a time slot to meet and discuss academic progress, classroom behavior, and goals for the year. We encourage all parents to participate in these conferences to strengthen the home-school connection and support your child’s learning journey.

• Mrs. S. Adnan

• Ms. M. Fatima 

REPORTING ABSENCE

To report an absence, please email Daarul Uloom and the homeroom teacher. We request parents to notify us before 9:00 AM for each day’s absence.

LATE PICK UP

Please note the following policies regarding pick-up times: All students must be picked at 3:20PM.  Daarul Uloom gives parents a grace period of 15 minutes to pick up their children. If a child is not picked up by 3:35PM, it is considered a late pickup. A charge of $5 per 15 minutes per child will apply.

WUDU AND SALAH

We pray Dhuhr in school everyday. I need your help in this:

1. Please make sure that your student makes Wudu in the morning and then puts on socks after drying their feet. I have already reviewed the steps of Wudu in class and how to do masah (wiping over socks) especially in school. Your help and support in review and reinforcement would be greatly appreciated. The students do not have time to take their socks off to make Wudu, then dry their feet and put on socks. The students use the restrooms that are attached to the gym ONLY when they have recess. The restrooms in the school wing do not have sit-down Wudu making area like the gym ones. 

2. Please continue to review salah at home. We do go over it in school regularly. Any areas that we see that the students are struggling in, we reteach. 

3. The students were amazing during this Friday prayers. The boys who prayed in the men's musallah area got complimented by Ms. Saba Fatima. She supervises the boys during Salah. The girls were upstairs with me. We have 5 minutes discussion about the Khutbah after we came back to class. The discussion focusses on things they learned or remembered that were mentioned in the Khutbah. We did this the first Friday in school, and this last Friday the students couldn't wait to be back in class and share. I am glad to report that they were really  paying attention, and some remembered points from previous one.  

FIELDTRIPS AND NEED FOR AUTHORIZED DRIVERS

The students took home information about their first fieldtrip which is to Tanner's Orchard. We will be going in a school bus. While we are not limiting the number of parents/chaperones who can accompany us, however keep in mind the following:

1. Please let us know when you return the form along with the $7 entrance fee. We will purchase your ticket when we purchase the students' and you will be counted as part of our group.

2. You can meet us directly there. No need to come to school. Due to space limitations in the bus, the chaperones will have to drive themselves.

3. If you have multiple students going on this fieldtrip, please clearly indicate which grade you signed up to accompany.

On this fieldtrip, KG, 4th, and 5th will be joining us. As I mentioned on the Back to School night that in the absence of authorized parent drivers, we have to rent a school bus. This substantially adds to our cost. To offset individual high costs, we make the student group bigger (thus the other grades accompanying us). There are places I would love to take students, but they cannot accommodate this number since the facilities are too small. Just last year we went to WTVP station. It was just us, and this was before the new driver requirements went into effect. The year before this, we went to WTVP and the Peoria Courthouse. In order to be an authorized driver, a copy of valid driver's license and car insurance has to be submitted to the office. For current group, I would need 4-5 drivers with each taking at least 4-5 students. We currently have 19 third graders. Once I have the information that I have authorized drivers from the office, I can look into arranging these field trips. As always, Jazakallah Khairun for your support.

BLUE FOLDERS

The blue folders with the graded work be sent home on Mondays. Regular classroom work is to be kept at home, whereas quizzes and tests (or anything marked "please sign and return') are to be sent back with your signature on them. Please make sure that the folders are returned by Friday or following Monday at the latest. I can not send papers home without the folders. Email me if you have any questions about any paper sent home. 

In class, we follow the procedure for class corrections. The students for do their work in pencil, and then later we review together. This is when the students use the blue pens. They can correct any mistakes they made or complete questions they didn't do. Sometimes, I may even ask them to do one or two things extra as a review. As long as the students have corrected and finished their work, I do not take any points. If there are spelling mistakes, missing additional work I asked, or missing corrections, I take points off. They can see my work displayed on the Smartboard. So when you see classwork with work done in blue by your student, that is them doing corrections. This practice gives us an idea of what the students actually know without them worrying about the grade. 

VOLUNTEERING

Junior Achievement is one of those programs that 3rd graders love and look forward to. I am looking forward to a volunteer to lead this. All the materials are provided for. 5-6 sessions by the first week of December. We can work out a schedule that is convenient to you.

ROOM PARENT: Looking for someone to take this position. Their main job is to co-ordinate with other parents and organize events. During the school year, 3rd grade ha sthree main events: 2 semester parties and 1 bake sale.

AT HOME VOLUNTEERING: If you are looking for volunteering work that you can do at home, please let me know.

GUEST READERS/ ARTS AND CRAFTS: If you would like to come and read to the class or come teach art or craft, please let me know. We would love to have you.

Also, join the DU PTO! Their support make many things possible in school.

EARLY PICK-UP

If you need to pick-up your student early, I request you to please let me know if possible a day before or early in the morning the day of. I do not check my email at all when I am in the class. That time is for the students only. When I know in advance, I can make sure that your student is prepared and ready to go. Your support in this is greatly appreciated. Jazakullah Khairun.

DAILY PLANNER

On Friday, your student should have come home with a notebook marked as DAILY PLANNER. This is for every day communication. It is also help the students become more organized and independent when it comes to school. I would appreciate it if parents took a few minutes to check it everyday. Your initials would tell me that you reviewed the information sent home. More will be explained on "Back to School" Night.

LIABILITY WAIVER FORM

If you haven't yet signed liability waiver form for your student, please let me know. I can send the form home. It is one form per family.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Jazakallah Khairun for sending in the school supplies. Only the following school supplies are collected for community use in 3rd grade:

1. copy paper

2. Kleenex boxes/ Tissue boxes

3. Wipes

4. Pencils

The rest of the supplies are kept by the students for their own use. Each student has desk space and a drawer to store their immediate use. Extra supplies are kept in storage which they have access to should they need them. If later in the year, your student comes to you that they are running short on something, please note that your student was the only one to use them. Glue sticks are often the things many students run short of. If you want to take advantage of the ongoing clearance sales right now, I would highly encourage you to do so. I have already stocked up on this as back up supply.