{"id":308998,"date":"2024-08-29T14:18:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=308998"},"modified":"2024-08-29T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:19:34","slug":"week-1-we-love-grade-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2024\/08\/29\/week-1-we-love-grade-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1 &#8211; We Love Grade 4\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello everybody,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We, Ms Amy, Ms Sri &amp; Ms Salima &amp; Ms Hajer, are very pleased and excited to have had a great start with a delightful group of students and a refreshing set of \u2018start of the year\u2019 activities. Have a look at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1kgNXiSVm44JRoeRm2ToFwkzWljICzJse?usp=drive_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Week 1 photos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What we did in Week 1:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Getting to know each other and team building activities were our major focus this week.Students learnt to ask questions, be good listeners and interact with each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Establishing Routines: We have established some routines that students are expected to follow at the start of the day, during transition, during class and at the end of the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First Day Jitters: Students expressed their first day feelings by drawing emojis and by doing a write-up about how we felt on the first day of school.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Essential Agreement: We are coming up with our essential agreement, establishing a class culture base on kindness and motivation for learning,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Math Number knowledge and Basic facts pre-assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What we plan to do in Week 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Complete the Essential Agreement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Complete the Emoji project and use rubrics to self-assess.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Math &#8211; Problem-solving skill: Looking for patterns, modelling and representing numbers up to 1,000\u2019s<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WIDA assessments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Begin to post samples of students\u2019 work on Seesaw.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How can you help:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please send a reusable water bottle, healthy snacks and lunch, sun hat\/cap, pencil case everyday.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please fill out the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSea9qqiD2vt6HHRAE2NHnTKLOd2eYirNpgKgWaOhHDHObxbzA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> we sent earlier this morning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speak with your student using English.\u00a0 Ask them what they did during the day or what they are learning about.\u00a0 Use open-ended questions.\u00a0 Sometimes you might need to draw the information out.\u00a0 Using the link to look through the weekly pictures might help.\u00a0 Incorporating this into your daily routine would have positive benefits.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Note regarding Swimming:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swimming starts next week: <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Class A: Ms. Amy\u2019s class swims on Monday; Regular PE on Sunday<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Class B: Ms. Sri\u2019s class swims on Tuesday; Regular PE on Wednesday<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Upcoming dates:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4th Sep Wednesday Parent Information Evening<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8th Sep &#8211;\u00a0 &#8211; After-School Activities Round 1 begins (Look out for sign up sheets)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have any questions about this or anything else school related,\u00a0 please do not hesitate to contact us via email at: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:a.norman@abisoman.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a.norman@abisoman.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:s.raghuraman@abisoman.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s.raghuraman@abisoman.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:s.alhamadani@abisoman.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s.alhamadani@abisoman.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:h.albalushi@abisoman.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">h.albalushi@abisoman.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We eagerly look forward to meeting you on Wednesday, the 5th of September, during the Parent Information Evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a lovely week ahead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks &amp; 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