Indiana Horizon Academy

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1 IHA Mission To provide a nurturing Islamic environment where students aspire for excellence in education, integrity and leadership skills to better serve humanity. Principal s Corner Dear Parents and Community Members, Indiana Horizon Academy 2ND QUARTER Assalam Aalikum WA Rahmatu Allah WA Baraktuh, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 With the blessing of Allah SWT, we started third quarter of the year with much colder weather and snow. I am sure all IHA students are enjoying snow. This semester we have many assessments scheduled to begin at the end of January with WIDA (for eligible ESL students) followed by the second round of MAP for KG to 3rd students in February. Our Third graders will have their state I-Learn and I-Read testing in March and April. Please make sure all students are getting enough sleep and eat breakfast at home. We will send the exact dates as they get closer. I would like to thank all of the parents who help our fundraisers event. We have different fundraising projects (box tops, dining nights are different restaurants, catalogue purchase and bake sales every other Friday). We will be starting a new script card fundraiser (gifts cards at different retail stores that can be ordered a head of time. The school will get a percentage of the card sales. Alhamdulillah our after school clubs are up and running and we looking forward to new clubs as soon as the Lego and Spanish clubs are over. We encourage parents to volunteer and help with organizing afterschool programs. We are looking for new IHA parents got talent! Reading is the foundation of success. The first word in the Quran that was revealed to Prophet Muhammad PBUH is Iqraa (Read). We work hard to instill the love of reading in our children at a young age. Please encourage your child (ren) to read every night in both languages (English and Arabic). The more you read the more things you know. The more that your learn the more places you ll go. InshAllah we are planning an Islamic/Arabic book fair in March to bring you more educational material to have at home and share with your children. Wassalam Alaiklum Lama Almoazen To all the Moms who helped with the bake sales for November and December. Masha Allah, we raised $ Important dates: Inside This Issue: Ms. Mari 2 Ms. Huda / Ms. Hanan 3 Ms. Hanan 4 Ms. Mona 5 Ms. Wafaa 6 Ms. Sherry/ Ms. Pam Ms. Jane / Third Grade Student Council 7 8 Who am I? 9 Featured Students Events & activities January 22nd 100th day of school 23rd Culture Day/No uniform 28th 31st WIDA testing for Elementary Febuary 15th Grandparents/ Special guest Day 19th Presidents Day / No School March 13th End of 3rd quarter 22nd No School 25th 29th Spring Break / No School Star Students 14-15

2 Page 2 All About Ms. Mari s Preschool and Pre-Kinder We have been so busy in both classes, but we still made time for some fun! We dressed up in what our future careers might be, and ate stone soup, and learned to love zaatar made from scratch by Ms. Zainab! We also finished up several major projects, including the work with the ABC s, and I pulled out some more challenging activities to start exploring. In December, we celebrated Dads with donuts and some homemade art work. I also created a wish list on Amazon and several children were so excited to bring in new materials for the classroom! We also celebrated Arabic Day and took a long break from school. I missed the kids so much, that I asked to see pictures of them and it looked like they were having too much fun!

3 Page 3 Ms. Huda s Quran Blossom Assalamu Alaikum, Alhamdulilah, the kids are now used to the daily routine. It s time for me to focus on learning. ر رمان ز زرافة س سمكة In Arabic, we had fun learning the letters and few vocabulary words for each letter. And of ش شمس course we made a project for each letter too. I am so happy that the kids now can converse a little in Arabic. In Islamic Studies, we learned the Hadith : Translation ),اسمسلن the true Muslim is من سلن اسمسلملن من سسام لسمل the one who other Muslims feel very safe from his hand and his tongue and how important to keep our hands to our self and say only nice words). We also learned the colors and shapes. Mrs. Huda We enjoyed discussing different cultures and each student learned about their country. Kids had a great time talking about their future career We learned the four seasons and discuss the difference between them. Ms. Hanan s Quran Blossom Dear parents: السالم عليكم ورحمة هللا وبركاته I hope you all are doing well and in best Iman and health. Mash Allah I can t believe that second quarter is already over! Subhana Allah how did the days go by so quick, Mash Allah our students have gained so much knowledge. Arabic: We are learning new alphabet every week with couple of vocabularies that start with the alphabet. My students are so happy when they make the projects related to the letter of the week; they were so excited on the International Arabic Day. Allhamdullellah it was so successful. Qura n: We continue with Juz Amma Surahs and so far we finished Surat: Al-Kawthar Al- Ma uon - Quraish with their stories. I was so happy when three of my students competed to memorize more than what they were assigned, their moms told me: they want you to be happy and proud of them. Allhamdullellah, I am grateful that we are planting the seeds of good manners and Faith. Islamic Studies: They learned many Dua a and many Manners that improved their character as a good Muslim, and they were so excited of our Prophet Muhammed s pbuh life (Seerah).

4 ي ل Page 4 Ms. Hanan s Elementary Arabic & Islamic Studies Arabic for (KG): Students learned the other doubled three short vowels which called Tanween : fathataan its sound Ftha with fake noon, Kasrataan its sound Kasra with fake noon and Dammataan its sound Damma with fake noon, all come at the ends of the nouns, then the stu- ا : Madd dents learned the long vowels After that they had the sukoon, now we are in the Shadda which is the symbol. They started to read of the way of syllable. Arabic for 1 st grade: Students learned the following units in I love Arabic 1 book series: The Daily life and Family, the Body and five senses- The Animals life. With many Arabic grammars Arabic for 2 nd Grade: Students learned more about the school life, then all about the Family and Daily life with more of the feminine and masculine grammars. They had many kinds of games, reading stories on the international Arabic day Arabic for 3 rd Grade: Students finished the 2 nd book of I love Arabic 2 with their concepts of the religion celebrations and the vacations, they celebrated their completing the book in the international Arabic day. They started with the 3 rd book of this series, the first unit about greeting and hobbies. Islamic studies for KG:The students learned about Islam is our religion and how is Islam around the world,then they learned about the holy books including Quran and how Allah swt protect Qur an till now and forever. Islamic studies for 1 st grade: Students learned about Prophet Muhammad s (pbuh) life (Seerah) and we follow him as our role model. We love him more than ourselves. Islamic studies for 2 nd & 3 rd grade: Students learned about the story of Prophet Ibrahim pbuh from his childhood till he built AlKabbah, then they continued learning of the five pillars of Islam starting with Hajj. They also reviewed wudoo steps.

5 Page 5 Ms. Mona s Quran Blossom Dear Parents, As-salāmu ʿalaykum (Peace be upon you) Praise is to Allah by whose grace good deeds are completed, children have improved during the second quarter. They can now recognize Arabic letters and some of them can read words of 4 and 5 letters. Most of the children memorized up to Surah Ash-Shams. They memorized the hadiths and supplications that will be used in their daily life. I am sharing with your some of what they have learned in the past two months: Quran: We studied Surah Al-Qadr, Al-Alaq, At-Tin, Ash-Sharh, Ad-Duha with overall meaning. Islamic Studies: Hadith on Purification: Purity is half of faith, Hadith about the Strong Believer. Dua a for parents, when entering and leaving the Masjid, Conditions for validity of Ṣalāh, Arabic language: We studied letter Ha,(ح) Taa,(ط) kha (خ) Dal),(م Seen,(س) Sheen,(ش) Za,(ز) and Sad (ص) with sound and different shapes. KG: 1 st Grade: 2 nd Grade: Ms. Mona s Elementary Quran Classes We studied Surah Al-Burooj, Surah Al-Inshiqaq, memorizing with the ayat meanings. An- Nuraniyah: I have deferent levels> Lesson 9: we are practicing tanween and the three letters of mad and the two letters of alleen. Lesson 10: we are practicing Sukoon Tilawah from Quran book. Surah Al-Ghashiyah, Al-A la, At-Tariq, Al-Burooj, Al-Jinn, At-Tahreem memorizing with the ayat meanings. Lesson 9: we are practicing tanween and the three letters of mad and the two letters of alleen. Tilawah from Quran book. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Al-Muzzammil, Al-Jinn, Nuh, Al-Ma arij, Al-Haqqah, Al-Qalam, Al-Mulk, At- Tahreem memorizing with the ayat meanings. 3 rd Grade: We studied Surah Al-Qalam from 1-52 with the ayat meanings. Tilawah from Quran book.

6 Page 6 Ms. Wafaa s Kindergarten Classroom Twirling, whirling, round we go! November, December, and January here we go! Kindergarteners continued to learn to read and write, as they are becoming more mature and responsible citizens not only in our classroom but also in our school community. We continued to work on three values: responsibility, respect, and safety while working on improving their Stamina. They also focused on their decoding, fluency, and comprehension skills. They worked on becoming word detectives. They are learning how to use different strategies in decoding including looking for visual and structural cues when reading new words. We are all sledding into good books and our favorites are: Pete the Cat: I love my White shoes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School shoes, Pete the Cat and his groovy buttons by Eric Litwin. Remember that Readers are leaders!! We also honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, an African civil right movement leader who helped protect the rights of all Americans. I can t believe it that we will celebrate our one hundred day soon! A note from the teacher s desk: Homework: Please make sure that your child finishes his/her work on timely matter. Please make sure homework packets are returned on the due date. Please help us by emptying, signing, and returning messages in a timely order. Reading: Please make sure you read the weekly news letters and complete at home activities with your child as well make sure that your child read, and record the book that comes with them every night. These books have to be returned daily to school. Furthermore, please continue to read and study with your child their sight words as well listen to them as they read. We are trying to improve decoding, fluency as well boost their confidence. So proud that many started AR, Accelerated Reader program where children read books and get tested in them. Please make sure your child read his/ her book 3 times before taking a test. Our goal is to read a book and get tested at least once a week. Our goal is 2 points each month minimum. Math: Students are learning that math is part of their daily life. They are learning about time, money facts measurement, recording data using different graphs, and addition / subtraction facts using base ten frames. We are also exploring geometry and attributes, flat and 3- dimensional shapes- sphere, cylinder, rectangular prism and their attributes. Please continue working with your children on memorizing their personal information including birthdays, phone number and address. Also, please provide different opportunities for your child to count and practice writing their numbers.as well counting from any given number by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Book-It calendars are due the last day of each month. March will mark the end of the Pizza Hut Book it program. Students who read and turned in their monthly reading calendars for all six months will have a party and will get All Readers medals.

7 Page 7 Ms. Sherry s 1st Grade Classroom I can t believe another nine weeks has come and gone! First grade is moving right along! The students are learning a lot and growing every day. So far this year in reading we have focused mainly on identifying details and main ideas in what we read. The second semester starts bringing in a lot of new skills and it moves really fast! We will start working on sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, author s purpose, and theme to name a few. Also, another big difference with second semester is that I will no longer read the reading tests. Up until now, I have read the reading test and questions out loud. Now, the students will need to read and answer the questions on their own. I have been preparing the students for this and they know it is coming. In math we have covered many skills including place value, adding and subtraction, and money. Second semester also starts getting more difficult in math. We will be working on time, measurement, fractions, 2-digit addition and subtraction, and geometry. Please continue to work with your students at home by making sure they are doing their nightly reading and math homework. Ms. Pam s 2nd Grade Classroom Wow! Can you believe half of the school year is over? Time is just flying by. We are working hard in 2nd grade. We are doing a research project on the culture and customs of INDIA! We are very fortunate to have a student with an Indian background and she was able to bring in Items for us to see. Our culture day and food tasting will be on Jan. 23rd. We will be celebrating the 100th day of school on Jan.22nd and we are planning lots of fun activities. We are finishing up our Math unit in Geometry. We will be starting multiplication and division. Our spelling words and reading stories are getting tougher. We continue to work daily on comprehension. Please make sure everyone is reading for at least 20 minutes or more each night. Soon we will be taking round 2 of Indiana state tests. Reminder: Report Cards are available to view online. Let me know if you have any questions on logging on. Students should be able to access their accounts for our educational websites at home. We have abc mouse, education.com, and reading a-z. Please try to limit their use of video games during the school week and replace it with educational programs. Also, it is important to make sure kids are getting enough sleep 9-10 hrs. a night is recommended. We look forward to Spring and warmer weather and the start of our expansion project. Our fund raising dinner will be in April date to be determined. Thank you for being so supportive!

8 Page 8 Ms. Jane s 3rd Grade Classroom This quarter we will continue to move full speed ahead. We are working on building our reading fluency and comprehension. We will be concentrating on reading more outside the classroom. We are learning new and exciting math in our classroom, including fractions, decimals, and even geometry! As required by the state of Indiana, in third grade, we will be taking the I-Read state test in March, and the state I-Learn test begins in April. I wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent in food for our food drive this past November. We were able to donate several large boxes of food to the Northwest Indiana Food Bank. Our student council is working on ways to come up with a paper recycling program next. We hope to have our plan in place soon!! Student Council Food Drive

9 Be the first one to your answer to and your child/(ren) will get a token from her/his teacher Page 9 Who am I?

10 Page 10 Featured students Lights, Camera! Action Name: Ziaunddin Quadri Age: 5 1/2 years old Favorite Subject: Math Favorite Book: The Bernstein Bears Sleepover When I grow: I want to be an Electric Engineer Ziauddin is special because he is a smart person Lights, Camera! Action Name: Qusay Hamed Age: 6 years old Favorite Subject: Math Favorite Book: Many Trees When I grow: I want to be a Police Officer. Qusay is special because he likes math. Lights, Camera! Action Name: Anam Alzeer Age: 7 years old Favorite Subject: Math Favorite Book: Pete the Cat When I grow: I want to be a Hair Stylist. Qusay is special because she tries hard.

11 Page 11 Featured students Lights, Camera! Action Name: Aleen Salameh Age: 4 years old Favorite Subject: Arabic Favorite Book: Pete the Cat When I grow: I want to be a Doctor. Aleen is special because she is doing Salah. Lights, Camera! Action Name: Nour Mattour Age: 8 years old Favorite Subject: Math Favorite Book: Dogman When I grow: Electric Engineer Nour is special because he is a funny person, he loves drawing, and he is very good at math.

12 Page 12 Events and Activities: Career & Arabic Days Career Day Pre-K Arabic Day Pre-K Career Day 2nd and 3rd Grades Arabic Day 2nd and 3rd Grades Career Day KG, 1st, and 2nd Grade Boys Career Day Pre-K

13 Page 13 Events and Activities: Dad & Donuts JazakAllahu Khairun Dads for coming and making your kids day special.

14 Page 14 November Star Students Harun Ibrahimi Sidra Safadi Maymoona Alnuaimi Abrar Hamed Aleen Salameh Houda Alkourdi

15 Page 15 December Star Students Ali Safadi Layali Salameh Hashim Jamaleddin Rajaa Ibrahimi Lamees Hamed Mariam Safadi Abrahim Alnuaimi Bisan Kalam