Hot Dot Lunch

The DAAPA Grade 5 Completion Committee will be hosting a hotdog lunch sale on Thursday, May 4, for students in grade 3-5.  Order forms have been sent home. If you wish to order, kindly return the order form with exact change by morning of Tuesday, May 2. Thank you for your ongoing support! 

A Note from Music 🎼

Hello Third Grade Parents, 

We are pleased to invite you to your child's music curriculum showcase, which has now moved to Thursday, May 23-24. The showcase will be held in the music room #259 in the ES building. Please remind your child to come to school that day in concert attire: A nice dress, button up shirt and tie with nice pants and dress shoes. We look forward to seeing you there!

3MLK: Wednesday, May 24 9:05-9:55AM

3JRW: Tuesday, May 23 8:00-8:44AM

3JT: Wednesday, May 24 12:50-1:35PM

3RK: Wednesday, May 24 8:10-9:00AM

3LN: Tuesday, May 23 10:24-11:10AM

3OP: Wednesday, May 24 10:55-11:45AM

3JB: Tuesday, May 23 12:00-12:45PM

3DMC: Tuesday, May 23 8:48-9:32AM

Thanks!

Miss Wyse

Social Studies Weekend Homework

Today your son or daughter is bringing home our final Social Studies project on trade.  Each student chose a produce import to study (ex. apples, cucumbers, pineapples, etc.) They have recorded data on why they think this is imported rather than grown in Dubai and now they need to collect data on where this is imported from.  We will be doing research on this in class but I need your help to collect the data from home.   

Your son or daughter should decide what data they would like to collect.  It can be any one of the following options (or a combination of 2 different options): 

1. Go to one or more grocery stores and record what different countries this product comes from.
2. Record the prices for the product and compare them to the place the product comes from. (Does the distance it is from Dubai make it more expensive?)
3. Do a taste test for the different countries and record your observations.  
4. Go to import/organic/specialized/local stores and compare the prices of this product at the different stores.
5. Do a survey of 5-10 people and find out what country they prefer their product imported from and ask why they prefer this region.  

Before Monday, please help your son or daughter record and collect this data. On Monday, we will begin organizing it into graphs and charts and then create a presentation.  

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thank you so much for your support! 

PS. If you cannot make it to the grocery story, some places have shopping available online, such as Choitrams. 

🌟 Pinocchio🌟

Our grade 5 performing artists will be presenting "My Son Pinocchio" live on the DAA Auditorium stage this week!

Wednesday, April 19th at 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm  

Thursday, April 20^th at 3:30 pm  

DAA Auditorium  

Tickets are available from the Reception desks.  

AED 25 each.  (Proceeds donated to charity)

We invite you to join us on this magical, musical journey! It’s sure to be fun for the whole family.  Don’t miss out!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school! I hope you each enjoyed a wonderful spring break. It was interesting to hear reports from the children about all the fun they had. Holidays do a world of good for us, don't they?

It's obviously taken me a few days to get back into the swing of things, so please forgive the delay. I've been communicating everything to your darling at school, but have neglected our class blog. I'm so sorry...

My sister and I had a fantastic time together in Australia and the South Pacific! We met in Sydney on Friday, Mar. 24, then boarded a cruiseship (right across from the Sydney Opera House!!) on Sunday afternoon. Our cruise took us to the stunning islands of Fiji, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia and had to keep pinching ourselves to make sure we weren't dreaming. The beauty of this little corner of the world is just incredible! We snorkeled, hiked, explored, swam, read, shopped, rested, met locals, and so much more. Here's one picture for now, but I'll post some more soon:

Arriving on the little island of Tivua, Fiji! 

Now, that we are back in school and in our final stretch of Grade 3, I wanted to touch base about a few things: 

• ASAs began last Sunday, April 9, and seem to be going smoothly. 

• Pizza Day is on Thursday, April 20. (Thank you for sending in your money.) 

• There will be no school on Sunday, April 23, on the occasion of Israa & Miraj. 

• MAP testing is coming soon. Here are our specific dates, if you want to make a note: 

• Wednesday, May 3, from 8:10-9:40 ~ Math 
• Monday, May 8, from 8:10-9:40 ~ Language Usage
• Thursday, May 11, from 8:10-9:40 ~ Reading 

• A second round of Morning News will resume soon. I'll be posting a new schedule next week. Start chatting with your child about what he/she might like to share. Students learned so much from each other, while further developing their public speaking skills. Well done! 

• Don't forget to purchase your tickets for Pinocchio! (I'll post all the details in a separate blog post.) The Grade 5 students have worked so very hard to make this performance stellar! 

• And, finally, here is an overview of what we're learning at the moment: 

• Reading: We have wrapped up on our character unit and are starting a new unit called "Research Clubs." Students will be working in groups to research various animals and become experts on them. After surveying the class, we have formed the following groups, which are based on interest: cats, dogs, penguins, snakes, frogs, and whales. (I will finalize the groups by the end of the week.) Please continue reading every night at home for 20 minutes and log what was read. Students may read fiction or non-fiction (or a combination of both) during this unit. 

• Writing: Last week, I allowed the class to finish publishing their fractured fairy tales. Now, we are reading to dive into our last writing unit, which is called "Changing the World." This focus of this unit is knowing how to write persuasive speeches and essays. Students will use what they learned about opinion writing in Grade 2 to strengthen their thoughts, feelings, and arguments. 

• Math: We are continuing to work through Unit 7, Multiplication and Division. Students are learning various strategies to solve complex story problems, estimate the cost of things using extended multiplication and division facts, learn more about factors, products, square products, as well as products of tens. We are currently on Lesson 7.7 and will have a test on Unit 7 on Tuesday, April 25. 

• Social Studies: We are nearly finished with our unit on International Trade and Globalization. I will be sending home an assignment tomorrow, which your child should have complete by Tuesday, April 25. Thanks so much for your support at home with this. 

Lastly, I want to thank you, again, for all of your wonderful support. I am so very thankful to have such loving, helpful, and encouraging parents.  :) You make my job so much easier!!