Dear students and parents,

I was given today by Ms. Fairy a link to a website containing reading books online. I created my class, so each one of you should log in and read as many books as possible. 

Let me know if you were able to access it. It is an amazing tool, very useful for all of you who want to improve their reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.Enjoy! 

1) http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk

2) My class Login
Username: ms.diana
Password: FuturesBritishSchool

Dear students,
For those of you who don't have a Facebook account and can't join our group, I'll post here the Study guides for the English exam, Term 1, for both classes -Y4/Y5
If you have any unclear points, or if you want me to revise something that you didn't understand, please let me know.
Study well! Good luck!

Study Guide –English Term Exam

Year 4

 Units 1-2-3

1.  Spelling and Vocabulary

-Spelling Lists 1-2-3

-Vocabulary words from Units 1-2-3 (Word Cloud and Glossary)

2.  Grammar

-Alphabetical order

-Adverbs

-Adverbs ending in -ly

-Verbs and Tenses

-Present Tense vs. Past Tense

-Regular and Irregular verbs

-Clauses

-Punctuation marks (full stop, exclamation mark, question mark, commas)

-Prefixes and Suffixes

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3.  Writing

-Writing a Historical Fiction

-Writing a Non-chronological report

-Writing a Play Script

4.  Reading Comprehension (fiction and non-fiction texts)- unseen

Study Guide –English Term Exam

Year 5

       Units 1-2-3

1.     Spelling and Vocabulary

-Spelling Lists 1-2-3

-Vocabulary Words Units 1-2-3 (Word Cloud and Glossary)

2.    Grammar

-Punctuation marks (Full stop, question mark, exclamation mark, commas)

-Suffixes and Prefixes

-Simple, Compound, and Complex sentences

-Coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

-Personal Pronouns

-Direct Speech- introduction

-Adverbs

-Adverbs ending in –ly

-Similes and Metaphors

-Subordinating conjunctions (connectives)

3.    Writing

–Writing a personal narrative (autobiography)

-Writing a personal recount of a festival

-Writing and adventure/ sea narrative story

4.    Reading Comprehension (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) - unseen

Dear students,

The Spelling Quiz will be delayed until Wednesday, 25th November for Year 5, and Thursday 26th of November for Year 4. On Tuesday you'll receive the Study guide for our Term exam that will be in the beginning of December (I will let you know the exact date next week).
Enjoy your mini vacation!

Spelling Quiz postponed

Dear students,
I will postpone your Spelling Test for this week, 15/11-19/11, because of your term Arabic/Religion exams and because of our Thursday Sports Day.
You'll have to study Spelling list 3 for next Sunday, 22/11/2015 (Y4 & Y5).

Good luck with your exams!

Dear students,
Your weekly quiz this week will be only from the Spelling Lists that you all got on Sunday.
Year 5 will have their Spelling test on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 and Year 4, on Thursday, 12/11/2015.

Dear parents,

As I informed you in the beginning of the year, I am trying to set up a class library for my students, so they can start enjoying reading without being forced or pushed.

My idea is to bring carpets, some cushions, pillows or bean bags and make a reading corner. I want to thank Eyad (Year 4) and his parents for being generous. He brought to school a nice rug for my Year 4 reading corner. If anyone else can help us with anything, I and my students, would be grateful.

I am doing my best to bring a rug for Year 5, too. We also need books, lots of them. If you have some to spare from home, please do. My students will take care of them and at the end of the year your child will take them back home. 

I am sure that my students will benefit from this and they will start asking you to buy them new books :)

Thank you so much for your understanding and cooperation.

Dear Y4 students,
I am sorry for the late post, but I think I should add here the Spelling list 1 that you need to study for your test on Thursday. For the vocabulary part of the quiz, study the 12 words from the list written and explained in the classroom, or all the Word Cloud and Glossary words from Unit 2.

Spelling List 1

1.rolled _____________ ______________

2. fingers _____________ ______________

3. except _____________ ______________

4. speed _____________ ______________

5. couldn't _____________ ______________

6. questions _____________ ______________

7. catch _____________ ______________

8. itself _____________ ______________

9. mark _____________ ______________

10. button _____________ ______________

11. bargain _____________ ______________

12. certain _____________ ______________

13. orphan _____________ ______________

14. fountain _____________ ______________

15. oxen _____________ ______________

16. latitude _____________ ______________

17. longitude _____________ ______________

18. compass _____________ ______________

19. absolute _____________ ______________

20. equator _____________ ______________

21. compensation