Mathematics - Geometry

Assalamu alaikum!

We will be starting Geometry in Maths class this week inshaAllah.

All students need to have a geometrical set with them to be able to do the activities.

Have a great weekend!

Mathematics - Divisibility Rules

Assalamu alaikum!

Students were struggling with divisibility rules from since last week! 

Here is a helpful website that will help them!

http://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/division/div_divisibility_rules.htm

Science Fair projects - deadline approaching!

Assalamu alaikum!

Les eleves doivent bientot rendre leurs projets! Ce chronogramme vous guidera a accomplir le projet avec vos enfants.

SCIENCE FAIR TIMELINE 2014

This timeline indicates when each phase of your science fair project should be finished. Mr Ngaido , Mme ZamZam,  Mr Abdullah, Mr Lo, Mrs Pendame, Mrs Gaye and your homeroom teacher will be verifying how well your project is advancing during this period.

Trouvez ci dessus le chronogramme et le délai de chaque phase de votre projet. Mme ZamZam, Mr Ngaido, Mr Abdullah, Mr Lo, Mrs Pendame, Mrs Gaye et votre professeur principal suivront les progrès de votre projet  et vous guideront si vous avez des soucis.

DELAI – DUE DATE	PHASE	EXPECTATIONS - ATTENTES
05 MARS 05 MARCH	FORMULER UNE QUESTION ET UNE HYPOTHESE GENERATING AN IDEA AND HYPOTHESIS	Votre projet est sous forme d’une question. Votre hypothèse est formulée tel que “si je fais ceci, il y aurait » Vous avez l’aval de votre professeur de faire le sujet choisi. Your experiment should be in the form of a question and you should have already formulated your hypothesis in an “if, then” statement.  You have approval from your teacher to do your project.
05 MARS 05 MARCH	RECHERCHE DE SUJET ET PLANIFICATION DE PROJET RESEARCH AND PLANNING	Vous avez fait toutes les recherches nécessaires pour comprendre et realiser le projet.  Vous avez le materiel necessaire pour faire ce projet. You have well researched your topic. You have all the materials necessary to do your experiment.
20 MARS 20 MARCH	COLLECTION ET ANALYSE DES DONNEES DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS	Vous avez fait l’expérience plusieurs fois, et vous avez collecte, organise et analyse vos données. You have already done your experiment (many times). You have collected the data from your experiment and you have organized and analyzed what your data means.
31 MARS 31 MARCH	REDACTION WRITING A REPORT	Vous avez rédigé l’expérience suivant la méthode  scientifique dans votre carnet d’expérience. You have written entirely your experiment following the scientific method in your logbook.
07 AVRIL 07 APRIL	CREATION ET PRESENTATION DE PROJET SUR CARTON CREATING AND EXHIBITING A DISPLAY	Vous avez déjà mis votre projet qui a suivi les règles de la présentation sur carton. You have already finished the display of your project on the cardboard given. Your project follows the presentation guidelines.
07 AVRIL 07 APRIL	PROJET ET JOURNAL RENDUS PROJECT DISPLAY AND LOGBOOK TURNED IN

Our first letter to the Jewish Day Primary School

15 February 2014

Dear Fourth Graders of The Jewish Day Primary School,

Our names are Maryam, Dauda, Malick, Alioune, Cheikh, Fatima, Karima, Coura, Mame Anta and Awa. Our teacher’s name is Madam ZamZam. There are 11 students in our class, 4 boys and 7 girls. Our favourite foods are mafe (rice with a peanut sauce and meat and vegetables), pizza, chicken, merguez (spicy sausages) and eggs. We are Muslims. Our religion is Islam. We speak Wolof, Serreer, Bambara (all languages of Senegal), French and English. We are learning Arabic in school. We play regularly football and basketball. We do not have pets.

In our school we wear uniforms. We wear red shirts, beige pants and the girls wear a beige dress jumper. The girls wear a brown or red hijab that covers their hair. The boys do not wear anything on their heads. We wear sport clothes for Physical Education class. It is a brown Adidas sweat pants and brown and yellow striped sports jacket. The girls wear their hijab during the sports lesson.

In Senegal, there is no real winter. We have a rainy season and a dry season. In winter, we wear jackets on top of our clothes. It gets cold. In the summer, we wear lighter clothing. In Senegal, we wear traditional African Senegalese clothing. There are many different types of fabrics that our clothes are made from called wax, thioup, bazin etc. There are certain clothing styles that are popular as well: tye bass, mariniere, chaya, docket, tunique, etc.

We all live in Dakar. The closest person lives 2 minutes away, the furthest 45 minutes. We walk to school, take the school bus or go by car. The school has 3 buses.

Our neighbourhood is called Point E. The school is on a large road filled with huge neem trees, and small plants. There are many cars that pass this road. There are many houses and small shops in this area.  There is a supermarket very close to the school and a plant shop as well. There are small stands that sell coffee and tea, ice cream, coconuts, and fruits and vegetables. You can find people selling breakfast and lunch on the roadside as well. There are a lot of cats in our area and some birds. You can see some cows passing in the road with the cow herder transporting them. You can see elephants, lions, giraffes and other large wild life only in the parks or natural reserves. You cannot see wild life in the road, but you can see sheep, chicken and goats sometimes.

IQRA est une nouvelle école qui s’est ouverte en 2010. Le bâtiment est orange avec un grand mur. Il ya un rez de chaussée, 3 étages et la terrasse. Sur la terrasse se trouve la cantine, ou nous achetons le petit déjeuner, le gouter où nous prenons le déjeuner. Tout le monde ne mange pas à la cantine. Quatre élèves n’y mangent pas ; ils apportent leur déjeuner. Il ya un petit avant cours et un petit arrière cours ou nous jouons. Il ya également un laboratoire de science et une salle de technologie avec des ordinateurs et un vidéo projecteur. Les ordinateurs sont connectes a l’Internet. Il ya une grande bibliothèque. Nos classes commencent avec le préscolaire jusqu’au terminale, de 2 ans a 18 ans. Il ya une seule classe par niveau. Il n’y que 15 élèves maximum par classe. Il ya une petite espace de jeux pour les tout petits qui contient une balançoire et un toboggan.

Our classroom is large. There are many things inside. The classroom is full of colours. There are 11 tables and 11 chairs. There is a bookcase, a window, a glass door and a balcony. We put our bags and water bottles on the balcony. Our class is connected to another class. We have a door that we share. We put our work on the wall. Our class room’s rules are on the walls. We sweep the floor and we arrange the bags during the day. Our teacher has a shelf where she arranges her things. We have a white board. The walls are white. Sometimes we eat our snack on the balcony.

Every day we learn our Holy Book, the Quran except on Fridays, when we have religious discussions about the prophets, how we should behave etc. We have 10 subjects: French, English, Arabic, Science, Social Studies, Islamic Studies, Physical Education, Mathematics, Information Technology, and Quran. We have 7 different teachers but there are many teachers in the school.  Our teachers are from the United States, Senegal, and The Comoros Islands. Madam ZamZam is from The Bahamas. We have class from 8:15 am to 4:30 pm every day except Fridays where we get off at 3:30.

We love our school!

This week in Faraasha

Assalamu alaikum!

Nasheed Filming!

We will finish our video this Saturday inshaAllah! We hope that all students are able to attend!

Science Fair projects

Students should be starting their experiments this weekend! We will be calling you shortly!

Second letter from The Jewish Day Primary School, Washington

Dear fourth graders in Dakar,

Hello, thank you for the wonderful letter you sent us.  We all were wondering about the farm animals that cross the streets. Our class thinks that’s so awesome! It surprised the whole class. We also just recently went to a mosque and we were wondering if you go to one. If so, is it pretty? The one we visited was really pretty.

As we showed you in the picture before it has been snowing because here it is winter. Later on after the picture, it has snowed so much that we had six(6) snow days! The snow went up to our shins. On the snow days we build snowmen, have snowball fights, and sled.

People skiing at the National Mall!

We have 317 kids in our school. How many kids are in your school? Our mascot is the panda. What’s yours?

Thanks,

Trailblazers

Filming this Saturday

Assalamu alaikum!

Grade 4 will start filming its video "My Faith My Voice" this Saturday 8 March inshaAllah at 9am at the school.

Students should wear their sports outfits and their brown or red hijabs and sport shoes.

We will be finished at 12pm inshaAllah!

Science Fair ideas

Assalamu alaikum.

Here are some ideas for the Science Fair!

Remember that Wednesday is the last day to choose your project idea!

Check out the web links at the bottom as well!

·         Try making colored bubbles. Can you color them with food coloring? If so, what differences do you notice between colored bubbles and regular bubbles?
 

·         Do you have birds in your yard? People use scarecrows, plastic owls, and aluminum foil to try to scare away birds. Do any of these actually work or are they a waste of money?
 

·         Figure out how much of your family's trash you could recycle. Compare this against the total amount of trash and draw conclusions about how much waste people throw away that could be re-used.
 

·         Can you predict what things will glow under a black light?
 

·         Will chilling an onion before cutting it keep you from crying?
 

·         What ratio of vinegar to baking soda produces the best chemical volcano eruption?

·         What type of plastic wrap best prevents evaporation?
 

·         What plastic wrap best prevents oxidation?
 

·         Are night insects attracted to lamps because of heat or light?
 

·         Can you make Jell-o using fresh pineapples instead of canned pineapples?
 

·         Do white candles burn at a different rate than colored candles?
 

·         Does the presence of detergent in water affect plant growth?
 

·         Can a saturated solution of sodium chloride still dissolve Epsom salts?
 

·         Does magnetism affect the growth of plants?
 

·         Does the shape of an ice cube affect how quickly it melts?

 

·         Do different brands of popcorn leave different amounts of unpopped kernels?
 

·         How accurately do egg producers measure eggs?
 

·         How do differences in surfaces affect the adhesion of tape?
 

·         If you shake up different kinds or brands of soft drinks (e.g., carbonated), will they all spew the same amount?
 

·         Are all potato chips equally greasy (you can crush them to get uniform samples and look at the diameter of a grease spot on brown paper)? Is greasiness different if different oils are used (e.g., peanut versus soybean)?
 

·         Do the same types of mold grow on all types of bread?
 

·         Does light effect the rate at which foods spoil?
 

·         Can you use a household water filter to remove flavor or color from other liquids?
 

·         Does the power of a microwave affect how well it makes popcorn?
 

·         Can you tell/taste the difference between ground beef, chuck, and round after they have been cooked?
 

·         If you use invisible ink, does a message appear equally well on all types of paper? Does it matter what type of invisible ink you use?
 

·         Do different brands of batteries (same size, new) last equally long? If a brand lasts longer than others, does this change if you change the product (e.g., running a light as opposed to running a digital camera)?
 

·         Do all brands of bubble gum make the same size bubble?
 

·         Do all dishwashing detergents produce the same amount of bubbles? Clean the same number of dishes?
 

·         Is the nutritional content of different brands of a vegetable (e.g., canned peas) the same?

·         How permanent are permanent markers? What solvents (e.g., water, alcohol, vinegar, detergent solution) will remove the ink? Do different brands/types of markers produce the same results?
 

·         Do consumers prefer bleached paper products or natural-color paper products? Why?

 

·         Is laundry detergent as effective if you use less than the recommended amount? More?
 

·         Do all hairsprays hold equally well? Equally long? Does type of hair affect the results?

·         How do different factors affect seed germination? Factors that you could test include the intensity, duration, or type of light, the temperature, the amount of water, the presence/absence of certain chemicals, or the presence/absence of soil. You can look at the percentage of seeds that germinate or the rate at which seeds germinate.
 

·         Is a seed affected by its size? Do different size seeds have different germination rates or percentages? Does seed size affect the growth rate or final size of a plant?
 

·         How does cold storage affect the germination of seeds? Factors you can control include the type of seeds, length of storage, temperature of storage, light and humidity.
 

·         How close does a plant have to be to a pesticide for it to work? What factors influence the effectiveness of a pesticide (rain? light? wind?)? How much can you dilute a pesticide while retaining its effectiveness? How effective are natural pest deterrents?
 

·         What is the effect of a chemical on a plant? You can look at natural pollutants (e.g., motor oil, runoff from a busy street) or unusual substances (e.g., orange juice, baking soda). Factors that you can measure include rate of plant growth, leaf size, life/death of the plant, color of plant, and ability to flower/bear fruit.

 

·         Do clear flavored drinks and colored flavored drinks (same flavor) taste the same? Does it matter if you can see the color?

·         What percent of an orange is water?

Get an approximate mass percent by weighing an orange or other fruit, liquefying it in a blender, and measuring the strained liquid. Note other liquids will also be present, such as oils, though in small amounts. The mass of a ml of water is 1 g. Alternatively, you could bake the weighed orange until it is dried and weigh it again.

·         Does the temperature of a soda affect how much it sprays?

You can refrigerate a soda, warm one in a hot water bath, shake them up, measure how much liquid is sprayed out. How do you explain the results?

·         Do all brands of soda spray the same amount when you shake them up? Does it matter if it's diet or regular soda?

·         Do all brands of paper towels pick up the same amount of liquid?

Compare single sheet of different brands. Soak a sheet until it is saturated, let the excess liquid drip off, squeeze the liquid from the wet paper towel into a measuring cup. Note you may need to use teaspoons to measure this liquid.

Find your own project: 

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml 

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects.php  

http://dir.yahoo.com/science/education/k_12/fairs_and_competitions/projects_and_ideas/ 

http://www.sciencefairadventure.com/ProjectDetail.aspx?ProjectID=100

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/science-projects-earth-sciences.html

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/science-projects-chemistry.html

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/science-projects-biology.html

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/science-projects-physical-science.html

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/science-projects-botany.html

http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/choosingatopic.html http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/BHS/sciencefair/topics.html

http://www.education.com/science-fair/