ELA Activities for the Last Ten Days of Ramadan (Gr.1-3)

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**Post Updated/File Modified** 

Astagfirullaah, there was an error in the story "The Gift" in this pack. In the story, it says that the main character's parents bought him a cat, and the main character knew he couldn't buy all of the brothers a cat. This is a mistake on my part because the Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) forbade the selling of cats. 

Muslim (1569) narrated that Abu’l-Zubayr said: I asked Jaabir about the price of dogs and cats. He said: The Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) told us not to do that (i.e., sell them). 

And there is also the hadith: Abu Dawood (3479) and al-Tirmidhi (1279) narrated that Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ( رضي الله عنهما) said: The Messenger of Allaah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) forbade the price of dogs and cats. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

Therefore, the file has been modified to reflect the command of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).    

Alhamdulillaah, here are a few stories for the last ten days of Ramadan, with activities, for students in grades 1, 2, and 3. 

This language arts pack can either be used as supplementary pages for the Big Book of Ramadan Activities or it can stand alone in'shaa Allaah. This pack is also helpful for those who wish to differentiate instruction because there are activities for each story for grades 1,2, and 3.

This resources has 4 stories and activities for each story. The activities cover the following topics:

• Reading Comprehension
• Parts of Speech
• Types of Writing 
• Alphabetical order
• Sight word practice
• Rhyming words
• Making Connections With Texts
• Blends and Digraphs
• Telling Time
• Using Tally Marks
• Multiplication (Beginning)
• Addition

Download your free Last Ten Days of Ramadan Language Arts Pack here or from A Muslim Child is Born's Teacher Notebook Store. 

Benefit & Enjoy In'shaa Allaah!

Alhamdulillaah: The Ramadan 2015 Activity Pack is Here!

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Ramadan is close alhamdulillaah! This year, because Ramadan is expected to start a few weeks before school lets out (for some), the Ramadan Activity Pack for 2015 is being posted early alhamdulillaah. The pack is over 100 pages of Ramadan Themed activities that will help children review what they know about Ramadan, perhaps learn things they did not know about Ramadan, and review crucial math and language arts standards that they encountered throughout the school year in'shaa allaah.

The pack is intentionally structured to allow children to complete the activities independently in'shaa allaah. It is hoped that this structure accomplishes several things:

• It provides beneficial activities for children to complete during the day (after the school year finishes).
• It provides engaging, beneficial activities for children to complete at the masjid while parents are praying taraweeh.
• It aids in preventing summer reading & math skills loss, which is known to occur during the summer break, and which, according to research, contributes to the ever-widening achievement gap.
• It helps children master topics that they may have struggled with during the school year.
• It helps build children's confidence during the summer months and helps them move to grade 2 with a solid foundation in Language Arts and Math in'shaa Allaah.

To help accomplish these goals, all math activities in the pack have an example that shows children how to complete the upcoming math problems; the directions for all other activities are written at grade level so children should be able to read and comprehend the directions without needing help from an adult (but, of course, still be ready and willing to offer assistance if the child should need it). There is also a table of contents that allows children/parents to choose which activity to complete and track the student's progress. Each time a child completes an activity, he/she (or the parent) can go back to the table of contents and check that activity off of the list. There are also paper dolls that children can cut out and play with! At the end of the book, there is a certificate of completion that parents/teachers/activity coordinators can download, print, and present to children. A cautionary note: there should not be pressure placed on the child to finish the pack during the month of Ramadan. Encouragement yes, pressure, no.  

And here is a language arts pack for the last ten days of Ramadan that can be used with the Big Book of Ramadan Activities (i.e. the ELA pack can be added to the Big Book or it can be used separately in'shaa Allaah). You can see which concepts/skills are covered in the pack in this post.

Click here to download your free Last Ten Days of Ramadan Language Arts pack or download it free from A Muslim Child is Born's Teacher Notebook store!

So, are you ready for Ramadan?

Are you ready to help child(ren) grow spiritually and academically this month? 

Excellent! Then download your copy of The Big Book of Ramadan Activities here in'sha allaah! You can also download the activity pack from A Muslim Child is Born's Teacher Notebook shop! Please be aware of the Terms of Use for this and all resources on the blog.

Benefit, enjoy, and Ramadan Mubarak!

[Freebie]: Identifying Words and Phrases in Stories That Suggest Feelings

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Following up on the discussion in which preventing summer slide was discussed (found here), this resource will, in'shaa Allaah, help students practice their reading comprehension skills. With this resource, children will practice identifying words and phrases in stories that suggest feelings (For those of you in the States, this resource is aligned to the following Common Core standard: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4.).

Students will read 12 short passages and determine what emotion/feeling the main character was experiencing and then students will highlight the sentence, word(s), or phrase that gave the reader this information.

The mini-book can be assembled by printing and cutting each page along the dotted line in the middle of each page and then stapling the notebook at the top, or you can print and cut each page down the middle and students can paste the stories into their reading notebooks.

Download your free Mini-Book of Feelings here or from A Muslim Child is Born's Teacher Notebook shop. 

Benefit & Enjoy In'shaa Allaah!