Salaam Qur'an7 Parents,

Please ensure your student is completing the reading (should take less than 15 minutes, iA) so they are able to contribute to the discussion in class.

Reminder: Level 7 Service porject is at 2pm on 10/22, please see announcement from earlier this week with details 

See below:
- update from 10/15 class
- homework for 10/22 class

See attached:
- lesson from 10/08 class

-Omar

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Homework due on 10/22
- Be prepared for Service Project on Oct 22
- Read the following verses of surah Ali-Imran with their meaning:  3:7 – 3:11
- Identify the names / attributes of Allah within the following verses of surah Ali-Imran: 3:7 – 3:11
- Read the following pages from the textbook: 70-71, 75-76, 93-94, 201-203, 209-210
- Complete WRE (optional; x8 WREs are required per semester)

Update from 10/15
- We learned about the beauty of the Arabic language and why the Quran could not have been revealed in any other language
- Ask your student: what makes the Arabic word "Allah" especially beautiful?

The Quran7 students went through an exercise to agree on certain class norms (guiding principles) that we will follow during class in order to maximize everyone's learning while having fun!

Dear Parents,

This week kids  were re-tested on Surah Fatiha. Also we started Surah Falaq and worked on first three ayahs. Here is the link for memorization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGwQobvqBc    

We talked about the message of the surah and watched a video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl52G34sky8&t=5s .

We are on lesson 2 from Noorani Qaidah, and we did page 6 from Arabic for beginners. If your child did not finish the writing at school, please remind he/she to finish by him/herself.

HW: Please help your child to memorize Surah Falaq ( first three ayah is assigned for this week but doing more is better). Also, please encourage them to read the surahs before he/she goes to sleep.

Daily practice is recommended on Noorani Qaidah: Lesson 1 ( please make sure he/she can read the letters out of orders as well.)

JAZK,

Duygu Marasli

Salaam Level 7 Parents and Students,

As mentioned over the last couple weeks, there is a Service Project scheduled for Level 7 this Sunday (Oct 8) iA. There are two Service Projects for Level 7 each semester. For Quran7, each Service Project is 10% of the student’s grade.

For our first Service Project, we will be visiting the elderly residents at St. Barnabas, a nursing home,  this Sunday 10/22 iA. More info on the St Barnabas here:
https://stbarnabashealthsystem.com/

Here is the schedule:
- 2:00pm leave MAP
- 2:15pm: gather at St Barnabas (address to be confirmed) to remind everyone of logistics and discuss activities
- 2:30pm: start  visit w/ St Barnabas residents
- 3:30pm: depart St. Barnabas

Some important items:
- I must receive explicit permission from parents via email re: your ability to participate. Please complete the attached Field Trip Form by Thursday, October 5th
- The St. Barnabas visit is after Sunday School -if you cannot attend due to lack of permission from your parents, they must send me an email indicating their concern or issue.
- 2  parents volunteers are needed to transport the students to the facility (5 mins away from MAP) at 1:50 pm and to pick up the children and transport back to MAP at 3pm or to be picked up by their parents at the facility at 3pm.
- Parents are welcome and encouraged to come and participate in the visits.
- See attached for some ideas on how to meet the residents of St. Barnabas

I’m looking forward to a worthwhile visit to St. Barnabas, iA.

If you have any questions or recommendations, please feel free to reach out.

-Omar
703-582-0208

Aoa, just a friendly reminder for the test on 10/15/2017.

Test includes chapter 1,2,3 and 4. I was not in town and the class was conducted by the substitute teacher. Chapter5 was covered Homework is to answer the questions at the back.

AS Parents, 

This week we have reviewed Noorani Qaidah lesson 1 and will move to lesson 2 next week.We worked on Arabic for beginners page 5  please remind your child complete it as HW.

Also Surah Falaq has been introduced  to class . We will be working the tafseer of the surah and memorization of the first two ayah next week. So please make sure your child is listening the surah daily so he or she can memorize it.

Thanks,

Duygu Marasli

Dear Parents, 

Today we covered the letter Tha and continued to study Surah Al Fatiha. I also gave a quiz on previously learned letters -from Alif to Taa-. I was impressed to see the students’ performance. All did well, MashAllah. if your child missed the class, please have them complete the missing homework for that week and the following week.

Homework for Oct 15th: Review the letter Tha, trace, color and write.  You can print from the attached file. Next week, we will have a test on Surah Al Fatiha. Please help your child memorize Surah Al Fatiha.

Sibel Yasar

Dear Parents,

Today we reviewed lesson 3 (Objectives of the Qur'an) and finished lesson 4 (Compilation of the Qur'an). Here are the main points students are expected to know from Lesson 4:

• When did our Prophet start receiving the verses (ans: 610)? When was the last time he received any verses (ans: two months before he passed away)?
• How did he receive them (ans: via Angel Jibril)
• How did he preserve the verses (ans: he memorized them, asked his sahaba to write it, and memorize it)
• What is a "hafiz"? (ans: someone who memorizes the whole Qur'an)
• When was Qur'an compiled for the first time? Why?
• When was Qur'an reproduced as a book and distributed to other cities?

We also talked about five daily prayers, their names, and how many rak'ah is each. Students are expected to know them by heart.

Test 1: Our first test of the semester is coming up in two weeks (Oct 22nd). I'll hand out a study guide next week, but it will pretty much the compilation of the bullet points I send out every week as part of the weekly updates. Please make sure you go over those with your child.

Homework for Oct 15th: Read lesson 4 and answer the questions at the endof the lesson (page 25). Some students turned in the wrong homework today. Instead of Lesson 3, they did Lesson 2. I gave them an extra week to turn in the correct homework. Also, if your child missed the class today due to travel, please make sure they turn in both this week's and next week's homework next week without penalty.

The lesson on the 8th was Hadith and Sunnah (not salah) My mistake

AA,

Sister Azra was the subsitite teacher 

She covered lesson on hadith and salah, homework was page 33

She passes out a wudu check list, this is not homework, we will work on this in class

The test is next sunday 10/15. Kids were given a study guide. A great way to prepare for the test is to do the homework from lessons 1 through 5 and also practice the material on the study guide. 

Please let me know if you have any questions

Thank you

Hashna

Assalamu Alaikum: Today I listened to students recite verses 1-14 of Surah Al-Alaq for homework 3. Many needed a little bit help and only a couple got the perfect score (14). I forgot to mark the scores on their HW sheets (many did not bring them); write to me if you would like to know your children's score in HW and I will email it to you (inshallah).

I handed out HW #4 sheets which consists of verses 1-19 (complete Surah Al-Alaq); it is also attached with this message. This HW is due next Sunday (Oct 15). Please work with your children to make sure they memorize the surah and do the necessary practice. I will go back and revise their HW #-13 grades based on their performance in HW 4.

Test 1 (reciting complete Surah Al-Alaq) is on October 29, so there are two class periods still left to perfect the memorization. Please continue to encourage your children to keep up the good work!

Just a reminder that Surah Al-Alaq Presentation is on Nov 5. If your child will be absent that day, they can do the presentation on Oct 29. There are 3 outlines due for the presentation on Oct 15, Oct 22 and Oct 29 (please see the handout for more details). These are to encourage students to start working on the presentation ahead of time and not cram on the last day. Please remind your children to hand the the outlines in on due dates. There are no points for accuracy and completeness; they will receive full credit for just turning the outlines.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Best Regards,

Ishfaq

Email: ishfaq.ahmad786@gmail.com

Cell: 412-417-3826

Assalamoalaikum Parents,

 On this sunday Oct. 8th calss was taken by substitue teacher(sister Jabeen).She covered  lesson 6   "YEAR OF ELEPHANT".

IN Salah she did Rakahs of salat.

H.W ; Islamic studies  page 32

salah ; Memorize  fard and sunnah of salah

TEST will be on oct.22nd InshAllah

 it will include first 7 lesson of islamic studies and salah.

if you have any question call me or text me on 724 900 3297

 jzk

Salaam Qur'an7 Parents,

Several students did not complete the required reading. Please ensure your student is completing the reading (should take less than 15 minutes, iA) so they are able to contrinute to the discussion in class. 

See below:
- update from 10/08 class
- homework for 10/15 class

See attached:
- lesson from 10/08 class

-Omar

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Homework due on 10/15
- Be prepared for Service Project on Oct 15
- Read the following verses of surah Al-Baqara with their meaning:  2:284 – 2:286
- Identify the names / attributes of Allah within the following verses of surah Al-Baqara: 2:284 – 2:286
- Read the following pages from the textbook: 67-68, 98-99, 173-174, 177-180
- Complete WRE (optional; x8 WREs are required per semester

Update from 10/08
- We learned about the beauty of the recitation Quran and some deeper insights into the bauty of Ayat-ul-Kursi.
- Ask your student: what are some of the class norms that the Quran7 students agreed to ?

AA, 

On october 8th Sister Azra was the substitue teacher 

She did lesson on Hadith and Salah, Home work was page 33

She also passed out the study guide for the test next week. The test is on lessons 1 through 5. If kids practice the material on the study guide and also study the homework questions from each week, this is a great way to prepare. 

She passed out a wudu check list this is not home work, we will work on this in class next week. 

Any questions please email me, Thank you

Hashna Dheen 

Assalamoalaiku Dear Parents. 

  On sunday we did lesson 5 'Pre Islamic Arabia'

 H.w .exercise on page 28

In salah we did Kinds of salah

Farad( farad ain  ,fard Kifayah)

Wajib

Sunnah(mukkaddah; ghar muakkadah)

 Nfil.

HW .memorise timing of salah.

Dear Parents, 

Assalamu Aalikum: I have attached the handout for a presentation that each students is supposed to deliver on Nov 5. Please review it with your chlidren to make sure they are clear on what is expected. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thanks,

Ishfaq Ahmad

Email: ishfaq.ahmad786@gmail.com

Cell: 412-417-3826

Dear parent,

First of all, thank you for parents who came to the open house. My helper reviewed the letters that we learned from the last 3 weeks.

There is no homework this week. I will give them a Quiz next week (October 8th ) Make sure your children practicet the letters by reading and writing.

Thanks,

Sibel Yasar
sibelyasar@msn.com

Assalamu Alaikum:

Today I listened to the students recite the first 8 verses of Surah Al-Alaq for their second homework. Most had the verses memorized without any serious mistakes (alhamdulillah). Thank you for your encouragement. Please ask your children for their graded HW sheets and let me know of any questions or concerns.

I have attached the next HW (#3) which consists of memorizing verses 1-14 of Surah Al-Alaq; it is due this coming Sunday (Oct 8).

Most of the students also had an opportunity to recite 1 or 2 old surahs (see the list of all old surahs at the end of this message). Please continue to encourage your children to refresh these surahs; they will have an opportunity to recite 1 or 2 surahs in almost every class (inshallah).

I also handed out the details of a presentation project on Surah Al-Alaq to all students; the handout is also attached with this update. Please go over it with your children so they are clear on what is being asked of them. Once again, feel free to contact me with any questions.

There is a Service Project this coming Sunday (Oct 8) which is optional. All participating students will earn bonus points. For this service project, students will accompany other students from Sunday school to visit the elderly in St. Barnabas Assisted Living facility in Gibsonia. It is only a few minutes drive from MAP mosque. Students can play an instrument, read a book or simply talk to the elderly residents who always welcome visitors.

Here is the schedule for the Service Project:

• 2:00pm Leave MAP
• 2:15pm: Gather at St Barnabas (address to be provided). Br. Omar Khawaja will go over the logistics and discuss activities
• 2:30pm: Start the visit with Barnabas residents
• 3:30pm: Depart St. Barnabas 

If you would like your child to attend, please make sure to sign a permission slip on Sunday and arrange for a ride (unless you will be taking them yourself).

Best Regards,

Ishfaq Ahmad

Email: ishfaq.ahmad786@gmail.com

Cell: 412-417-3826

Surah Name
Surah Al-Fatiha
Surah Al-Ikhlaas
Surah Al-Kauthar
Surah Al-Falaq
Surah An-Naas
Surah An-Nasr
Surah Al-Kafiroon
Surah Al-Massad
Dua Tashahhud
Surah Al-Maa'oon
Surah Quraish
Surah Al-Fil
Surah Al-Asr
Surah At-Takaathur
Darood Ibrahimi (Allahuma Salle'Ala)
Surah Al-Humazah
Surah Al-Qariah
Surah Al-Adiyat
Surah Az-Zalzalah
Surah Al-Bayyinah
Dua-“Rabbena atina fiddunya…”
Dua-“Rabbenagfirly wali walidayya..”
Surah Al-Qadr
Surah At-Teen
Surah Al-Inshirah
Surah Ad-Duhaa
Surah Al-A'la
Ayatul Qursi

Dear Parents,

First of all thank you for all who came to the open house. 

This week we have had our first test; Surah Fatiha. Unfortunately, some students needed more time so I am giving them extra week the finish it please review with your child and help him/her to get better. if you still need extra time please let me know.

Noorani Qaidah lesson 1 was finished please encourge your child to review daily.

So far kids have learned the meaning of "Bismillahirrahmanirraheem"In the name of Allah the most merciful the most rewarding, " Allhamdullillah, We say it when we want to thank Allah. Please remind them to apply daily life.

HW:

1. Encourge them recite Surah Fatiha at least once a day.
2. Finish writing page 4 from Arabic for Beginners

Next week, we are starting Surah Falaq and will be working on this surah until Oct. 29.

If you have any questions please email me at dmarasli@yahoo.com

JAZK,

Duygu Marasli

Aoa, today we covered chapter:4 The Battle of Badr. Homework is to answer the questions on page 29. Students will take their test October 16th on chapter 1-4.

Next week Level 7 is going to St. Barnabas nursing home, After sunday school, if you want your child to participate in this activity join the group. Parents will also be going with their kids. Its a 45-60 minutes activity. any further noticed will be posted.

Please see proposed plan below. This is dependent on confirmation from St Barnabas. Please provide any feedback you may have:
Before 10/8:
ask students if there are particular activities they would like to do on 10/8 (e.g.: play an instrument, read a story, share a painting, etc.)
ensure each student has a ride to St Barnabas and parent's permission
Morning of 10/08: use part of your class time on 10/8 to discuss importance of serving our community, neighbors, elders
Apply golden rule: one day all of us will be old iA; how would we like to be treated?
2:00pm leave MAP
2:15pm: gather at St Barnabas (address to be confirmed) to remind everyone of logistics and discuss activities
2:30pm: start  visit w/ St Barnabas residents
3:30pm: depart St. Barnabas
-Omar