Monday, May 25, 2009

210-240

Chess Words

1. Rook – The piece that can move up, down, left and right.
2. Knight – The horse piece
3. Bishop – The piece that can move diagonally
4. Pawn – The piece that can move one space up at a time.
5. Fork – When you can kill two pieces with your knight. Your enemy has to choose which of his
pieces to give up.
6. Chainsaw – The machine you use to cut down trees.
7. Washing machine – The machine that washes your clothes
8. Air conditioner – The machine that keeps your house cool when the weather is hot.
9. Suitcase – The bag you take when you travel.
10. Star – The person with a big part in a movie or play. Sarah, Ahmed and Waleed are the stars of Peter Pan.
11. Hinge – The thing that holds the door on the wall.
12. Dirty laundry – Clothes you have already worn that need to be washed.
13. Chef – The person who makes the food in a restaurant.
14. Ticket – The small piece of paper you show to get into a movie or play.
15. Dam – A giant wall that stops a river.
16. Three pointer – A long shot in basketball that gets you three points.
17. Junior – You put this behind your name if you have the same name as your mother or father.
18. Vacuum – The machine you use to clean your rugs.
19. Slob – A person who is always dirty or messy.
20. Absorb – A sponge absorbs water. The ground absorbs rain.
21. Graduate – To finish a school.
22. Dagger - a small knife used for fighting.
23. Porch - The area in front of your house where you can sit and drink tea.
24. Make up - What women put on their faces to look beautiful. The students in the play wore it.
25. Goggles - The things you wear on your eyes when you swim.
26. Bathing suit - the clothes you wear to swim.
27. Tire - The thing the car drives on. It is a circle.
28. Steering Wheel - The thing you move to make the car turn.
29. Brake - The thing that stops the car when you push it.
30. Scrawny - Skinny

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

New Songs Are Up On Grooveshark

I put Another One Bites the Dust and When I Come Around on Grooveshark.

Words 181-210

1. Architect – the man who draws the plans to build a house

2. Secretary – Ms . Rawan is our secretary.

3. Principal – The leader of a school

4.Vice-Principal – the second person in the school

5. Musician – Someone who gets paid to play music.

6.Athlete – Someone who plays sports

7.Rebound – when one thing hits another and bounces off. The car hit the wall and rebounded into the street.

8. Fan – The thing that blows air on you to keep you cool. We have one in the classroom.

9.Power – Power makes the computers, lights, and machines work. When there is no power, the
school is dark.

10.Librarian – the person who works in a library. Ms. Abeer is our librarian.

11. Gratitude – gratitude is what you feel when someone does something nice for you

12. Hatred – when you hate someone you are feeling hatred.

13. Pillow – What you put your head on when you sleep.

14. Blog – what you are reading now. A blog is a website where you can post what you think about things.

15.Headphones – the things that go in your ears when you listen to an IPOD

16. Video camera – the thing we use to make a movie.

17. Rodent – a group of animals that has the mouse, the rat and other animals like that.

18. Purse – the bag women carry everywhere.

19. Jewelry – earrings, necklaces, diamonds that people wear.

20.Assistant – someone that works for you to help you. Mr. Ahmed is Ms. Lana’s assistant.

21.Poster – The things you put on your walls. Like the rules posters we have in our class.

22. Multiplication – 2x3=6 is multiplication

23.Subtraction - 7-2=5 is subtraction

24.Multiply – a verb. It means to do multiplication

25.Subtract – a verb. It means to do subtraction.

26.Add – A verb. It means to put two numbers together (2+3=5)

27. Addition – the thing you are doing when you add.

28. Brush – A verb. It means what you do to your hair

29. Brush – a noun. A brush is the thing you use to move your hair to the place you want it.

30. Sink – the place your mom washes the dishes.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

How to Listent to Our Songs

Go to grooveshark.com

doubleclick on login

the user name is seanthedino

the password is Montasser

Then click on seanthedino

click on view music

click on playlists

click on seanthedino's playlist 1

click on songs

Then you can hear and practice all our songs. If you need the lyrics to Hey Hey We're the Monkees go here: http://www.monkees.net/DOCS/LYRICS/THEME.htm

The lyrics we use for Tingalayo are different

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Words 151-180

1. Halter - The thing you put on a horse's head so you can ride it.


2. Saddle - The thing you put on a horse's back so you can ride it.


3. Reins - the rope you hold to control the horse


4. Collar - the part of your shirt that goes around your neck.


5. Shoelaces - the things that tie your shoes


6. Loose leaf paper - the paper you put in your file


7. Loose leaf notebook - the file we use in class


8. Download - to take something from the internet and put it on your computer.


9. Illustrator - The person who draws the pictures in a book.


There are four defenseive players in most football teams. They are


10. Left fullback - This person plays on the left.


11. Center half - there are two of these. They are the most defensive players. They are usually very tall.


12. Right fullback - This person plays on the right.


13. Goalkeeper - the person who is allowed to use their hands.


14. Striker - the person who is the middle front. they only play offense. They score more goals than anyone. Thierry Henry is a striker.


15. Songwriter - The person who writes songs


16. Performer - actors, singers, and dancers are all performers


17. Jupiter - the biggest planet.


18. Mars - the planet closest to the sun.


19. Binary star - Two stars that are so close together they are almost one.


20. Paleontologist - A man who studies dinosaurs.


21. Mastodon


22. Igloo - A house made from ice.


23. Screen - The part of a computer you look at. The part of a tv you look at.
24. Remote control - The thing you use to change the channel on your TV
25. Soaked - Very wet.
26. Pouring - Raining very fast.
27. Antagonize - Make angry.
28. Irritate - Bother.
29. Sail - To use the wind to move. A ship with no engines sails.
30. Earlobe - The soft part on the bottom of your ear.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

This Week's Song

It's called Tingalayo. It is a Mexican children's song about a donkey. Dina Zoubi found it and suggested we learn it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A6JqR-_PAA

Friday, May 1, 2009

Words 120-150

Chick – A baby chicken is a chick

City – A city is a place where a lot of people live together. Nablus is a city. Ramallah is a city. Washington is a city.

Cloud – A cloud is the white thing you see in the sky before it
rains






Century – 100 years. The century we were born in is the 1900s.

Company – A company is a business. The company that makes cola is Coke. Last year we visited a company that makes ice cream.

Course – A course is a lesson. You are taking courses in English, science, and Arabic

Base – A base is a place where armies keep all their things. On a base you will find soldiers, guns and tanks

Board – A board is a piece of wood that you use to build things.

Crop – A crop is a plant that you grow to eat. Tomatoes are a crop, onions are a crop.

Danger – Anything that can hurt you. A lion is a danger if it isn’t in a cage.

Dictionary – A dictionary is a big book that tells you what words mean.

Current – Current is the way a river moves. If you put a boat in a river, the current moves the boat.

Zebra – A zebra is like a horse with black and white stripes. Google zebra to see a picture.

Increase – Get bigger. Every year the number of students in the school increases.

Husband – When a man marries a woman, the man is called the husband.

Wife – The woman is called a wife.

Government – The government is what runs a country. The president is the head of a government.

Ground – You walk on the ground. You can dig holes
in the ground. The ground is under you.

Mountain





Neighbor – the person who lives next to you.

Microwave – you use it for cooking some things.



Operate – Use a machine. You operate a car. You operate a microwave.

Port – a port is the place where ships arrive into the land.

Sheet – a sheet goes under you when you are sleeping. It is like a blanket but thinner.

Blanket – a blanket goes on top of you when you are sleeping.

Pillow – The thing you put your head on when you are sleeping.

Property – Land you can own. Your house is built on property.

Provide – A verb. It means to give someone something. Your mother provides you with food.

Pound – to hit hard. A hammer pounds a nail into wood.

Seat – a place you sit. Your chair is a seat