First/Second Grade

Tuesday

Thursday

Week 1

Objective: Students will understand that they should start activities with the name of Allah.

Activity: Students will create tasbih beads with seven colors of seven beads per color and recite tasbih according to handout.

Objective: Students will understand that each good deed or prayer is as beautiful as a rainbow.

Activity: Students will use colorful translucent tissue cutouts to use glue and create a rainbow on a big sheet of paper.  Each cut out will have a prayer or good deed on it.

Week 2

Objective: Students will understand how a rainbow is formed.

Activity: Students will conduct a rainbow experiment with a mirror or with a garden hose.  Students will read a book about a rainbow and how it is formed.

Objective: Students will understand how to bring in prior knowledge of a rainbow.

Activity: Students will write a rough draft and final version of a time they saw a rainbow.

Week 3

Objective: Students will understand that color is beautiful and all beauty is from Allah.

Activity: Students will write down their favorite color and make a list of all things that match that color.

Objective: Students will understand that color is beautiful and that all beauty is from Allah.

Activity: Students will create a collage of magazine cutouts and drawings of all things off their list.

Week 4

Objective: Students will understand that together, we can send up more praise to Allah (swt).

Activity: Students will put their accumulated good deed squares together that make one big rainbow for the whole camp.

Students will use this last day as a presentation for parents on their art projects as a gallery walk.  Select student writings will be presented to the group.

Third Grade

Tuesday

Thursday

Week 1

Objective: Students will understand that they should start activities with the name of Allah.

Activity: Students will create tasbih beads with seven colors of seven beads per color and recite tasbih according to handout.

Objective: Students will understand that each good deed or prayer is as beautiful as the particles that make up a rainbow.

Activity: Students will use colorful translucent tissue cutouts to use glue and create a rainbow on a big sheet of paper.  Each cut out will have a prayer or good deed on it.

Week 2

Objective: Students will understand how a rainbow is formed.

Activity: Students will conduct a rainbow experiment with a mirror or with a garden hose.  Students will read a book about a rainbow and discuss how a rainbow is beneficial to us.

Objective: Students will understand how to bring in prior knowledge of a rainbow.

Activity: Students will complete a sequence chart* on why the rainbow is important to us.  Brainstorm some ideas together and refer to handout for help in guiding students.*

Week 3

Objective: Students will understand that we are all different but beautiful in our own way.

Activity: Students will pick a color that describes them and make a list of items of that color that describe them and explain why.

Objective:  Students will understand that color is beautiful and that all beauty is from Allah.

Activity: Students will create a collage of magazine cutouts and drawings of all things off their list including explanation of rationale for each item.

Week 4

Objective: Students will understand that together, we can send up more praise to Allah (swt).

Activity: Students will put their accumulated good deed squares together that make one big rainbow for the whole camp.

Students will use this last day as a presentation for parents on their art projects as a gallery walk.  Select student writings will be presented to the group.

Fourth/Fifth Grade

Tuesday

Thursday

Week 1

Objective: Students will understand that they should start activities with the name of Allah.

Activity: Students will create tasbih beads with seven colors of seven beads per color and recite tasbih according to handout.

Objective: Students will understand that each good deed or prayer is as beautiful as a rainbow.

Activity: Students will use colorful translucent tissue cutouts to use glue and create a rainbow on a big sheet of paper.  Each cut out will have a prayer or good deed on it.

Week 2

Objective: Students will understand how a rainbow is formed.

Activity: Students will conduct a rainbow experiment with a mirror or with a garden hose.  Students will read a book about a rainbow.  Students will discuss benefit of white light as opposed to a rainbow that acts as a team of colors.

Objective: Students will understand how to bring in prior knowledge of a rainbow.

Activity: Students will complete a Venn Diagram on working on a team vs. working alone.  There are benefits to both.  Brainstorm some ideas together and refer to handout for help in guiding students.*

Week 3

Objective: Students will understand that we are all different but beautiful in our own way.

Activity: Students will pick a color that describes them and make a list of adjectives that describe them as well.  Compare adjectives used to describe the companions of the Prophet (sws) or of the Prophet (sws).

Objective:  Students will understand that color is beautiful and that all beauty is from Allah.

Activity: Students will create a poem of adjectives for their name.  They will use a color scheme that describes them as well.  Discuss the adjectives that resemble our Prophet (swt) and also discuss the individualism of each poem.

Week 4

Objective: Students will understand that together, we can send up more praise to Allah (swt).

Activity: Students will put their accumulated good deed squares together that make one big rainbow for the whole camp.

Students will use this last day as a presentation for parents on their art projects as a gallery walk.  Select student writings will be presented to the group.

Sixth-Eighth Grade

Tuesday

Thursday

Week 1

Objective:  Students will understand that they should start activities with the name of Allah.

Activity: Working with First graders on making Tasbih Beads while also making them for themselves.

Objective: Students will understand that each good deed or prayer is as beautiful as a rainbow.

Activity: Students will use colorful translucent tissue cutouts to use glue and create a rainbow on a big sheet of paper.  Each cut out will have a prayer or good deed on it.

Week 2

Objective: Students will understand how a rainbow is formed.

Activity: Students will conduct a rainbow experiment with a mirror or with a garden hose.  Students will read a book about a rainbow.  Students will discuss how plain water droplets become exciting prisms for rainbows when hit with white light.  How is this similar to being struck with the noor of the Prophet (sws).  How are we plain without Islam?

Objective: Students will understand how to bring in prior knowledge of a rainbow.

Activity: Students will write an essay answering the week’s lesson on noor from Islam as it compares to the light on a water droplet.

Week 3

Objective: Students will understand that we are all different but beautiful in our own way.

Activity: Students will pick a color that describes them and make a list of adjectives that describe them as well.  Compare adjectives used to describe the companions of the Prophet (sws) or of the Prophet (sws).

Objective:  Students will understand that color is beautiful and that all beauty is from Allah.

Activity: Students will create a poem of adjectives for their name.  They will use a color scheme that describes them as well.  Discuss the adjectives that resemble our Prophet (swt) and also discuss the individualism of each poem.  They will also make an “after” poem using adjectives that they would like to inherit from the prophet (sws).

Week 4

Objective: Students will understand that together, we can send up more praise to Allah (swt).

Activity: Students will do the same as whole group.

Students will use this last day as a presentation for parents on their art projects as a gallery walk.  Select student writings will be presented to the group.