This Teacher’s Guide is a supported material for My Arabic Library Grade 1 by a 40-pages filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom; where each level companied with a 20x30” colorful poster displaying the book covers in the library.
Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language.
The Grade 1 classroom library features 41 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic.
The Grade 1 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more. Three titles in the large “lap-size” format are included with a corresponding “little book”.
The teacher’s book assists teachers in achieving goals by providing a variety of methods to present the curriculum. The teacher’s book, student book, and the activity book form one unit.

This is Teacher Guide for My Arabic Library Grade 3 where each library is supported by a 42-pages Teacher’s Guide filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom; where each level companied with a 20x30” colorful poster displaying the book covers in the library. Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 3 classroom library features 40 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 3 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more.

Best-selling Scholastic Titles in Arabic for Kindergarten and Grade 1
Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 1 classroom library features 38 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 1 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more. Three titles in the large “lap-size” format are included with a corresponding “little book”.
Each library is supported by a 48-page Teacher’s Guide filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom (sold separately).

Grade 1 Includes:

1. Best Me I Can Be: I Am Generous! أنا شهم ISBN: 0-439-86061-1
2. Best Me I Can Be: I Can Cooperate! أنا متعاون ISBN: 0-439-86062-8
3. Best Me I Can Be: I Tell the Truth! أنا صادق ISBN: 0-439-86065-9
4. Big Red Apple التفاحة الكبيرة الحمراء ISBN: 0-439-86239-4
5. Bright Yellow Flower الزهرة الصفراء الزاهية ISBN: 0-439-86261-5
6. Colors in the Desert ألوان في الصحراء ISBN: 0-439-86283-7
7. Dinosaurs الديناصورات ISBN: 0-439-86385-8
8. Dolphin's Big Leap قفزة الدلفين الكبيرة ISBN: 0-439-86374-2
9. Footprints in the Sand آثار أقدام على الرمال ISBN: 0-439-86376-6
10. Hello, Cat, You Need a Hat! ياقطتي يارائعة, اليكي هذه القبعة ISBN: 0-439-86290-5
11. I Am Planet Earth أنا كوكب الأرض ISBN: 0-439-86377-3
12. I Am Water أنـــا الماء ISBN: 0-439-86378-0
13. I Hate to be Sick! تزعجني الإصابة بالمرض ISBN: 0-439-86403-9
14. I'll Always Come Back! أنا سأعود دائما ISBN: 0-439-86400-8
15. Is Your Mama a Llama? هل أمك اللامة؟ ISBN: 0-439-86401-5
16. Amazing Animals حيوانات مذهلة ISBN: 978-0545254199
17. Tiger Trouble مشكلة النمر ISBN: 0-439-86450-3
18. Counting in the Garden حديقة الأرقام (Middle East) ISBN: 0-439-86284-4
19. Counting in the Garden حديقة الأرقام (N African) ISBN: 0-439-86540-1
20. Goodnight. My Duckling تصبحين على خير يابطتي الصغيرة ISBN: 0-439-86291-2
21. I Am (small) أنـــا ISBN: 0-439-86300-1
22. I Can See! (small) أستطيع أن أرى ISBN: 0-439-86326-1
23. Look. Listen. and Learn انظر واسمتع, وتعلم ISBN: 0-439-86406-0 /B>
24. My Beautiful Child ياطفلي الجميل ISBN: 0-439-86426-8
25. On a Boat على قارب ISBN: 0-439-86427-5
26. Polar Bear Night ليلة دب قطبية ISBN: 0-439-86430-5
27. Rainforest Colors ألوان غابة المطر ISBN: 0-439-86433-6
28. Sea Horse أفراس البحر ISBN: 0-439-86521-0
29. Shine. Sun أشرقي ياشمس ISBN: 0-439-86437-4
30. The Happy Bee النحلة السعيدة ISBN: 0-439-86445-9
31. The Magic Rabbit الأرنب العجيب ISBN: 0-439-86448-0
32. Two Eyes. a Nose. and a Mouth العينان, الأنف, والفم ISBN: 0-439-86535-7
33. We are Painting (small) نحن نرسم بالدهان ISBN: 0-439-86337-7
34. Whales الحيتان ISBN: 0-439-86534-0
35. Who Hid? من اختبأ؟ ISBN: 0-439-86539-5
36. Animals of the North Pole حيوانات القطب الشمالي ISBN: 978-0-439-86059-8
37. Animal Homes بيوت الحيوانات ISBN: 978-0-439-86010-9
38. What's Inside? ماذا بداخلها؟ ISBN: 978-0-439-86538

Teacher’s Guide Grade 1 : which is a supported material for My Arabic Library Grade 1 by a 40-pages filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom; where each level companied with a 20x30” colorful poster displaying the book covers in the library. Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 1 classroom library features 41 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 1 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more. Three titles in the large “lap-size” format are included with a corresponding “little book”. The teacher’s book assists teachers in achieving goals by providing a variety of methods to present the curriculum. The teacher’s book, student book, and the activity book form one unit.

Best-selling Scholastic Titles in Arabic for Grade 2
Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 2 classroom library features 40 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 2 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more.
Each library is supported by a 48-page Teacher’s Guide filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom (sold separately).

Grade 2 Includes:

1. Chameleon. Chameleon حربائة, حربائة ISBN: 978-0-439-86282-0
2. I'm a Caterpillar أنا يرقانة ISBN: 978-0-439-86739-7
3. Plenty of Penguins بطاريق كثيرة ISBN: 978-0-439-86381-0
4. Whales and Dolphins الحيتان والدلافين ISBN: 978-0-439-86383-4
5. What the Dinosaurs Saw ما الذي رأته الديناصورات؟ ISBN: 978-0-439-86384-1
6. Kenny and the Little Kickers كريم واللاعبون الصغار ISBN: 978-0-439-86398-8
7. The Sword in the Stone السيف في الصخرة ISBN: 978-0-439-86399-5
8. It Takes a Village أبناء القرية ISBN: 978-0-439-86402-2
9. Pal the Pony: Pal Saves the Day مهور القزم "مهورة لنجدة" ISBN: 978-0-439-86428-2
10. Pal the Pony: Sal to the Rescue مهور القزم "مهور ينقذ الوضع" ISBN: 978-0-439-86429-9
11. Red-Eyed Tree Frog ضفدعة الأشجار ذات العينين الحمراوين ISBN: 978-0-439-86435-0
12. The Little Red Hen الدجاجة الصغيرة الحمراء ISBN: 978-0-439-86446-6
13. Comets المذنبات ISBN: 978-0-439-86451-0
14. Octopus الأخطبوط ISBN: 978-0-439-86516-6
15. Sharks أسماك القرش ISBN: 978-0-439-86522-7
16. Shooting Stars النيازك ISBN: 978-0-439-86528-9
17. The Earth كوكب الأرض ISBN: 978-0-439-86530-2
18. The Moon القمر ISBN: 978-0-439-86531-9
19. The Solar System النظام الشمسي ISBN: 978-0-439-86532-6
20. The Sun الشمس ISBN: 978-0-439-86533-3
21. Best Me I Can Be: I Am a Leader! أنا قائد ISBN: 0-439-86060-4
22. Best Me I Can Be: I Can Make Good Choices! أنا أحسن الإختيار ISBN: 0-439-86063-5
23. Big Orange Splot البقعة البرتقالية الكبيرة ISBN: 0-439-86182-3
24. Cat and the Bird in the Hat القطة والطائر الذي في الفبعة ISBN: 0-439-86262-0
25. Dinofours: I'm the Winner! الدينوفورات "أنا الفائز" ISBN: 0-439-86285-1
26. Dinofours: We Love Bugs الدينوفورات "نحن نحب الحشرات ISBN: 0-439-86289-9
27. Get Busy Beaver القندس المشغول ISBN: 0-439-86327-8
28. A Tiny Family عائلة صغية جدا ISBN: 0-439-86372-8
29. Follow the Polar Bears اتبع الدببه القطبية ISBN: 0-439-86375-9
30. Octopus Under the Sea أخطبوط, تحت الماء ISBN: 0-439-86380-3
31. Starfish نجم البحر "نجوم في البحار" ISBN: 0-439-86382-7
32. Never Finished. Never Done! الشغل, الشغل! لا ينتهي, أو يكتمل! ISBN: 0-439-86404-6
33. Ladybug's Birthday حفلة الدعسوقة ISBN: 0-439-86405-3
34. Mama Will Be Home Soon أمي ستعود قريبا ISBN: 0-439-86405-30
35. From Tadpole to Frog دورة حياة الضفدع ISBN: 0-439-86438-1
36. Human Body الجسم البشري ISBN: 0-439-86443-5
37. Spiders العناكب ISBN: 0-439-86444-2
38. Three Fables ثلاث حكايات ISBN: 0-439-86449-7
39. We Are All Alike نحن كلنا متشابون, نحن كلنا مختلفون... ISBN: 0-439-86536-4
40. What the Animals Were Waiting For ما الذي كانت تنتظره الحيوانات ISBN: 0-439-86537-1

Teacher’s Guide Grade 2 :is a supported material for My Arabic Library Grade 2 by a 40-page that filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom; where each level companied with a 20x30” colorful poster displaying the book covers in the library. Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 2 classroom library features 40 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 2 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more.

Best-selling Scholastic Titles in Arabic for Grade 3
Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 3 classroom library features 40 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 3 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more. Each library is supported by a 48-page Teacher’s Guide filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom (sold separately).

Grade 3 Includes:

1. A Chick Grows فرخ ينمو ويكبر ISBN: 978-0-439-89076-2
2. Bats and Ears الخفافيش ISBN: 978-0-439-89070-0
3. Beavers and Teeth القنادس ISBN: 978-0-439-89075-5
4. Ella Elephant فلفوله "الفيلة الأنيقة" ISBN: 978-0-439-88954-4
5. Ella Takes the Cake فلفوله "تسلم كعكة العيد" ISBN: 978-0-439-88925-4
6. Four Oceans المحيطات الأربعة ISBN: 978-0-439-89124-0
7. Frida فريدا ISBN: 978-0-439-02640-6
8. Good luck glasses نظارات الحظ السعيد ISBN: 978-0-439-85896-0
9. Greedy Triangle المثلث الطماع ISBN: 978-0-439-85757-4
10. Hana’a and Wafa’a Are Friends For Ever هناء ووفاء صديقتان الى الابد ISBN: 978-0-439-02636-9
11. Magic Fish السمكة العجيبة ISBN: 978-0-439-88957-5
12. Monkeys القرود وحيوانات لبونة أخرى.. ISBN: 978-0-439-89083-0
13. MSB Arctic مغامرة في القطب الشمالي ISBN: 978-0-439-88959-9
14. MSB Flies from the Nest يطير من العش ISBN: 978-0-439-89050-2
15. MSB Flies With Dinos تطير مع الديناصورات ISBN: 978-0-439-02642-0
16. MSB Has a Heart ذات القلب الكبير ISBN: 978-0-439-02635-2
17. MSB Moonwalk السير على سطح القمر ISBN: 978-0-439-89059-5
18. MSB Rides the Wind على جناح الرياح ISBN: 978-0-439-02637-6
19. MSB Sleeps for the Winter نائم طوال فصل الشتاء ISBN: 978-0-439-89051-9
20. MSB and the Missing Tooth السن المفقودة ISBN: 978-0-439-02634-5
21. Octopuses / Senses الأخطبوطات ISBN: 978-0-439-02631-4
22. Owls and Eyes البومة "وحيوانات أخرى لها عيون مذهلة" ISBN: 978-0-439-89088-5
23. Piranhas and Other Fish البيرانيا "وأسماك أخرى" ISBN: 978-0-439-02632-1
24. Reading Champion بطل القراءة ISBN: 978-0-439-89060-1
25. Ruby the Copycat راغدة المقلدة ISBN: 978-0-439-02639-0
26. SSR Penguins البطاريق ISBN: 978-0-439-89117-2
27. SSR Shadows الظلال ISBN: 978-0-439-89118-9
28. Stone Soup حساء الحصى ISBN: 978-0-439-89122-6
29. Tale of the Tricky Fox الثعلب الماكر ISBN: 978-0-439-02638-3
30. A Turtle Hatchling Grows Up فريخ سلحفاه, ينمو ويكبر ISBN: 978-0-439-02633-8
31. What a Story يا لها من قصة ISBN: 978-0-439-85748-2
32. Where's That Fish? ابحث معي عن السمك ISBN: 978-0-439-88955-1
33. Where's That Reptile? ابحث معي عن الزواحف ISBN: 978-0-439-88956-8
34. The Best Teacher in the World أفضل معلمة في الدنيا ISBN: 978-0-439-85895-3
35. Little fingers الأصابع الصغيرة ISBN: 978-0-439-85742-0
36. Roller Skates المزالج ISBN: 978-0-439-85893-9
37. Talk To ME تحدثوا معي ISBN: 978-0-439-85744-4
38. Make Way for Tooth Decay أفسحوا الطريق لتسوس الأسنان ISBN: 978-0-439-85826-7
39. Watch out will انتبه يا وليد! ISBN: 978-0-439-85746-8
40. What's in the river ماذا في النهر؟ ISBN: 978-0-439-85749-9

Teacher Guide Grade 3 : where each library is supported by a 42-pages Teacher’s Guide filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom; where each level companied with a 20x30” colorful poster displaying the book covers in the library. Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 3 classroom library features 40 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 3 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more.

Objectives of the book:

• Deepening the love of the family in their lessons.
• Introducing body parts.
• Introducing transportation.
• Introducing the surrounding means for the student.
• Introducing family members.
• Introducing traffic lights.

Grammatical structures:

• Demonstrative pronouns.
• Introducing question formula.

The linguistic resources:

• Students memorize Sourat AlFateha.
• A group of lessons about family.
• Students memorize Sourat AlEkhlas.
• Lesson (my Allah).
• Lesson (dress).
• Lesson (Hand).
• Lesson (For me and you).

This series seeks to teach children and enhance the linguistic skills for non-Arabic speakers Here are some of the highlighted objectives:

1. Endearing Arabic language to students and enable them to understand its meanings when listening.
2. Allow students to read Arabic language a correct loud reading while getting through what they are reading.
3. Enrich students with great linguistic resources so they would be able to format correct Arabic sentences.
4. Educate students with the features of Arabic and Islamic culture.
5. Allow students to learn other subjects in Arabic.
6. And all this would help students to recite The Holy Quran, understand its meanings and perform Islamic rituals in Arabic.

This series relays on five main fundamentals are:

1. Psychological bases.
2. Linguistic bases.
3. Cultural bases.
4. Educational bases.
5. Social bases.

From here students will learn the linguistic skills in the following order:

1. Listening skill
2. Speaking skill.
3. Reading skill.
4. Writing skill.

We would like to point out the recommended teaching methods for teaching these different linguistic skills:

• Listening and speaking skills: teaching listening and speaking skills aims to:
  1. Accustom students to Arabic sounds.
  2. To aware students to the changing meanings by changing tones in one sentence.
  3. Allow students to mimic the teacher in speech.
  4. Allow students to understand what is heard.
  5. The ability to continue listening to Arabic conversations.
  6. The ability to speak Arabic language a regular speech similar to our children.
• Reading skill: the method of teaching the reading skill will progress according to what education scientists call (the Synthesis method) which is based on benefiting the following methods:
  1. The total method.
  2. The partial method.
  3. The combination method.
  4. The analysis method.
  5. The vocal method.
• The writing skill: the method which is used for this skill in this series books is the direct dictation which benefit from the different dictation methods and they are:
  1. Imparted dictation..
  2. Visual dictation..
  3. Audible dictation..
  4. Experimental dictation.

Time plan:
The books of this series are school books so the time that is acted for is measured by the time of a class which is 45 minutes and we call each class an hour study that means the days specified to study this book may increase or decrease according to the hours specified for a day of studying.

Language used in teaching:
The teacher is obligated to speak, explain, analyze and discuss in formal fluent Arabic language, and he is not allowed to use an intermediary language whatever that language was.

Grade 1 (Box 2) Complete Library:
5 copies of the following titles plus one copy of Grade 1 posters in attractive and durable library box.

1. Counting in the Garden حديقة الأرقام (Middle East)
2. Counting in the Garden حديقة الأرقام (N African)
3. Goodnight. My Duckling تصبحين على خير يابطتي الصغيرة
4. I Am (small) أنـــا
5. I Can See! (small) أستطيع أن أرى
6. Look. Listen. and Learn انظر واسمتع, وتعلم
7. My Beautiful Child ياطفلي الجميل
8. On a Boat على قارب
9. Polar Bear Night ليلة دب قطبية
10. Rainforest Colors ألوان غابة المطر
11. Sea Horse أفراس البحر
12. Shine. Sun أشرقي ياشمس
13. The Happy Bee النحلة السعيدة
14. The Magic Rabbit الأرنب العجيب
15. Two Eyes. a Nose. and a Mouth العينان, الأنف, والفم
16. We are Painting (small) نحن نرسم بالدهان
17. Whales الحيتان
18. Who Hid? من اختبأ؟
19. Animals of the North Pole حيوانات القطب الشمالي
20. Animal Homes بيوت الحيوانات
21. What's Inside? ماذا بداخلها؟

Plus 1 copy of the following lap size books:

1. Can See! (lap size) أستطيع أن أرى
2. We are Painting (lap size) نحن نرسم بالدهان
3. I Am (lap size)