School in Abu Dhabi

The Facts:

School in Abu Dhabi is a lot like school in the USA. School is five days a week. The students are expected to be polite and follow school and classroom rules like raising their hands to speak or walking in a line in the hallway. The students here like to play, talk to their friends, and use the computers. They love their family and friends and have favorite television shows. 

The school here is also different. They go to school on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The weekend is Friday and Saturday. Boys and girls go to school together in kindergarten, but have to go to separate schools for grades 1 through 12. All the kindergarten teachers here are women. The school year begins in September and ends in June. 

Questions to Consider:

What is your favorite subject in school?

What is your favorite television show?

What days of the week do you go to school?

What days are your weekend days?

Do you have boys and girls in your class? 

How would your school be different if it was a boys only or a girls only school?

Which months do you go to school?

Can you guess why the students here go to school on Sundays and are off on Fridays?

Why do you think school begins and ends later in the year than school in America?

Would you like to have a different schedule for school? If so, when would you go to school? Why?

Learn an Arab Word:

Yes -- Na'am -- نام

Learn More About Abu Dhabi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi