Good morning girls,
Another week down girls. I am missing you more than ever this week. What I would do to be back in the classroom with you all. This is the safest way for us at the moment so we will have to power through :).
Here is the homework for this week. Remember just to do your best with it, only do what you can. If you are finding that you are getting through the daily work quickly please choose some of the extra work activities which I have listed at the end of the blog post.
I hope you all enjoyed your audio book last week. This week we have switched back to looking at another Maths topic. Our maths topic this week is ‘3D shapes’. I hope you have fun learning about all the different 3D shapes this week.
Try your best to correct your Master Your Maths, Table Toppers, Bua na Cainte, Reading Zone and Spellbound each Friday. This will give you a great chance to learn from your mistakes if you have any .
We would love to get some pictures of your 3D shapes activities (could be pictures of you playing the games either or on a 3D shape hunt - why not get other people in your house involved in the hunt), your art activities and any other fun activities which you have gotten up to at home sent into us this week please.
Have a super week and I look forward to getting some more e-mails this week!
Best wishes,
Ms. Meagher
Homework Suggestions for Week 8 – Monday 18th – Friday 22nd of May:
Completely optional extra work for the week can be found at the end of this blog post.
Monday 18th:
Tuesday 19th:
Wednesday 20th:
Thursday 21st:
11. Gaeilge – An Teilifís (Theme: The Television) – Bua na Cainte page 125 – An Sorcas (The Circus) – Léigh an scéal (read the story) – déan iarracht an scéal a léamh as Béarla chomh maith (try to translate the story into English as well). Léigh an scéal trí nó ceathair uair (read the story 3 or 4 times). Freagair na ceisteanna ó bhéal ar dtús (Answer the questions orally again).
Friday 22nd:
Online Games:
Optional extra work for week 8:
If unable to access Bua Na Cainte or Planet Maths, here are screenshots of the pages mentioned in this week's homework along with all other homework.
Another week down girls. I am missing you more than ever this week. What I would do to be back in the classroom with you all. This is the safest way for us at the moment so we will have to power through :).
Here is the homework for this week. Remember just to do your best with it, only do what you can. If you are finding that you are getting through the daily work quickly please choose some of the extra work activities which I have listed at the end of the blog post.
I hope you all enjoyed your audio book last week. This week we have switched back to looking at another Maths topic. Our maths topic this week is ‘3D shapes’. I hope you have fun learning about all the different 3D shapes this week.
Try your best to correct your Master Your Maths, Table Toppers, Bua na Cainte, Reading Zone and Spellbound each Friday. This will give you a great chance to learn from your mistakes if you have any .
We would love to get some pictures of your 3D shapes activities (could be pictures of you playing the games either or on a 3D shape hunt - why not get other people in your house involved in the hunt), your art activities and any other fun activities which you have gotten up to at home sent into us this week please.
Have a super week and I look forward to getting some more e-mails this week!
Best wishes,
Ms. Meagher
Homework Suggestions for Week 8 – Monday 18th – Friday 22nd of May:
Completely optional extra work for the week can be found at the end of this blog post.
Monday 18th:
- Spellbound: Unit 32 - Part A & B - Learn spellings from this unit
- Table Toppers: Unit 23 - Day 1
- Master Your Maths: Test 6
- Tables: Revise all multiplication tables. Continue to learn all division tables. Try and beat your own personal best on the 'Hit the Button' website.
- Reading Zone: Unit 30 – Read story and answer part A (answer in copy - full sentence)
- Diary: Write a diary entry. Draw a picture to demonstrate if you wish. If you are finding it difficult to have a new entry each day, you can write a weekly entry instead.
- Extra Maths: This week we will be looking at 3D shapes. Two weeks ago we were searching the house for 2D shapes which are flat shapes. This week we will be looking for 3D shapes. These are shapes which you can pick up and hold. Take a tour of your house and write down all the different 3D shapes you can find. (There will be a poster at the end of this blog post with different 3D shapes on it to help you with their correct names and spellings.) We will be thinking about the following:
- Finally, you will be looking at the 3D shape and seeing if they stack or if they roll (Some shapes can do both)
- I would also like you to look at your 3D shape and see what different 2D shapes are in your 3D shape.
- How many corners does this shape have (pointy part where two edges meet).
- How many edges does this shape have (long side all around the face).
- Are the faces curved or flat.
- How many faces does this shape have (large flat area).
- Real-life object that is this shape:
- The name of the 3D shape:
- Gaeilge – An Teilifís (Theme: The Television) – Bua na Cainte page 124 – An Seomra Suí (The Sitting Room) –Léigh na focail sa phictiúr trí nó ceithre uair (read the words in the picture 3 or 4 times).
- Bhain úsáid as teanglann.ie chun an Béarla a fháil ar na focail ón bpictiúr agus scríobh iad I do chóipleabhar. (Use teanglann.ie to look up all the words from the picture in English and write them down in your copy e.g. ríomhaire = computer ).
- Léigh na ceisteanna ag deireadh an leathanaigh agus déan iarracht iad a fhreagairt ó bhéal (Read the questions at the bottom of the page and try to answer them orally – no writing).
- Reading activities:
- Practice reading the poem ‘The Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. Try to practice reading the poem as dramatically as possible. Pretend like there is an audience in front of you that you are trying to engage. (There will be a picture of the poem at the end of this blog post). I LOVED practicing this poem at home, you can have great fun being as dramatic as you like!
- 20 minutes of your own book of choice.
- P.E. – Activity of your choice from P.E. blog post or your favourite type of exercise for 30 minutes. There are some great activities for active schools week on the school website as well, take a look at these for some new ideas :).
Tuesday 19th:
- Spellbound: Unit 32 - Part C & D - Learn spellings from this unit
- Table Toppers: Unit 23 - Day 2
- Master Your Maths: Test 7
- Tables: Revise all multiplication and division tables. Try and beat your own personal best on the 'Hit the Button' website.
- Reading Zone: Unit 30 – Read story and answer part B & C (answer in copy - full sentence)
- Diary: Write a diary entry. Draw a picture to demonstrate if you wish. If you are finding it difficult to have a new entry each day, you can write a weekly entry instead.
- Extra Maths: Using the list of 3D shapes which you found around your house yesterday, I would like you to describe each of them using the following headings. Pick a minimum of four 3D shapes to describe but you are more than welcome to do as many as you like if you want to do more than four. I will give you an example below.
- Name of shape: Cylinder
- Real-life object that you found: Fizzy drink can
- Faces (large flat area): 3
- Curved or flat faces: Both curved and flat. The rectangular face is curved and the circular face is flat.
- Edges (long side all around the face – line between two faces): 2
- Corners (pointy part where two or more edges meet): 0
- What different 2D shapes are in your 3D shape: rectangle and a circle
- Does this 3D shape stack or roll (Some shapes can do both): A cylinder both stacks and rolls.
- Gaeilge – An Teilifís (Theme: The Television) – Bua na Cainte page 124 – An Seomra Suí (The Sitting Room) –Léigh na focail sa phictiúr trí nó ceithre uair (read the words in the picture 3 or 4 times). Léigh na ceisteanna ag deireadh an leathanaigh agus déan iarracht iad a fhreagairt ó bhéal arís (Read the questions at the bottom of the page and try to answer them orally again). Scríobh na freagraí I do chóipleabhar anois. (Now write the answers in your copybook).
- Handwriting: page 55
- Reading activities:
- Practice reading the poem ‘The Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. Try to practice reading the poem as dramatically as possible. Pretend like there is an audience in front of you that you are trying to engage. (There will be a picture of the poem at the end of this blog post). I LOVED practicing this poem at home, you can have great fun being as dramatic as you like!
- 20 minutes of your own book of choice.
- P.E. – Activity of your choice from P.E. blog post or your favourite type of exercise for 30 minutes. There are some great activities for active schools week on the school website as well, take a look at these for some new ideas :).
Wednesday 20th:
- Spellbound: Unit 32 - Part E & F - Learn spellings from this unit
- Table Toppers: Unit 23 - Day 3
- Master Your Maths: Test 8
- Tables: Revise all multiplication and division tables. Try and beat your own personal best on the 'Hit the Button' website.
- Reading Zone: Unit 30 – Read story and answer part D (answer in copy - full sentence)
- Diary: Write a diary entry. Draw a picture to demonstrate if you wish. If you are finding it difficult to have a new entry each day, you can write a weekly entry instead.
- Extra Maths: Start off your Maths today by playing this 3D shape game. See how many 3D shapes you can name :D.https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activitya/pm_3c_152/index.html After you have played this game, I would like you to complete the worksheet attached at the bottom of this blog post called Wednesday’s Maths Sheet. (If you don’t have a printer, don’t worry. You can write your answers into your copybook – don’t forget to rule your page, have a title and date also.)
- Gaeilge – An Teilifís (Theme: The Television) – Bua na Cainte page 125 – An Sorcas (The Circus) – Léigh an scéal (read the story) – déan iarracht an scéal a léamh as Béarla chomh maith (try to translate the story into English as well).
- Freagair na ceisteanna ó bhéal (Answer the questions orally – no writing). Léigh an scéal trí nó ceathair uair (read the story 3 or 4 times). Ná déan dearmad is briathra neamhrialta iad ‘An ndeachaigh?’ agus ‘An bhfaca?’ (Don’t forget the two verbs ‘did they go?’ and ‘did they see?’ are irregular verbs).
- An ndeachaigh? Chuaigh √ Ní dheachaigh X
- An bhfaca? Chonaic √ Ní fhaca X
- Clú eile (Other clues):
- Cad atá ar siúl ag an madra? (What is the dog doing?)
- Ar tháinig an sorcas? (Did the circus come?).
- Conas a bhí an moncaí gléasta? (How was the monkey dressed?).
- An ndeachaigh Ciara go dtí an sorcas? (Did Ciara go to do the circus?)
- Freagair na ceisteanna ó bhéal (Answer the questions orally – no writing). Léigh an scéal trí nó ceathair uair (read the story 3 or 4 times). Ná déan dearmad is briathra neamhrialta iad ‘An ndeachaigh?’ agus ‘An bhfaca?’ (Don’t forget the two verbs ‘did they go?’ and ‘did they see?’ are irregular verbs).
- Bhain úsáid as teanglann.ie chun an Béarla a fháil ar na focail ón scéal agus scríobh iad I do chóipleabhar. (Use teanglann.ie to look up these words from the story in English and write them down in your copy e.g. tráthnóna = afternoon). Athraigh na focail seo a leanas go Béarla (Translate the following words to English): ag seinm, veidhlín, bríste, srón, ag marcaíocht, muc.
- P.E. – Activity of your choice from P.E. blog post or your favourite type of exercise for 30 minutes. There are some great activities for active schools week on the school website as well, take a look at these for some new ideas :).
- Reading activities:
- Practice reading the poem ‘The Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. Try to practice reading the poem as dramatically as possible. Pretend like there is an audience in front of you that you are trying to engage. (There will be a picture of the poem at the end of this blog post). I LOVED practicing this poem at home, you can have great fun being as dramatic as you like!
- 20 minutes of your own book of choice.
Thursday 21st:
- Spellbound: Unit 32 - Part G & H - Learn spellings from this unit
- Table Toppers: Unit 23 - Day 4
- Master Your Maths: Test 9
- Tables: Revise all multiplication and division tables. Try and beat your own personal best on the 'Hit the Button' website.
- Reading Zone: Unit 30 – Read story and answer part D (answer in copy - full sentence)
- Diary: Write a diary entry. Draw a picture to demonstrate if you wish. If you are finding it difficult to have a new entry each day, you can write a weekly entry instead.
- Handwriting: Page 56
- Reading activities:
- Practice reading the poem ‘The Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. Try to practice reading the poem as dramatically as possible. Pretend like there is an audience in front of you that you are trying to engage. (There will be a picture of the poem at the end of this blog post). I LOVED practicing this poem at home, you can have great fun being as dramatic as you like!
- 20 minutes of your own book of choice.
- P.E. – Activity of your choice from P.E. blog post or your favourite type of exercise for 30 minutes. There are some great activities for active schools week on the school website as well, take a look at these for some new ideas :).
- Extra Maths: You will need help from another person for the first part to today’s game.
- Step 1: Gather a few different 3D shapes from around the house.
- Step 2: Close your eyes and ask the other person to choose a 3D object and hand it to you.
- Step 3: By only feeling the object, it’s curved faces, flat faces, edges, corners etc. you will have to guess what 3D shape you have in your hand.
- You can then swap roles and ask the other person to close their eyes and you could hand them the object. If they are finding it hard, you could give them clues such as telling them how many edges the shape has or how many faces the shape has.
- After you have played this game, I would like you to complete the worksheet attached at the bottom of this blog’s post called Thursday’s Maths Sheet. (If you don’t have a printer, don’t worry. You can write your answer’s into your copybook – don’t forget to rule your page, have a title and date also.)
11. Gaeilge – An Teilifís (Theme: The Television) – Bua na Cainte page 125 – An Sorcas (The Circus) – Léigh an scéal (read the story) – déan iarracht an scéal a léamh as Béarla chomh maith (try to translate the story into English as well). Léigh an scéal trí nó ceathair uair (read the story 3 or 4 times). Freagair na ceisteanna ó bhéal ar dtús (Answer the questions orally again).
- Scríobh na freagraí I do chóipleabhar (Write the answers in your copybook). Ná déan dearmad is briathra neamhrialta iad ‘An ndeachaigh?’ agus ‘An bhfaca?’ (Don’t forget the two verbs ‘did they go?’ and ‘did they see?’ are irregular verbs).
- An ndeachaigh? Chuaigh √ Ní dheachaigh X
- An bhfaca? Chonaic √ Ní fhaca X
- Clú eile (Other clues):
- Cad atá ar siúl ag an madra? (What is the dog doing?)
- Ar tháinig an sorcas? (Did the circus come?).
- Conas a bhí an moncaí gléasta? (How was the monkey dressed?).
- An ndeachaigh Ciara go dtí an sorcas? (Did Ciara go to do the circus?)
Friday 22nd:
- GoNoodle - Mindfulness (YouTube)
- P.E. – Activity of your choice from P.E. blog post or your favourite type of exercise for 30 minutes. There are some great activities for active schools week on the school website as well, take a look at these for some new ideas :).
- Reading activities:
- Practice reading the poem ‘The Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. Try to practice reading the poem as dramatically as possible. Pretend like there is an audience in front of you that you are trying to engage. (There will be a picture of the poem at the end of this blog post). I LOVED practicing this poem at home, you can have great fun being as dramatic as you like!
- 20 minutes of your own book of choice.
- Just dance and GoNoodle exercises
- Visual Arts: Dania has very kindly sent in the directions on how you can make her map of Ireland. I will attach Dania’s instructions and pictures of her map in the extra blog post for art. I cannot wait to see all your creations. If you do not have some of the materials don’t worry we will have mindfulness colouring sheets uploaded at the end of this blog post also.
- Diary: Write a diary entry. Draw a picture to demonstrate if you wish. If you are finding it difficult to have a new entry each day, you can write a weekly entry instead.
- Online games: Choose a Maths game and an English game of your choice and practice your skills for 20 minutes.
- Extra activity of your choice from extra work blog post. Check out the school’s website as well for lots of new ideas.
Online Games:
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - tables (addition, subtraction, division and multiplication)
- https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/119/find_the_start_time# - time (this is one of many time games available on this website - some of the games can be quite hard but you can modify the level)
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 - This is a mix and match of different maths topics.
- https://www.coolmath4kids.com/manipulatives/pattern-blocks - tangrams game. This is a great game where you can choose a puzzle and you have to try and create that picture by dragging different 2D shapes onto the screen.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers - this is a general link to lots of different maths games.
- http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/lcwc/index.html - Spelling game
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar - link to a range of English spelling and grammar-based games.
Optional extra work for week 8:
- Free-writing: Your free writing topic this week is ‘A Day as a Principal’. Please don’t forget capital letters, fingers spaces, full stops, paragraphs and most importantly to read over your writing to make sure it makes sense :).
- Planet Maths (Online book available on folensonline.ie – For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’) – If you would like extra Maths work this week complete page 124 & 125 (Emma’s Kitchen) over the course of the week.
- Online games: Practice your English grammar and spelling as well as all your Maths skills using the above website.
- SPHE – Family time – ask your parents if you can help them with anything today, it could be housework, feeding your pet or maybe even helping to cook the dinner? (With all this helping around the house you might not even have to ask about helping anymore and can do all the cleaning yourself :D :D )
- RTÉ School Hub – This is a great resource for you to revise various topics covered throughout the school year and potentially some new content also. There will be an hour of ‘classes’ broadcast from 11am to 12 noon Monday – Friday. There will also be a RTÉ Home School Extra program at 4.15pm where children’s work which has been sent in will be broadcast on the television.
- TG4 / Cúla 4 – From Monday the 20th of April, they will be broadcasting an Irish lesson daily between 10am and 10.30am. This could be really helpful to hear the language being spoken again and to improve your Irish skills.
- English - Readtheory.com – Continue using this website which will improve your reading and comprehension skills. If this is your first week using this website you can sign up to this website for free. This is very similar to the SRA comprehensions that we do in school. Once signed up, you will complete a sample comprehension. This will figure out the correct level for you. Once complete, you can start reading as much as you like. Even better you’ve to try and beat your personal best when answering the questions. A fun way to read more every day.
- Reading: This is such a great opportunity to create that love of reading. When I find a book I love, I often find it hard to pull myself away from the book! I could be sitting reading it for hours! I have only suggested 20 minutes of reading in your daily work but you can go over and beyond with this as well! I could often spend hours reading a book if I really loved it :) If you prefer you could listen to an audio book online either, this is also a great way to learn! There are lots of free books available online.
- Gaeilge – practice your reading in Gaeilge by scrolling back through our Bua na Cainte (Green book) book online which is available at edcolearning.ie (username: primaryedcobooks password: edco2020). Pick a different story each day and practice reading it out loud. To challenge yourself even further try and translate the story into English orally.
- Gaeilge: Choose a cartoon of your choice to watch throughout Irish. https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/childrens-tv-shows/
- Watch an episode of News2Day https://trte.rte.ie/news2day/
- Tables – You can never spend too much time practicing your tables. If you are looking for more to do continue to practice your tables and saying them off by heart! The Hit the Button game is brilliant and you can continue to try and beat your personal best. Why not play table champions with your family and see who wins?
- Extra: Activity of your choice from extra work blog post
If unable to access Bua Na Cainte or Planet Maths, here are screenshots of the pages mentioned in this week's homework along with all other homework.