20th-24th April

20^th-24^th April

• Daily exercise: Run, walk, cycle, play outside as much as possible. If the weather is bad, P.E. with Joe (daily P.E. Lessons) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8&list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

• Calendar and Aimsir: https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=289541668

• Creative Challenge: Art Gallery. Send your artwork to your teacher for our Gallery on Friday!

English

Day	Juniors and Seniors	1st Class
Monday Spellling/ Tricky Words	Juniors: Glue in next tricky word (they). Tricky word workbook for revision (can be done throughout the week): Juniors: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/phase-2-phonics-tricky-words-activity-booklet-t-l-527453 Seniors: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/phase-4-phonics-tricky-words-activity-booklet-t-l-9281 Alternatively, children can play sight word bingo on abcya.com or there are some ideas on this website: https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/	Spellwell week 24, activity a Pick a spelling word from each section to put into a sentence. Note: 77-words all have the ‘ou’ sound. 78-words all have the ‘ou’ sound but it’s written as ow. 79-words have ‘ow’ but it makes the ‘oa’ sound.
Tuesday Story Time	Read a story on getepic.com and retell it using this template https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-2162-storyboard-templates. Juniors can draw 4 pictures to retell, Seniors can do the same but write a sentence, and 1st Class can retell using sentences with pictures at the end. Or… Connect Collins have access to over 330 free ebooks with accompanying worksheets and suggested activities. Go to https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/teacherlogin.aspx Enter username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!  1st Class: Spellwell activity b
Wednesday Handwriting	Juniors: Glue in next tricky word (go) and practice recognising them Seniors: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/phase-4-tricky-words-hidden-words-phonics-game-t-l-527703 1st Class: Spellwell activity c Handwriting: Rr. Can be practiced in small handwriting book sent home. Find a storybook and go on a ‘r hunt’. Write the words with r in them in your best handwriting. Only do one letter a day for handwriting. Letter formation video: http://www.showme.com/sh?h=Pdxj0ca
Thursday Creative Writing	Writing informally and for pleasure is really important, and could be done daily in the form of a diary (Juniors can draw a picture and label it). The children can do their own free writing or use the template linked below. Fairy tale: children write their own fairy tale using this game as stimulus: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-t-l-1032-telling-stories-oral-language-dice-game. They could also choose their favourite fairy tale and write it from the bad guy’s perspective. 1st Class: Spellwell activity d
Friday Test and Games	1st Class: Spelling Test for Week 24 and dictation sentences based on Week 23: The girl said to turn right. The corn and the fork fell in dirt. I have seen that bird in Cork. Online games: http://mskeanesclassroom.blogspot.com/2020/04/offline-resources-and-login-details.html https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

All: Read for pleasure as much as possible

All: Typing Club

Gaeilge

You can access the Bua na Cainte book through www.edcolearning.ie/login with username: primaryedcobooks and password: edco2020

Bua na Cainte 1-Sa Bhaile.

An Luan	Go through verbs on the powerpoint attached to email and play Deir Ó Grádaigh (Simon Says) e.g. deir ó grádaigh bí ag rith/ag léamh. Children could make a video saying and demonstrating each action, or take photos a write the sentence underneath (tá mé ag canadh/léamh…). Read pg55 of book together.
An Mháirt	Pg 56: fill in the blanks correctly (Juniors Infants could do this orally if they’re struggling with the writing).
An Chéadaoin	PowerPoint with pronunciations of new vocab and hunt (please see email attachment)
An Déardaoin	pg57, join the dots and count as Gaeilge (https://blogs.transparent.com/irish/irish-numbers-1-20-with-video/ if you need help with the numbers!). Colour
An Aoine	https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-gl-297-ca-bhfuil-niamh-powerpoint go through rooms of the house using this powerpoint and draw own house. Put a small toy, e.g. a lego character, into different rooms of the house and ask your child “Cá bhfuil sé?”. Your child could also make a video of themselves in different rooms saying a sentence per room: Tá mé sa chistin/seomra suí/ghairdín…

Additional Activities:

• 1^st Class-App: Caoga Caoga/Duolingo
• TG4
• Cúla4 ar Scoil

Maths

1^st Class: Tables Champion pg 28. Complete one column a day, test on Friday (call out ten sums from the page).

ALL: https://www.splashlearn.com/ (see login details in separate post, work has been assigned)

Topic: Capacity

Capacity is best understood through hands-on activities.

Juniors and Seniors: https://www.kindergartenkindergarten.com/2012/07/math-problem-solving-measurement-capacity.html this is what we would have done in the classroom. For Day 3 and 4, you can use rice/pasta/water, whatever you have at home really! Free exploration and discovery are key here.

1^st Class: you can access the 1^st Class Maths book here https://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources/?levels=0&classes=0&subjects=0&serieses=0&booktitles=0&types%5B0%5D=Book+Sample. Capacity is pg129-132. I would allow some free exploration using rice/pasta/water and a variety of different containers on Monday. Tues-Fri one workbook page per day. 1^st Class are introduced to the litre as a form of measurement on pg132.

Notes:

• Include time for play every day! It is the most important part of a child’s learning!
• Send in pictures/videos of your work for our classroom blog on Friday.
• Any questions, let me know! Remember, this is not a to-do list of work, just suggestions!

Email: akeane@stpatricksnstrim.com