11th-15th May

11^th-15^th May

• 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:  Story writing competition (see Thursday for English)

English

Don’t forget to read as much as possible every day!!!

Day	Juniors and Seniors	1st Class
Monday Spellling/ Tricky Words	Juniors: Glue in next tricky word (by). Ways to make the ee sound Video to introduce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PJGqbCeRU4 Discuss how you can make the ‘ee’ sound using ee (teeth) or ea (leaf) Worksheet:  https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-53769-find-the-ee-and-ea-activity-sheet (Juniors can just do the first part and write out words instead of sentences. Seniors can do whole page)	Spellwell week 27, activity a Magic e revision
Tuesday Story Time	Developing Comprehension Strategies Predicting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpDJ8Bi6XX4 Use the predicting strategy when reading a book on getepic.com or Connect Collins.  Your child can draw or write their predictions if you want. 1st Class: Spellwell activity b
Wednesday Handwriting	Juniors: Glue in next tricky word (old) and practice recognising them Seniors (/Juniors): online game: https://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/ea-vowel-digraph-long-e-phonics-game/ or worksheet: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-53753-ea-read-and-write-activity-sheet 1st Class: Spellwell activity c Handwriting: Hh. Can be practiced in small handwriting book sent home. Find a storybook and go on a ‘h hunt’. Write the words with h in them in your best handwriting. Only do one letter a day for handwriting. Letter formation video: http://www.showme.com/sh?h=K13xvWa
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). Creative Challenge: https://www.greatlighthouses.com/storykeeper/ (please send a copy of stories to me too for our blog! I love reading them!) (The age for the competition is 7-12 years old. Juniors and Seniors can still send me a copy of their story though!) 1st Class: Spellwell activity d
Friday Test and Games	1st Class: test and dictation sentences based previous week: Mam will try to bake a date cake. He ate the fake fig I gave him. Why did you take most of the jam? Online games: 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-An Teilifís

An Luan	Ceacht 1 (comhrá 1.1) or… Sa Seomra Suí-video lesson: https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/an-teilifis-1-1/54664798/?s=43VuuR&ref=app Draw and label a picture of a Seomra Suí or complete l.67
An Mháirt	Ceacht 1 (comhrá 1.2) or… Powerpoint attached to email or available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sOn2Z3nY4b1NZ-7e1lLxx96kjthaW-5k/view?usp=sharing (there are videos and audio clips to help with pronunciation, you will have to download the powerpoint for these to work). Make video or take photos of your child doing all of the different verbs in the powerpoint
An Chéadaoin	Ceacht 2 or… Cuir x ar siúl/much x. Ardaigh an fhuaim/ísligh an fhuaim. Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P5cKel8URgCkh0Pzg2T0bEAK3ZRxl6at/view?usp=sharing Use these phrases when possible informally at home! Rann: Haidh Didil Didil  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCXD_V_rKU4 practice and learn
An Déardaoin	Ceacht 4 Cad a chuala tú? Or… Video: https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/ceacht-4-cad-a-chuala-tu/54676249/?s=FLKr9O&ref=app Play the game in the lesson above with your child. Workbook: l.68/69 bí ag léamh agus bí ag scríobh.
An Aoine	Ceacht 5 An Sorcas or… Video: https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/cad-a-fheiceann-tu/54706624/?s=D61JA5&ref=app An fearr leat x nó y? Is fearr liom… Wbook: l.70 ask you child ‘Cad a fheiceann tú?’ (Cod a eck-inn too?) they reply ‘Feicim rón/asal/leon/bó/tíogar/sorcas’

Additional Activities:

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

Maths

1^st Class: Tables Champion pg 30. 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: Addition  

Monday:

• Infants: video to introduce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_wvvEvkw4

Wsheet: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-572-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-addition-sheet (Jnrs first page, Snrs second and third pages)

And/Or game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition (Juniors may need counters to help them figure out the sums)

• 1^st Class: use this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedvwH6Ay18 to revise tens and units (they call them ‘ones’ in the video, just remind your child that we call them units).

Game: http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/mw/manip/mn_popup.thtml&filename=b10b_prim&title=Base%20Ten%20Blocks&grade=2 give your child a number between 1-99 to make in the tens and units frame (click the stamp in the top right corner to get the blocks).

Worksheet: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-1346-tens-and-units-worksheet (just do pg1-2, your child can write out the answers on a page or in a copy if you don’t have a printer)

Tuesday:

Junior Infants http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/rockhopper_grade1.html and/or worksheet: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-053-ways-of-making-numbers-up-to-5-activity-sheet

Senior Infants game: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/rockhopper_grade2.html and/or worksheet: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5505-butterfly-addition-to-10-activity-sheets

1^st Class game: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/rockhopper_grade3.html and/or wbook pg.97

Wednesday:

Infants https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-5839-addition-to-5-and-to-10-building-bricks-busy-bag-prompt-card-and-resource-pack using blocks to consolidate learning so far. Challenge Junior Infants by asking them to write out the sum they made with the blocks (pointing out the + and = symbols and explaining what they do) Seniors can make up their own sums and write them out.

1^st Class: wbook pg98 (if they’re comfortable they can also do pg99) and/or game: http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers/mobile/index.html (numbers up to 99)

Thursday:

Juniors: online game: https://www.abcya.com/games/addition or wsheet: https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/addition-for-kindergarten-within-5-fish-1.gif

Seniors: A great noughts and crosses addition game: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-507-addition-noughts-and-crosses-activity-to-10 (this could be replicated if you don’t have a printer, or you could make more challenging sums too)

1^st Class: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-509-addition-noughts-and-crosses-activity-to-20 (or you could make your own one using their tables for the week to revise).

Friday: online games

Splashmaths.com

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.

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