Hello everyone,
I hope you all are enjoying the long weekend and the glorious weather. Outlined below is next week’s homework. Ms Sorensen and I will be giving you less suggested written work as we get further into June and start the countdown to the summer holidays. Thanks again to all of you for your continued efforts with the school work at home and for keeping me updated via email. Have a great weekend and take care.
Ms Byrne
Suggested Work for Monday 1st-Friday 5th June
This week I would like you to send me a photo of your narrative about something that happened on your summer holiday from page 69 of your Skills book. Another piece of work you could send me is the results of your experiment on heating different substances or even some pictures of you being a scientist whilst carrying out this experiment!
My email address is [email protected] which parents can also use for any queries they may have about their child’s school work.
Reading websites and resources:
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ is a very good website to use for your daily reading. The page in this link helps parents to assess which level of readers on the site is most suitable for their child. https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/which-reading-level-stage/
‘Collins Big Cat’ readers are another great set of books for the girls to read at home. You can access them by going to the linked page and following the 3 steps below. https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/teacherlogin.aspx
Click Teacher Login.
Enter the following username: [email protected].
Enter password: Parents20!
The red, yellow and blue are the simpler readers, and the green, orange, turquoise and purple are more challenging. Gold, white and lime are the most challenging. Try to choose a book that is not too easy but not too difficult for you, and is something that you will enjoy reading. You can access both fiction and non-fiction books on this site.
Please remember that the lists of weekly work posted here are just suggestions of the schoolwork that the girls could being doing at home. It is not expected that every child will be able to complete all of the work listed below.
Monday 1st June
As it’s a bank holiday, there’s no homework for today! J
Tuesday 2nd June
English: Starlight Combined Reading and Skills Book page 66. Re-read the narrative from last week, ‘The Circus Comes to Town’. Remember, a narrative is a story and has characters (who is the story about?), a setting (where does the story take place?) and a plot (what happens in this story?). Continue learning the focus words for this narrative.
Complete sections A&C on page 68 of your Skills Books. These exercises will help you to revise some of the homophones (words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings) we have learned this year, and also check if you can identify the nouns, verbs, and adjectives in sentences.
Remember:
A noun is a person, place, or thing e.g. Kate, circus, nose.
A verb is a doing word e.g. to wait/waited/waiting, to excite/excited/exciting
An adjective is a describing word e.g. funny, colourful, clumsy, big
Go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in your username, email, and password. For Roll Number use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for First Class and open ‘Combined Reader-8b ‘The Circus Comes to Town’ which, amongst other things, contains an activity that displays pictures of each of the focus words for this narrative. If you open Poster 16 ‘Summer at Home’, you will find the poem for this week, ‘Sunflakes’ by Frank Asch. It also contains the online oral language activities that accompany the current theme of ‘summer’ being explored in the Starlight workbook. You can choose to do as many of these activities as you would like this this week.
Spellings- ‘ir’ sound. Your daughter does not have the spelling list for this week in her spelling notebook, so please have her copy the list below into this notebook. Can you write a list of some other words with this sound? Learn spellings 1-4 from the list today.
‘ir’
yet
hid
wept
girl
skirt
shirt
first
of
eight
birthday
Geraldine the Giraffe learns the ‘ir’ sound too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ta_KKUU-98
You can also try Geraldine’s Phonics Flashcards to practise reading more words containing this sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhRxww2WmpI
The Alphablocks ‘Birthday Girl’ episode can be viewed here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEAuZcRB_cM
Play some games on the ‘Phonicsplay’ website to practise the ‘ir’ sound and other digraphs.
https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/
You can also play this ‘ir’ Frogs Phonics Game.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/cfe-l-526279-ir-phonics-frog-game
Try an ‘ir’ wordsearch. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-356-ir-sound-differentiated-word-search
Can you spot the ‘ir’ words in this postcard?
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-526145-ir-phoneme-spotter-postcard
Handwriting- 'Go with the Flow' page 58. Learn to join ‘ap’ and ‘ye’.
You can watch ‘Flowie’ the dog showing you how to do all the letter joins here. http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/index.html#!/book-sections/2/section-activities/1
Maths: Master Your Maths pg 60, Monday section. Please write number sentences (sums) for word problems 11&12.
Tables: This week you are going to revise the 9+ tables. Please revise the first 7 number facts today.
9+ 0 = 9
9 + 1 = 10
9 + 2 = 11
9 + 3 = 12
9 + 4 = 13
9 + 5 = 14
9 + 6 = 15
9 + 7 = 16
9+ 8 = 17
9 + 9 = 18
9 + 10 = 19
9 + 11 = 20
9 + 12 = 21
Counting work: Use your hundred square to do the following.
- Start at 46 and count up in 2s to 90
- Start at 61 and count back in 3s to 1
Wednesday 3rd June
English: Starlight Combined Reading and Skills Book page 66. Re-read ‘The Circus Comes to Town’.
Continue to learn the focus words for this narrative.
Complete section B on page 68 of your Starlight Combines Reading and Skills Book. Re- write the sentences using contractions.
Spellings- ‘ir’ Learn spellings 5-8 from list.
Maths: Master your Maths page 60, Tuesday section. Please write number sentences (sums) for word problems 11&12.
Tables: Please revise the last 6 number facts from the 9+ tables today.
9+ 0 = 9
9 + 1 = 10
9 + 2 = 11
9 + 3 = 12
9 + 4 = 13
9 + 5 = 14
9 + 6 = 15
9 + 7 = 16
9+ 8 = 17
9 + 9 = 18
9 + 10 = 19
9 + 11 = 20
9 + 12 = 21
Number Sequencing: Can you use your hundred square to identify the following number sequences and discover the missing numbers?
- 60, 65, ____75, 80
- 91, 89, 87, ___
- ___, 40, 42, 44, ____
When we are lucky we can get some very hot weather in the summer time in Ireland. The heat from the Sun is extremely strong, and we need to protect ourselves by wearing sunscreen and hats, drinking lots of water, and spending some parts of a hot day in the shade or indoors. We learned about the Sun and other sources of natural and man-made heat when we were in school together, can you list any of them? If you’re not sure, this twinkl activity sheet and power point might help you to remember!
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t2-s-998-heat-sources-natural-and-artificial-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/heat-and-temperatures-powerpoint-roi2-s-77
Do you know what can happen to some materials when they are heated?
Yes that’s right, they can melt. Can you name 5 or more things you think would melt if they were left out in the sun or on top of a radiator, put in the oven or microwave, or even heated up with a hairdryer? If a solid material is heated and it melts, did you know that it then becomes a liquid? Watch this video to learn more about melting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-lbwqzfVbo
This video explains how a material or substance can change from a solid to a liquid, as well as how a liquid can change to a solid through freezing. It also talks about gases, which are neither solids nor liquids. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t2-h-5480-changing-states-video
You can carry out an experiment to discover which everyday objects will and will not melt when they are heated, using the worksheet which you will find an image of at the beginning of this week’s blog post. You will probably have most of the objects mentioned in the house, but feel free to use other things of your own choosing instead/as well as those listed on the worksheet! To make it a fair test, you should try to leave the same objects in both a warm and cool place.
Don’t forget to predict which of them will stay solid and which will melt, and make sure that you leave each object in the sunlight for several hours in order to give it a chance to melt. If today isn’t a particularly sunny day then you might want to wait and carry out this experiment on a warmer day!
If you can’t do the experiment then you can look at these photos to discover some of the substances that will melt instead. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t2-s-1043-melting-materials-display-photos Please don’t look at them before you carry out the experiment as they will give away some of the results!
Thursday 4th June
English: Starlight Combined Reading and Skills Book page 66. Re-read ‘The Circus Comes to Town’. Continue to learn the focus words for this narrative.
Complete page 69 in your Skills Book, use your plan from last week to write a narrative about something that happened during the summer holidays.
Spellings- ‘ir’ learn spellings 8-10 from list and revise all.
Maths: Master your Maths page 61, Wednesday section. Please write number sentences (sums) for the word problems 11&12.
Tables: Please revise all of the 9+ tables today.
9+ 0 = 9
9 + 1 = 10
9 + 2 = 11
9 + 3 = 12
9 + 4 = 13
9 + 5 = 14
9 + 6 = 15
9 + 7 = 16
9+ 8 = 17
9 + 9 = 18
9 + 10 = 19
9 + 11 = 20
9 + 12 = 21
Counting work: Use your hundred square to do the following.
- Start at 37 and count up in 3s to 88
- Start at 59 and count back in 2s to 7. Are the numbers in this sequence odd or even?
Friday 5th June
English: Starlight Combined Reading and Skills Book page 66. Re-read ‘The Circus Comes to Town’. Continue to learn the focus words for this narrative. Make sure you have all the focus words for this narrative ticked off on your checklist today. Both sides of this sheet should now be completed, although you should continue to revise the various sets of focus words regularly.
Spellings- Ask a parent to test you on the ‘ir’ spelling list by calling out these sentences for you to write down. The 10 words from the list are in bold.
1. Do you like that girl’s shirt or skirt best?
2. I hid first at the birthday party.
3. There were eight of us playing the game.
4. I have not wept yet today.
Handwriting- 'Go with the Flow' page 59. Learn to join ‘op’ and ‘pp’.
Maths: Master your Maths page 61, Thursday section. Please write number sentences (sums) for word problems 11&12.
Number Sequencing: Can you use your hundred square to identify the following number sequences and discover the missing numbers?
- 64, 67, ____73
- ____, 30, 31, 32,_____
- 17, ____, 37, 47, _____
Maths: Speed test on 9+ tables. (90 seconds)
Other curriculum subjects
Gaeilge-If you would like to continue with some of the Irish curriculum for First Class you can access your child’s workbook ‘Bua na Cainte 1’ online by going to www.edcolearning.ie/login and log in using the username primaryedcobooks and the password edco2020. You will also be able to access the teacher’s manual ‘Leabhar an Mhúinteora 1’ but will not be able to access the accompanying interactive programme, as this is not available on the website.
Music-‘Dabbledoo’, the interactive music programme, have created a special parents' course which is suitable for exploring music at home. They have adapted the usual content of their weekly lessons to make it more accessible and engaging for parents and children, and put it all into the free Parents' Subscription . I would highly recommend taking a look at these lessons as they have tailored everything so that they can be easily followed. The girls really enjoyed our Dabbledoo lessons in school so I’m sure they would love to do some of them at home too. https://dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents-subscription-full-access?
P.E. St Colmcilles ‘Cul Cilles’ Academy. Every Sunday morning 11.00-11.30 am via Microsoft Teams for children born 2012-2014. Email Conor [email protected] or phone him on +44759609800
P.E.& Music Get moving with some of these fun action songs from ‘The Learning Station’. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17F1F193E453DB97
I remember that one your favourites this year was ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwT5oX_mqS0&list=PL17F1F193E453DB97&index=3&t=0s
S.P.H.E. Learn about how germs spread and how you can help to stop this from happening. https://www.littlemedicalschool.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2020/03/Coronavirus-Presentation-2020.pdf
Follow the instructions in these GoNoodle ‘Flow’ videos to learn how to get rid of negative emotions and to relax and calm yourself down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzXFPh6CPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZP-TMr984s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYlRFIzl4WA
Here is a different video that teaches you calming and breathing and stretching exercises.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZP-TMr984s
Art- Explore lots of amazing ideas for arts and crafts here. http://www.iamanartist.ie/
RTE Home School Hub-This programme is aimed at children from 1st to 6th class and is currently on every weekday from 11am to 12pm on RTE2. It is presented by three primary school teachers and covers a wide range of subjects across the curriculum. (This programme is also available to stream on RTE player). Children can also access lots of engaging, educational content online, which is available on www.rte.ie/learn
This week’s ‘School Hub’ timetable for 1st/2nd class this week is as follows:
Monday- No programme due to Bank Holiday.
Tuesday- Geography: World Cup Bid
Wednesday- Drama: Images
Thursday- Gaeilge: Bia agus Siopa
Friday- Scienece: Minibeast Hunt
Additional OPTIONAL activities for this week:
After completing the handwriting pages in your workbook, practise the letter joins in the handwriting copy you will have received in your bag of books last week. We were going to use it in school after Easter, but we never got the chance to due to the sudden closure!
Put focus words and/or spellings into sentences.
After you have completed this week’s S.E.S.E. work, you could try this activity to design a chocolate melting device. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-sc-2167-chocolate-melting-stem-powerpoint
Librarians from all over Ireland are producing Storytime videos for families to enjoy online- check out www.librariesireland.ie/services/right Type ‘Spring into Story time’ into the search box at the top of the page and scroll down to choose from hundreds of great reads!
You will find hundreds of resources for all subjects at www.twinkl.ie/offer if you enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS
Choose something you still haven’t done from the list of activities on the school website! http://realtnamaradonacarney.ie/school-news.html