Fifth Class - Home Learning
Home Learning Monday June 22nd- Tuesday June 30th
Good morning everyone,
I hope you and your families are doing well at this time. I can’t believe this is our last full week of 5th class. Thank you all for your great work not only during these past few weeks but from all the way back in September! You should all be so proud of yourselves and I’m so proud to be your teacher.
I will be holding a class zoom meeting for everyone in Fifth Class on Friday at 10am. During this zoom we will talk about our favourite memories of Fifth Class, work we did during home learning, our hopes for Sixth Class and I have a very important announcement to make about the Junior Entrepreneur Programme! I really hope you are able to join me on Friday at 10am and I would love it if you brought along something you made during home learning that you are proud of or even if you wanted to talk about something you did. I will send out the details for the zoom meeting later in the week.
As the summer holidays are getting closer and we are all unwinding for the summer holidays this week we are focusing on sports and active activities. As part of this we will be holding a Virtual Sports day on Friday. I am really looking forward to this. This week will also be our last week of book club. We are reading chapters 20-22. I’m really excited to see how the book is going to end and I can’t wait to discuss it with you all on Thursday!
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 22/06/20 - 30/06/20
Below is our last week of home learning work. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Also don’t forget to stay active and spend some time outdoors if you can.
English:
S.T.E.M
Spellings: Week 33
I hope you and your families are doing well at this time. I can’t believe this is our last full week of 5th class. Thank you all for your great work not only during these past few weeks but from all the way back in September! You should all be so proud of yourselves and I’m so proud to be your teacher.
I will be holding a class zoom meeting for everyone in Fifth Class on Friday at 10am. During this zoom we will talk about our favourite memories of Fifth Class, work we did during home learning, our hopes for Sixth Class and I have a very important announcement to make about the Junior Entrepreneur Programme! I really hope you are able to join me on Friday at 10am and I would love it if you brought along something you made during home learning that you are proud of or even if you wanted to talk about something you did. I will send out the details for the zoom meeting later in the week.
As the summer holidays are getting closer and we are all unwinding for the summer holidays this week we are focusing on sports and active activities. As part of this we will be holding a Virtual Sports day on Friday. I am really looking forward to this. This week will also be our last week of book club. We are reading chapters 20-22. I’m really excited to see how the book is going to end and I can’t wait to discuss it with you all on Thursday!
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 22/06/20 - 30/06/20
Below is our last week of home learning work. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Also don’t forget to stay active and spend some time outdoors if you can.
English:
- Learn your English spellings - Week 33 (see below).
- Read Chapters 20,21 and 22 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl
- Draw a picture of a character/scene from the chapters you read.
S.T.E.M
- Build a raft using materials you get from a tree (Please see image attached for guidance) Don't forget to send me a picture of your raft !
- Go on a tree hunt and see how many different leaves you can find
- See if you can use the different leaves you collect for some arts&crafts, email me a picture of your creation !
- Complete some of the challenges attached to the email
Spellings: Week 33
- Ailment
- Treatment
- Element
- Comment
- Payment
- Assortment
- Agreement
- Government
- Argument
- Astonishment
- Statement
- Enjoyment
- Parliament
- Entertainment
- Embarrassment
- Encouragement
- Disappointment
- Discouragement
| stem_challenge_firhouse_etns.pdf |
| makearaft.pdf |
Home Learning: Monday June 15th - Friday June 19th
Good morning everyone,
I hope you and your families are doing well at this time. You have all been working so hard at home, well done you ! We have just over two weeks left before our summer holidays so try to continue the good work you are doing for these last few weeks.
As part of your work this week I have asked you to write about your favourite memories from 5th class. I’m really looking forward to reading these and I’m hoping to upload all of your favourite memories to the class webpage so we can all read each others favourite memories. Please submit this work on Google Classroom or you can send it to me using the home learning email address.
As the summer holidays are getting closer, we only have a few assemblies left in this school year so if there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like singing a song, playing music, reciting a poem or showing us some other talent you have,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will try our best to schedule you in.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 15/06/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always try to do as many tasks as you can but since we are celebrating nature and wildlife at the moment it is also important to spend as much time outside exploring nature and just having fun outdoors !
English:
Spellings: Week 32
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIRD HUNT:
I hope you and your families are doing well at this time. You have all been working so hard at home, well done you ! We have just over two weeks left before our summer holidays so try to continue the good work you are doing for these last few weeks.
As part of your work this week I have asked you to write about your favourite memories from 5th class. I’m really looking forward to reading these and I’m hoping to upload all of your favourite memories to the class webpage so we can all read each others favourite memories. Please submit this work on Google Classroom or you can send it to me using the home learning email address.
As the summer holidays are getting closer, we only have a few assemblies left in this school year so if there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like singing a song, playing music, reciting a poem or showing us some other talent you have,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will try our best to schedule you in.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 15/06/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always try to do as many tasks as you can but since we are celebrating nature and wildlife at the moment it is also important to spend as much time outside exploring nature and just having fun outdoors !
English:
- Learn your English spellings - Week 32 (see below).
- Read Chapters 15,16,17,18 and 19 (14 pages) of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl
- Write about your favourite memories in 5th class. I will compile these together and I will publish a copy of everyone’s favourite memories on our class webpage!
- Go on a bird hunt around your home and fill in the bird survey attached of all the different birds you can see in your neighbourhood (You will find the bird survey instructions below). Please upload a picture of your bird hunt to Google Classroom or send it to me via email.
- Watch the Bua na Cainte videos uploaded to Google Classroom.
Spellings: Week 32
- Biology
- Geology
- Ecology
- Zoology
- Technology
- Terminology
- Ideology
- Mythology
- Chronology
- Meteorology
- Archeology
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIRD HUNT:
- Begin by putting out some food for the birds, such as peanuts and sunflower seeds. Make sure you put the food near a tree or shrubs and some place where you can view it safely and quietly. Of course you can also observe the comings and goings of the birds that you notice around your neighbourhood.
- Observe for a certain time, e.g. 20 minutes, at different times of the day (morning, lunchtime, evening) and repeat your observation at the same time the following day or days.
- Using the template below count the number of birds that come into your garden, even if they do not feed on the food you put out for them. To help you identify the common garden birds have a look at the guides provided by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and available on www.livingearth.ie
- Now this is where your maths comes in: present your results in a bar chart. A bar chart is a chart that uses rectangle blocks to represent numbers.
- Put the names of the bird species on the horizontal axis (robin, crow, blackbird etc.).
- On the vertical axis mark the frequency, so if you saw 5 blackbirds then you will colour in 5 blocks high.
| bird-activity-sheet.docx |
Home Learning: Monday June 8th -Friday June 12th 2020
Good morning everyone,
I hope you and your families are doing well at this time and are rested after a much needed week off. A big well done to everyone for all the incredible work you have been doing at home these past few weeks, it never goes unnoticed.
For June we are going to have a focus on nature and outdoor activities.This week to start our focus, I would like you to listen to a podcast about Bees which features Béibhinn in our class and her Mum, brother and sister. I was really impressed listening to it and found it really interesting and I’m sure you will all really enjoy it.
While we are focusing on nature if you see anything interesting when you are outdoors such as a bird you have never seen before or a plant that you think looks interesting please send a picture in to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line. As always please keep sending your best work to this email address every week.
Lots of you have already taken part in our school assemblies, we have met Charlie and Lola, we have heard about your favourite books and even listened to a story and a poem recital! Well done to everyone who has already taken part you have all done a wonderful job. We only have a few assemblies left in this school year so if there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like singing a song, playing music, reciting a poem or showing us some other talent you have,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 08/06/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Also don’t forget to stay active and spend some time outdoors if you can.
English:
Maths:
Gaeilge :
P.E:
Play a game/do some arts & crafts outdoors
Spellings: Week 31
I hope you and your families are doing well at this time and are rested after a much needed week off. A big well done to everyone for all the incredible work you have been doing at home these past few weeks, it never goes unnoticed.
For June we are going to have a focus on nature and outdoor activities.This week to start our focus, I would like you to listen to a podcast about Bees which features Béibhinn in our class and her Mum, brother and sister. I was really impressed listening to it and found it really interesting and I’m sure you will all really enjoy it.
While we are focusing on nature if you see anything interesting when you are outdoors such as a bird you have never seen before or a plant that you think looks interesting please send a picture in to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line. As always please keep sending your best work to this email address every week.
Lots of you have already taken part in our school assemblies, we have met Charlie and Lola, we have heard about your favourite books and even listened to a story and a poem recital! Well done to everyone who has already taken part you have all done a wonderful job. We only have a few assemblies left in this school year so if there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like singing a song, playing music, reciting a poem or showing us some other talent you have,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 08/06/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Also don’t forget to stay active and spend some time outdoors if you can.
English:
- Listen to the bee podcast
- Make a list of some facts you have learned from the bee podcast and draw a picture of a bee. A link to the bee podcast is provided below. I have also uploaded the file to Google Classroom https://podcast.rasset.ie/podcasts/audio/2020/0520/20200520_rtejrradio-ecolution-ep19beecol_c21772840_21772842_232_.mp3
- Learn your English spellings - Week 31 (see below).
- Read Chapters 12,13 and 14 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl
Maths:
- Master Your Maths 5 Week 25- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
Gaeilge :
- Watch the Bua na Cainte videos uploaded on Google Classroom.
P.E:
- Throw a ball high up in the air and try to clap your hands at least once before catching it. Count how many times you can clap your hands before you catch the ball.
Play a game/do some arts & crafts outdoors
Spellings: Week 31
- Graph
- graphic
- Digraph
- Telegraph
- Paragraph
- Polygraph
- Autograph
- Photograph
- Biography
- Geography
- Calligraphy
- Cartographer
- Bibliography
- Choreography
- Autobiography
Home Learning: Monday May 25th - Friday 29th 2020
Good morning everyone,
I hope you and your families are all doing well at this time. As you may know this week is the last week before our week off so try your best to do as much of the home learning activities as you can before we take a break for a week.
Firstly a big well done to Colum for introducing us to his dogs Charlie and Lola, we all really enjoyed meeting them. Well done Colum!
If there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like reciting a poem or passage from a favourite book,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
Again this week we are focusing on wellbeing! We are taking time to focus on our wellbeing. This means we are going to make a special effort to take care of our body and mind. I have some suggested activities below.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 18/05/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Ask me if you get stuck and I will do whatever I can to help you understand the material. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
English:
Maths:
Busy at Maths 5- Capacity Page 174 (Upload to Google Classroom)
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16884/182
Irish
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
Wellbeing week:
Mindful Monday:
Complete a random act of kindness in your home. This can be something as simple as tidying your room without being asked or offering to help out with chores around the house.
Thankful Tuesday:
Make a list of 3 things you are thankful for.
Wellness Wednesday:
Be Mindful
Take time to notice your thoughts, feelings and the world around you
Triumphant Thursday:
Learn a new skill or try and improve on skills you already have.
Feel-good Friday:
Feel-good by exercising your body and mind.
Spellings: Week 30
Taxi
Kiwi
Ski
Deli
Yeti
Koi
Bikini
Salami
Alibi
Bonsai
Graffati
Safari
Spagetti
Brocolli
Origami
Tsunami
Pepperoni
Paparazzi
I hope you and your families are all doing well at this time. As you may know this week is the last week before our week off so try your best to do as much of the home learning activities as you can before we take a break for a week.
Firstly a big well done to Colum for introducing us to his dogs Charlie and Lola, we all really enjoyed meeting them. Well done Colum!
If there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like reciting a poem or passage from a favourite book,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
Again this week we are focusing on wellbeing! We are taking time to focus on our wellbeing. This means we are going to make a special effort to take care of our body and mind. I have some suggested activities below.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 18/05/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Ask me if you get stuck and I will do whatever I can to help you understand the material. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
English:
- Learn your English spellings - Week 30 (see below).
- Write the meanings of the spellings you do not know the meaning of and put all of the spellings into sentences.
- Writing Challenge: See how many words you can find in the word “Acknowledgement” (the letters don’t have to be in the correct order). Upload to google classroom.
- Read Chapters 9,10 and 11 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl
Maths:
- Master Your Maths 5 Week 24- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
Busy at Maths 5- Capacity Page 174 (Upload to Google Classroom)
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16884/182
Irish
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
- Read pages 68 ans 69 and answer the questions (Upload to Google Classroom)
- Watch the Gaeilge video uploaded on Google Classroom and fill in the missing words into the sentences. (optional).
Wellbeing week:
Mindful Monday:
Complete a random act of kindness in your home. This can be something as simple as tidying your room without being asked or offering to help out with chores around the house.
Thankful Tuesday:
Make a list of 3 things you are thankful for.
Wellness Wednesday:
Be Mindful
Take time to notice your thoughts, feelings and the world around you
Triumphant Thursday:
Learn a new skill or try and improve on skills you already have.
Feel-good Friday:
Feel-good by exercising your body and mind.
Spellings: Week 30
Taxi
Kiwi
Ski
Deli
Yeti
Koi
Bikini
Salami
Alibi
Bonsai
Graffati
Safari
Spagetti
Brocolli
Origami
Tsunami
Pepperoni
Paparazzi
| worksheets_25_05_20.pdf |
Home Learning: Monday May 18th 2020
Good morning everyone,
I hope you and your families are all doing well at this time. I’m so happy with how hard you all are working with your home learning.
Another week and another excellent assembly. Last Friday we heard some excellent book reviews and saw some wonderful books. A big well done to Sarah Belle, Colum, Amelie, Robin and Joan for sharing the books they were reading with us.Congratulations to Sarah Belle for winning a book voucher for her interesting book review at Friday’s assembly. If there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like reciting a poem or passage from a favourite book,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
This week we are focusing on wellbeing! This means we are going to make a special effort to take care of our body and mind. We have suggested some activities you could do each day included on the document attached below.
The Irish work this week will be from Léigh sa Bhaile as per usual. However for this week I have uploaded two short videos to Google Classroom from the Bua na Cainte programme on the topic of “Caitheamh aimsire” (hobbies). Watching these videos is optional, it’s purpose is to allow the children to listen to Irish again particularly in a fun enjoyable way. This video may have to be downloaded to watch it on your device but as I have said this is only an optional activity and as always you can pick and choose what best suits you and your family.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 18/05/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Ask me if you get stuck and I will do whatever I can to help you understand the material. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
English:
Learn your English spellings - Week 29 (see below).
Write a story containing as many of your spellings as possible. Upload it to Google Classroom when you have it completed
Read Chapters 7 and 8 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl .We will hold a Zoom meeting on Thursday at 12:30 with 3rd and 4th Class to discuss what we read.
Read "Unusual Creatures" page 188-191 of Above the Clouds and answer questions A,B and C on page 192.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/34017/196
Maths:
Master Your Maths 5 Week 23- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/20358/52
Busy at Maths 5- Capacity Page 172 and 173 (Upload to Google Classroom)
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16884/180
Irish
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
Other optional activities:
Art: Draw a picture of a scene from the book or something you imagine when reading this weeks chapters of “Danny, the Champion of the World”.
Music-Make a musical instrument from materials you have at home.
Spellings: Week 29
Essential
Potential
Initial
Partial
Martial
Impartial
Substantial
Confidential
Presidential
Residential
Palatial
Torrential
Spatial
Influential
Sequential
Preferential
Insubstantial
Inconsequential
I hope you and your families are all doing well at this time. I’m so happy with how hard you all are working with your home learning.
Another week and another excellent assembly. Last Friday we heard some excellent book reviews and saw some wonderful books. A big well done to Sarah Belle, Colum, Amelie, Robin and Joan for sharing the books they were reading with us.Congratulations to Sarah Belle for winning a book voucher for her interesting book review at Friday’s assembly. If there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like reciting a poem or passage from a favourite book,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
This week we are focusing on wellbeing! This means we are going to make a special effort to take care of our body and mind. We have suggested some activities you could do each day included on the document attached below.
The Irish work this week will be from Léigh sa Bhaile as per usual. However for this week I have uploaded two short videos to Google Classroom from the Bua na Cainte programme on the topic of “Caitheamh aimsire” (hobbies). Watching these videos is optional, it’s purpose is to allow the children to listen to Irish again particularly in a fun enjoyable way. This video may have to be downloaded to watch it on your device but as I have said this is only an optional activity and as always you can pick and choose what best suits you and your family.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 18/05/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one.If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Ask me if you get stuck and I will do whatever I can to help you understand the material. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
English:
Learn your English spellings - Week 29 (see below).
Write a story containing as many of your spellings as possible. Upload it to Google Classroom when you have it completed
Read Chapters 7 and 8 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl .We will hold a Zoom meeting on Thursday at 12:30 with 3rd and 4th Class to discuss what we read.
Read "Unusual Creatures" page 188-191 of Above the Clouds and answer questions A,B and C on page 192.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/34017/196
Maths:
Master Your Maths 5 Week 23- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/20358/52
Busy at Maths 5- Capacity Page 172 and 173 (Upload to Google Classroom)
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16884/180
Irish
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
- Read pages 65 & 67 and answer the questions (Upload to Google Classroom)
Other optional activities:
Art: Draw a picture of a scene from the book or something you imagine when reading this weeks chapters of “Danny, the Champion of the World”.
Music-Make a musical instrument from materials you have at home.
Spellings: Week 29
Essential
Potential
Initial
Partial
Martial
Impartial
Substantial
Confidential
Presidential
Residential
Palatial
Torrential
Spatial
Influential
Sequential
Preferential
Insubstantial
Inconsequential
| home_learning_pages_180520-23.pdf |
| wellbeing_week_plan.pdf |
Home Learning: Monday May 11th 2020
Good morning everyone,
I hope you and your families are all doing well and that you are enjoying the lovely weather at the moment. Firstly well done to everyone who participated in Book Club last Thursday, I was delighted to see so many faces and to hear so many of you answering questions. If you didn’t get the chance to join our book club last Thursday there is still time to catch up on the reading and join us next Thursday at 12:30pm.
This week we are celebrating reading and for our assembly on Friday, we are celebrating World Book Day. I hope to see as many people as possible join in with this and can’t wait to see how 5th Class show off their love of reading! If there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like reciting a poem or passage from a favourite book,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
As was mentioned in our first Book Club meeting on Thursday, we have divided up the remaining chapters of Danny the Champion of the World over the remaining seven weeks and are providing it so that you are in a better position to prepare for it.
Week 2
14/05
Chapters 4-6
11 pages
Week 3
21/05
Chapters 7-8
12 pages
Week 4
28/05
Chapters 9-11
12 pages
Week 5
11/06
Chapters 12-14
16 pages
Week 6
18/06
Chapters 15-19
14 pages
Week 7
25/06
Chapters 20-22
15 pages
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 11/05/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one. If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Ask me if you get stuck and I will do whatever I can to help you understand the material. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
English:
Learn your English spellings - Week 28 (see below).
Write a story containing as many of your spellings as possible. Upload it to Google Classroom when you have it completed
Read Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl
We will hold a Zoom meeting on Thursday at 12:30 with 3rd and 4th Class to discuss what we read.
Maths:
Master Your Maths 5 Week 22- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/20358/50
Busy at Maths 5- Capacity Page 170 and 171 (Upload to Google Classroom)
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16884/178
Irish
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
Art: Draw a picture of a scene from the book or something you imagine when reading this weeks chapters of “Danny, the Champion of the World”.
SESE- Create a project on the Romans or Ancient Greeks
Spellings: Week 28
Special
Social
Crucial
Racial
Facial
Glacial
Official
Artificial
Beneficial
Financial
Antisocial
Commercial
Unofficial
Superficial
Sacrificial
Judicial
Provincial
Controversial
Gaeilge:
Breithlá- birthday
D’fhan mé- I stayed
Grúpa ceoil- music group
Suim-interest
Ba mhaith liom- I would like
I hope you and your families are all doing well and that you are enjoying the lovely weather at the moment. Firstly well done to everyone who participated in Book Club last Thursday, I was delighted to see so many faces and to hear so many of you answering questions. If you didn’t get the chance to join our book club last Thursday there is still time to catch up on the reading and join us next Thursday at 12:30pm.
This week we are celebrating reading and for our assembly on Friday, we are celebrating World Book Day. I hope to see as many people as possible join in with this and can’t wait to see how 5th Class show off their love of reading! If there’s something you would like to share at our assembly, like reciting a poem or passage from a favourite book,be sure to let me know through homelearning@firhouseetns.ie with my name in the subject line and we will endeavour to schedule it for a future assembly.
As was mentioned in our first Book Club meeting on Thursday, we have divided up the remaining chapters of Danny the Champion of the World over the remaining seven weeks and are providing it so that you are in a better position to prepare for it.
Week 2
14/05
Chapters 4-6
11 pages
Week 3
21/05
Chapters 7-8
12 pages
Week 4
28/05
Chapters 9-11
12 pages
Week 5
11/06
Chapters 12-14
16 pages
Week 6
18/06
Chapters 15-19
14 pages
Week 7
25/06
Chapters 20-22
15 pages
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 11/05/20
Below is the home learning work for this week. As always, the most important thing is to try as many tasks as you can and do your personal best on each one. If something is causing you stress, take a break from it! Ask me if you get stuck and I will do whatever I can to help you understand the material. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
English:
Learn your English spellings - Week 28 (see below).
Write a story containing as many of your spellings as possible. Upload it to Google Classroom when you have it completed
Read Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl
We will hold a Zoom meeting on Thursday at 12:30 with 3rd and 4th Class to discuss what we read.
Maths:
Master Your Maths 5 Week 22- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/20358/50
Busy at Maths 5- Capacity Page 170 and 171 (Upload to Google Classroom)
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16884/178
Irish
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
- Read pages 75 & 76 and answer the questions (Upload to Google Classroom)
- Learn Irish spellings and meanings of the spellings (see below)
Art: Draw a picture of a scene from the book or something you imagine when reading this weeks chapters of “Danny, the Champion of the World”.
SESE- Create a project on the Romans or Ancient Greeks
Spellings: Week 28
Special
Social
Crucial
Racial
Facial
Glacial
Official
Artificial
Beneficial
Financial
Antisocial
Commercial
Unofficial
Superficial
Sacrificial
Judicial
Provincial
Controversial
Gaeilge:
Breithlá- birthday
D’fhan mé- I stayed
Grúpa ceoil- music group
Suim-interest
Ba mhaith liom- I would like
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Home Learning: Tuesday May 5th 2020
Good morning, boys and girls!
I hope that you all enjoyed the long weekend and are well rested for the week ahead.
Thank you to everyone who sent in their Active Home Challenge activity charts last week. If you haven’t sent yours in yet please email it to homlearning@firhouseetns.ie today! Remember the winning class gets a special P.E class with a coach when we are back at school so we all need to send in our charts to have our best chance at winning.
Well done to everyone who is working so hard on Google Classroom. I am so proud of how hard you are all working and I hope you are proud of yourself too. If you find anything on Google Classroom confusing just leave me a comment and I will try my best to help. I’m also really enjoying all the work you have been submitting for your best work. I love seeing all the different activities you get up to every week. The three most important things you can do are: reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 05/05/20
Practise your spellings - Week 27 (see below).
Write the meanings of the words and make a list of other words with similar meanings ! Upload it to Google Classroom
Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl (it has been emailed to your parents) and think about the questions below (you don’t have to write out your answers).
We will hold a Zoom meeting on Thursday at 12:30 with 3rd and 4th Class to discuss what we read.
Master Your Maths 5 Week 21- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/20358/48
Busy at Maths 5- Weight Page 138 (Upload to Google Classroom) https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/16884/146
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
Novel discussion questions to think about:
Spellings: Week 27
Ambitious
Cautious
Infectious
Nutritious
Fictitious
Contentious
Propitious
Conscientious
Scrumptious
Facetious
Ostentatious
Superstitious
Gaeilge:
Páistí - children
Eitleán- aeroplane
Bád-boat
Turas - trip
Go hálainn- beautiful
Úafásach- awful
I hope that you all enjoyed the long weekend and are well rested for the week ahead.
Thank you to everyone who sent in their Active Home Challenge activity charts last week. If you haven’t sent yours in yet please email it to homlearning@firhouseetns.ie today! Remember the winning class gets a special P.E class with a coach when we are back at school so we all need to send in our charts to have our best chance at winning.
Well done to everyone who is working so hard on Google Classroom. I am so proud of how hard you are all working and I hope you are proud of yourself too. If you find anything on Google Classroom confusing just leave me a comment and I will try my best to help. I’m also really enjoying all the work you have been submitting for your best work. I love seeing all the different activities you get up to every week. The three most important things you can do are: reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning Work 05/05/20
Practise your spellings - Week 27 (see below).
Write the meanings of the words and make a list of other words with similar meanings ! Upload it to Google Classroom
Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of ‘Danny, Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl (it has been emailed to your parents) and think about the questions below (you don’t have to write out your answers).
We will hold a Zoom meeting on Thursday at 12:30 with 3rd and 4th Class to discuss what we read.
Master Your Maths 5 Week 21- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/20358/48
Busy at Maths 5- Weight Page 138 (Upload to Google Classroom) https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/16884/146
Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
- Read pages 73 & 74 and answer the questions (Upload to Google Classroom)
- Learn Irish spellings and meanings of the spellings (see below)
Novel discussion questions to think about:
- Danny was really happy in his life at the garage, would you like the life he had?
- Were there things about Danny’s life you wouldn’t like?
- What do you think made Danny so happy in his life?
- Do you think school would have stopped Danny becoming a mechanic?
- Are there any things that Danny missed out on by not going to school at 5 years old?
- Describe the place where Danny and his father lived.
- What items of furniture were in their home?
- Why was Danny’s father’s garage built of brick?
- Danny said that if people saw his father they might think he is a serious, stern man. Why is this?
- What did Danny say about smiles? Do you think he’s right?
- Can you think of some similarities between Danny’s life and your own?
- Is Danny and The BFG a shared universe? What implications does this have
Spellings: Week 27
Ambitious
Cautious
Infectious
Nutritious
Fictitious
Contentious
Propitious
Conscientious
Scrumptious
Facetious
Ostentatious
Superstitious
Gaeilge:
Páistí - children
Eitleán- aeroplane
Bád-boat
Turas - trip
Go hálainn- beautiful
Úafásach- awful
Home Learning: Monday 27th, April 2020
Good morning, boys and girls!
I hope you and your families are all keeping well at this time. I really enjoyed seeing you at the school assembly online last Friday and I would like to especially thank Isabelle and Rossa for performing at it. Over the last few days some of you have sent in photos of your hats for Madhatters and I am so proud of the work you have all put into these, they look absolutely incredible. I really enjoyed the process of making my hat and I hope you all did too!
Below you will find the work for the week, try your best to do this work but I understand it might be difficult to do it all and that is ok. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
Just a reminder that your parents/guardians can send in one or two pieces of your best work each week to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie for your work to be added to our class webpage. Please include my name in the subject of the email so I can see it. I really enjoy looking at all the wonderful work you send in and I can’t wait to see this weeks work. Well done with all the work being completed on Google Classroom. Everyone is working so hard and I am delighted to see this.
Finally, the Active Schools Committee (John, Bláithín and Clíona) have organised Active Home Challenges for this week. Details of the Active Home Challenge have been sent out in a previous email. I can’t wait to make a special effort to get active this week and I am particularly looking forward to trying the toilet roll keepy uppies on Tuesday. I have included some of the challenges suggested by the Active Schools Committee below and don’t forget to fill in the Challenge Chart to record all your activities. Remember that the class who clocks up the most active hours by the end of the week, will earn a special reward of an extra fun P.E. lesson from an external coach, once we return to school. I really hope this will be Fifth Class!
Take care,
Edel
Monday 27th April 2020
Spellings Week 25
Active Home Week Challenges:
Here are suggestions of how you can get active this week.
Remember to try and get 60 minutes or more of exercise each day and to try to find four different ways of being active each day.
Monday : Musical Statues
Tuesday: Toilet Roll Keepy Uppies
Wednesday: Family Wheelbarrow/ Wooden Spoon Race
Thursday: Target Practice Challenge (Pick a spot on a path or a wall and see can you hit it. Too easy? How can you increase the challenge?)
Friday: Fitness Alphabet-make the letters of the alphabet using only your body
Saturday: Skipathon
Sunday: Ball skills challenge (Basketballs, footballs, small balls, large balls- what skills can you do with them?)
Suggestions of other activities that you can do daily.
I hope you and your families are all keeping well at this time. I really enjoyed seeing you at the school assembly online last Friday and I would like to especially thank Isabelle and Rossa for performing at it. Over the last few days some of you have sent in photos of your hats for Madhatters and I am so proud of the work you have all put into these, they look absolutely incredible. I really enjoyed the process of making my hat and I hope you all did too!
Below you will find the work for the week, try your best to do this work but I understand it might be difficult to do it all and that is ok. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
Just a reminder that your parents/guardians can send in one or two pieces of your best work each week to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie for your work to be added to our class webpage. Please include my name in the subject of the email so I can see it. I really enjoy looking at all the wonderful work you send in and I can’t wait to see this weeks work. Well done with all the work being completed on Google Classroom. Everyone is working so hard and I am delighted to see this.
Finally, the Active Schools Committee (John, Bláithín and Clíona) have organised Active Home Challenges for this week. Details of the Active Home Challenge have been sent out in a previous email. I can’t wait to make a special effort to get active this week and I am particularly looking forward to trying the toilet roll keepy uppies on Tuesday. I have included some of the challenges suggested by the Active Schools Committee below and don’t forget to fill in the Challenge Chart to record all your activities. Remember that the class who clocks up the most active hours by the end of the week, will earn a special reward of an extra fun P.E. lesson from an external coach, once we return to school. I really hope this will be Fifth Class!
Take care,
Edel
Monday 27th April 2020
- I have uploaded the pages of the books you will need for this week to Google Classroom and I have also included the relevant links if you would prefer to view the books online.
- Spread your work out over the week - don’t try to do it all in one day! Do as much as you can. I know your parents/guardians are busy too!
- Practise your spellings - Week 26 (see below).
- Write a story using as many of the 18 spellings as you can! Upload it to Google Classroom when have it completed
- Master Your Maths 5 Week 20- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file. https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/20358/46
- Busy at Maths 5- Weight Page 137 (Upload to Google Classroom) https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16884/145
- Above the Clouds (English book) Read “Missing from the Skies” pages 68-71. Try activities A, B and C on page 72 (Upload to Google Classroom). https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/34017/76
- Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E: Read pages 70 & 71 and answer the questions (Upload to Google Classroom) https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16879/80
- Revise Irish verbs, there will be a quiz on your Irish verbs up on Thursday (you will find all of the verbs on this link. http://www.daltai.com/grammar/irregular-verbs/
- P.E Active Home Challenge (See challenges below)
Spellings Week 25
- serious
- various
- previous
- obvious
- curious
- furious
- anxious
- delicious
- ferocious
- gracious
- precious
- spacious
- dubious
- suspicious
- mysterious
- prestigious
- contagious
- vicious
Active Home Week Challenges:
Here are suggestions of how you can get active this week.
Remember to try and get 60 minutes or more of exercise each day and to try to find four different ways of being active each day.
Monday : Musical Statues
Tuesday: Toilet Roll Keepy Uppies
Wednesday: Family Wheelbarrow/ Wooden Spoon Race
Thursday: Target Practice Challenge (Pick a spot on a path or a wall and see can you hit it. Too easy? How can you increase the challenge?)
Friday: Fitness Alphabet-make the letters of the alphabet using only your body
Saturday: Skipathon
Sunday: Ball skills challenge (Basketballs, footballs, small balls, large balls- what skills can you do with them?)
Suggestions of other activities that you can do daily.
- P.E. at 9am each day - Joe Wicks (Youtube: P.E. with Joe)
- South Dublin County Sports Partnership are delighted to support schools through these uncertain times and keep the school children, teachers and parents active. We have teamed up with local fitness instructors and National Govern Bodies to bring you students PE classes Mon – Thurs at 12:15pm. Attached is the posters containing all times for the classes and you can access our YouTube Channel here https://www.youtube.com/user/SDCSP
- Do 10@10 each day for one week hettps://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
- If you don’t have access to a computer or the internet at home, why not try going for a walk/run/cycle near where you live within 2km of your home of what the government has recommended us all to do.
- Make your own obstacle course at home or outside your home.
- Hula hoop challenge - See how long you can circle a hula hoop around your body without letting it fall. Record your time.
Home Learning Monday 20th, April 2020
Good morning, girls and boys!
I hope you all enjoyed a much deserved Spring Break and that you and all your family are doing well during this challenging time. I am so happy with all of the great work you have been doing at home before the spring break and well done to all your families for helping you.
Below is some work for this week to start the new school term.Just like the last two weeks, do your best with this work but I understand it might be difficult to do it all. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
Just a reminder that your parents/guardians can send in one or two pieces of your best work each week to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie for your work to be added to our class webpage. Please include my name in the subject of the email so I can see it. I was sent wonderful pictures in the past few weeks and I’m already looking forward to this week's pictures.
Finally, our Mad Hatters Parade will take place online on Friday so it’s time to start creating a hat if you have not started already. I can’t wait to see them all.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning: Week starting Monday, 20th April 2020
Our work this week will come from books we use in class. You can access these for free online at my.cjfallon.ie.
Spread your work out over the week - don’t try to do it all in one day! Do as much as you can. I know your parents/guardians are busy too!
Verb: Clois
Chuala mé ( I heard) Cloisim(I hear) Cloisfidh mé (I will hear)
Chuala se (He heard) Cloiseann sé (He hears) Cloisfidh sé (He will hear)
Chualamar (We heard) Cloisimid (We hear) Cloisfimid (We will hear)
Spellings Week 25
I hope you all enjoyed a much deserved Spring Break and that you and all your family are doing well during this challenging time. I am so happy with all of the great work you have been doing at home before the spring break and well done to all your families for helping you.
Below is some work for this week to start the new school term.Just like the last two weeks, do your best with this work but I understand it might be difficult to do it all. The three most important things you can do are: do lots of reading every single day, practise your spellings every week and revise your tables regularly.
Just a reminder that your parents/guardians can send in one or two pieces of your best work each week to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie for your work to be added to our class webpage. Please include my name in the subject of the email so I can see it. I was sent wonderful pictures in the past few weeks and I’m already looking forward to this week's pictures.
Finally, our Mad Hatters Parade will take place online on Friday so it’s time to start creating a hat if you have not started already. I can’t wait to see them all.
Take care,
Edel
Home Learning: Week starting Monday, 20th April 2020
Our work this week will come from books we use in class. You can access these for free online at my.cjfallon.ie.
Spread your work out over the week - don’t try to do it all in one day! Do as much as you can. I know your parents/guardians are busy too!
- Practise your spellings - Week 25 (see below).
- Write 18 sentences (one per spelling) to show what the words mean. Upload your sentences to Google Classroom.
- Master Your Maths 5 Week 19- Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
- Busy at Maths 5- Weight Page 135- 136 (Upload to Google Classroom)
- Revise tables ÷4 and ÷8
- Above the Clouds (English book) Read “The Stone Age” pages 44-47. Try activities A, B and C on page 48. (Upload to Google Classroom)
- Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
- Read pages 21 & 43 and answer the questions (Upload to Google Classroom)
- Learn the verb Clois (to hear) see verb below
- Visual Art: Create a Mad Hatter hat and submit a photo by email to have it featured on our class’s webpage.
Verb: Clois
Chuala mé ( I heard) Cloisim(I hear) Cloisfidh mé (I will hear)
Chuala se (He heard) Cloiseann sé (He hears) Cloisfidh sé (He will hear)
Chualamar (We heard) Cloisimid (We hear) Cloisfimid (We will hear)
Spellings Week 25
- Famous
- Nervous
- Enormous
- Numerous
- Generous
- Vigorous
- Dangerous
- Continuous
- Ridiculous
- Poisonous
- Jealous
- Fabulous
- Outrageous
- Hazardous
- Disastrous
- Spontaneous
- Simultaneous
- Anonymous
Home Learning Monday 30th March 2020
Good morning, girls and boys!
I hope that you and all your family are keeping well during this strange time. It is important to take care of yourself at this time and to help out at home.
Below is some work for this week’s home learning. This is the last week of school work until after the spring holidays, which begin this Friday 3rd of April. I would like you to try your best to complete this work but I understand this may be difficult. However it is really important to keep reading everyday and to learn your spellings.
Just a reminder that your parents/guardians can send in one or two pieces of your best work each week to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie for your work to be added to our class webpage. Please include my name in the subject of the email so I can see it. I was sent wonderful pictures last week and I’m already looking forward to this week's pictures.
I miss seeing all of you in class everyday and listening to all your news and stories. I’m looking forward to seeing you all again soon and getting back to our normal school routine.
Edel
Our work this week will come from books we use in class. You can access these for free online at my.cjfallon.ie. (Full instructions on how to access these books are included in this email.)
Spread your work out over the week - don’t try to do it all in one day! Do as much as you can. I know your parents/guardians are busy too!
Upload it to Google Classroom when you are finished.
3. Revise your ÷6 and ÷12 tables.
4.Master Your Maths 5 - Week 18. Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
5.Above the Clouds ! (English book) - pages 122-129
Read “The 1000 Year Old Boy” (page 122-127)
Try Activities A, B and C on page 128 (upload answers to Classroom)
Try Activities D and E on page 129 (upload answers to Classroom)
6.Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
Read pages 83 & 84 and answer the questions
Learn the verb Bí ( see verb below)
7. S.E.S.E: Complete a history project on a person of your choice. These are some examples:
Rosa Parks
Countess Markievicz
Martin Luther King Junior
Neil Armstrong
Amelia Earhart
You can either write a report (Docs) or make a presentation with images (Slides). Either way, submit your work on Google Classroom.
8. Art: Create your own hat for Mad Hatter’s Day using materials you have at home.
9. P.E: South Dublin County Sport Partnership will continue to support children in the area to stay active as they have arranged for different guided activities to be streamed over a YouTube channel during the week. www.youtube.com/sdcsp
The live sessions will be available Monday to Thursday at 12:15 p.m. The classes will be 30 minutes long. This sounds like a great initiative and we hope as many people as possible can benefit from it. South Dublin County Sport Partnership are also considering the possibility of a Friday class through Irish or on Fundamental Movement Skills. Be sure to share your thoughts with them through social media and you can use #BeActiveSouthDublin if you're following and enjoying the classes.
Spellings Week 24
Irish verb:
Bí
Was
Bhí mé
Bhí sé
Bhíomar
Tá mé (I am)
Tá sé (He is)
Táimid (We are)
Bím (I am regularly)
Bíonn sé (he is regularly)
Bímíd (we are regularly)
Will be
Beidh mé (I will be)
Beidh sé( He will be)
Beimid (We will be)
I hope that you and all your family are keeping well during this strange time. It is important to take care of yourself at this time and to help out at home.
Below is some work for this week’s home learning. This is the last week of school work until after the spring holidays, which begin this Friday 3rd of April. I would like you to try your best to complete this work but I understand this may be difficult. However it is really important to keep reading everyday and to learn your spellings.
Just a reminder that your parents/guardians can send in one or two pieces of your best work each week to homelearning@firhouseetns.ie for your work to be added to our class webpage. Please include my name in the subject of the email so I can see it. I was sent wonderful pictures last week and I’m already looking forward to this week's pictures.
I miss seeing all of you in class everyday and listening to all your news and stories. I’m looking forward to seeing you all again soon and getting back to our normal school routine.
Edel
Our work this week will come from books we use in class. You can access these for free online at my.cjfallon.ie. (Full instructions on how to access these books are included in this email.)
Spread your work out over the week - don’t try to do it all in one day! Do as much as you can. I know your parents/guardians are busy too!
- Practise your spellings - Week 24 (see below). Please look up the definitions of spellings you do not understand.
Upload it to Google Classroom when you are finished.
3. Revise your ÷6 and ÷12 tables.
4.Master Your Maths 5 - Week 18. Share your work on Google Classroom. You can write your answers on a page and upload a photo of your work, or write your answers in a Docs file.
5.Above the Clouds ! (English book) - pages 122-129
Read “The 1000 Year Old Boy” (page 122-127)
Try Activities A, B and C on page 128 (upload answers to Classroom)
Try Activities D and E on page 129 (upload answers to Classroom)
6.Gaeilge : Léigh sa Bhaile E (Irish Book)
Read pages 83 & 84 and answer the questions
Learn the verb Bí ( see verb below)
7. S.E.S.E: Complete a history project on a person of your choice. These are some examples:
Rosa Parks
Countess Markievicz
Martin Luther King Junior
Neil Armstrong
Amelia Earhart
You can either write a report (Docs) or make a presentation with images (Slides). Either way, submit your work on Google Classroom.
8. Art: Create your own hat for Mad Hatter’s Day using materials you have at home.
9. P.E: South Dublin County Sport Partnership will continue to support children in the area to stay active as they have arranged for different guided activities to be streamed over a YouTube channel during the week. www.youtube.com/sdcsp
The live sessions will be available Monday to Thursday at 12:15 p.m. The classes will be 30 minutes long. This sounds like a great initiative and we hope as many people as possible can benefit from it. South Dublin County Sport Partnership are also considering the possibility of a Friday class through Irish or on Fundamental Movement Skills. Be sure to share your thoughts with them through social media and you can use #BeActiveSouthDublin if you're following and enjoying the classes.
Spellings Week 24
- Classify
- Terrify
- Horrify
- Glorify
- Solidify
- Personify
- Falsify
- Identify
- Typify
- Simplify
- Signify
- Magnify
- Intensify
- Mystify
- Diversify
- Specify
- Justify
- Clarify
Irish verb:
Bí
Was
Bhí mé
Bhí sé
Bhíomar
Tá mé (I am)
Tá sé (He is)
Táimid (We are)
Bím (I am regularly)
Bíonn sé (he is regularly)
Bímíd (we are regularly)
Will be
Beidh mé (I will be)
Beidh sé( He will be)
Beimid (We will be)
Home Learning 18th March
Hi everyone,
I hope you are all excited to begin this great challenge of learning at home.
Below are lists of learning activities that can be done from home but these are intended as supports to parents rather than an extra task that must be done.
Also below are log-in details for your son/daughter to access Google Classroom, where tasks and assignments will be set. Please be assured these learning activities are intended to be a support for parents at this time rather than an extra task they must complete with their children. We do not want to add an extra challenge by assigning work to be completed. The school's expectation is that this work is provided to support your child during school closure.
Classroom.google.com
Class code: d6waps2
Username: pupils’s first name 2021 (e.g. edel2021@firhouseetns.ie) (all lower case)
Password: FETNS2021 (all capitals)
I have included this and next weeks spelling, Irish verbs and maths fractions/decimals/percentages grid below which the children started learning the past few weeks. It is important for the children to continue completing this learning work while the other tasks are extra learning activities.
I hope everyone is keeping well and you find the learning activities below helpful at this time.
Kind regards,
Edel
English
Spelling:
You can access free spelling games at:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/JollyGrammar5
Please click on games beside Week 22 to practice this weeks spellings and Week 23 for next weeks spellings
Week 22:
1. Negate
2. Decorate
3. Pollinate
4. Frustrate
5. Activate
6. Captivate
7. Hibernate
8. Complicate
9. Formulate
10. Circulate
11. Originate
12. Aggravate
13. Vaccinate
14. Participate
15. Invalidate
16. Speculate
17. Culminate
18. Appreciate
Week 23:
1. Prize
2. Capsize
3. Arise
4. Devise
5. Advise
6. Revise
7. Advertise
8. Comprise
9. Despise
10. Disguise
11. Improvise
12. Surmise
13. Surprise
14. Televise
15. Exercise
16. Compromise
17. Franchise
18. Apologise
Reading:
Writing:
Below are just a few topics your child could write about
If you have an idea for a book you can write your own book at:
https://www.mystorybook.com/
Writing legends:
This is a writing resource which is free up to July. Everyone in Fifth Class has been registered and will receive their registration details by email by the end of this week.
https://www.writinglegends.com
Oral Language:
Talk about what is happening around the world in relation to Corona Virus. Look at the ‘good news’ stories as well as the news and have discussions about different things.
Discuss, with your parents/guardians, the positives of working from home/ online schooling and the negatives
Look at pictures from around the world and have a chat about them
Pobble:
Pobble shares a new picture everyday with questions, challenges and story starters to facilitate discussion.
http://www.pobble365.com/
Maths:
Continue learning Fractions/decimals/percentages facts page (attached below)
Maths games:
https://nrich.maths.org/primary/9084
Maths worksheets:
www.k5learning.com or
https://www.math-aids.com/
For Maths challenges go to:
https://www.solvemoji.com/Puzzle/
Gaeilge:
Continue learning irregular verbs ( “Abair”) for this week (which you will find at the end of this document)
Find the other irregular verbs here:
http://www.daltai.com/grammar/irregular-verbs/
Digital dialects:
This website has games to practice basic Irish vocabulary https://www.digitaldialects.com/Irish.htm
Pick 2-3 Irish phrases to revise each day
The video below goes through some key irish phrases/keywords about Mé féin (myself) and also gives the meaning of each
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=48&v=9-OYnVuDjxo&feature=emb_title
Games:
https://www.cula4.com/en/games/
Tv shows in Irish:
https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/catagoir/gasuir/
English/Irish dictionary:
https://www.focloir.ie/
Scoilnet
https://www.scoilnet.ie/go-to-primary/
S.E.S.E
S.E.S.E Project work
Choose one of these projects. These can be done digitally or on a poster.
Art
P.E.
Here are some videos to keep active.
Yoga videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
GoNoodle
https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames
SPHE
Gratitude journal:
Write down 3 good things that happen to you each day
Pretend you are opening your own restaurant design a healthy menu and don’t forget the food pyramid
Learn Together
Our Learn Together value for this month is honesty.
Create a poster or a video explaining what honesty means to you
Other Web Links for Learning:
1. https://ncca.ie/media/4085/helping_your_child_in_third_and_fourth_classes.pdf
2. https://www.topmarks.co.uk
3. https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-3
4. Try some origami:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJME_um5k3Xr47bt4UGRGBg
5. Try some drawing:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
6. Gaeilge learning/revision:
- Cúla 4:https://www.cula4.com/en/,
- Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/course/ga/en/Learn-Irish
7. Twinkl is a learning website with resources for all levels of primary school. They are offering parents and teachers one month free membership, but only if you sign up for the year. Sign up at www.twinkl.ie/offer Code - IRLTWINKLHELPS. This site is aligned with the Irish curriculum so it's easy to navigate and find suitable ideas for your child.
I hope you are all excited to begin this great challenge of learning at home.
Below are lists of learning activities that can be done from home but these are intended as supports to parents rather than an extra task that must be done.
Also below are log-in details for your son/daughter to access Google Classroom, where tasks and assignments will be set. Please be assured these learning activities are intended to be a support for parents at this time rather than an extra task they must complete with their children. We do not want to add an extra challenge by assigning work to be completed. The school's expectation is that this work is provided to support your child during school closure.
Classroom.google.com
Class code: d6waps2
Username: pupils’s first name 2021 (e.g. edel2021@firhouseetns.ie) (all lower case)
Password: FETNS2021 (all capitals)
I have included this and next weeks spelling, Irish verbs and maths fractions/decimals/percentages grid below which the children started learning the past few weeks. It is important for the children to continue completing this learning work while the other tasks are extra learning activities.
I hope everyone is keeping well and you find the learning activities below helpful at this time.
Kind regards,
Edel
English
Spelling:
You can access free spelling games at:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/JollyGrammar5
Please click on games beside Week 22 to practice this weeks spellings and Week 23 for next weeks spellings
Week 22:
1. Negate
2. Decorate
3. Pollinate
4. Frustrate
5. Activate
6. Captivate
7. Hibernate
8. Complicate
9. Formulate
10. Circulate
11. Originate
12. Aggravate
13. Vaccinate
14. Participate
15. Invalidate
16. Speculate
17. Culminate
18. Appreciate
Week 23:
1. Prize
2. Capsize
3. Arise
4. Devise
5. Advise
6. Revise
7. Advertise
8. Comprise
9. Despise
10. Disguise
11. Improvise
12. Surmise
13. Surprise
14. Televise
15. Exercise
16. Compromise
17. Franchise
18. Apologise
Reading:
- Read a chapter of a book every day.
- If you have a library card you can access books online by downloading the Borrowbox app
- If you do not have a library card you can join the library online at librariesireland.ie/join to get access to books on the Borrowbox app
Writing:
Below are just a few topics your child could write about
- A diary about this time/ My favourite trip ever (recount writing)
- How to wash your hands/ bake a cake/brush your teeth (procedural writing)
- Create your own comic strip
If you have an idea for a book you can write your own book at:
https://www.mystorybook.com/
Writing legends:
This is a writing resource which is free up to July. Everyone in Fifth Class has been registered and will receive their registration details by email by the end of this week.
https://www.writinglegends.com
Oral Language:
Talk about what is happening around the world in relation to Corona Virus. Look at the ‘good news’ stories as well as the news and have discussions about different things.
Discuss, with your parents/guardians, the positives of working from home/ online schooling and the negatives
Look at pictures from around the world and have a chat about them
Pobble:
Pobble shares a new picture everyday with questions, challenges and story starters to facilitate discussion.
http://www.pobble365.com/
Maths:
Continue learning Fractions/decimals/percentages facts page (attached below)
Maths games:
https://nrich.maths.org/primary/9084
Maths worksheets:
www.k5learning.com or
https://www.math-aids.com/
For Maths challenges go to:
https://www.solvemoji.com/Puzzle/
Gaeilge:
Continue learning irregular verbs ( “Abair”) for this week (which you will find at the end of this document)
Find the other irregular verbs here:
http://www.daltai.com/grammar/irregular-verbs/
Digital dialects:
This website has games to practice basic Irish vocabulary https://www.digitaldialects.com/Irish.htm
Pick 2-3 Irish phrases to revise each day
The video below goes through some key irish phrases/keywords about Mé féin (myself) and also gives the meaning of each
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=48&v=9-OYnVuDjxo&feature=emb_title
Games:
https://www.cula4.com/en/games/
Tv shows in Irish:
https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/catagoir/gasuir/
English/Irish dictionary:
https://www.focloir.ie/
Scoilnet
https://www.scoilnet.ie/go-to-primary/
S.E.S.E
S.E.S.E Project work
Choose one of these projects. These can be done digitally or on a poster.
- Choose a famous explorer and create a project on them
- Create a project based on how one part of the human body works e.g. the heart or lungs etc.
- Create a project based on the Celts or the Stone age
- Choose a celebration/festival and create a project on it
Art
- Learn to draw step by step with Art for Kids hub
- Create your own percussion instrument
P.E.
Here are some videos to keep active.
Yoga videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
GoNoodle
https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames
SPHE
Gratitude journal:
Write down 3 good things that happen to you each day
Pretend you are opening your own restaurant design a healthy menu and don’t forget the food pyramid
Learn Together
Our Learn Together value for this month is honesty.
Create a poster or a video explaining what honesty means to you
Other Web Links for Learning:
1. https://ncca.ie/media/4085/helping_your_child_in_third_and_fourth_classes.pdf
2. https://www.topmarks.co.uk
3. https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-3
4. Try some origami:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJME_um5k3Xr47bt4UGRGBg
5. Try some drawing:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
6. Gaeilge learning/revision:
- Cúla 4:https://www.cula4.com/en/,
- Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/course/ga/en/Learn-Irish
7. Twinkl is a learning website with resources for all levels of primary school. They are offering parents and teachers one month free membership, but only if you sign up for the year. Sign up at www.twinkl.ie/offer Code - IRLTWINKLHELPS. This site is aligned with the Irish curriculum so it's easy to navigate and find suitable ideas for your child.
