5th May MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THIS IN LANDSCAPE----NOT PORTRAITHi everyone, hope you are all doing well. I’m trying something new this week to see if it makes the schoolwork easier to get through. I have spread the work out

day by day, tried to have a mixture of book work and online activities of IXL, videos , music to listen to, interactive game on twinkl go .If you have a tablet that has

internet access, IXL and twinkl go should hopefully work on those. I know it is so hard to ask our children to do work-if they do a bit at a time-maybe a bit of

written and then listen to some music, or written work and then a game, it might help? By the way, we reached 50000 questions on IXL on last week, what can we

do this week?!!!

We are moving on to Decimals in maths-there is only one chapter in our book, the children have seen decimals when they did money as a topic, but until

now decimals have not been discussed. They are like a fraction-they show part of a number. The maths antics videos I find are very clear-you can stop and

start them-check if your child understands. I will give 2 worksheets checking the basics.

I have given the suggested timetable with direct links to videos on youtube and codes to twinkl go. I have also attached a document that has all of the log in

details for the publishers.

I will list later on IXL activities I would like to be done this week and a list for children who have already done the. I have a record of all of the topics that

you have done and each Friday I update it. Everyone still has activities marked to do so work away at your own pace-Eng and maths.

After the timetable I have gone through subject by subject given clear instructions for the work.

At this stage, I hope all of you have found your way around the publishers websites. I am attaching a document with passwords etc so you can use them. If

your child is struggling with a topic, or indeed you want more reading/writing/maths activities-feel free to look at different text books for resources.

For Irish and starlight interactive work this week you will need to have made an account with folens-if haven’t one yet

Follow the steps below to get access: Go to FolensOnline.ie and click register

Select Teacher Fill in a username, email and password For Roll Number use the code:   Prim20 for primary book resources

I have screen grabbed some pages so, if you don’t do the interactive work, try and do the written activities. I hope all of this works! If the word document is 0pened with notepad it will not work , if it is opened with google docs or word it will work .

Suggested Timetable for week of 5th May tick as you go through the work! There is a box for it…Subject

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

English

phonics game twinkl go Code: NR1049 (choose one)Reading Starlight –Electric guitarsListen to author read the poem http://www.jamescarterpoet.co.uk/music/electricguitars.mp3Spellings

phonics game twinkl go Code: NR1049 (choose 1) SpellingsWritten A Q1-3 (Q4-5) B Q 1-3 (q 4,5)

phonics game twinkl go Code: NR1049 Choose screening game) Log into the folens site When in folens-click on Starlight –--resources then Poster 16 There are lots of bits to do in this poster

the posters page for our starlight-click on an activity, when you have finished an activity, click on the house symbol to get back to the main page-lots of things to watch and listen to. En this-go onto the Friday activities If you can’t Spellings

Warm up Ixl A6 (look at example first) Spellings—ask someone to test you!!Written Spring Poem (attached in email )up the word document to help

A sensory poem—try to write a spring poem –using all your senses-open Written C Written D

Irish Abair Liom ‘Sa Phairc’ We started this chapter just before school broke up. We will begin from the beginning This section has the scéal (story) then do foclóir (vocab)

When in folens-click on Abair liom E –--resources then Click on second arrow-for chapter,

This should take you to an interactive poster-click on play-it should have speech bubbles above so you can read it too!Log into the folens site When in folens-click on Abair liom E –--resources then Click on second arrow-for chapter, choose chapter 17 sa phairc Now you have the resources

Dán –this poem is to do with musical instruments..bit of a theme happening!

Log into the folens site When in folens-click on Abair liom E –--resources then Click on amhrán

Log into the folens site When in folens-click on Abair liom E –-- choose ebook this time then

We had read this in school , try the qs. P. 142 in Abair Liom

If you write the answers and said

choose chapter 17 sa phairc Now you have the resources pageClick on postaerWhen it opens you have scéal, foclóir, ceisteannaClick on scéal, click on play button to hear, there is a button with 3 lines-this will bring you back to the vocab/ceisteanna page

page

Click on comhrá

John Spillane playing Báidin Fheilimí on guitar.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1d76sKUGF8

me a picture of it, or type the answers and send it to me.

Abair Liom p. 144 E Grammar (page printed below)

Maths

Warm up Ixl

Decimals! Video to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6ILNOiMgM

Warm up Ixl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mst8iZjIpFE

Warm up Ixl

Busy at maths p.110-114

Or work listed later

Warm up Ixl

Busy at maths p.110-114

Or work listed later

Music

Go to www.outoftheark.co.ukClick on free resources-take a lookGo to week one—do Tuesday

Go to www.outoftheark.co.ukClick on free resources-take a lookGo to week one—do Wednesday

And Go to www.outoftheark.co.ukClick on free resources-take a lookGo to week one—do Thursday If you feel like singing!

Listen to some classical guitar music-by John Williamshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxllnQd8L44playing with an orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4QrJc3VQDoa famous piece of music called ‘Cavatina’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGycDDqBuX8

Go to www.outoftheark.co.ukClick on free resources-take a lookGo to week one—do Friday

Check out the children in School of Rock-written by Andrew Lloyd Webberhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjNXJNemmIcheck out the guitars

Sphe Feelings Go to www.twinkl.ie/go/sign-in it will ask you for a code: NV4236

Science

Go to

If you feel like doing an experiment, I’ve added one below

www.twinkl.ie/go/sign-in RL4259Sustainability, recycling, plastics

on Sound

Art How to draw an astronaut Go to www.twinkl.ie/go/sign-in QB3687

Out of the ark : there is a song a day—up to you which you would like to do, if you want to just listen you can (it’s from the company that I get the Christmas play from )

English

So everyone, how did you do in your spellings last week? We are moving on with our Jolly Phonics—remember-do as many spellings as you are able to—no pressure on anyone-

Sound : Unit ‘gn’ Silent g

Spellings gnu gnat gnome resign gnaw gnashdesign align assign gnarled signpost reignfeign malign designer benign foreigner poignant Gnu-wildebeast poignant-emotional malign-hurtful gnarled-twisted feign-pretend align-line up

In Starlight this week we are learning about guitars! I have linked this theme with our music and science. I’ve listed questions for everyone and extra ones in brackets. Make an effort to try the questions. I have included pictures of book with the story and questions pages. I am also trying out attaching a word document-the questions are in it-you can type your answers and send them to me. If you don’t have a computer/laptop/keyboard then you can write the answers, take a picture and send them to me. I have given phonics games this week and in IXL please try A6

Starlight :The Electric guitar-a poem-written in the shape of a guitar! Read the poem –hopefully the beautiful language in it will help you have all kinds of pictures in

your mind about guitars, music. I have given a link to a sound video where you can hear the author of the poem, James Carter, read it

Answer sheet is attached to the email sent to parents for C and D

p. 142 Abair Liom-comprehension. Try qs 1-5

p. 144 E –Grammar

e.g. Seo é mo bhróga reatha

Maths Decimals

Make sure you have seen the videos by maths antics first

So we learning decimals this week. Remember-they are just like fractions—parts of numbers. Remember how I always said how important it is to put one digit in each box, well it is REALLY important !!

If you have a whole pizza and you split it into 2 pieces

1_ 2 it is a half

as a decimal it is 0.5 3/10 is 0.3 8/10 is 0.8 9/10 is 0.9

Thursday

Try these Remember decimals are always about something being split into 10 equal pieces. If I had a bar and split it into 10 pieces…and gave the rest to my friend…..

And

If I have 0.3 –I have 3 of those pieces, Then my friend has 0.7 of the bar

Or…..I have 3/10 and my friend has 7/10 of it

Try questions 1,2,3

I have attached an answer sheet to the email sent to parents.

Supplementary activities—if you get everything above

done,

Ixl

English B4 (nouns) C1 (pronouns—him.her) from the work pack given on 12th March ---B1,B2, B5,B6, D4,D6,D7,F3,J3,N4, M1, N11,N12,N14

-if you have done these activities, there won’t be a star beside your name in IXL-if you have a star-then you need to finish/do the activity! I’ll check on Friday to see how you are doing!

Maths IXL –catch up on the division builder activities –J. Then from 12th March G5, D1, F6,7,10,J4,6,9, P3,R10,W4,5

Place Value in decimals

1.8 ---8/10 or 8 tenths4.2 ---2/10 78.3 ---8 34 -----30

When you write these our, please put H,T,U . t

A small t is now used for tenths, use a capital HTU for Hundreds, Tens, Units,

Do q 1 a-e(extra?? F-j)

Q2 a-e(extra?? f-i)