2 nd Class Work to be done at home until May 22 nd You should be reading for at least 15 minutes every day. If you have no suitable books at home there are lots of free e-books at https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page or at https://readon.myon.co.uk/.

Monday May 11th:1) Spellings: Week 32 Day 1: Learn spellings and write two sentences. 2) Complete Just Handwriting page 50 (Ireland). Sorry about the confusion last time – I was

working off the 1st Class book. Just write the full question or the answer. Don’t forget your capital letter for names of places.

3) Do you remember what narrative writing is? Our narrative story this week is called “A Bear Called Paddington”. Have you seen the film Paddington? Look at the Focus Words at the bottom of the page and discuss them with an adult before you read the text.

4) Maths: Revision of all -9 Tables. A trick to learn the -9s is to first take away the “friendly number” 10 and then add 1. So say I need to work out 23-9 = ? I know 23-10 is 13 so I just add 1 more to get my answer which is 14.

5) Maths: What do we mean by weight? Try Busy at Maths p104 which compares the weight of various items.

6) Irish: Watch - Ár Scéal - “An Leo agus an Luch” 9:35am or Cúla Scoil 10am.7) Science: Living Things – The Wildebeest (gnu). Read about the wildebeest in your Small

World page 73. Have a look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgI-1ArLb4 Complete Small World p73You could go on a virtual safari in Africa. There are two safari trips per day 7am-10am and 4:30pm-7:40pm. You can send questions to the guide ranger in real wildearth.tv. Maybe you will spot a wildebeest or ask the ranger a question about wildebeest.

Tuesday May 12th:1) Spellings: Week 30 Day 2: Learn and write two sentences.2) Starlight p55 Activity A. Write full sentences in your best writing.3) Maths: Revision of all -10 Tables. An easy one – just take 1 away from the tens digit.8) Busy at What is weight? Are big things always heavier than small things? Which is

bigger a pillow or a full school bag? Which is heavier a pillow or a full school bag? Have a look at Busy at Maths p105. You may not have cubes so instead use something else, as long as they are all the same weight, maybe twistables or lego pieces or books. Attempt Q1, Q2(i) and Q3.

4) Irish: Sa Bhaile (At Home): an seomra folctha (bathroom), an seomra codlata (bedroom), an chistin (kitchen), halla (hall), an seomra suite (sitting room), bosca (box), an t-áiléar (the attic), balla (wall), leitreas (toilet), dréimire (ladder), leaba (bed), thuas staighre (upstairs), cuisneoir (fridge), scuab (brush), sileáil (ceiling), tolg (sofa), teilifís (television), péint (paint). Show the item and say the name in Irish. Repeat a number of times.

5) History: The story of Anansai and the Pot of Wisdom is an old African Fable (A fable is s tory that often has animals as characters and that has a message or lesson for the reader). Read the story and complete the pictures in your Small World p74 and 75.

Wednesday May 13th:1) Spellings: Week 30 Day 3: Learn and write two sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 51 (Ireland)3) Starlight p55 Activities B and C. 4) Maths: Revision of all -11 Tables. A trick to this is to take away 10 and then take away 1

more.5) Maths: Why don’t we use cubes, lollipop sticks or stones to weight things? We use the

standard unit Kilogramme when weighing items. This means no matter where in the world we weigh something we always get the same measurement. We can write Kilogramme as kg for short. Can you find things in your kitchen that weigh 1 kg? Attempt Busy at Maths p106. For Q2 compare the item in the with the 1kg item you found in your kitchen. Remember the crocodile always eats the heavier item. Which is heavier 1 kg of cotton wool or 1 kg of apples?

6) Irish: Using yesterday’s picture ask your child to show you various items using the Irish vocabulary. Taispeáin dom _______. Repeat to consolidate. Say the word in English and ask your child to say the word in Irish.

7) Geography: Ethiopia. Read about the African country of Ethiopia and complete the activities in your Small World Page 76.

Thursday May 14th:1) Spellings: Week 32 Day 4: Learn and write two sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 52 (People).3) Starlight p56 Activities A and B. No need to do Activity 3.4) Maths: Revision of all -12 Tables. A trick to this is to take away 10 and then take away 2

more.

5) Remember the fractions half (½) and quarter (¼)? How many halves are in a whole unit? How many quarters are in a whole unit? Which is bigger ½ or 2/4? Attempt Busy at Maths p107 Q1 and the Challenge (you can skip Q2). Can you find items in your kitchen that weight ½ kg (may be written as 500g) or ¼ kg (may be written as 250g)?

6) Irish: Draw a cross section of a house and label the various rooms in Irish. Draw a number of items in the house and label them in Irish.

7) Geography: Do you know what a fossil is? A human fossil was found in Ethiopia that is over 3 million years old. You can read about her in your Small World Page 77 and watch a video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIE-ckKz8OE. What do you think it would be like to live in Ethiopia? What would your home be like? What would you eat? What about school? Read about life for 8 year old Muna in Africa on page 77 of your Small World and complete the activities.

Friday May 15th:1) Spellings: Get someone to ask you to spell any ten spellings from Week 32.2) English/SPHE: This is a poem called Colors by Shel Silverstein

My skin is kind of sort of brownish Pinkish yellowish white. 

My eyes are greyish blueish green, But I'm told they look orange in the night. 

My hair is reddish blondish brown, But it's silver when it's wet. 

And all the colors I am inside Have not been invented yet.

Discuss the poem with your child What do you think the poet means when he talks about the colours inside? What are your colours? If you were to draw yourself what colours would you use? How are they different to the colours of your family members? How are your colours different to other people living in different parts of the world?

(try to link in with Africa/Ethiopia if possible)3) Maths Tables: Get someone to test you on the -9, -10, -11 and -12 tables and correct

them.4) Busy at Maths Shadow Book p32.5) Irish: Fraegair na Ceisteanna (Answer the questions). Focal Cuardach thuas (complete

the wordsearch below). The síneadh fada makes the vowel sound long. (o/ó).

6) Art: When you think of Africa what colors do you see? Take a look at this painting of a lion by an artist called Leroy Neiman. Why does he use lots of reds, oranges and yellows? Try drawing/painting you own lion https://rachelmcclary.com/2018/01/26/square-1-art-lesson-lions-inspired-by-leroy-neiman1st-grade/

Monday May 18th:1) Spellings: Week 33 Day 1: Learn spellings and write two sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 53 (People)3) This week’s narrative story is called “The Magic Faraway Tree”. Look at the Focus

Words at the bottom of the page and discuss them with an adult before you read the text. What do you predict will happen next in the story?

4) Maths Tables Addition: 1 Minute Addition. Get someone to time you for 1 minute. How many can you get correct in one minute?

5) Busy at Maths Shadow page 33.6) Irish: Caitheamh Aimsire (Pastimes) – Ag Imirt Rugbaí (playing rugby). Show your child

the poster below. We have covered all this vocab previously. Point to items and say the Irish word together. Then point to items and they say the Irish word on their own.

Tuesday May 19th:1) Spellings: Week 33 Day 2: Learn and write two sentences.2) Starlight p59 Activity A. Write full sentences in your best writing.3) Maths Tables Addition: 1 Minute Addition. Continue on from where you finished

yesterday. Get someone to time you for 1 minute. Can you beat yesterday’s score? 4) Maths: We can write 100c as €1 or as €1.00. The dot in between the 1 and the 00 is

called a decimal point. The number before the decimal point shows the number of full euro and the number after the decimal point shows the number of cent.So 109c is one full euro and 9 cent left over so we can write that as €1.09. What would you write 165c as? 27c is no full euro and 27c left over so we write that as €0.27.

4c is no full euro and 4c left over so we can write that as €0.04.Attempt Busy at Maths p130

5) Irish: Repeat yesterday’s work to consolidate. Practice the verbs (these are the word highlighted in blue by saying for example “Bí ag tafann”, “Bí ag rith.”, “Bí ag gáire”……….

6) Science: What is a Shadow? Will a transparent object make a shadow? What conditions do you need to make a shadow? Read and complete Small World page 85. Did you know that before clocks were invented people used shadows to tell the time using a tool called a sundial. The direction and the length of the stick’s shadow change as the earth spins around. Try to make your own sundial. All you need is a straight stick (as long as your arm), 12 pebbles and a sunny day. Support you stick on a hard surface with marla or blu-tac. Tilt it slightly towards North. Do you remember how to check which way is North using the star constellation The Plough? Or get an adult to help you. Each hour go out and place a pebble on the shadow and with pencil or chalk write the number o’clock that it is. Continue until you use all your pebbles. Now you have a homemade sundial and can tell the time using it. Have a look here if you are stuck. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Sundial

Wednesday May 20th:1) Spellings: Week 33 Day 3: Learn and write two sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 54 (People) 3) Starlight p59 Activities B and C. 4) Maths Tables Addition: 1 Minute Addition. Continue on from where you finished

yesterday. Get someone to time you for 1 minute. Can you beat your best score for the week? If you have finished the page print it again and repeat.

5) Maths: Busy at Maths p131. Remember the way we work out change. One way I do it is “the shop-keeper’s method” – start at the amount you spent and jump up to the next ‘ten’, then up to the next euro and then to the amount you had, add all the jumps to get you change value. This page is tough so do Q1 and 2 first. Get someone to correct these before doing Q3 and the Challenge.

6) Irish: Phrase to be practiced “Is maith liom a bheith ag ____” (I like to____ ). For example, “Is maith liom a bheith at imirt peil” (I like to play football). Have a look at this video http://mercypssligo.scoilnet.ie/blog/2015/03/23/is-maith-liom-a-bheith-ag/ Practice the phrase using the verbs in the poster or verbs that your child already knows.

7) Geography: Where does wool come from? About this time of the year as the weather becomes hotter sheep farmers start to shear their sheep. Have you seen any “bare” sheep wandering around? What is wool used for. Did you know that Irishman Ivan Scott

holds the World Record for shearing a sheet at less than 38 seconds? Have a look at Ivan’s record https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-time-to-shear-one-sheep Read and complete the activity below.

Thursday May 21st:1) Spellings: Week 33 Day 4: Learn and write two sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 55 (People)3) When comparing two things we add er. cold -> colder, fast -> faster. Complete Starlight

p60.4) Maths Tables Addition: 1 Minute Addition. Continue on from where you finished

yesterday. Get someone to time you for 1 minute. Can you beat your best score for the week? If you have finished the page print it again and repeat.

5) Busy at Maths 132. Today you are working with money up to €2. 6) Irish: Draw the picture Ag Imirt Rugbaí from Monday in a copy and label it in Irish.

Friday May 22nd:1) Spellings: Get someone to ask you to spell any ten spellings from Week 33.2) In your English copy write at least 4 sentences about the book you are reading at the

moment.3) Today I want you to give your mum/dad/adult a tables test. Write out ten addition

tables and you can pick anything from the +1s to the +12s. Then correct their attempt and give them a score out of ten.

4) Busy at Maths Shadow Book p41.5) Irish: Practice the phrase !”Is maith liom a bheith ag ………”

Read, Trace and Join the phrase to the correct picture.

6) Art: We learnt about shadows in science earlier this week. Use this simple hack below to draw difficult shapes.