Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Hello parents & pupils,

The weeks are flying by. It is hard to believe we are into our tenth

week of being at home. I hope you and your family are well. It has been lovely receiving the

children’s work on Seesaw. I hope they too are enjoying submitting their work and getting

feedback and encouragement.

For this week I am asking again for one or two items per day on Seesaw (Monday –

Thursday) which may be written or audio. Could I also ask please not to show the children’s

faces in any photos or videos.

We are delighted to hear that the First Holy Communion has been rescheduled for

Saturday the 25th of July. It will be lovely for the children to look forward to and plan

towards, even if it will be different to how we had imagined the day. I’m sure we will get

more details over the coming weeks about the day and I will share these with you as soon

as I know more. For now I will add some preparation work into this worksheet. If you have

any question about the day please email me and I will try to help.

Like previous weeks, this homework sheet is a guide for work to be covered and there is no

pressure to follow it exactly or cover everything.

Have a lovely week,

Ms.Lee

English –

Read at Home pg. 115

Poem pg. 61 of ‘A surprise for Feena’ ‘ Things You Don’t Need to Know’

- Read it aloud

- Try reading each verse in different voices/ accents

Gaeilge –

Leigh sa Bhaile pg. 115

Cairde le Cheile pg. 50

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Bun go Barr Ag Súgradh sa Pháirc pg. 118

Discuss what is happening in each picture.

Put the parts of the story in order orally on pg. 119 (A)

This is the order they should come in:

1. An t-earrach a bhí ann. Bhí sé gaofar ach ní raibh sé fuar. Chuaigh Neasa, Rossa

agus Gordó go dtí an pháirc.

(It was spring. It was windy but it wasn’t cold. Neasa, Rossa and Gordó went to

the park.)

2. Bhí eitleog nua ag Rossa. Thosaigh sé ag rith. D’eitil an eitleog go hard sa spéir.

(Rossa had a new kite. He started running. The kite flew up into the sky.)

3. Rith Gordó timpeall agus timpeall na páirce.. Bhí an eitleog ag damhsa sa spéir.

(Gordó was running around and around the park. The kite was dancing in the

sky.)

4. Tar éis tamaill, thit an eitleog ar an talamh. Rug Gordó ar an téad.

(After a while, the kite fell on the ground. Gordó caught the rope.)

5. Ansin, bhuail na páistí le Dónal agus Siobhán. Bhí said ag scátáil sa pháirc.

(Then, the children met Donal and Siobhán. They were skating in the park)

6. Ar a trí a chlog, chuaigh an ceathrar acu go dtí an loch. Thug said arán do na

lachain.

(At three o clock, the four of them went to the lake. They gave bread to the

ducks.)

Maths –

Work It Out Week 28 Monday

Busy at Maths pg. 109

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English –

Read at Home pg. 116

Poetry - Re-read yesterday’s poem pg. 61

Find the words that rhyme throughout the poem ( shark – bark, trunk – skunk, eel – feel, toe

– know)

Skills Book pg. 64

Gaeilge –

Leigh sa Bhaile pg. 116

Bun go Barr - Read over yesterday’s work of putting the story in order.

Write the six parts of the story into their copy. They can draw a little

picture to go with each part if they like.

Maths –

Work It Out Week 28 Tuesday

Busy at Maths pg. 110

Brainteasers Test 53

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English –

Read at Home pg. 117

Write their own short poem with the title ‘Things You Don’t Need to Know’

Gaeilge –

Leigh sa Bhaile pg. 117

Bun go Barr pg. 119 C Orally The children can just read through the story

and put in the missing word as they are reading from the word box. If they are stuck

they can use their own story from yesterday.

Maths –

Work It Out Week 28 Wednesday

Brainteasers Test 54

Busy At Maths pg. 136

We will be slowly starting to learn how to subtract with renaming (what a lot of us

know as borrowing). For today the children can just practice renaming tens and

units and don’t need to think about any subtraction yet. The example box on page

136 explains it well.

E.g. 34 = 3 tens and 4 units or 2 tens and 14 units

15 = 1 ten and 5 units or 0 tens and 15 units

I have a sheet explaining subtraction with renaming step by step which I will put in

below and also a poem to help the children recognise when the need to use

renaming.

Please do not worry about this, we will work very slowly through this new method

over the coming weeks.

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English -

Read at Home pg. 118

Skills Book pg. 3 (There are some ‘sounds’ pages early on in the book that we

were leaving until the end, so they children can go back to those now)

Gaeilge –

Leigh sa Bhaile pg. 118

Cairde le Cheile pg. 51

Bun go Barr pg. 120 D Cúpla Ceist Q 1 – 4

Maths -

Work It Out Week 28 Thursday

Try pg. 137 Question 1 only

(We will be doing lots more of these over the coming weeks.)

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English – Just Handwriting pg. 32

Gaeilge - Bun go Barr pg. 120 D Cúpla Ceist Q 5 – 8

Maths – Work It Out Week 28 Friday Quiz

Religion: I have two worksheets below based on the story of ‘The Last Supper’ which the

children read a few weeks ago. They can complete these and discuss in preparation for their

First Holy Communion.

Sphe: Draw write worries/concerns/thoughts into the ‘Worry Monster’ below.

Music: Listen to the song ‘Walking on Sunshine’

and draw what pops into their head –maybe them

walking on sunshine.

History: Read about Thomas Edison and his inventions. There is an information sheet and

fact cards below. The children can fill in some facts they learned on the worksheet after.

Geography/Science: Learn about electricity from the information sheet below and answer

these questions orally:

1. Name one thing that needs electricity to work.

2. What is burned to make electricity?

3. Apart from wind power, what other power is used to make electricity?

4. Name one good reason to use wind power.

5. What sort of wires does electricity flow through?

6. What is electricity measured in?

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Art: Create a summery picture with a bright FLAMINGO.

You can use handprints in paint or trace and cut out your hand or use the step by step

below to draw one. (There is a video on artforkidshub on YouTube too)

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Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Subtraction with renaming explained

This methodology is required for example when you are doing a sum like:

Example :

T U

3 3

- 1____ 9

The student starts ‘taking away’ the units and realises that they can’t take 9 from 3 – e.g. If I have 3

sweets in the jar, I can’t take 9 out.

Identifying when a sum will need ‘renaming’ is a skill in itself and one which we will be working on.

Confusion can arise because most of us have learned how to do this kind of subtraction using the

‘borrow and pay back’ method.

Method:

T U

2 13

3 3

- 1 9

1 4

• 3 take away 9, you cannot do.

• Take a ten from the tens house and rename the tens from 3 to 2.

• Give the ten to the units house. The units are not called 3 anymore, they are 13.

• Now we have 13 units in the units house. 13 take away 9 we can do.

• Units: 13 take away 9 equals 4.

• Tens: 2 take away 1 equals 1.

• Answer equals 14.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if this is causing any confusion by either emailing

teacher@clarannationalschool.ie and putting my name in the subject bar, or on Seesaw.

Thanks, Ms.Lee.

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class

Week 8 18th – 22nd May 2nd Class