Good Morning Girls!
I hope you all had a lovely Easter Break- one unlike any other! I'm sure you still had the opportunity to eat lots and lots of chocolate! I certainly did!!! We are into another week of learning at home. From this week, you will be able to contact me by email. I will list below some of the work that I would like you to send to me when you have completed it later in the week. This morning (Monday) your parents will receive an email from my new remote learning email address: [email protected].
Happy Birthday to Lottie and Karinova this week! I hope you both have a lovely day celebrating with those closest to you!!!
Work to be emailed to teacher later in the week:
Work for 20th April – 24th April
Monday:
English:
Chapters 9-11
1. Jimmy takes a gun from one of the Lancers in ch 9. What does he do with it?
2. Who is Jimmy looking for in Stephen’s Green?
3. In ch10- “The Horde”- Tommy Doyle tells Jimmy that all sweets are free. Is this true?
4. There is lots of mention of “looting” in ch10, look up the word in the dictionary and explain it in your own words.
5. Ch 11 is called “The Choice”- what choice does Jimmy have to make at the end of this chapter?
6. Jimmy meets a young Volunteer, what does he give him to eat?
Gaeilge:
Tuesday:
English:
In aice leis an scoil – beside the school
Ar imeall an bhaile mhóir – at the edge of the town
Ar chúl na scoile – at the back of the school
Os comhair na scoile – in front of the school
Maths:
Always multiply before you add or subtract
Always divide before you add or subtract
Work from left to right
Have a look at the MiDAS formula on p 166 and write it into your maths journal/copy to learn
SESE:
Wednesday:
English:
Thursday:
English:
Gaeilge:
Maths:
Friday:
English:
SESE:
I hope you all had a lovely Easter Break- one unlike any other! I'm sure you still had the opportunity to eat lots and lots of chocolate! I certainly did!!! We are into another week of learning at home. From this week, you will be able to contact me by email. I will list below some of the work that I would like you to send to me when you have completed it later in the week. This morning (Monday) your parents will receive an email from my new remote learning email address: [email protected].
Happy Birthday to Lottie and Karinova this week! I hope you both have a lovely day celebrating with those closest to you!!!
Work to be emailed to teacher later in the week:
- The diary entry from Guns of Easter when it is completed (in photograph form or in a word document attached to your email)
- Evidence of maths work completed this week- include a traffic light to show how you got on.
- The Art competition on Guns of Easter. Details on the blog. This can be sent in photograph form also and emailed to us no later than 30th April.
Work for 20th April – 24th April
Monday:
English:
- Spellbound Unit 25 A+B and learn spellings Box 1
- Reading Zone Unit 25 – A Rat and Some Renovations; read story twice and do meanings and sentences for the following words;
- Read chapter 14 of Guns of Easter and do following questions;
Chapters 9-11
1. Jimmy takes a gun from one of the Lancers in ch 9. What does he do with it?
2. Who is Jimmy looking for in Stephen’s Green?
3. In ch10- “The Horde”- Tommy Doyle tells Jimmy that all sweets are free. Is this true?
4. There is lots of mention of “looting” in ch10, look up the word in the dictionary and explain it in your own words.
5. Ch 11 is called “The Choice”- what choice does Jimmy have to make at the end of this chapter?
6. Jimmy meets a young Volunteer, what does he give him to eat?
Gaeilge:
- Sin É p. 126 Cé mhéad duine? – Líon na bearnaí (write full sentences)
- Master Your Maths Unit 28 Monday
- Planet Maths Topic 27 – Number Rules p. 165 C Q 1-5 (Always do brackets first)
- Tidy and organise your room or complete a household chore chosen by your parents
Tuesday:
English:
- Spellbound C+D and learn spellings in Box 2
- Reading Zone Read story again and do Questions A and B
- Sin É p. 127 – Críochnaigh na habairtí (use the words in blue box)
In aice leis an scoil – beside the school
Ar imeall an bhaile mhóir – at the edge of the town
Ar chúl na scoile – at the back of the school
Os comhair na scoile – in front of the school
- Scríobh 4 abairtí eile faoin bpictiúr (write 4 sentences of your own about the picture using the phrases above)
Maths:
- Master Your Maths Unit 28 Tuesday
- Planet Maths p. 166 C and D
Always multiply before you add or subtract
Always divide before you add or subtract
Work from left to right
Have a look at the MiDAS formula on p 166 and write it into your maths journal/copy to learn
SESE:
- Where on Earth Unit 24: Postcards from the World
Wednesday:
English:
- Spellbound E+F and learn spellings in Box 3
- Reading Zone – Question C and D
- Read Guns of Easter chapter 15
- Nuacht – Inniu an Chéadaoin an 22ú lá de mhí Aibreáin 2020…..
- Master Your Maths Unit 28 Thursday
- Planet Maths p. 167 B,C,D,E (try the Challenge Yourself if you like! - Check your maths journal for square numbers and if you don’t have it in your journal already write it in. Look at the example at the bottom of page 167).
- Earthlink Unit 69 – Eco Holiday – Read the Unit and answer questions on page 151 Q 1-7)
- Joe Wicks on YouTube( today’s class)
Thursday:
English:
- Spellbound G+H and learn all spellings
- Reading Zone E – Grammar - put in the apostrophe or change the sentence and put in the apostrophe to show belonging ,e.g;
Gaeilge:
- Cluiche: Play the "Dice Game" at home using the following foclóir (use a real dice or an interactive dice):
- múinteoir
- tíreolaíocht
- mála scoile
- am lóin
- ceol
- turas scoile
Maths:
- Master Your Maths Unit 28 Thursday
- Planet Maths p.168 A,B,C – Try it!!
- Earthlink Unit 46 Civil War in Ireland – Read the Unit and do the exercises on page 105 Q 1-10
- Extra Activity; Complete the list of the Presidents of Ireland on page 105 in Earthlink if you like, up to the present day - internet search)
- Design a new book cover for The Guns of Easter or design a movie release poster for The Guns of Easter. A free subject pass for one day will be rewarded to the best effort/creativity for this assignment. Email by April 30th.
Friday:
English:
- Spellbound – get someone to give you a spelling test and self correct it
- Write a diary entry by Jimmy on something that happened so far in the book (you choose the event to write about) – see helpful hints below on the checklist for how to do a diary entry. This can be written or typed and sent to me by email (if possible).
- Sin É p. 132 – Scríobh na habairtí Q1-9
- Master Your Maths Unit 28 Test
- Planet Maths p. 169 Check up Q B all and C Q 1, 2, 5 (try Q C 3+4 and Q D
SESE:
- Where on Earth Unit 28 – Kilimanjaro and Uluru (Ayres Rock)
- Joe Wicks on YouTube (today’s class) AND/OR
- Just Dance – Waka Waka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCzgc_RelBA (you can do this version or our Wake Up Shake Up version... and if you're feeling super ambitious get some family members to join you in Cotton Eyed Joe!)