Monday 27 th April English Show me what you have been up to – Video

o I am going to upload a short video about what I have been doing over the last few weeks.

o I would love to see what the children have been doing and for them to tell them about some of the things that have done.

o Once the children have filmed the video, they can upload the video onto their Seesaw profile.

Sight words Maths Number ten – Operation Maths pg. 87

o Practice counting up and downwards to 20 You could use actions when counting – eg. odd

number -they clap their hands, even number - they touch their heads

You could practice counting in odd number or even number (the children have practice this in class many times and know what to do)

You can practice counting by asking the children to close their eyes and then you can drop some marbles or other objects into a box and the children have to count the objects that they hear dropping into the box.

o Making sets of 10 objects. Using lego or other objects, create as many sets of 10 as they can. You can make this into a PE lesson. Arrange a variety of objects in a area. The children can then run and collect objects and make it into sets of 10s

o Complete the work on page 87 of Operation Maths Gaeilge Sa Bhaile – Homes

o I would like the children to learn the following words as Gaeilge

oigheann pláta

spúnóg scian

forc

oigheann – oven scian – knife forc – fork pláta – plate spúnóg – spoon

o After the children have learnt to say the words, they could then draw a picture for each word and then label the pictures

o The children could upload a short video of the children practicing their Irish word to Seesaw

Tuesday 28 th April English Phonics – ue (this makes a long u sound like due)

o Show them the sound ue. Practice saying the sound together.

o Here is a video that might help with learning the sound https://youtu.be/fLrAGcK26s4

o Brainstorm some different words that might contain the ue sound. The video will give them lots of ue word that they could use.

o The children are going to do some work on the attached ue worksheet below.

o You could give the children three different words and they have to tell you which on is has/hasn’t got the sound – the odd one out

Sight wordsMaths Number 10 – Operation Maths pg. 89

o Practice counting upward and downwards from 20o Ten frame activity – the frame is a book that contain 10

boxes. The ten frame is used for visual recognition of the components of number. You can use different objects to fill the boxes to represent a number

o Here are some sample questions that you can ask when using a ten frame.

Show me three red counters. How many more to make 10?

Show me 10 red counters. If I took one away, how many would be left?

Show 10 red counters. How many do I take away to make 4?

o Complete the work on pg. 89 of Operation Maths – counting the finger to make sums that add up to 10

Art Drawing Tutorial Art o Using the Youtube channel Art for Kids hub

https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHubo The children can choose any tutorial to follow to create

their character. o Once finished I would like the children to create a name

for their character o Upload a picture of their character and their names onto

Seesaw

Wednesday 29 th April English Letter formation – M, m in Ready Steady Write book pg. 38

o Revise the sound that the letter ‘M, m’ makes. You could go on a sound search around the house, looking for words that begin with the letter M, m

o Get the children to brainstorm as many words that begin with the letter ‘M, m’

o Revise when we should use capital letters At the start of sentences Names of people and places Holidays eg. Christmas, Easter The letter I in a sentence

o Complete the work based on pg. 38 in their Ready Steady Write book

A capital M is written from the top red line downward to the bottom blue line. Then the children follow the line back up to the top and then they draw a short line down to the top blue line and back up to the top red line and then finally a long line down to the bottom blue line. Their pencil should not leave the page.

o If you wish, the children can also practice writing the letter ‘M, m’ in their handwriting copies.

The way that I like to layout the copies for letter formation practice is as follow

lowercase letter eg. m lowercase letter word eg. mouse capital letter eg. M capital letter word eg. Mickey a sentence containing as many of the letter

m as possible. Eg. Mickey the mouse (Two lines left for practice)

The children know what they should do in their handwriting copy

Sight wordsMaths Number 10 – Operation Maths pg. 90

o Practise counting upwards and downward from 0 to 20 o You can ask a few questions like the following

What number comes after 8? What number comes before 5? What number comes between 6 and 8? Is the number 2 an even number? Is the number 9 an odd number?

o Magic number – children will work on the components of the number 10 – What numbers do I add together to get to 10?

o Using a plate and a straw or spatula, the children will split

their objects (pasta, lego, cube) into two group and then write the sum on their sheet.

o Following this the children need to say the sums out loud. ‘’Zero plus eight equals eight. One plus seven equals eight’’

o Complete the work on page 90 of the Operation Maths

Gaeilge Sa Bhaile – Homes o Revise the Gaeilge that they have learnt over the last two

days oigheann – oven scian – knife forc – fork pláta – plate spúnóg – spoon cistin – kitchen doirteal – sink bord – table cuisneoir - fridge

o I would like the children to learn the sentence Tá __________ sa cistin. – There is _______ in the

kitchen Tá ___________ ar an mbord – The ______ is on the

table

Thursday 30 th April English Phonics – ue (this makes a long u sound like due)

o Revise the sound that the ue makes o Brainstorm different words that contain the ue sound o Encourage the children to write a sentence for each ue

work that they thought of Make sure that each sentence has capital letters in

the correct place and that each sentence contains a full stop.

Sight wordsMaths Number 10 – Operation Maths pg.91

o Practise counting upwards and downward from 0 to 20 o You can ask a few questions like the following

What number comes after 8? What number comes before 5? What number comes between 6 and 8? Is the number 2 an even number? Is the number 9 an odd number?

o You will need some cards that have the numbers 0 to 10. Lay the cards on the table, facing downward. The children then have to turn one card over a create a set of objects that is equal to the number on the card. Continue on with all the number cards

o Using the number cards, mix them all up and get the children to sort them into the correct order

o Using the number cards, remove one card and get the children to figure out the missing number. Complete this activity a few times

o Complete work based on page 91 in Operation Maths book

SESE Moving Air Experiment – Forces o Equipment – Straws, small pieces of light material (e.g.

kitchen foil, tissue, polystyrene, newspaper, cotton material, ping pong ball ….), ruler or non-standard measure

o Background Info - Air can move things – think of leaves or sand blowing on a windy day. It can speed things up or slow things down (think of cycling a bike with the wind behind you or against you).

o Ask some questions before starting this experiment Can you see air? (Not really, if it is clean) Can you hear air? (Yes if it is moving) Can you smell air? (Not if it is pure) Can you feel air? (Yes if it is moving) Do we need air? (Yes….) Can air move things? What sort of things can it move? How can you move air?

o Activity Show the children the various materials and ask

them: “What are the different ways of using air to move these things?” (They may suggest blowing directly or through a straw, fanning …)

Choose one way and use the same way each time. Lay out the ruler or non-standard measure on the

table. Lay the object you are trying to move at the start and then measure the distance the object

move in a certain number of blows of air. The children should predict which material is

easiest to move, and which the hardest. They then experiment and fill in the table, either by

sticking in visual pictures or in writing o Follow up questions

Which material was easiest to move? Why? Which were you able to move the furthest? How far were you able to make it move? How can you make it a fair test? The children can classify the things into ‘Easy to

Move’ and ‘Hard to Move’. A follow-up question could be asked: “Does the

shape make any difference?” e.g. “Is it easier to move a piece of kitchen foil when it is flat or when it is rolled up in a ball?”

Moving Air ExperimentMaterials How I tried to

move the materialDid it move?

How far did it move? Yes or NoTin foil

Cotton Wool

Tissue

Newspaper

Polystyrene

Ping pong ball

Marble

Cotton material

Friday 1 st May

English Picture Prompted Writing Activity o Before the children start writing, look at the picture with

the children and talk about the different things that the children can see in the picture

o You can ask them some of the following questions Where do you think this picture is? Why? What animals can you see? What kind of plants can you see? What can you tell me about the sea?

o Once you have spoken about the picture the children can write some sentences based on the picture.

Please remind the children where the should use capital letters – Start at the sentences, Names of people, names of places etc

Please remind the children about using full stops

Sight words

SESE Create a pulley to move objects experiment – Forces o Equipment –

1. Rolling pin, string or rope, something to lift up (e.g. a fairly heavy book)

o Background info - A pulley is a simple machine which is useful for lifting things. It reduces the effort required to raise a load. It consists of a wheel with a groove through which a string or rope runs. The rope has a load on one end and someone or something pulling at the other end.

o Trigger questions What is a machine? (A thing that makes a job

easier and quicker to do) Can you name any simple machines? (Scissors,

hammer, wheelbarrow, tin opener, hairdryer...) Do you know any more complicated machines?

(Bicycle, lawnmower, car, train, combine harvester...). These have lots of different types of machines all gathered into one, e.g. gears, levers, pulleys, etc.)

What is a pulley? (a wheel with two raised edges so that a string or rope will run around the wheel without falling off.)

Where would you find a pulley? (Building sites, flagpoles, boats with masts...)

How would you hoist a flag up a very tall flagpole? How would you get heavy stuff up into a tree-

house?o Activity

Use a rolling pin as a pulley: The children can be asked to lift up the book in their hands, and feel how heavy it is.

They can then be asked to use the rolling pin and string to find another way of lifting the book.

Which way do they think felt easier to lift the book? (Using the rolling pin) Why? (Because with the rolling pin you are pulling down in the same direction as gravity, whereas by the first method you are pulling up against gravity).

o The children could record a short video of how their pulley works or they could draw and label a picture of what they did.

Gaeilge Sa Bhaile – Homes o I would like the children to learn the following words as

Gaeilge

seomra suí tolg

tine teilifíseán

seomra suí – sitting room tolg – sofa tine – fire teilifíseán – television

o After the children have learnt to say the words, they could then draw a picture for each word and then label the pictures

o The children could upload a short video of the children practicing their Irish word to Seesaw