Second Class 5th May– 8th May
ENGLISH:
Reading: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Continue reading.
I hope boys are enjoying this great story.
Possible activities:
There are more lovely activities on Charlie & the Chocolate factory on Twinkl website.
I would recommend checking out the
Graded Reading 3 or 4 Y3 Unit packs for support teaching on Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
Have your test on Friday, just like we do in school.
Use https://www.spellingcity.com/users/mrsdlinehan as a link to access lots of spelling games based on Spellbound. Find ‘Spellbound Unit 28.’Try a game’.
Maths:
You can use the fun Tables Challenge game on the 1st & 2nd class blog page on our school website ( Scroll down the right side) or Daily 10 ( level 2 addition or subtraction)
Mathemagic 2: pgs. 123 - 127
This week the boys will be preparing for 3rd class multiplication with skipcounting in 2’s, 3’s, 4,s and 5’s. This work can be done orally if preferred.
Extra activities available in Figure it out 2 (Your child has this book on loan) pgs. 68 and 69 or I have highlighted certain activities in IXL learning website this week for extra practise if needed.
New Wave Week 30…ideas to expand learning
Tuesday : no. 8 = 154, How much more do you need to make €2/€5? What coins would you use?
Wednesday: no.8 = How many quarters in 1 litre? In half a litre? Which has more ¼ l or ½ l.? Find containers with ½ or ¼ l at home.
Thur: No.7 = Continue counting back in 2’s to 0.
Fri: No. 7= What is the last day/date in September? So what day is October 1st? How many days would you go to school in Sept? Do you remember the rhyme for number of days in the months?....30 days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31.
Except for February alone.
Which has 28 days clear
and 29 in a leap year.
How many days in November/ March/December?
Problemsolving: Remember underline key words. Draw pictures to help. Use “ RUDE”
R= Read
U = Underline
D = Draw
E = Evaluate. .Does your answer make sense?
Remember mistakes are good when we learn from them.
Grow in Love: Grow in Love:
Free access to Grow in Love online. Simply login on the www.growinlove.ie website with the following details
Username: trial@growinlove.ie
Password: growinlove
When logged in go to Grow in Love 1st Class. Click on Theme 6 Lesson 3 “We are nourished by receiving Holy Communion”
Look at and discuss video clips and pictures. Complete workbook pgs. 38,39.
Please continue to revise our prayers for First Penance and the Prayer before Communion. All prayers are on the back cover of the Grow in Love Workbook.
Continue with your Thumb book.
Gaeilge :
Bua na Cainte 2
Continue with the theme ‘Sa Bhaile’ ( At Home). Your child will be familiar with the format of these lessons .
www.edco.ie/bua
Select the file that suits your PC.
Select the class level and click to download.
Once downloaded,click on the file to install and follow the instructions.
A Bua na Cainte icon will appear on your desktop.
Click on this icon to bring you to the login page.
Username: trial
Password: trial
You will then have access to all the stories, games, songs and poems that we would usually work on in the classroom.
If you want your child to listen to other Irish language programmes I would recommend Cúla 4, An Siopa Ealaíne or Spongebob ( Irish version).
SESE.: Explore With Me: Continue to pick out your favourite pages. Read and enjoy.
MUSIC:
Keep practising your tin whistle tunes.
Wouldn’t it be a great achievement to have a piece of your
work on display in a museum. The Museum of Ireland are
looking for children’s art/poems/stories for an online
Display #Project2020Together in museumofchildhood.ie
Themes = My Family,
My Friends
My Favourite Game
Places I miss most
Sports I can practice at home
My Favourite Book
Send entries to info@museumofchildhood.ie
Lovely Art ideas in https://redtedart.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking/
ENGLISH:
Reading: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Continue reading.
I hope boys are enjoying this great story.
Possible activities:
There are more lovely activities on Charlie & the Chocolate factory on Twinkl website.
I would recommend checking out the
Graded Reading 3 or 4 Y3 Unit packs for support teaching on Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
- Sounds in Action- Continue on (maybe a page a day). This is all revision of previous class work.
- Spellbound Unit 28 (3 boxes to learn)
Have your test on Friday, just like we do in school.
Use https://www.spellingcity.com/users/mrsdlinehan as a link to access lots of spelling games based on Spellbound. Find ‘Spellbound Unit 28.’Try a game’.
- Read At Home – Don’t work on this as it’s a short week and work on the other activities instead.
- Let’s Talk Literacy Unit 15
- Phonics : Silent k. Practise reading…knee, kneel, know, knock, knife, knob, knot, knight, knit, knitting, knew, knowledge, knuckle,
Maths:
- Tables Champion +8-8 pg.35 Continue on each day as we
You can use the fun Tables Challenge game on the 1st & 2nd class blog page on our school website ( Scroll down the right side) or Daily 10 ( level 2 addition or subtraction)
Mathemagic 2: pgs. 123 - 127
This week the boys will be preparing for 3rd class multiplication with skipcounting in 2’s, 3’s, 4,s and 5’s. This work can be done orally if preferred.
Extra activities available in Figure it out 2 (Your child has this book on loan) pgs. 68 and 69 or I have highlighted certain activities in IXL learning website this week for extra practise if needed.
New Wave Week 30…ideas to expand learning
Tuesday : no. 8 = 154, How much more do you need to make €2/€5? What coins would you use?
Wednesday: no.8 = How many quarters in 1 litre? In half a litre? Which has more ¼ l or ½ l.? Find containers with ½ or ¼ l at home.
Thur: No.7 = Continue counting back in 2’s to 0.
Fri: No. 7= What is the last day/date in September? So what day is October 1st? How many days would you go to school in Sept? Do you remember the rhyme for number of days in the months?....30 days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31.
Except for February alone.
Which has 28 days clear
and 29 in a leap year.
How many days in November/ March/December?
Problemsolving: Remember underline key words. Draw pictures to help. Use “ RUDE”
R= Read
U = Underline
D = Draw
E = Evaluate. .Does your answer make sense?
Remember mistakes are good when we learn from them.
Grow in Love: Grow in Love:
Free access to Grow in Love online. Simply login on the www.growinlove.ie website with the following details
Username: trial@growinlove.ie
Password: growinlove
When logged in go to Grow in Love 1st Class. Click on Theme 6 Lesson 3 “We are nourished by receiving Holy Communion”
Look at and discuss video clips and pictures. Complete workbook pgs. 38,39.
Please continue to revise our prayers for First Penance and the Prayer before Communion. All prayers are on the back cover of the Grow in Love Workbook.
Continue with your Thumb book.
Gaeilge :
Bua na Cainte 2
Continue with the theme ‘Sa Bhaile’ ( At Home). Your child will be familiar with the format of these lessons .
www.edco.ie/bua
Select the file that suits your PC.
Select the class level and click to download.
Once downloaded,click on the file to install and follow the instructions.
A Bua na Cainte icon will appear on your desktop.
Click on this icon to bring you to the login page.
Username: trial
Password: trial
You will then have access to all the stories, games, songs and poems that we would usually work on in the classroom.
If you want your child to listen to other Irish language programmes I would recommend Cúla 4, An Siopa Ealaíne or Spongebob ( Irish version).
SESE.: Explore With Me: Continue to pick out your favourite pages. Read and enjoy.
MUSIC:
- Music lessons with Mylene Klass. Youtube channel
Keep practising your tin whistle tunes.
- EXTRAS:
Wouldn’t it be a great achievement to have a piece of your
work on display in a museum. The Museum of Ireland are
looking for children’s art/poems/stories for an online
Display #Project2020Together in museumofchildhood.ie
Themes = My Family,
My Friends
My Favourite Game
Places I miss most
Sports I can practice at home
My Favourite Book
Send entries to info@museumofchildhood.ie
- Develop fine motor skills e.g Make pasta bracelets, paper tearing…different textures and thicknesses…they can be scrunched up to make a collage, draw around stencils, trace pictures or shapes, jigsaw puzzles.
Lovely Art ideas in https://redtedart.com
- Physical exercise every day e.g. Scavenger hunt, kitchen utensil bubble wands, cycle, have fun with balloons
- Cosmic Yoga:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking/
