First Class

Sunday, May 24, 2020

There's no limit to what you can do!

Hello Boys and Girls😀

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and didn't get blown away with the strong winds.🙈 I think the lovely sunshine will come back this week so you can have some fun outside! 😎

I hope you are happy that you got your books and copybooks home. Can you believe all the FANTASTIC work you did in class? When I was getting all your books ready, I noticed how much everyone's writing has improved since you started in First Class - writing on the lines, really good spacing, neat writing with a sharp pencil and full stops at the end of each sentence. I know from the work I have received from your Mammy or Daddy that you are still doing fantastic writing at home. Well Done boys and girls, I am so proud of you all!👏👏👏 (I think that deserves 3 big bualadh bos claps from your múinteoir)

This week, I want everyone to read and remember this everyday:

🌟You'll never be bored,
when you try
something new.
There's really no limit

to what you can do!🌟

This week, I have included some new activities for you to try. I have 2 new Irish readers 'Daideo ag siopdóireacht' (Grandad shopping) and 'Peata Áine' (Áine's pet). I wonder what will Grandad buy when he goes shopping? Will he buy some bainne agus arán (milk and bread) or will he buy some milseáin (sweets)? I wonder does Áine have the same peata as you? Also, this week I have included some fun activities for S.P.H.E. because I know how much you loved it in class and when you got to sit on the cushions/mats in class and we all sat in a circle together. As well as that, I have included a fun activity book, it will be like a diary for you to fill in and keep. When you get older you can look back at it. 📖

Once again, it was great to hear from some more of your Mammy's and Daddy's last week. I was so HAPPY to hear how hard you are working at home. You are doing a SUPER JOB. Keep it up.If your Mammy or Daddy would like to send me on some of your work to correct or even just for me to see some of the brilliant work you are doing at home they can send me an email at anytime.

Ms. Farrelly
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Monday 25-05-2020

9:00	PE with Joe Wicks
9:30	5 min break
9:35	Tables Look over +6 and -6
9:40	Maths: Planet Maths Mental Maths p.155 Part A Part A: 1. A half is when two parts are the exact same. When you colour in the shape, you should have the same number of small rectangles coloured and not coloured. 2. You can check p.157 for help if you forget what face means. 3. Be really careful answering this question. Look where the equals sign (=) is. The equals sign = means the two sides have to add up to the same number. Look at the first part. Add what is in the brackets first. 6+3=? Use your answer and now add on 1. Now you know what the other side has to equal too. Look at the other side of the equals sign. There’s a blank box. What number will go into this box. You add 6+3 and that equals what? How much more have you to add to this side to make it the same as the other side of the equals sign. 7. Just like no.3, you need to have the two sides of the equals sign equalling the same amount/number. First side, 10+2= what? Now look at the other side of the equals sign. All you have is the number 3. Take 3 away from the value of the other side and you will get your answer. 8. Can you remember which way does the scale go when you place something heavy or light on it? Can you remember in class we weighed everyone’s pencil cases and we used a lot of copybooks to find out how many copybooks weighed the same as everyone’s pencil cases? The pencil case was heavier than 1 copybook. But was the pencil case up or down? *****For those using Busy at Maths ***** Busy at Maths p.122 Money Look at each item. Look at the price of each item. Write the price of each item in the box under the item. The first one, how much is the green apple? 3c. Write 3c in the box under the green apple. Now, how much is the tomato? 3c…Write 3c in the box under the tomato. Add the price of the green apple and tomato together. 3c+3c= what? 6c. Now write 6c in the box after the equals = sign. Now try the rest by yourself.
10:00	Literacy: Fun at the circus: read pages 63-64 Skills Book: p.119 Parts B and C Part B: Read the words in the pink box first. Fill in the blanks using the words you just read from the pink box. If you get stuck, skip that question and move onto the next one. You can come back and try it again at the end. Part C: You will need to read pages 66 and 67 before completing this part to learn about Brazil. Then, pretend you are going to Brazil. What do you think you might need to bring with you? Write what you would like to bring with you to Brazil in the suitcase. If you like, you can colour the suitcase. The Big Box Read pages 10-11 Just Phonics small book: p.20 sound /wh/ here is a reminder what /wh/ sounds like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfdFamciuqw
10:30	Literacy: Exploring Spelling: p.68 learn the spellings [fur, turn] and p.70 no.6 My Spelling Workbook: p.70 learn the spelling [not] and p.75 see page below
10:50	Break
11:00	RTÉ Home School Hub
12:00	Break
1:00	Gaeilge: Bun go Barr p.58-59 to help you. Today, I want you to pretend you are in this siopa [shop] with Neasa, Rossa agus Clíona. I would like you to pick 6 things you would like to buy if you were in this siopa [shop]. Draw a picture the 6 things you would like to buy and write the words under each picture. I would also like you to include a price for each item like we are learning money in Maths. You can colour each picture. I can’t wait to see what you would buy. Bain taitneamh as an tsiopadóireacht – Enjoy shopping!
1:30	Music – Jamaican folk song Today you will be learning a folk song from Jamaica. Look below and I will show you a picture of where Jamaica is in the world. It is an island beside Mexico which is beside America. Here is the link to learn all about a song called “Hill and Gully Rider”. You need to have signed up with Dabbledoo music to have access to this link. https://dabbledoomusic.com/courses/295773/lectures/4551005 Hill and Gully Rider is a Jamaican folk song from the 19th Century written about the local fishermen who would risk their lives trying to catch whales. There are 3 different versions of this song. I think you like them. You will feel like getting up to dance to some of them. They’re so much fun! I found a colouring page of 2 whales and a fishing boat and you can colour it in if you like also.
2:00	S.P.H.E.:Time Capsule (see link below) -If you are unable to open the link below, please send me an email and I will upload it via a different method as I think all children would really enjoy completing this booklet) Each day this week, you can fill in 2 pages of the Time Capsule I have included below. You can keep this booklet and look back at it when you get older and remember all the fun things you did at home. It will be like a diary but full of pictures instead. Today, you can colour in the cover of your booklet. Make it really colourful! You can fill in the second page also “You are living through history right now”. This makes you extra special because you are the only children ever to be in First Class who are doing their school work at home and not in school. When you get older you can say you were the only children ever in First Class in the Convent of Mercy N.S. who got to do their school work at home. How cool will that be!!! And even better, you can keep this book and show it to people about everything you did! On this page, you can draw pictures of everyone who you are living with right now. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HFOymGh2uHF9-U3sTOoYt8BFwZLb5kQq/view?usp=sharing
2:20	Léitheoireacht: Reading as Gaeilge Click on this link and you will find the book ‘Daideo ag siopadóireacht’. [Grandad shopping] You need to run Adobe reader for it to work. Click on the grey speaker inside each speech bubble to hear what each character says. After listening to it, try reading it yourself. Do you think Granddad will be good at shopping? Who do you think he is shopping for? I wonder what will he buy? Will he buy [cheannaigh] cairéid or a leabhar or maybe a rothar? https://www.seideansi.ie/dep/files/connacht/Daideo_ag_siopadoireacht.html

Fun at the Circus p.63-64

Music: Map of where Jamaica is beside Mexico and America

Music: Picture of two whales and fishing boat to colour in

The Big Box p.10-11

S.P.H.E. Time Capsule Workbook

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HFOymGh2uHF9-U3sTOoYt8BFwZLb5kQq/view?usp=sharing

Tuesday 26-05-2020

9:00	PE with Joe Wicks
9:30	5 min break
9:35	Tables Look over +6 and -6
9:40	Maths: Planet Maths p.155 Part B Part B: 1. Half past – what number does the big hand point too? Hint: If it was 8 o’clock the big hand would point to 12. So what number will point to for half past? 2. Can you think of something that is 1l? Milk carton… carton of orange juice…Do you think an egg cup holds more or less than either of these? 3. Don’t do this question. When you get back to school you will learn how to do this. You will learn a special way on how to do this type of subtraction. *****For those using Busy at Maths* Busy at Maths p.123 Look at each item. Look at the price of each item. Write the price of each item in the box under the item
10:00	Literacy: Fun at the circus: read page 65-66 Skills Book: page 120 Part A Part A: To help you complete questions 1,2 and 3 you might need to read a few extra pages from Fun at the Circus. I would like you to try and write full sentences for the 3 questions because you have your book to write in. If you can’t write full sentences or think it is a little hard to write full sentences by yourself, that is ok, you can just write the answer to the questions. The Big Box Read pages 12-13 Just Phonics small book: p.21 sound /_ash/
10:30	Literacy: Exploring Spelling: p.68 learn the spellings [surf, burn] and p.70 no.7 My Spelling Workbook: p.70 learn the spellings [it, is] and p.78 see below
10:50	Break
11:00	RTÉ Home School Hub
12:00	Break
1:00	Gaeilge: Bun go Barr p.63 Cuardach focal – wordsearch. Can you try and read the words going around the word search. There might be 2 new words here for you – Sparán sounds like [spar-on] and is a purse. Ciseán sounds like [key-Seán] and is a basket. Did you remember this word from class? Try and find all the words in the word search! Best of luck. You can use a different colour for each word you find.
1:30	Small World: p.94 Temperature Read the 5 words in the box at the top of the page first. A lot of these might be new words for you and some of them might be a little tricky to say so I will help you by breaking them up. Thermometer: ther-mom-e-ter Temperature: temp-er-a-ture Measure: meas-ure Celsius: cels-i-us Centimetre: cent-i-me-tre Read the top of the page. Part A: fill in the blanks by looking the thermometer to find out how hot it is. What number does the read line finish at? Part B: You can ask your Mammy or Daddy what the temperature is. They might know from looking at the weather forecast on the TV or they might be able to look at it on their phones. Part C: Instead of using the classroom temperature, why not use the temperature of your house at home and check it today, tomorrow and Thursday.
2:00	S.P.H.E.: Time Capsule Today you can fill in the next 2 pages of your booklet – “All about me” and “How I’m feeling” “All About Me”- if you don’t know how tall you are or what you weigh, don’t worry, why not draw something you like in each circle instead. If you have more than one favourite colour or song you can write down your 2 or 3 favourites. This your book, it is all about you so you write as many as you like. “How I’m feeling” – what I have learnt most from this experience? Are you realising how much you like to be at home or how much you like to play with your brothers or sisters or how much you like to help your Mammy or Daddy at home or maybe you miss school and seeing your friends or playing outside with your friends. What are you most excited to do when this is over? See your cousins, friends, go to the toy shop, go to school, play football/camogie, go back to gymnastics or music lessons, go back to the pitch on Wednesdays for ABC’s. These things will be SO special when this is over, you will be so excited, you are probably getting excited already. I know I am super excited to see my cousins and friends again and to go back to school just like you all are.
2:20	Léitheoireacht: Reading as Gaeilge: Click on the link to practice reading the story ‘Daideo ag siopadóireacht’. Don’t forget to click on the grey speaker inside each speech bubble to listen to it first then you try and say it after listening to it. https://www.seideansi.ie/dep/files/connacht/Daideo_ag_siopadoireacht.html

Fun at the Circus p.65-66

The Big Box p.12-13

Wednesday 27-05-2020

9:00	PE with Joe Wicks
9:30	5 min break
9:35	Tables Look over +6 and -6
9:40	Maths: Planet Maths Money p. 153 Before you start, look at all the food in the box. Look at the price for each piece of food. I wonder which piece of food would you like to buy or eat? Questions 1-3: Look at each piece of food and their price. Add the two prices together. Questions 4-7: The slice of chocolate cake costs 15c. How many 15c are in 30c? How many times can you add 15c to get 30c? Try this way with questions 5,6 and 7. *****For those using Busy at Maths* Busy at Maths p.124 Parts a-f, just add the two prices together and write your answer in the box under the line. Parts g-l, look at each item. Look at the price of each item. Write the price of each item in the box beside the item. When you have the price of the items wrote in the right boxes, add the two prices/numbers together and write your answer in the box under the line.
10:00	Literacy: Fun at the circus: read page 67-68 Skills Book: page 121 Part A: Try read the tongue twister slowly at first. Then see how fast you can say it. You can even have a competition at home to see who can say it the fastest without making any mistakes. Part B: First, read the words in the pink box on the left side of the page. Then fill in the blanks using these words. Remember, if you are not sure of an answer, skip it, finish the rest and maybe try it again at the end. The Big Box Read p.14-15 Just Phonics small book: p.122 sound /_ump/
10:30	Literacy: Exploring Spelling: p.68 learn the spellings [nurse, purse] and p.71 no.8 My Spelling Workbook: p.70 learn the spelling [in] and p.58 see below
10:50	Break
11:00	RTÉ Home School Hub
12:00	Break
1:00	Gaeilge: Bun go Barr p.63 Scríobh agus dathaigh = write and colour To help you fill in the blanks, you will be using the words from yesterday going around the word search. The first word you need to write is the object or thing the person is holding. For number one, what is Neasa holding in her hands? Exaclty, it is a purse, Can you remember what the irish word for purse is? Sparán The second part of each question you write the person’s name in. Who has the sparán? Neasa. Try 2,3 and 4 by yourself now.
1:30	S.P.H.E.: Today, you are going to think about how AMAZING you are! You might not think you are amazing but you really are. When you fill in this worksheet below, you will see how amazing and special you are! Don’t forget to colour it in! You can use markers or gel pens for this if you like. If you can’t get it printed, you can draw your own hot air balloon in your copybook. It will be just as good if not better than the picture I found!
2:00	PE: Using a ball, practice throwing it against a wall and catching it. Try this 10 times Now roll the ball on the ground against the wall and pick it up when it comes back to you. Try this 10 times. Stand away from the wall, throw the ball up really high above your head and try catching it before it hits the ground. Try this 10 times. Walk 3 steps. Bounce the ball. Walk 3 steps. Solo the ball. Walk 3 steps. Try this 5 times. To make it harder you can try and walk faster with the ball or even try and run.
2:10	S.P.H.E.: Time Capsule Today you can fill in the next 2 pages of your booklet “My Community” and “You are not stuck at home you are safe at home” My Community - Community means where you live and all the people who live there. What are doing outside? We are so lucky we have such lovely weather when we are at home. Are you playing outside? Maybe you brought some work outside to do? Are you helping your Mammy or Daddy do work outside? Are you doing PE outside? You are not stuck at home you are safe at home – What are you doing at home – your school work, art, PE, practicing playing football or your gymnastics or your musical instrument, helping your Mammy or Daddy or younger brother/sister, reading books, reading Irish books I put up on your blog.
2:20	Léitheoireacht: Reading as Gaeilge: Click on the link to practice reading the story ‘Daideo ag siopadóireacht’. Don’t forget to click on the grey speaker inside each speech bubble to listen to it first then you try and say it after listening to it. https://www.seideansi.ie/dep/files/connacht/Daideo_ag_siopadoireacht.html