Week – 22/04/2020 – 24/04/2020 (1st
Class)
Literacy
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Numeracy
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Weekly Task
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Spellings: List - oi
oil,boil,soil,join,coin,joint
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Mental Maths :
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Wednesday
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DEAR Time*, 10 mins.
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Spellings – List 1: Rainbow
Writing
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Recount Writing (My
News) – Write a recount of your Easter Holidays.
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Draw a picture of
one part of your recount or more if you wish
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Topmarks – Daily 10
Challenge yourself to a 10 question maths quiz;you pick
the topic and the amount of time you have to answer each maths section in www.topmarks.co.uk
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Extension work:*
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Set up a shop with
your toys. Make some pretend money and play shop. If you have some real coins
you could use them too. 1c,2c,5c,10c,20c,50c and €1.
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DEAR Time, 10 mins.
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Spellings – List 1: Sentences
(half your words). Remember to use a capital letter, correct spacing and full
stop. Try to use some describing words (adjectives) to make your sentence
more interesting
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Topmarks – Daily 10
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Extension work:
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Go on a shape trail,
draw the shapes you found or write the name of each shape and keep a tally of
how many of each you find.
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Friday
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DEAR Time, 10 mins.
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Spellings – List 1 :
An adult can call out each spelling and the child writes it down.
Enter the
code IRLTWINKLHELPS
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Download the following Power Point
Presentation on Spiders:
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Read
the report about spiders, use the glossary to help you with some of the
tricky words
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Answer
the questions about the report (orally or in your copy)
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Make
a list of things a good report should
include
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Topmarks – Daily 10
(type 3D shapes into the search bar)
Extension Work
Skipping or throwing
and catching a ball while counting in 5s (5,10,15,20, 25, 30, 35. 40, 45,
50,55,60 ) and in 10s (10,20,30,40,50,60) as far as 6
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- Gaeilge
We
use Bua na Cainte for our Irish lessons.
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Edco
is making it possible for parents to download Bua na Cainte. However you will
need a laptop and fast broadband as it is a huge file. If you can download
it, the username is “trial” and the password is “trial”. Download it at www.edco.ie/bua.
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You
will choose Bua na Cainte 1
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You
will see a list of themes; select An Teilifís (The Television) and select
Ceacht 1. Choose the speech bubble to access the lesson. Once you have loaded
the lesson for your child, he/she should be able to navigate their way
through the lesson, games and songs as we use Bua na Cainte almost every day
in school.
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Ceacht 2 (lesson 2) Bua na
Cainte
Practice saying this during the
day
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Cé tusa? Is
mise ____________.
(Who are you? I am ___________)
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Cad is ainm
duit? ____________ is ainm dom.
(What is your
name? My name is ______)
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Ba mhaith liom – I would like
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Ba
mhaith liom…. (Write some of your own sentences starting with Ba mhaith liom)..e.g
Ba mhaith liom Team Titans.
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Ba
mhaith liom bainne…
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Ba
mhaith liom uisce le do thóil.
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See how many times you can use ba mhaith liom when asking for something today, remember to say
please! (le do thóil)
*Extension work is an
extra task in Maths that you can do if you want to!
Other Optional Activities for During
the Week:
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Project
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We have have been learning about animals! Begin a mini
project based on a nocturnal animal of
your choice. Draw a picture and write down some facts you know or have
learned about an animal of your choice
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History
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Rainbow Oral
Language Programme:
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Unit 13- Inventions :
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Read about inventions via posters and slideshows
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Read and discuss the
poem “Before T.V.”
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Complete the interactive games
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Science
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Read about the world’s smallest fox at https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/fennec-fox/
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Art
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Practice your animal drawing skills at:
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Choose an animal or a few if you like to draw (You don’t
need to print these, just get some paper to draw on)
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You could extend your picture if you like by drawing
trees and plants to create a jungle
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PE Options
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PE with Joe (YouTube, every morning @ 9am) or https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html
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Find a space to do some activities , for example 10
jumping jacks, 10 squats, 10lunges, 10 knee highs, 10 heel flicks, 10 twists (repeat
x5 with a break in between each session
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Go outside to practice your skipping or ball skills
(dribbling, kicking, throwing and catching)
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Go for a walk / cycle / scoot
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Resource File
Glossary for Spider Power Point
Arachnid: a creature
with two body segments (parts), eight legs, no wing or antennae and the
inability to chew, for example a spider or scorpion
Exoskeleton : a hard
external covering for the body of some animals
Invertebrate: an
animal with no backbone
Abdomen: stomach
Flexible : capable of
bending easily without breaking
Questions based on Spider Power Point
1.
What types of places
are spiders most likely to be found in?
2.
Name three places
spiders can be found living in.
3.
What is the largest
spider called?
4.
What is the smallest
spider called?
5.
Describe the body of a
spider.
6.
Where does the female
spider lay her eggs?
7.
Name some places that
spiders lay their eggs.
8.
How long does it take
for the eggs to hatch?
9.
What are baby spiders
called?
10.
What was the most
interesting face that you learned about spiders?
3D Shapes
Talking or Thinking Points:
1.
What is a face?
2.
Show me your face.
3.
Show me the face on
the cylinder/cube/cuboid/sphere/cone.
4.
What is an edge?
5.
Show me the edge of
the table.
6.
Show me the edge of
the cylinder/cube/cuboid/sphere/cone.
7.
What is a corner?
8.
Show me the corner of
the room.
9.
Show me the corner of
the cylinder/cube/cuboid/sphere/cone.
10.
Which shapes do you think would be best for
building with? Why?
11.
Which shapes do you
think will roll? Why?
Nocturnal
Animal Project
W.A.L.T. : Use research skills to make an interesting
project about a nocturnal animal of your choice.
W.I.L.F. :
- What animal have you
chosen and why.
- Basic facts about the
animal – appearance, habitat, diet, behaviours, the animal’s young.
- Other interesting
facts about the animal.
- Illustration of your
chosen animal.
- You could also include
a poem or joke related to your chosen animal if you want to.
Some useful websites:
