Friday 20th March 2020

20/3/2020

Assessment
There is a space at the back of the Spelling Workbook for children to write in their answers.

Spellings: Unit 26
Tables: Week 26: + 6

Literacy Activities
Reading
Find someone you can read at least one page of a book to. If you have a little brother or sister, you could
try reading them a picture book.
Quiet reading: 15 minutes
Pick a bedtime story you could get someone to read to you.
Wordlist

English Worksheet
p. 3 - "What's missing? A - Z" - How neatly can you complete the alphabet (capital letters only) & colour in
the letters at the side.

Suggestions for talking about the worksheet:

Where are capital letters used?
What letter, when it's in a word on its own, always gets a capital letter?

English Copy
Would you like to join in the essay competition mentioned below? You could start / continue writing your
first draft in your copy

English Workbook
1st Class Book: "Finn's Dream" p. 2

Suggestions for talking about the story:

Why do you think Finn has lost the ball?
How would you feel if Finn was your dog?
How do you think Finn feels?
 Why do you think Finn runs away?
What do you think will happen next?

2nd Class Book: "The Grumpy Teaspoon" p. 4 - 6 & Questions A p. 7

Answer the questions in section 1: this can be done orally or in the children's "News" copies.

Other suggestions for talking about the story:

Imagine Jack is returning home that evening. How do you think the day went?

Numeracy Activities
Mental Maths Workbook & Wordlist
Wordlist
Read across the list.
Read down the columns of the list.
How quickly can you find different words?
How many words can you find in 20 seconds?

Mental Maths
Week 26 - Friday Review p. 52

Maths Worksheet
"Counting on - 2" - Count in 2s and fill in the missing numbers
Don't forget to colour in the pictures.
How many times can you think of when counting in 2s is useful? (e.g. pairs when walking during school
tours)

Gaeilge / Irish
Frásaí na Seachtaine
Practise the following phrases:
"Dia duit .... Dia is Muire duit" (greetings used for hello)
"Go raibh maith agat" (thank you)
"Tá fáilte romhat" (You're welcome).

Think about where you could use the phrases throughout your day.
Cluiche Kim
Pick 4 or 5 items you know the word for in Irish already, including the 2 new items you picked yesterday.
Find 2 more everyday items and ask what they are in Irish. Google Translate or your Bun go Barr book might
be helpful. Practise the new words. Play Kim's Game with the items.

Deir O'Grádaigh
Think of all the actions that you know the phrases for already. Make a list or add to yesterday's list so that if
an adult or older sibling is free to call them out, they know which ones you know. If you need to, write them
in English or draw a picture. Some examples to start off with include:
Bí ag rith.
Bí ag siúl.
Bí ag léim.
Bí ag snámh.
Bí ag marcaíocht.
Bí ag ithe.
Bí ag ól.
Bí ag scipeáil.
Bí ag léamh.
Bí ag scríobh.
Bí ag caint.
Bí ag canadh.

Other Written Activities

Handwriting
20/03/20: p. 16 & 17

Physical Education
Physical Education - practise football skills - agility, passing & catching, kicking
Please continue to practise the basic exercises at:
https://learning.gaa.ie/HaveABall#throw
and
https://learning.gaa.ie/ABC#agile
Are there some targets you could set yourself?

Laps
Weather-permitting, don't forget to keep your laps up in the garden. Are there other exercises you could do?
Could you do a few laps between each subject? Could you practise Michael's stretches?

Today's Topic: Living Things

Science Worksheet
"Living Thing Observation" - answers can be filled in on the sheet
Choose a living thing to look at. You might find one out in the garden.
Complete the fact file with information about your living thing.
Draw a picture of your living thing at the bottom & colour it in.

Art Ideas
There's a very special day on Sunday. Make a Mothers' Day card for your mum.

What might make a good present?

A picture
Bunch of paper flowers
Another idea?

Other Ideas
Watch a cartoon in Irish on Cúla 4.

Go back over the words of the songs you've been learning with Ms. Gleeson.

Project Ideas
Here are the project ideas mentioned before that you might like to work on:

ESSAY COMPETITION
https://www.worldvision.ie/essay-competition

Theme for Last Term: Ancient Greece

To link with the Olympic Games scheduled for later this year, the school has been planning to focus on this
theme during the last term. Pupils can begin to prepare a short project based on this theme or an aspect of this
theme in preparation. Please feel free to use the educational links provided on the website (see below)

Junk Art
Part of our structured play in school is junk art. Do you have old boxes that your child can be creative with?
What can they create? Maybe they might like to show it to the class when they are finished and things get
back to normal? If the creation is too big and bulky, you could take a photo they could show.

Design A Board-game
Can you design a board-game or other type of game to test your learning?

Educational Links
These are in the class blogs section and link to child friendly learning resources that can be accessed during
this time.

https://castlejordan-school.weebly.com/junior-to-2nd---education-linkstips.html
https://castlejordan-school.weebly.com/3rd-to-6th---education-linkstips.html