Work for Week 3 - 30/3/20 - 3/4/20

Hi everyone!

Please see the work below for week 3. We have split the work up daily to make it easier to follow. We know you might not get everything done but just try your best and whatever you can get done is great. 

Thanks,



Aoife & Shane

Week 3 Work - 30/3/20 - 3/4/20 

Monday:

●        Maths –

●        Mental Maths Monday (Week 25 for Aoife’s class, Week 21 for Shane’s class).

●        Click on the following link, scroll down to fourth class and clink on that. Then scroll down and click on fractions and complete at least 2 fraction activities.  

●        https://ie.mathgames.com/fourthClass

●        English –

●        Word Wizard – Reading comprehension: go through the comprehension strategies orally, read the text and then answer all the questions in Part A and Part B into your copy. (Part C and D to be done tomorrow).

●        Reading Comprehension: pages 37 - 39.

●        Gaeilge –

●        Practice saying, writing and spelling the following questions and words to try and learn them.

Cad iad na seomraí atá i do theach? I mo theach tá … (then list the rooms)	What are the rooms in your house? In my house there is…  (then list the rooms).
Cá bhfuil tú? Tá mé sa ... sa halla sa chistin sa seomra suite sa seomra folctha sa seomra spraoi sa seomra bia sa seomra codlata san áiléar (vowels) sa ghairdín	Where are you? I’m in the … To say other people remember - Tá mé/tú/sé/sí/muid/sibh/siad = I/you/he/she/we/you/ they
halla cistin seomra suite seomra folctha seomra spraoi seomra bia seomra codlata áiléar Gairdín balcóin	hall kitchen sitting room bathroom playroom dining room bedroom Attic Garden Balcony

●        SESE –

●        Video: Watch the video about magnets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXCeuSiTOug

●        Questions: Answer the following questions into your copy after you have watched the video:

●        1. What is a magnet?

●        2. What is the invisible area around the magnet called?

●        3. How is an object attracted to a magnet?

●        4. Name 3 magnetic and non-magnetic objects.

●        5. What are the two names for each end of the magnet?

●        6. What happens when like poles (e.g. N and N) come near each other?

●        7. What happens when unlike poles (e.g. N and S) come near each other?

●        8. The Earth behaves like a magnet, true or false?  Explain your answer.

Tuesday:

●        Maths –

●        Mental Maths Tuesday

●        Click on the following link, scroll down to the very bottom where it says ‘attachments’. These are different activities related to time. Try to do at least 2 activities.

●        https://nzmaths.co.nz/resource/doing-time

●        English –

●        Word Wizard – Reading comprehension: Read the text and then answer all the questions in Part C and Part D into your copy.

●        Reading Comprehension: pages 37 - 39.

●        Poetry: Read the following poem 2 or 3 times and then read it for someone at home.

●        Note: each line in the poem is a simile because it uses ‘as’ (as happy as.../as excited as…). A simile is used to compare two things. For example comparing happiness to an elephant in mud.

●        Discuss the questions below with whoever you read the poem to.

●        Do you like the poem? Why/Why not?

●        Which line of the poem is your favourite and why?

●        Which line of the poem is your least favourite and why?

●        Which feeling from the poem have you experienced recently? Discuss the experience.

●        Can you think of any other feelings that are not mentioned in the poem? What similes would you use for these feelings?

Feelings I’m as happy as an elephant, rolling in the mud, I’m as excited as a shark, smelling fishy blood, I’m as lonely as a camel, walking on desert sands, I’m as frightened as a bird, cupped in your hand, I’m as joyful as a bee, on a sweet and pretty flower, I’m as cheerful as a hippo, in a mid-September shower, I’m as sad as a donkey, left in a field alone, I’m as surprised as a puppy, with a giant, juicy bone, I’m as angry as a cat, when the mouse got away, I’m as weary as a fruit bat, who’s upside down all day. I have so many feelings, but I think I’ll pick just one, I think I’ll choose the elephant, He’s having the most fun!

●        Gaeilge –

●        Spellings: Practice saying, writing and spelling the Irish words from yesterday. Get someone to test you by calling out the words in English and you write them in Irish.

●        Drawing: Draw a picture of a house with all the different rooms and label each room with the Irish word.

●        SESE –

●        Definitions: Write a definition for each of the following words related to magnets. If you know the definition that is great, if you aren’t sure or don’t know, use a dictionary (physical dictionary or online dictionary) to look up the word and write the definitions into your copy.

●        Words: magnet, magnetic field, repel, attract, electromagnetism, magnetic poles, compass, gauss meter.

Wednesday:

●        Maths –

●        Mental Maths Wednesday

●        Click on the following link, scroll down to fourth class and click on it. Then scroll down to decimals and complete at least 2 decimal activities.

●        https://ie.mathgames.com/fourthClass

●        English –

●        Poetry: Read the poem from yesterday 1 or 2 times for someone in your family.

●        Note: each line in the poem is a simile because it uses ‘as’ (as happy as.../as excited as…). A simile is used to compare two things. For example comparing happiness to an elephant in mud.

●        Writing Poetry: Using feelings from the poem and other feelings you can come up with yourself (bored/mad etc.) write your own poem. This is your rough draft for the work you are going to send to your teacher so do this into your copy. Try to have at least 9 similes in your poem. If you could include more that is great! Read over your work and make sure you have capital letters, commas and fix any spelling mistakes.

Feelings I’m as happy as an elephant, rolling in the mud, I’m as excited as a shark, smelling fishy blood, I’m as lonely as a camel, walking on desert sands, I’m as frightened as a bird, cupped in your hand, I’m as joyful as a bee, on a sweet and pretty flower, I’m as cheerful as a hippo, in a mid-September shower, I’m as sad as a donkey, left in a field alone, I’m as surprised as a puppy, with a giant, juicy bone, I’m as angry as a cat, when the mouse got away, I’m as weary as a fruit bat, who’s upside down all day. I have so many feelings, but I think I’ll pick just one, I think I’ll choose the elephant, He’s having the most fun!

●        Gaeilge –

●        Writing: Write the following sentences in Irish into your copy based on the learning from yesterday. Try to do it yourself and see how you get on. Then go back and look at the words and see how many you got right.

●        1. I am in the garden.

●        2. You are in the kitchen.

●        3. She is in the bathroom.

●        4. He is in the bedroom.

●        5. We are in the sitting room.

●        6. You (plural) are in the hall.

●        7. They are in the playroom.

●        Then Write 3 of your own sentences.

●        SESE –

●        Reading: Read the information about Magnets - https://www.ducksters.com/science/magnetism.php

●        Quiz: Then test yourself and answer the 10 quiz questions at the following link based on what you read:

●        https://www.ducksters.com/science/quiz/magnetism_questions.php

Thursday:

●        Maths –

●        Mental Maths Thursday

●        Click on the following link and engage with at least 2 of the games listed on the page. All games deal with Number Pattern.

●        https://www.free-training-tutorial.com/sequences-games.html

●        English –

●        Writing Poetry: Continuing on from the work that you did yesterday, using the poem you wrote into your copy, you are going to complete your published poem which is going to be sent to your teacher.

●        We want to see lots of feelings and similes in your work (at least 9 similes), capital letters, commas,  all spellings are correct, the title 'Feelings', under the title write ‘by’ and your name. You can either write your poem on a blank page or type it on a word document. You could design your poem with pictures, symbols, colours etc.

●        Gaeilge –

●        Reading: Read Léigh sa bhaile page 71, practice reading it and answering the questions. Go through the meaning and try to figure it out based on our learning in school and use the blue box at the bottom and the pictures in the story to help you.

●        SESE –

●        Reading: Read the information about electricity at the following link: https://www.ducksters.com/science/electricity_101.php

●        Word Search: Complete the online word search after completing the reading:

●        https://www.ducksters.com/games/word_search/electricity.php

Friday:

●        Maths –

●        Complete your Mental Maths test (Test Week 23 for Aoife’s Class, Test Week 20 for Shane’s Class).

●        Correct your daily Mental Maths and Mental Maths test.

●        English –

●        Correct your reading comprehension (page 37-39) using the answers provided on the blog.

●        Email your ‘Feelings’ poem to your teacher to look at and give feedback.

●        Gaeilge –

●        Read Léigh sa bhaile page 71, practice reading it and answering the questions. Go through the meaning and try to figure it out based on our learning in school and use the blue box at the bottom and the pictures in the story to help you.

●        SESE –

●        Quiz: Complete the quiz on electricity following on from your reading yesterday. If you want you could refresh your memory and re-read about electricity.

●        Here is the link for the quiz https://www.ducksters.com/science/quiz/electricity_101_questions.php

Activity to be completed and sent to teachers so they can provide feedback –

The work you did on Wednesday and Thursday where you wrote your own poem called ‘Feelings’ needs to be sent to your teacher.We want to see lots of feelings and similes in your work, capital letters, commas, all spellings are correct, the title 'Feelings', under the title write by and your name. You can either write your poem on a blank page or type it on a word document, send us a photo if it is written on a page. You could design your poem with pictures.

Extension Work –

●        Joe Wicks, the body coach, daily PE lessons on YouTube live Monday to Friday at 9am  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8o8wMgAT-Y

●        David Walliams free audio story every day. They are available on his website from 11am daily: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/

●        Help parents with any jobs they need done around the house – emptying the dishwasher, hoovering, cleaning the table etc.

●        Jessica, senior infant teacher got in contact with the nursing home near our school, ‘CareChoice’. Jessica thought it would be a nice idea if children would like to send something to residents in the nursing home to make contact and cheer them up.  Children could make a card, draw/paint a picture, sing a song or do a dance, make Easter cards/art, make a piece of art etc. and then if you could email it to them then they could print them off to show the residents.

●        This would be a great way to cheer the residents up as they have had a no visitor’s policy for the last three weeks.

●        If you would like to do this, the email is hello@carechoice.ie and put ‘To the staff and residents in CareChoice Malahide, from (child’s name) in Belmayne Educate Together’ and attach whatever your have decided to send to them.

Zoom Call –

This Friday (April 3rd) the class teacher will invite pupils to join a zoom call. The invitation to join the call will be sent through Aladdin by the class teacher before Friday.

SeeSaw –

Gearóid will be sending you links to short video clips from today. These clips will slowly introduce SeeSaw to you. The first couple of clips will be sourced directly from SeeSaw and will give an overview of how it works. If you could look at these when you can that would be great.