3 rd Class

Hi all. I hope that all of our students and families enjoyed themselves, as much as possible, over the Easter break. We were lucky with the weather and luckily, the forecast is for more of the same this week. These activities may form part of a work routine each day, but the amount that you can schedule into your day is enough. Outdoor activities of all kinds can be defined as opportunities to learn, so it is important for the children to continue as much of this as possible. As always, if the work schedule is not helping you, please don’t hesitate to contact me.d.murphy@togherboys.com The news has been a bit more positive lately, so all we can do is continue to do our best under these unusual circumstances. I have included websites of the week again if the boys want to do something a bit different.I understand that you will work at a pace that suits you. Best Wishes.

I will break this down into smaller daily amounts on Aladdin Connect again (Homework section) if you would like to see that. All Fallons/Folens books are free to click into on the school’s website.

English

Spellings: p54/55 (‘sh’ words) shoe, shed, shout, short, ship, shelf, shape, shell, shelter, shamrock, shirt, shock, sharp, shield, shark, shoulder

Vocabulary: Verbs (Past Tense) Attached at the end. APPENDIX I

Rhyme of the Week : ‘Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it’s called the present.’(Master Oogway; Kung Fu Panda)

History is extremely interesting because it helps us learn about the past. We also like to predict events in the future. However, the present is sometimes forgotten by all of us. It is unlikely that we will ever spend this much time with our families (without a break) again. Enjoy now. Try not to over-think things because we cannot change things for the moment. It is important to remember reasons why we are lucky now.

Reading: The Dreamer (Theme: Focus on the present) Exercise Your English: The Daily News (revision) p64

Writing: (Homework copy can be used for all written exercises)TTH p86 A (oral), B (oral) C (write) p87 D (oral), E (write)EYE p 65 BModern Handwriting: Next Page (We are all able to use cursive writing, but it is important to keep practising it neatly in our homework too).

Cloze Procedure: Sheet attached at the end. APPENDIX II

Suggestions for additional work during the day or possibly on Fridays

1. Spellbound p54/552. Dictionary Work (fortunate, undertake, extinguish, ecstatic, chauffeur)3. Grammar game (Past tense). Write out a selection of verbs. Cut them up and put them

face down. Throw a dice (if 2 comes up, you get to turn two over and say the past tense of them. If 5 comes up, you get to turn five of them over and say the past tense of that word. Keep every word you get right and the winner is the person with most at the end.)

4. Typing.com (We would be typing our CW stories in school if we were there. Why not use time to go onto this site. It helps you get faster at typing).

Gaeilge:

Litriú: Spellingsdath = a colour liath = greydathanna = colours liathróid = ballAg dathú = colouring cathaoir = chairáthas = happiness mo theach = my housebláth = a flower mo thraein = my trainbláthanna = flowers do theach = your house

Léitheoireacht: Reading Revision

Ar StraeDomhnach amháin, bhí Daithí agus a chlann ag siúl sa choill. Nuair a chríochnaigh siad picnic beag, chonaic siad an spéir ag éirí dorcha. Go tobann, thosaigh sé ag cur báistí. Rith siad ar nós na gaoithe. Shroich siad an carr agus d’fhéach Mamaí timpeall. Ní raibh Daithí ann. Chaith sí fiche nóiméid ag lorg air. Bhí imní uirthi agus is beag nár thit sí i laige. Tar éis tamaill, chuala Mamaí rud éigin. Bhí Daithí ag glaoch in ard a chinn. Fuair Mamaí é ar an talamh. Chuaigh siad abhaile.

One Sunday, David and his family were walking in the forest. When they finished a small picnic, they saw the sky getting dark. Suddenly, it started to rain. They ran as quickly as the wind. They reached the car and Mom looked around. David wasn’t there. She spent twenty minutes looking for him. She was worried and she nearly fainted. After a while, Mom heard something. David was calling at the top of his voice. Mom found him on the ground. They went home.

Suggestions for additional work during the day or possibly on Fridays

Ceisteanna

Cén lá a tharla an scéal seo? On which day did this story occur?

Cé a bhí ar strae? Who was missing/lost?

Cad a rinne an chlann nuair a thosaigh sé ag cur báistí? What did the family do when it started to rain?

Conas atá fhios againn go raibh Mamaí neirbhíseach? How do we know Mom was nervous?

Líon na bearnaí. Fill in the gaps.

‘Is maith _________ subh,’ arsa Séimí. (agam/liom)

Bhí mála nua ag Brian. Bhí mála nua __________. (aige/dó)

‘An bhfuil eagla ____________?’ arsa Eimear le Colm. (uait/ort)

Tá geansaí ar Neasa. Tá geansaí __________. (uirthi/léi)

Tá peann nua ag teastáil _________________. (dom/uaim)

Thug an dochtúir buidéal leighis ___________. (air/dó)

Maths

Tables: x2 ÷2, x4 ÷4, x8 ÷8 (Try to skip count quickly for each regularly. Task: list your 2s and 4s. Put a circle around any number that is common to both. Then list your 2s, 4s and 8s and check which numbers are common to all families)

Busy at Maths: p 169, 170, 171, 172

P169

Remember 2 x 3 = 6. So 20 x 3 = 60 €20 x 3 = €60

P169 Q5 example: Give change from €20.00.

What change will I get out of €20.00 if I spend €12.80?

So 20c will bring me to €13.00. €7.00 will bring me to €20.00

7 euro + 20c = €7.20

Remember When you are adding/subtracting money it is just like adding/subtracting with Hundreds, Tens and Units but;

Don’t forget your decimal point

htu htu156 €1.56 456 €4.56234 €2.34 - 142 - €1.42

+ 543 + €5.43 314 €3.14933 €9.33

Suggestions for additional work during the day and possibly on Fridays.

1. Revise tables (3,5,6,7, 9,10,11,12) x ÷ 2. Revise names of 2D shapes p263. Regular time checks (practising analogue time and digital time). Maybe record the time

you start your schoolwork and the time that you finish. 4. Practise short multiplication sums (Make them randomly; example 45x6, 76x7 etc…)

t uExample 4 5

x 6 (6x5units) first =30. Put down your 0, carry your 3. (6x4tens) now and add on the 3 you carried. 27 0

SPHE: www.staysafe.ie . This extra time together may present ideal opportunities to look back at some safety lessons and discuss them as a family.

This week: Bullying. (If you click on the website, there is a teacher link and a parent link. You could look at the lesson on teacher link and then discuss it using the guide questions on the parent link.

SESE: If the weather is good this week, you might see these birds landing in your garden. Why not make a record of these and see how many types you see in a week?They may also be in search of snails which we mentioned before Easter. APPENDIX III

Websites of the week (If you feel like taking a break from the books, you can check these out)

English: www.spellingtraining.com This website allows you to challenge yourself in many different ways regarding spelling.

Maths: www.my.cjfallon.ie If you click on ‘Busy at Maths’ and then, ‘student resources’, you will find interactive learning and games

Geography/Science: Cork Nature Network www.pollinators.ie/record-pollinators/fit-count/ This link will allow you access and learn about pollinators (like honey bees, bumblebees) and to take part in research about how many of these pollinators are entering our gardens.

Typing: www.typing.com This site will help you to develop your typing skills and provides tasks to work on speed-typing.

P.E: www.tennisireland.ie is a great website and they continue to work on fundamental movement skills for children.The ‘tennis at home skill awards’ segment allows you to download a record sheet and the boys can try to achieve several goals a day and try to beat their own records. As always, these exercises will benefit the boys in whichever physical activities they prefer most. (From GAA and Soccer to Dodgeball and chasing in the yard).

Chess : These sites can always be used to build on the skills you already have www.movesforlife.ie www.chessossity.com www.chesskid.com

Art: An activity that can include other members of the family

Constructing a piece of work that meant something to you in the past, means something to you in the present or will mean something to you in the future:

I chose a memory from summer holidays when I was young. I loved playing arcade games in Crosshaven, Youghal or Ballybunion in County Kerry. Construction can be fun if you use materials that you would be throwing into the recycling bin. You can choose to make anything but I decided on a similar game to Pac-Man, called Covid Destroyer 2020.

A large cardboard box Polystyrene piece was in the box

Tin foil rollPaper and markers

First, I cut the box into pieces. I used one large piece for the backboard. Then, I used four rolled up strips of cardboard for the legs. Next, I used the polystyrene for the body of it and I cut cardboard into shapes for the buttons. I painted it all, using old paint in the shed.After this, I used an old tinfoil roll for the lever/joystick and I wrapped it in tinfoil. I drew my game onto paper, cut it out and I glued it on. Finally, I used masking tape to link the bigger pieces and I cut holes in the polystyrene in order to slot the legs in.

APPENDIX I

Verbs (Past Tense)

walk /walked think /thoughttalk /talked teach /taughtrun /ran see /sawsing /sang write /wrotekeep /kept take /tooksweep /swept give /gaverace /raced come /camebring /brought go /wentbuy /bought hop /hoppedhope /hoped speak / spoke

APPENDIX II: Cloze Procedure: The Great Wall of China

The ____________ Wall of China is the longest structure ever ________. It stretches from the eastern coast to north-central China and is almost 6,400 kilometres in __________. The wall follows a winding course that crosses ________ mountains and hills and along the borders of deserts.

Construction of the wall began more than 2,000 ________ ago. China once had many separate kingdoms which made their own walls to ________ invaders out. When China became unified, _________ the walls were linked together and extended.

The effort required hundreds of thousands of _________ as it was constructed entirely by hand. Much of the wall has sides_________ of stone or bricks.The inside of the wall was filled _______ earth and the top was paved with bricks set in mortar. The bricks formed a road which could be used to _________ soldiers, horses and equipment. Watchtowers were built about 150 metres apart ________ the wall.

The _________ was successful in protecting China from minor attacks but was ineffective against a major invasion. Through the centuries much of the wall has collapsed. Parts have been restored because it has become China’s greatest tourist ____________.APPENDIX III: Bird-spotting