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Folens School at Home: 3rd & 4th Class Weekly Plan: Week 1

Introduction The purpose of Folens School at Home is to help parents support their child’s learning at home. Shortly after schools closed down, we at Folens made all of our resources available for parents to use on FolensOnline. However, we understand that parents may not feel they have the time or expertise to pick and choose the most suitable activities for their child across multiple subjects. So, we turned to some experienced primary school teachers and asked them to put together a weekly plan for parents to use at home with their child. The purpose of the plan is to identify age-appropriate resources that can be used to help children learn and to provide some guidance to parents when using them. Each week, we will publish a new plan and accompanying digital resources for each of the three core subjects, English, Gaeilge and Maths, as well SESE (History, Geography and Science). We at Folens appreciate that these are challenging times for everyone and that many parents will have a limited amount of time to support their child’s learning. There is no pressure to complete every activity in the weekly plan – it can simply be used as a menu from which parents can pick and choose.

Accessing the Digital Resources The digital resources can all be accessed from FolensOnline. For ease of use, we have included a link to each resource in the plan just below the thumbnail image of the resource. NB: In order to launch each resource, you will need to be logged in to FolensOnline.

Registering with FolensOnline In order to login in to FolensOnline, you need to register. To do this:

1. Go to www.folensonline.ie and click ‘Register’. 2. Select ‘Teacher’. 3. Fill in a username, email address and password. 4. For ‘Roll Number’, use the code Prim20 5. Click ‘Register’. You will then be sent an email (check your ‘Promotions’ folder if using Gmail) to activate

your account.

Thumbnail of image as it appears on FolensOnline

Link to Resource on FolensOnline. NB: You will need to be logged in to FolensOnline to launch each resource.

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Folens School at Home: 3rd & 4th Class 2 27th April – 1st May

English

Activity 1: Oral Language Starlight 4th Class: Poster – 08. Weather

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/4th_class/resources/activities/SL_04_ACT_CH08_002/index.html

Launch the interactive poster: Poster – 08. Weather. Before Listening: Ask your child to think of as many adjectives as they can to describe different types of weather. For example:

• a warm, sunny day (great, lovely, beautiful, wonderful, excellent, gorgeous, fabulous, delightful, etc.)

• a calm, mild, day (nice, fine, fair, mild, pleasant, good, etc.)

• a grey, overcast day (bad, lousy, foul, unpleasant, dull, gloomy, ugly)

• a very cold, rainy, windy or stormy day (awful, terrible, nasty, rotten, miserable)

During Listening: Listen to either the Starters (simpler) or Flyers (more challenging) mode. Pause as necessary to check that your child understands. After Listening: Select the Question mode of the poster. Play each question and discuss the answers with your child Writing Activity: Ask your child to write a script for the weather forecast.

Activity 2: Reading Starlight 4th Class: Combined Reader 9a. A New Life for Leila pp. 98-100

https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight_4th_reader/ebook/

Launch the combined reader: Starlight 4th Class and go to p. 98. Before Reading: Ask your child to make predictions about what the story could be about. Encourage your child to look at the illustrations accompanying the text to help. During Reading: Stop after each page and ensure your child is following the story. You could ask them a question based on information just read and ask them if there are any words that they do not understand. After Reading: Ask your child to answer the ‘Comprehension: Fact Finding’ questions on p. 101. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Comprehension: Read between the lines’ questions that follow. Writing Activity: Ask your child to imagine that they are Leila and write a letter to a family member back in Syria telling them about their new life in Galway.









Gaeilge

Activity 1: Póstaer (Poster) Abair Liom E – 3rd Class: Póstaer – 15. Cén sort aimsire atá ann inniu?

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/3rd_class/resources/Poster/AL_3C_ACT_POS_CH15_009/index.html

Launch the poster: Póstaer – 15. Cén sort aimsire atá ann inniu? (What is the weather like today?). Before Listening: Open the Foclóir (Vocabulary) mode. Ask your child to match the word to the correct picture. Keep note of these words to identify when listening to the scéal.

Foclóir (Vocabulary)

• scaif (scarf)

• duilleoga ag titim (leaves falling)

• lámhainní (gloves)

• préachta leis an bhfuacht (perished with the cold)

• leac oighir (ice)

• scamaill dhubha (black clouds)

• scáth báistí (umbrella)

• lochán uisce (puddle)

• an ghrian ag spalpadh anuas (the sun beating down)

• dóite ag an ngrian (sunburnt)

During Listening: Open the Scéal (Story) mode. Play the story for your child. Pause regularly to discuss what has happened and to check their understanding of the story. Use a dictionary to look up any words they do not understand. If you do not have a dictionary at home, try: https://www.teanglann.ie/en Play the story a couple of times so that your child becomes familiar with the language. After Reading: Open the Ceisteanna (Questions) mode. Play each question in turn and ask your child to answer them in Irish. Sample answers are given below.

1. Cé atá ag eitilt eitleoige sa pháirc? (Who is flying a kite in the park?) Tá Seán ag eitilt eitleoige sa pháric. (Seán is flying a kite in the park.)

2. Cé atá ag sleamhnú ar an leac oighir? (Who is sliding on the ice?) Tá Síofra ag sleamhnú ar an leac oighir. (Síofra is sliding on the ice.)

3. Cé atá fliuch go craiceann? (Who is soaked to the skin?) Tá Daidí fliuch go craiceann. (Daddy is soaked to the skin.)

4. Cé atá dóite ag an ngrian? (Who is sunburnt?) Tá Daideo dóite ag an ngrian. (Grandad is sunburnt.)

5. Cén sórt éadaí atá ar Sheán sa sneachta? (What sort of clothes is Seán wearing in the snow?) Tá hata, geansaí, scaif, lamhainní agsu bríste ar Sheán sa sneacht. (Seán is wearing a hat, jumper, scarf, gloves and trousers in the snow.)

6. Cad tá ar siúl ag Daidí agus Seán are an trá? (What are Daddy and Seán doing on the beach?) Tá Daidí agus Seán ag imirt iománaíocht ar an trá. (Daddy and Seán are playing hurling on the beach.)

7. An bhfuil Magda te nó fuar sa sneachta? (Is Magda hot or cold in the snow?)





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Tá Magda fuar sa sneachta. Tá sí preachta leis an bhfuacht. (Magda is cold in the snow. She is perished with the cold.)

8. Cén fáth nach bhfuil Oisín fliuch go craiceann ar an lá fliuch? (Why is Oisín not soaked to the skin on the wet day?) Níl Oisín fliuch go craiceann ar an lá fluch mar tá scáth báistí aige. (Oisín is not soaked to the skin on the wet day because he has an umbrella.)

9. Cén séasúr atá sa chéad phictiúr? Cá bhfios duit? (What season is it in the first picture? How do you know?) An fómhar atá ann sa chéad phictiúr. Tá fhios agam mar tá na duilleoga ag titim. (It is autumn in the first picture. I know because the leaves are falling.)

10. Aimnigh trí rud is maith leat féin a dhéanamh ar an trá sa samhradh. (Name three things that you like to do on the beach in summer.) Is maith liom caisleáin ghainimh a dhéanamh, dul ag snámh san fharraige agus peil a imirt ar an trá sa samhradh. (I like to build sandcastes, go swimming in the sea and play football on the beach in summer.)

Ask your child to complete a weekly weather chart recording the weather each day using the phrase: Lá _____ atá ann. (It is a _____ day.) Useful words: te (hot), fuar (cold), grianmhar (sunny), scamallach (cloudy), fliuch (wet), gaofar (windy).

Activity 2: Briathra (Verbs) Abair Liom E – 3rd Class: p. 184

A printable copy of the page is included at the end of this document. Choose 10 verbs from the page. Practice reading each one and miming an action to accompany it. Then call out each verb and get your child to mime it. Mime an action and ask your child to guess the verb. Ask your child to use five of the verbs in oral sentences. For a further challenge, they could write them down. Example: Tá an madra ag rith. (The dog is running.) Ask your child to pick three verbs to illustrate. Have them write each verb next to the illustrations.


Maths

Activity 1: Measures – Capacity Planet Maths 3rd Class: Less or Greater than 1 Litre?

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activitya/pm_3c_157/index.html Planet Maths 3rd Class: Water Machine

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activities/pm_3c_159/capacity.html

Launch the activity: Less or Greater than 1 Litre?. Use the activity to sort objects into those that have capacity for less than 1 litre and those that have capacity for greater than 1 litre. Remind your child that capacity is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l). Make a table similar to the one below.

Less than a litre < 1l Greater than a litre > 1l

shampoo bottle large milk carton

Encourage your child to go on a maths hunt in the house to find containers that can hold less than 1 litre or greater than 1 litre and add them to the table. Launch the activity: Water Machine. Use the activity to practice adding litres and millilitres.

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activitya/pm_3c_157/index.html









Activity 2: Algebra – Number Patterns and Sequences Planet Maths 3rd Class: Number Patterns

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activitya/pm_3c_128/index.html Planet Maths 3rd Class: Patterns and Sequences

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activities/pm_3c_128a/index.html

Warm up: Practice counting forwards and backwards in 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, etc. Launch the activity: Number Patterns. Use the activity to practice completing number patterns. Challenge your child to complete these additional number patterns: 18, 21, 24, 27, __, ___ 88, 77, 66, 55, ___, ___ 914, 910, 906, ___, ___ Launch the activity: Patterns and Sequences. Use the activity to practice completing patterns. Encourage your child to create their own patterns for you to complete.










SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education)

Activity 1: History Explorers History 4th Class: 11. Helen Keller pp. 58-61

The relevant pages are included at the end of this document. Read the introduction and keywords on page 58 together. Ask your child if they understand or have come across any of the words before. Do they know who Helen Keller is? Examine the timeline of Helen Keller’s life. Ask your child to create a timeline of significant events in their life. Read the chapter together. Stop to discuss the ‘Think About It’ stickers on p. 58, p. 59 and p. 60. A video of Anne Sullivan teaching Helen Keller to speak can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTUSignq7Y Ask your child to answer the ‘Fact Finding’ questions on p. 61 orally. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Explore More’ questions that follow. Have your child complete the ‘Working as a Historian: Time and Chronology activity’ on p. 61, putting the events in Helen Keller’s life in chronological order. The podcast ‘I Can’t Believe that Happened – A Children’s History Podcast’ has an episode on Helen Keller from 17 October 2018 that your child may enjoy listening to.

Activity 2: Geography & Science Explorers Geography & Science 3rd Class: 16. Whatever the Weather, pp. 86-91

The relevant pages are included at the end of this document. Read the introduction and keywords on p. 86 together. What does your child already know about the weather? Do they understand the keywords and have they come across any of the words before? Read the chapter together. Carry out the investigate tasks on each page where possible. Help your child to design and make their own rain gauge using the support on p. 88. Ask your child to answer the ‘Fact Finding’ questions on p. 91 orally. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Explore More’ questions that follow. Complete the ‘Working as a Geographer and Scientist: Analysing’ activity on p.91

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTUSignq7Y


Printables Gaeilge – Activity 2: Briathra Abair Liom E – 3rd Class p. 184


SESE – Activity 1: History Explorers History 4th Class: 11. Helen Keller p.58


SESE – Activity 2: Geography Explorers Geography & Science 3rd Class: 16. Whatever the Weather p. 86

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