Dear parents and children,

We hope you are all safe and well. We understand that this is an overwhelming time for all and we hope the following will be of help to you. We have put together some updated lessons and would encourage the children to focus on the following areas in Literacy and Numeracy . Please scroll further down to see additional learning support activities in literacy and numeracy. The initial suggested activities will remain underneath and you can choose activities which practically suit you and your child. You may need to copy and paste some of the links onto the google toolbar. Many thanks from all of us.

Maurice Mullins, Paula Morrissey, Beth Hayes and Sean O’Sullivan.

Guided focus for April 20th - Friday 1st May 2020 .

Literacy.

Spellings – - ‘tion’ -

must, suck, nation, station, relation, action, fiction, dictionary, minute, second. - ‘sion’

fist, best, occasion, revision, division, invasion, television, explosion, fraction, estimate. Reading

- Read at Home – one page per night. (Corresponding questions orally or in writing)

Writing- Our News, Diary or Free writing - Please focus on using Capital Letters where necessary and encourage children to use words from each week’s spelling

Additional suggested literacy ideas. - Children can find great pictures onhttp://www.pobble365.com/

orhttps://www.literacyshed.com/the-images-shed.html as inspiration for free writing or poetry writing.

. - Children can make a list of adjectives to describe pictures which they can then add into their writing to make it more interesting.

- Write a simple recipe (i.e. homemade buns) focusing on “Bossy Verbs” - For example: Weigh the flour, Put... ,Mix… Fill etc. - Make a list of the household objects in each room and then put the words into plurals.

Gaeilge.

Focus: - Leigh saBhaile – Pages 2, 7, 54, 62, 69, 78, 82, 92, 96 (The topic of ‘Sa Bhaile’ / At Home.) - Tarraingpictiúragusscríobhlipéidarnaseomraísa teach agusaraonrudeile is

féidirleat. (Draw a picture and label rooms in the house and anything else you can within the house.)

- Encourage the children to use the language of ‘SaBhaile’ and whenever possible.

Extra Ideas: Children can choose newly discovered words to make and play games

such as…- biongó- cuardach focal (wordsearch)- Tic Tac Toe (Use the ‘focailnua’ /new words instead of x’s and o’s.) - leadóg focal (word tennis) - 2 player oral language game - the two

people take turns in saying a ‘focailnua’ and whoever runs out of words first is the “loser”.

Maths

CapacityRemember, capacity is how much a container can hold

Week onePlease focus on capacity using non-standard units of measurement.(Please highlight the maths language related to this topic to your child. It is highlighted in red).

Online activity https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM2/resources/activitya/pm_2c_132/index.html

Using a cup and jug please estimate and then measure how many ‘cupfuls’ AND then ‘jugfuls’ it will take to fill containers around the home.Containers could include – kettle, teapot, basin, bottle, pot…

Questions.● Is it full / empty?● How many more cupfuls / jugfuls do you estimate it will take to fill the kettle?● Which container holds the MOST / LEAST / MORE THAN / LESS THAN?● What is the DIFFERENCE between how many cupfuls and jugfuls it takes to fill the

kettle/teapot/basin/pot? Why do they measure differently?

Week 2

Capacity using standard units of measurement?Millilitres (ml) / litres (l).

How many ml in one litre? (1,000ml) ... in half a litre? (500ml) ...in a quarter of a litre? (250ml)…...in three quarters of a litre? (750 ml)Online activity. http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/capacity/index.htmlScavenger huntDraw and label as many items as you can find in your home that measure

1 litre ½ litre ¼ litre ¾ litre?

Extra. Can you find anything that measures MORE THAN one litre?Can you find different shaped containers that hold EQUAL amounts?

Challenge.

(A) - Each of Mrs. May’s plants needs 250mls of water each week. If she has 8 plants, how many litres of water will she need to water them all?

(B) - If Sarah drinks 1/2 a litre of water a day, how much will she drink in a week / month? 1 week ___________ 1 month (April) ___________.

- Practise - counting in 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 10’s, 20’s… How high can you go?!

- Tables - Revision of the addition and subtraction tables from +1 /-1 to +12 / -12, doubles, near doubles, bonds to 10, bonds to 20.

RTE SCHOOL HUB provides great learning experiences and children are encouraged to watch when possible.

Other Curricular Ideas:

Arts EducationChildren can access karaoke on youtube to popular movies such as Frozen 2 and The Greatest Showman. They can make some simple shakers using bottles/cans of pringles (etc.) with dry rice/beads or sand. They can wrap it in paper and design or paint it. They can use it to keep to the different rhythms and beats to the karaoke songs. They can also make up their own dance moves to go with the music or even create their own rhythms.

S.E.S.E EducationTime CapsulePick one object each fortnight that is very important to you during this time.This object should be placed in an old box /container and kept safely. Include a little diary entry each week. Explain why you have chosen this object and why it was important to you during your time of social distancing.(Have a bit of fun with this)

Ideas for your time capsule might include;

- what you are enjoying now, - writing a letter to your future selves, tell them about yourself, what you like to eat /

drink / hobbies / your class / age / what you want to be when you grow up etc, - draw a picture of your family and label it, - trace around your hand so your future self can compare hand sizes with you,- newspaper cuttings, - pictures (drawn or printed), - food labels, - TV schedule with date etc..

Project ideas for this fortnight.

Spring. ● Changes in the garden● Weather / clothes● Birds● Animals● Changes around you.

Support Resources for Second Class :

(John O’Hara, Jean Donnellan, Caroline Gormley. Elaine Lawlor)

Dear Parents and children, we hope you are safe, well and coping. We hope Easter went well for everyone. These are just a few ideas for the next two weeks and again they are just a menu of ideas to help in your efforts to homeschool. We appreciate it is not easy for anyone… but keep going we know you are doing a great job. Well done.

Numeracy

Mental Maths

Tables: Doubles (2+2 3+3, 6+6 etc..) and Near Doubles(2+1, 2+3, 3+2 3+4 etc…)

Daily discussion about time, day, date, month, year..calendar mental maths questions

Mark the calendar at home as the days pass and notice the change in weather, the garden,trees and flowers. Make observations and record. If you do not have one you could make one for each month

Number Games

Snakes and Ladders with one/two/three dice), card games, Banker game,( this ties in with regrouping in addition and subtraction. The children have played this game in school and are accustomed to it. (They could use lollipop sticks/small lego blocks to create units and bundles of ten). Number bingo, addition snap, subtraction snap and Mathopoly(Twinkl.com) are all useful games

A great online site is IXL which has a self correcting tool. There is a family hub during school closures. This allows you a certain amount of time free before expecting a subscription

Other useful free websites

https://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Canoe_Puppies.html

https://www.splashlearn.com/

Capacity which is mentioned above in the Second Class work is an enjoyable and fun concept that the children could work on independently. They could measure,fill,empty,compare, predict how much liquid fits into certain containers. Containers can be collected and used once they are used up.gbottles,cartons,juices,empty but cleaned detergent bottles . (You are also teaching them how to reuse and recycle)

SIte: Topmarks. Capacity countdown.

Literacy

Revise Tricky words

Revise Dolch words. https://www.sess.ie/sites/default/files/Resources/Cirricular_Material/DolchWord_List_220.pdf

Literacy Games to play and enjoy!

Weekly spelling as mentioned above but only choose 10 words each week and do a short test on a friday. Get the children to correct them. This takes the pressure off you the parents and also allows them to self correct and learn where they went wrong.

Ten to twenty minutes Reading each day (If they struggle with this then maybe you could read every second page...if time allows)

Useful websites:

http://www.readingbear.org

Readingeggs.co.uk

Writing:

Ask the children to write about the last few weeks, what they miss, what they are looking forward to, what they hope will be doing this time next year etc… For those children who are in second class you might ask them to write down questions they would like answered about the Senior school and what to expect in Third classThe following may be helpful in explaining Covid 19 to young childrenSocial Story: COVID-19 "Lockdown" - AsIAm.iehttps://asiam.ie/social-story-covid-19-lockdownAlso there is a very informative article from the Department of Education and Skills about advice for

parents when talking to children and Young People about Covid19 which can be accessed online.

https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/talking-to-children-and-young-people

All the following are available for free on Twinkl.com

Visual Timetables and RoutinesSocial stories Fine Motor Skills: Playdough Scissor skills Pencil control CuttingSensory Brain Breaks sensorybrainbreaks.ied

There are lots of online resources available on NCSE/online resources for parentswhich are very helpful for children with special Educational needs during this time of home learning.