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Folens School at Home: 5th & 6th Class Weekly Plan: Week 8

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: 5th & 6th Class 2 15 June–19 June

Week 8 Overview English Reading: The Fossil Hunter

Oral Language: Gorgeous geology Gaeilge Scéal: Drochlá Oisín (Oisin’s bad day)

Gramadach: Briathra rialta – Caith agus Glan (Grammar: regular verbs – to wear/spend/throw and to clean)

Maths Algebra – Directed Number Number – Decimal and Percentages

SESE Geography: Exploring Boglands History: By the Rivers of Babylon

English Activity 1: Reading

Starlight 5th Class Combined Reading and Skills Book: 14b The Fossil Hunter pp. 164–167

https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight_5th_reader/ebook/

Launch the combined reader: Starlight 5th Class and go to p. 164. Before Reading: Ask your child to make predictions about the kind of information that will be shared in the text. Encourage your child to look at the images accompanying the text to help. During Reading: Stop after each page and ensure your child is following the text. You could ask them a question based on information they have just read or 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. 167 For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Comprehension: Read between the lines’ questions that follow. Further information about Mary Anning can be viewed at this site: https://www.natgeokids.com/ie/discover/history/general-history/mary-anning-facts/




https://www.natgeokids.com/ie/discover/history/general-history/mary-anning-facts/

https://www.natgeokids.com/ie/discover/history/general-history/mary-anning-facts/


Activity 2: Oral Language

Starlight 6th Class: Poster – 13. Gorgeous geology

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/6th_class/resources/activities/SL_06_ACT_CH13_001/index.html

Launch the interactive poster: Poster – 13. Gorgeous geology

Before Listening: Select the Explore mode and ask you child the following questions:

• Which image do you find most striking? Why? • Look at the bottom-left image and the second bottom-left image.

What do you think these images are? What do the shapes remind you of?

• Look at the image in the centre. What do you think it is? 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 record three facts they learned about geology.






Gaeilge Activity 1: Scéal (Story)

Abair Liom H – 6th Class: Scéal 8. Drochlá Oisín

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/6th_class/resources/passage/AL_6C_ACT_CH08_003/index.html

Launch the story: Scéal – 8. Drochlá Oisín (Oisin’s bad day) Before Reading: Open the Foclóir (Vocabulary) mode. Read through the foclóir and nathanna (phrases) with your child. Check that they understand and know how to read each word. Keep note of these words to identify when listening to the scéal.

Foclóir (Vocabulary) Nathanna (Phrases) • drochlá (bad day) • déanach (late) • íde béil (giving out) • obair bhaile breise (extra

homework) • scrúdú litrithe (spelling test) • guth (voice) • cluiche iománaíochta

(hurling match)

• tuirseach traochta (exhausted)

• lag leis an ocras (weak with the hunger)

• ní raibh faic agam (I didn’t know)

• creid é nó ná creid (believe it or not)

• faoi dheireadh thiar thall (at long last)

• bhí dearmad glan déanta agam ar … (I had totally forgotten …)

• a leithéid de lá (what a day)

During Reading: 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 again and ask your child to read along. Then ask them to read the story independently if they can. After Reading: Ask your child to write their own story with the same title.






Activity 2: Gramadach (Grammar) Abair Liom: An réimneoir

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/6th_class/resources/conjugator/AL_6C_ACT_CH01_007/V/index.html

Abair Liom G – 5th Class: p. 84

Launch the verb conjugator: An réimneoir

Select the Rialta (regular) tab and the verb Glan (to clean) and Caith (to wear/throw/spend) then ‘Aimsir Fháistineach (Future Tense). Then press the ‘Ar aghaidh’ button to proceed.

Practise each form of the verb with your child. Begin with the mé (me), tú (you), sé (he), sí (she) forms. Then the plural forms sinn (we), sibh (you plural), siad (they). And finally, the question and negative forms.

Ask your child to make up a question for each tense for example: An gcaithfidh tú gúna amárach? (Will you wear a dress tomorrow?) Complete the grammar exercises on p. 84 of Abair Liom G – 5th Class. A printable copy of the page is included at the end of this document.






Maths Activity 1: Algebra – Directed Numbers

Planet Maths 6th Class: Flying Fish

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM6/resources/activitya/pm_6c_136/numbers.html

Planet Maths 6th Class: Ordering Numbers

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM6/resources/activities/pm_6c_137/algebra.html

Launch the activity: Flying Fish Use the activity to revise negative numbers with your child. Draw a vertical number line and mark in numbers between -5 and +5. Remind them that:

o - 2 stands for negative 2 o + 2 stands for positive 2

Launch the activity: Ordering Numbers Use the activity to order directed numbers.










Activity 2: Number – Decimals and Percentages

Planet Maths 6th Class: Using Percentages

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM6/resources/activitya/pm_6c_150/percentages.html

Launch the activity: Using Percentages Launch the spinners to create sums. Remind your child that to find the percentage of a number they must follow these steps:

1. Write the percentage as a fraction in its lowest terms. 2. Divide by the numerator. 3. Multiply the answer by the denominator.






SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) Activity 1: Geography

Explorers Geography & Science 5th Class: 3. Exploring Boglands pp. 16–21

The relevant pages are included at the end of this document.

Read the introduction and keywords on p. 16 together. Ask your child if they understand the keywords, and have they come across any of the words before? Use the map on p. 16 to identify the counties with the main concentration of raised bogs. Read the chapter together. More information about bogs can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogOhGlcJSuQ

Ask your child to answer the ‘Fact Finding’ questions on p. 21 orally. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Explore More’ questions that follow. Have your child complete the ‘Working as a Geographer: Analysing’ activity on p. 21.

Activity 2: History Explorers History 6th Class: 11. By the Rivers of Babylon pp. 56–61

The relevant pages are included at the end of this document. Read the introduction and keywords on p. 56 together. Ask your child if they understand the keywords, and have they come across any of the words before? Is your child familiar with any other early civilisations? Read the chapter together. Stop to discuss the ‘Think About It’ sticker on p. 59. 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: Using Evidence’ activity on p. 61.

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


Printables Gaeilege – Activity 2: Gramadach (Grammar) Abair Liom G – 5th Class: p. 84


SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) – Activity 1: Geography

Explorers Geography & Science 5th Class: 3. Exploring Boglands pp. 16–21


SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) – Activity 2: History

Explorers History 6th Class: 11. By the Rivers of Babylon pp. 56–61

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