Hello and I hope everyone is keeping well. As we continue to be away from the school this week, I have set out some more schoolwork for you to continue with at home.

Note: As I have said in previous weeks, complete the work as best you can and do not worry if you get stuck in any area. Just skip on to the next thing and do your best in each topic area! That will be enough!

FAO Parents - Although Monday 4th May is a bank holiday, I have still included 5 days of work. However, you can choose to do just 4 days work if that suits and perhaps leave out Friday’s work for example (just complete the spelling test). There is choice therefore to be made at the start of the week. I also wish to thank you for your efforts at home with your children or children during this testing time.

Extra Activities are not compulsory, but you may find them helpful for understanding new subject areas and I suggest checking them out as you go along.

There is also an art lesson and a music lesson after the Friday lesson.

Also, if printing out the work booklet, perhaps printing two pages per page from the printer to save on ink and paper would be a good idea.

A little reminder too, to keep working on your “We are Writers”, activity. Having received Finn and Ella’s excellent writing pieces last week, we also received excellent writing pieces from Aidan and Zac.

In relation to PE, Ms Healy has put together an active school’s whole school PE programme which can be found on the Active School Flag section of our website.

RTE have 10@10 exercise routines available which you can complete at home. The link is below for anyone who hasn’t used it yet.https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

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Also, with the permission of a parent/guardian, you could use some of the exercise activities that fitness coach Joe Wicks has made available on YouTube for children.

Look after yourselves,

Mr Hayden.

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Monday Maths: This week, we are going to look at Number Patterns and Sequences.

Have a look at this video again to refresh your knowledge of skip - counting from the Algebra chapters in last year’s second class book. Skip counting is the basic form of number patterns and sequences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcxaDBbOR5U

For example when we count up in 2’s we see a pattern of each number being two higher than the last number. (2,4,6,8,10,12……..)

When we count up in 3’s we see a pattern of each number being three higher than the last number. (3,6,9,12,15,18……..)

However, this year we will see that in Number Patterns and Sequences, the number pattern will not always jump by the same amount in a sequence.

Example (2,3,5,8,12,17) – in this example the first jump between 2 and 3 was an increase of one.

Then the jump from 3 to 5 was an increase of 2.

Then the next jump from 5 to 8 was a jump of 3.

Then from 8 to 12, a jump of 4 and finally from 12 to 17, a jump of 5.

So you can see that the skip/jump pattern doesn’t have to be a jump of the same amount every time but it does have to follow some kind of pattern as we can see from my example. Watch below video clip to help understand how to recognise patterns. Look at the jump between one number and the next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d51bsZwPKVw

Remember that patterns and sequences do not always have to be just numbers. There can be patterns and sequences in a sequence of shapes or a sequence of letters. The important thing is to take your time and recognise the patterns that are happening.

For today I want you to have a go at the exercises below and see if you can work out the shape and letter patterns. Don’t worry there will be more number patterns later in the week!

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Extra Activity – You may have to find something other than cubes if you don’t have some at home but you could try and write your own patterns similar to D below and try it out with someone at home trying to guess the pattern.

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English:Spellings: This week there will be 15 spellings. The first 5 are “str” spellings linked to you phonics exercise for Monday. You can learn them over the week and maybe get someone to test you at the end of the week. Use the same method as we normally use in class.

This week’s story is titled “Penguins”. You may spread the reading out over the whole of the week and complete the exercise questions as you meet the answers in the story when reading a piece or section of the story each day.

Vocabulary: Check over the words highlighted in red and see if you know what they mean before you read the story. You can use a dictionary or, with parents/guardians permission you can check their meaning on the internet.

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Answer the questions below.

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Extra activity – answer these questions giving your own opinion where requested.

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Irish: Revision – An maith……?

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SESE – Geography – Read the chapter below on ‘Ireland - Provinces and Counties’ (it is very short) and complete activity A 1-5 in your copybook.

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P.E.Go to Active School Flag section of our website to find todays activity.

RTE 10@10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

Joe Wicks fitness coach videos are also available on YouTube once you have the permission of an adult.

Monday Completed!Well Done!!

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TuesdayMaths: Number Pattern and Sequences continued.

Look back over the information from yesterday’s lesson and watch the videos again.

You will need to remember today what a multiple is. We learned what a multiple is when we did our multiplication. A multiple of any number is the answer to any question when two is multiplied.

For example – 5 x 2 = 10 (10 is a multiple of 2)

9 x 2 = 18 (18 is a multiple of 2)

Today you will need your tables which are in your homework journal which I think you all have at home with you. We are going to look at table patterns between two and three times tables and other tables also.

If you cannot print out the 100 square in today’s lesson, try to point to the screen and jump in 2’s for x2 tables and jumps in 3’s for x3 tables. You can also write the multiples in your copy if you cannot colour them in, so you can see some number patterns.

Try the exercises below.

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IrishRead the short email/story and answer the questions. Remember you can use the question sentences to help make up most of your answers.

Ríomphost – email, feabhas – excellent, balla – wall, pioc – to pick, boladh uafásach – horrible smell, croch – to hang, seomra céanna – same room.

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EnglishAnswer the following questions in relation to this week’s story ‘Penguins’. You can also try the Challenge below as an EXTRA ACTIVITY.

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Extra Activity – Complete the following activity in relation to this week’s story ‘Penguins’.

Don’t forget to continue your “We are Writers” creative writing activity if you haven’t started already or sent a writing piece in.

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SESE - GeographyRe-read the chapter on ‘Ireland – Provinces and Counties’ from yesterday.

You should now have the knowledge to be able to complete activity D below.

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Extra activity

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P.E.Go to Active School Flag section of our website to find todays activity.

RTE 10@10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

Joe Wicks fitness coach videos are also available on YouTube once you have the permission of an adult.

Tuesday Completed!Well Done!!

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Wednesday

Maths: Number Patterns and Sequences continued.

Firstly look back again over my notes from Mondays and yesterday lessons then complete the following questions to refresh your memory.

Important Section – today boys and girls we are going to look at what the ‘=’ or equals sign means.

You may think that when you see ‘=’, it means ‘the answer is’. This would not be a good way of thinking about the ‘=’ sign

When we do a short sum such as:

2 + 4 = 6, the ‘=’ or equals sign does not mean ‘the answer is 6’.

What it is actually saying is that the numbers on the left side (4 + 2), when added, are equal or are the same as the number on the right side (in my example, 6).

So if I have a sum saying 2 + 3 = 4 + 1, this is saying that the numbers on the left-hand side (2 + 3) must equal the number on the right side (4 + 1).

And they do because 2 + 3 = 5 and 4 + 1 = 5.

So the ‘=’ or equals sign in the sum is actually saying that the left-hand side equals or is the same as the number on the right-hand side which is correct in this case.

So remember this point about the ‘=’ sign, boys and girls.

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Have a go at the questions below on the number line.

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Irish

Revision Scríobh an abairt mar is ceart.

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English

Prepositions – make sure you read and understand the blue box before attempting the questions.

There is an extra activity below on prepositions.

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SESE – History

Read the chapter “Irish Emigrant Ships” (it may be broken up into two days of reading).

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Complete Activity A: 1-5

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P.E.Go to Active School Flag section of our website to find todays activity.

RTE 10@10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

Joe Wicks fitness coach videos are also available on YouTube once you have the permission of an adult.

Wednesday Completed!Well Done!!

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ThursdayMaths – Number Patterns and Sequences continued…Read back over what we went through yesterday about the ‘=’ or equals sign. The ‘=’ does not mean ‘the answer is’. It means ‘equal to’ or ‘the same as’.

Using what you have learned about the ‘=’ sign and using your knowledge of adding, have a go at the questions below.

For example, in the first question:

6 + _ = 12 so from our knowledge of the ‘=’ sign we know that if 12 is on the right-hand side, numbers on the left-hand side must add too 12…………….but we only have 6………. So how will I get to 12? I know that if I add 6 and 6 I get 12, so 6 must be the missing number.

Therefore 6 + 6 = 12

Extra Activity – Magic Squares – remember the lines must add up to the magic number both straight up (vertically) and across (horizontal) as well as diagonally and you must have a complete line in one of these directions to find the magic number if you have not been given in like in questions 3 and 4.

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IrishRevision – Réamhfhocail – revise how to say where an object is first, then try the exercise.

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English Word Sort.

Read over the story on ‘Penguins’ and answer the ‘Jumbled Letters’ activity linked to the story and a mixed-up sentence to complete too.

Keep your writing neat and be sure to date and title your work.

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There are some Extra Activity questions on “True or False” for you to attempt below.

SESE - HistoryRe-read or finish reading “Irish Emigrant Ships” and complete Activity A 6-11

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P.E.Go to Active School Flag section of our website to find todays activity.

RTE 10@10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

Joe Wicks fitness coach videos are also available on YouTube once you have the permission of an adult.

Thursday Completed!Well Done!!

FridayMaths Number Patterns and Sequences continued!

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Yesterday we used our knowledge of adding, to work out sums where a number was missing from one side of the equals sign. Today we are going to use subtracting.

For example if we have a sum 12 + __ = 26, from our learning of what the ‘=’ sign means we hopefully know now that the left side needs to add up to 26 as the right side is 26. So how do we find the missing number.

If we can understand that the left side has to equal the right side which is 26, then on the left side 12 + ? = 26.

To find what the missing number is we can use subtraction.

26 – 12 = 14 there 12 + 14 must equal 26 or 12 + 14 =26.

Read through this a few times if you are not sure.

Then try the exercise below.

We can also use our understanding of the ‘=’ to use multiplication to find our answers (this is where your knowledge of your tables is really important).

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If we have a sum 2 x __ = 6 from our tables we should know that two times 3 is six so;

2 x 3 = 6 so 3 is the missing number.

Have a go at the questions below on multiplication.

IrishRevision: An litir ‘ú’. Cuir na litreacha in ord ( put the letters in order). Then write 5 sentences using a word from the pictures in each sentence as instructed in Irish at the bottom of the exercise.

EnglishSpelling test – get someone at home to do your spelling test with you!

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Cloze Procedure: Complete the following story about penguins and fill in the words in the correct space from the list of vocabulary provided.

Extra Activity

With the permission of a parent/guardian you can use this link below or type ‘Humboldt penguin Dublin Zoo’ and on the webcam stream you may be able to see the Humboldt penguin in Dublin Zoo.

https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/penguins/

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Poetry – read aloud the following poem.

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SESE – Science – Materials

Properties and characteristics of materials – Good EggExperiment time!! – MAKE SURE THAT A PARENT/GUARDIAN IS WITH YOU WHEN YOU CARRY OUT ANY EXPERIMENT.Read the information in this chapter. To carry out the experiments in this chapter you need two small containers with water, 2 un – boiled eggs, salt, a spoon.

The chapter mentions the Dead Sea. It is a sea that has a large amount of salt in its water when compared with water from other seas. With permission from a parent click on the link below to read some more facts about the Dead Sea.

https://mocomi.com/dead-sea-facts/

To investigate what happens to an object in water when there is a large amount of salt in the water.Experiment time!! – MAKE SURE THAT A PARENT/GUARDIAN IS WITH YOU WHEN YOU CARRY OUT ANY EXPERIMENT.

The objective of this experiment is to compare what happens when an egg is placed in a container of water with a low amount of salt or in a container with a high amount of salt in the water.

Don’t worry if you don’t have the materials needed for the experiment, you can always do it another time when you have what you need! Good luck!!

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P.E.Go to Active School Flag section of our website to find todays activity.

RTE 10@10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

Joe Wicks fitness coach videos are also available on YouTube once you have the permission of an adult.

Friday Completed!Well Done!!

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3 rd Class ‘We are Writers’ Support Resources This week for your child’s creative writing they can work on their piece of writing for the ‘We are Writers’ whole school book. Each pupil will have a piece of writing in this book. This book will be a record of this time that will go down in history and we hope to publish it in due course. We encourage adult help at home with this. It is up to you how you help your child comprehend this time, but here are some ideas to help you. We appreciate that younger children may not understand what is going on and that’s okay. For them their world right now is staying at home and hopefully making the most of the good weather and what they have at home. You can help your child write a poem, a prayer, a diary entry, a recount of a memorable day over this period or maybe you might like to do an interview over the phone with a grandparent. We hope you will enjoy this exercise and it will give an opportunity for you to chat with your child and help them process the situation and ease any anxiety.

Please do not stress or worry about this exercise. At your earliest convenience please email it directly to: wearewritersns@gmaill.com

It does not have to be in any particular format, please just ensure you include your child’s name and class. Looking forward to reading your piece.

Poem

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We have already received a fantastic poem, ‘Staying at Home’, from Edie in 1st Class. Well done Edie! Edie’s poem acknowledged that while we must stay at home how lucky we are to have the countryside around us and our health to work and play. You could find some inspiration from this and write about what you’re grateful for. Your poem doesn’t have to rhyme and can be in whatever format you choose.

This time may have given you more time for walks and play in your garden and the opportunity to stop and appreciate the beauty in the natural world around us. You could write a senses poem in which you describe what you can see, hear, feel, smell and taste. When you give all this detail, it brings your writing to life! And gives the reader a clear image of what you’re referring to. This can be enhanced more by using good adjectives.

https://youtu.be/5ZkMbLkGims - adjectives explained

https://youtu.be/hifcUYaACzI - adjectives explained

You could also use some similes in your poem. Similes make a comparison between two things using the words like or as. Here are some examples of similes:

https://youtu.be/Ip7o5jKZQME - How to write a five senses poem with similes.

https://youtu.be/pm6zt24w0qU - Explanation of similes

Prayer

You may decide to write a prayer instead. Below is a lovely video link that can help you remember who you can pray for.

https://youtu.be/IihBCl_A4x4 - The Five Finger Prayer

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Diary Entry

In a diary entry your child can recall what you did that day and how they feel about missing school and not being able to visit grandparents, cousins and friends and what they’re looking forward to after this. Maybe fill us in on the fun activities they’re doing at home. Diary entries are written in a friendly style and the writer can express how they’re feeling about everything that’s going on in their life at the moment.

Recount

Recall an unforgettable or extraordinary day. Here are some tips to help you write a recount.

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Interview with Grandparent

An interview with a grandparent could be fun to do! Here are some sample questions below you can choose from, 10 questions is plenty! Of course, feel free to make up some of your own questions.

Questions for Grandparents

1. How are you doing? What were you up to today? 2. Are you staying at home every day? What do you find the hardest about this

pandemic? What are you enjoying? 3. How do you feel about the current situation? Have you ever experienced anything

like this before in your lifetime? 4. What are you thankful for? 5. What makes you happy? What do you think is important in life? 6. What is your hope for your children and grandchildren? 7. What do you enjoy most about being a grandparent? 8. What is different about growing up today than when you were a child?

9. Were you named after a family member or does your name have a special meaning?10. Do you have a nickname that your siblings or friends call you? How did you get the

nickname?11. Where were you born? What was your house like as a child?12. Where have you lived? Tell me about your first house.13. Where have you travelled? What is your favourite place to visit? 14. Do you have a favourite family holiday memory?15. How did your family spend time together when you were young?16. Have you owned any pets? What was your first pet?17. What is the most important lesson that your parents taught you?18. What did your friends do for fun when you were young? Did you have a best

friend?19. Did you have a favourite toy as a child?20. Did you ever get in trouble as a child? 21. Did you enjoy school when you were younger? 22. How did you meet grandma/grandpa? Tell me your story.

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23. Did you have a job? What was your first job?24. What did you want to be when you grew up?25. What was your first car?26. Do you practice a religion? What impact has religion had on your life?27. Who are your children? What is your favourite memory with your children?28. How do you handle stress?29. What could you tell me that I would be surprised to learn about you?30. What were your grandparents like?31. What is the earliest memory that you have?32. Tell me about the day when my mom/dad was born?

Remember, all of the above are just some suggestions to help you. When you are happy with your child’s piece of work email it to wearewriterssnc@gmail.com

It does not have to be in any particular format. Please ensure you note your child’s full name and class is also included in the email. We look forward to receiving your piece.

Hope you are all keeping safe and well,

Ms Lynch

MusicFor the last two weeks you have been practising and using body percussion. As I said in those lessons, the most obvious body percussion for people is clapping hands and you probably used this at some point during your practice of body percussion.

This week I want you to practise clapping to a rhythm. It will take a little practice. I have a clip from YouTube for you to use below with permission from a parent/guardian. You can then pick some of you own favourite songs to clap in rhythm along to. Have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anmcoVFcvc0

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Art –For this lesson, we are going to link to our history lesson again this week. In history we learned about Irish Emigrant Ships and that many of the Irish people who didn’t die in the famine, left Ireland for other countries like America and Canada to find work and a better life.

One thing that is very important to us all is our name which gives us our identity and many people come from abroad each year to learn about their possible Irish heritage/history ( many Irish people left during the famine as we have ;learned and at other times too). We all have a second names/surnames (Murphy, O’Neill for example) and with this surname we have a family crest or coat of arms of our family name. This heritage has helped people to check their family history in Ireland.

For art this week, with the permission of a parent/guardian I would like you to google you surname and family crest and do a simple art piece of design you find about your surname. Some of you may have it on picture in your home already so you can look at that for some help.

I have attached template for you to do your design.

Enjoy creating your art whichever one you decide to pick.

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