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Múinteoir Norah 20.4.20

Hello 4th Class and Parents,

I hope you all had a lovely Easter and making the most of the time with your family at home.

Please find below some suggestions of work for you to do over the coming week. Remember to work at your own pace and only do what you can.

Please don’t worry if you have not got access to the internet or a device – hopefully there are things here that you can do without the need for anything.

Try to do a little exercise every day as well as some reading. You can continue to do your D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) time at home.

Talk care of each other!

All the best,

Múinteoir Norah

Monday, 20th April, 2020

Maths

  • Mental Maths Book: Week 27 Monday
  • I hope you got the chance to try some of the length and perimeter activities suggested before Easter. This week we will continue to learn about measures and look at weight. We measure the weight of things in grams (g) and kilograms (kg).

Task – Weight Investigation.

Estimate and measure the weight of TEN objects in your home using weighing scales.

They can be items of food, toys, books, etc. (anything that will fit on the scales). Estimate your answer first. Then give your answer in grams (g) and kilograms (kg).

If you don’t have a weighing scales, you could compare the weight of an object to something you have at home that you know the weight of, for example, a bag of sugar, rice or pasta that is 1kg.

English

Task – You can access your Let’s Go! Book for free at the link above.

Read The World of Primates! Page 190.

Before you read, think about the following questions –

What do you think makes you smarter than a dog or a cat?

What things can people do that other creatures cannot?

Do you think some animals are smarter than others? Explain.

Did people living a million years ago live the same way as we do today?

In what ways could they have lived differently from us?

What do you understand by the word evolution?

Choose FIVE new or interesting words from this story and use a dictionary/the internet to find and record their meaning for example: primates, evolution, intelligent, communication, prehensile, opposable.

*If you cannot access this book, please read a chapter or two from any book or story you have at home. Do the same task of choosing new or interesting words.

Extension Ideas: Can you think of any other kinds of animals that show a lot of intelligence?

How do fossils help us to learn about our past?

Irish

  • Theme: Mé Féin

Dathanna – Colours

Go to the website here to revise your colours in Irish. https://www.digitaldialects.com/Irish/Colour.htm

Test yourself at the end to check you know them.

Cén dath atá ar bhratach Chill Dara? What colour is the Kildare flag?

Tá bratach Chill Dara _____. The Kildare flag is ____.

Cén dath atá ar bhratach Mhaigh Eo? What colours is the Mayo flag?

Tá bratach Mhaigh Eo  ____ agus ____.

Do you know any other county flags you describe?

PE

  • Task – To get moving! If you enjoyed Joe Wicks, keep going!

PE with Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) isavailable on his YouTube Channel.

Joe Wicks steams live PE lessons at 9am every day on his YouTube Channel

Here is a link to the Playlist of his videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8&list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

Otherwise you could:

  • Walk on the spot for 3 minutes. Then try to run on the spot for 3 minutes.
  • Complete 20 sit-ups, rest, then try 20 more!

Tables Expert Week 28 Monday

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Series: My Read at Home Title: My Read at Home Book 4 Available at: https://www.cjfallon.ie/

Tuesday, 21st April, 2020

Maths

  • Mental Maths Book: Week 27 Tuesday
  • Measures – Weight. Remember 1000g = 1kg

Task – Can you try and solve the problems below:

  1. Put the weight measurements you found yesterday in order, starting from the lightest to the heaviest.
  2. If you have access to a device and internet you could try Mr Pip’s Fruit Balance available at: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-shape-and-weight.html or

Mostly Postie https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.html

  • Can you express the weights you recorded in kilograms as grams and grams as kilograms? For example: 250g = 0.25kg =  or 1500g = 1.5kg = 1
  • Extension Activity: Try and solve the word problems here:

       https://nrich.maths.org/210 and

https://nrich.maths.org/6055

English

  • Reading comprehension.

Task – Re-read the story from Let’s Go! The World of Primates! Page 190.

Answer questions B 1-10 and C 1-6 on page 194.

*If you do not have access to this continue to read some of your book. You can then write a summary or tell someone about what you have read so far.

Irish

  • Theme: Mé Féin

Draw a picture of yourself and write a few sentences as Gaeilge about yourself and read it back aloud a few times to practice or read to someone in your house.

Mar shampla, for example:

Niamh is ainm dom. Niamh is my name.

Tá mé deich mbliana d’aois. I am 10 years old.

Tá mé i rang a ceathair. I am in fourth class.

Tá mo chuid gruaige díreach. My hair is straight.

Tá mo shúile gorm. My eyes are blue.

Tá mé i mo chónaí i Nás na Ríogh/ i gClaonadh / i Na Solláin.

Other helpful sentences you may need are:

Tá mé naoi mbliana d’aois. I am nine years old.

Tá mo chuid gruaige fada agus dubh. My hair is long and black.

Tá mo chuid gruaige donn. My hair is brown.

Tá mo chuid gruaige catach.My hair is curly.

Tá mo chuid gruaige fionn.My hair is blond.

Tá mo shúile glas.My eyes are green.

Tá mo shúile donn. My eyes are brown.

Is maith liom a bheith ag imirt fichille. I like playing chess.

Is maith liom a bheith ag imirit peile. I like playing football.

Tables Expert Week 28 Tuesday

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Wednesday, 22nd April 2020

Maths

  • Mental Maths Book:Week 27 Wednesday
  • Measures – Weight.

Task – Follow a recipe with a family member. Help them to weigh the ingredients that you need.

English

  • Writing. Procedure. The purpose of this text is to provide instructions about how to make or do something.

Task – Write a recipe. For example: How to Make Pancakes.

If you have been able to do today’s Maths Task of following a recipe with a family member, write it out so someone else will be able to follow the steps.

Remember:

  1. Title: How to make ______.  
  2. Ingredients: List all the ingredients you will need.
  3. Method: List the steps involved by giving as much detail as you can, or you could draw a series of pictures to show each step of the process.

Remember some of the language features are to:

  • use common nouns to refer to things (e.g. water, spoon, bowl)
    • use action verbs to describe the behaviour, located at the beginning of the clause (e.g. Put the jelly into the jug).
    • Use simple present tense (e.g. Pour the hot water into the jug).
    • Use adverbial phrases to provide information about where and when actions are preformed (e.g. into the jug)

Irish

  • Comhrá – Conversation

Task – Go back over your work yesterday and describe yourself to someone or pretend to tell a puppet or toy all about you.

PE

  • Task – If you have a skipping rope at home, try to skip continuously for 2 minutes without stopping or play your favourite game outside with a family member.

Try out your favourite GoNoodle Videos available at: https://family.gonoodle.com/ like Run the Red Carpet!

Tables Expert Week 28 Wednesday

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Thursday, 23rd April, 2020

Maths

  • Mental Maths Book:Week 27 Thursday

Measures – Weight

Task – Investigate the weight of pre-packaged groceries.

Gather some food packages, boxes, wrappers (e.g. pasta, breakfast cereal, rice, biscuits, flour, bars) and locate the weight of the product.

Find:

  1. The heaviest item
  2. The lightest item
  3. A heavy item in a small wrapper
  4. A light item in a big box
  5. Something with no weight label (why does it have a capacity label instead?)
  6. Something that weighs 500g
  7. The most attractive wrapper (why is it attractive?)
  8. The most unusual item
  9. An item you could eat by yourself in one go
  10. An item that might last for several people for several meals
  11. An Item produced in Ireland
  12. An item only available at certain times of year

English

  • Writing.

Task – Start your own diary of your Life During the Lockdown.

Try to a keep a written account of what you are doing each day, to document your experience throughout this historical event. This can be in the form of a diary entry, a daily comic strip, or a combination of both! 

Diary entry – Helpful tips

  • Include the date.
    • Begin your diary entry with “Dear Diary,” (or alternatively you can choose a name for your diary!)
    • Write about the events of your day in order – what did you do in the morning / afternoon / evening?
    • How did you feel?
    • Use the past tense.
    • Use order words such as “First / Then / Next / After that.”
    • You may like to include some illustrations around your diary entry.
    • You may wish to stick in food wrappers / labels of things that you like or used during the day.

Comic strip

  • Use a ruler to divide your page into the number of boxes that you will need.
    • Draw the main events of your day in the order in which they occurred.
    • Don’t forget to include the date on your comic strip.
    • You might like to include some text in the form of speech bubbles, labels or short sentences under the drawings.

Irish

  • Léitheoireacht. Reading

Task – Read Breagáin San Óiche 1 page 42 in your book Léigh sa Bhaileand answer the questions.

  • If you have internet access, I would recommend going onto https://www.cjfallon.ie/  where you can access Léigh sa Bhaile.
  • You will see Important Notice on the homepage offering you free access to the books. You will then see a table with different columns.
  • From the left-hand side tick Primary >  4th Class > Gaeilge > Léigh sa Bhaile > Léigh sa Bhaile Leabhar 4 > and then in the final resource column, if you untick the online book it will bring up the option for audio. You can access the mp3 audio recording of the comprehensions.
  • I would encourage children to listen to the recording a few times whilst following the text, then read along and finally read independently before answering the questions.

Music

  • Task – Listen to your favourite music. Try and answer some of the questions below.
    Can you name any of the instruments you hear?

Can you describe the tempo of the music? Is it fast or slow?  

Does the tempo change during the song? Does it gradually get faster/slower?

Can you describe the dynamics? Is it loud or soft (quiet)?

Do the dynamics change? Does it get louder or softer?

Why do you like this music?

Task – Dance to this music or draw a picture of something that comes into your mind when you hear your favourite music.

Tables Expert Week 28 Thursday

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Friday, 24th April 2020

Maths

  • Mental Maths Book:Week 27 Friday
  • Measurement – Weight.

Task: Write down 3 things you have learnt about weight or interesting things that you have discovered related to weight this week. For example: Were you surprised about any of the objects you estimated and weighed? How many grams are in a kilogram? Do you remember any of the things you measured when you helped cooking or baking in the kitchen?

English

  • Task – To write an extract in your diary or add to your comic strip.

Irish

  • Léitheoireacht. Reading

Task – Read Breagáin San Oíche page 43 in your book Léigh sa Bhaileand answer the questions.

Art

  • Task –To look at the portraits painted by Pablo Picasso.

Have you heard of Pablo Picasso? Picasso is the most famous artist from the twentieth century.

Below are two of his paintings The Woman in Hat and Fur Collar (1937)and Portrait of a Woman after Cranach the Younger (1958).

Look at the way he has used shapes and colour. Do you like the paintings?

These paintings are in the style Cubism. Cubism is a style of art where the artist paints an object or person, using lots of different viewpoints all in the same painting. Look at the face – Picasso has painted different angles such as the front of the face and the side profile of the face together.

  • Task – To create a portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso!

Other ideas for activities:

Creative Writing Games and Story Prompts: Super videos and activities here atBright Sparks Creative Bursts created by Sarah Webb and supported by the Museum of Literature Ireland. Available at: https://moli.ie/learning/bright-sparks-creative-bursts/

Mental Maths Games: You can practice your tables by setting yourself challenges at the following link: https://coolsciencelab.com/math_magician.html 

Another website that you can use to set yourself mental maths challenges is at: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Irish: Duolingo. Improve your Irish and learn some new words and revise words you already know at: https://www.duolingo.com/course/ga/en/Learn-Irish You can download the App onto a device.

You can watch cartoons and play Irish games on Cúla4 available at: https://www.cula4.com/ga/feach/ and https://www.cula4.com/ga/cula4-na-nog/baile/ There is also an App you can download onto a device.

Mindfulness videos: GoNoodle have some great mindfulness videos on their channel FLOW available at: https://family.gonoodle.com/channels/flow some suggestions are Rainbow Breath, Let’s Unwind, Bring it Down and Melting.

Music: Dabbledoo Music have free online content for parents and students to access at home available at: https://dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents You will need to create a free account to enrol and access the content if you are interested.

Learn how to play chess: Teacher’s Promoting Chess as uploading videos onto their Twitter Page available at: https://twitter.com/Ficheall_ie  You do not need a twitter account to access.

Handwriting: Practice your handwriting by writing out the lyrics to your favourite song or a poem. Here is the link to your handwriting book where you can check your letter formation https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-handwriting-4th-class-cursive

Housework: Why not ask your parents if there are any jobs you can help with around the house. Can you do the dishes? Load the dishwasher? Make the beds? Sweep the floor? Help with some gardening? Set the table?