Hello 4th Class and Parents,
I hope you are all keeping well. Catherine says hello and looks forward to seeing you when we go back to school.
As you know this week the work will also be shared on Aladdin Connect.
For those who have the app, I would be delighted for you to send me some pictures of work that you are proud of. Make sure and ask a parent to do this for you.
I look forward to seeing what you have done and hearing how you are all getting on.
Best wishes,
M. Norah
Monday, 27th April 2020
Maths
- Measures. Area.
Area is the amount of space inside a given shape.
We measure area in square centimetres (cm²) or square metres (m²).
Find two objects in your house that are rectangular in shape.
For example, perhaps the surface of your table and your copy / notebook. Which object has the biggest area?
Watch the PowerPoint and Answer the questions.
Can you think of three things with an area of less than one square centimetre?
Can you think of three things with an area greater than one square centimetre?
Draw a square centimetre.
English
- Read for 20 minutes from any book or story you have at home.
Make a list of any new words you come across, then look them up in a dictionary and write the meaning(s) beside the word.
Challenge yourself: Can you use it in a sentence? Can you think of a synonym (another word that means exactly or nearly the same as this new word)? Can you think of an antonym (a word that means the opposite)?
- Spelling Sheet. Available here
- Learn spellings 1-6 and put them into a sentence: civil, pupil, pencil, weevil, evil, peril.
Irish
- Mé Féin agus mo Chlann Myself and my Family
Uimhreacha Pearsanta Personal Numbers
Click on Uimhreacha Pearsanta to learn and revise how to count people in Irish
duine amháin, beirt, triúr, ceathrar, cúigear, seisear,
seachtar, ochtar, naonúr, deichniúr, aon duine, dhéag dháréag.
Cé mhéad daoine atá i do chlann? How many people are in your family?
Tá _________ i mo chlann. There are ______ people in my family.
Art
- Portrait Art
The National Portrait Gallery are holding a Portrait Competition that some of you might be interested in entering. You will need to:
Create a portrait of someone you know. You could choose a friend, a family member, your teacher, or even yourself!
Paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, sculpture and videos are all welcome.
Click on the links below to revise what a portrait is and how you can enter.
I would love to see some of your Picasso / Cubism inspired portraits! Ask your parents (if you wish) to take a photograph of your artwork and upload it to Aladdin Connect.
PE
- PE with Joe Wicks (The Body Coach)
Joe Wicks steams live PE lessons at 9am every day on his YouTube Channel
Here is a link to the Playlist of his videos: Joe Wicks – Playlist of Videos
Otherwise you could:
- Walk on the spot for 3 minutes. Then try to run on the spot for 3 minutes.
- Complete 20 jumping jacks, rest and then complete 20 more.
Tuesday, 28th April 2020
Maths
- Draw a variety of shapes on squared paper and calculate the area of the shapes you have drawn.
Squared paper available at the link below or rule your own:
- Try the online activity here:
Did you notice a shortcut in calculating the area of a rectangle? Multiply the number of rows by the number of squares in each, multiply the number of columns by the number of squares in each or multiply the length by the width.
English
- Spellings
Learn spellings 7 – 12 and put into a sentence: nostril, basil, April, fossil, gerbil, anvil.
- My Read at Home page 90 China Q 1-5.
Series: My Read at Home
Title: My Read at Home Book 4
Available at: https://www.cjfallon.ie/
- DEAR Time
Irish
- Teach a family member and play a game of Deir Ó Grádaigh.
- We use the réamhfhocal ‘do’ when we talk about people’s names.
dom (mé), duit (tú), dó (sé), di (sí), dúinn (sinn), daoibh (sibh), dóibh (said)
Mar shample, for example
M. Norah is ainm dom.
Try and complete the worksheet here
SESE
- Great Irish Musical Maestros!
You can access your Small World History Book here https://www.cjfallon.ie/
Important Notice will tell you to click here on the page 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 > SESE > Small World > Small World – Fourth Class History.
- Read the chapter from page 74 -76 and try and answer some of the questions on page 77 (A).
Wednesday, 29th April 2020
Maths
- Carry out an area trail at home and answer the following questions:
Which room in your house has the greatest area?
Which room has the smallest area?
If you live in a two-storey house – is the area of the upstairs floor exactly the same as the area of the downstairs floor?
What might cause these areas to be different? (e.g. do you have a downstairs extension or a porch)
Could the area of upstairs ever be greater than the area of downstairs?
English
- Letter writing.
Write a pen pal letter to a friend in your class.
Tell them what you have been up to / how you are feeling / how you are occupying your time at home. Do you have any new hobbies or have you learnt any new skills e.g. baking, cooking? Ask some questions back to your pen pal – such as how they are getting on? What are they enjoying about being at home? What hobbies do they have?
- Spellings.
Learn spellings 13 – 18 and put into a sentence: utensil, tendril, lentil, council, stencil, tranquil.
- DEAR Time
Irish
- Tarraing pictiúr de do chlann. Draw a picture of your family.
Scríobh faoi do chlann. Write about your family.
Write a few sentences as Gaeilge about your family and read it back aloud a few times to practice or read to someone in your house.
You can go back over your Uimhreacha Pearsanta if you need to.
Mar shampla, for example:
Tá ceathrar i mo chlann. There are four in my family.
Tá deartháir amháin agam. I have one brother.
Oisín is ainm dó. Oisín is his name.
Tá deirfúir amháin agam. I have one sister.
Ciara is ainm di. Ciara is her name.
Tá beirt deartháireacha agam. I have two brothers.
Tá beirt deirfiúracha agam. I have two sisters.
Ciara agus Máire is ainm dóibh. Ciara and Maire are their names.
Tá triúr deartháireacha agam. I have three brothers.
Tá ceathrar deirfiúracha agam. I have four sisters.
PE
- Try out your favourite GoNoodle Videos available at: https://family.gonoodle.com/ like Run the Red Carpet!
Thursday, 30th April, 2020
Maths
- Continue your area trail at home and answer the following questions:
Which table at home has the greatest surface area?
Would you need to know the area of a floor if you were buying a new carpet, lino (linoleum) or wood?
How do builders create lots of living space if they only have a small area to work in?
- Mental Maths
What is the area of a square whose sides are:
- 5cm? (b) 6cm? (c) 10cm?
What is the area of a rectangle whose sides are:
- 4cm and 3cm?
- 6cm and 7cm?
English
- Revise all your spellings.
Complete the activities on your spelling sheet.
- Diary Writing.
Continue to write in your diary of your Life During the Lockdown.
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
- Comhrá – Conversation
Go back over your work yesterday and describe your family to someone or do a role-play with your pet, puppet or toy.
Music
- Think about Irish music and make a list of any Irish bands and musicians that you know.
- Listen to the following pieces of music on either Spotify or YouTube.
Planxty Irwin by O’Carolan Spotify Link / Planxty Irwin by O’Carolan YouTube Link
Mise Éire by Séan O’Riada Spotify Link / Mise Éire YouTube Link
- Compare and contrast the two pieces of music.
Can you name any of the instruments? What is the tempo like? Fast or slow? Can you hear a tune repeating?
Friday, 1st May 2020
Maths
Complete the worksheet available here
For the last 2 pages you will need a ruler and use the formula length x width = area
Picture the metre sticks we use in school to measure length with to remind yourself what 1 metre looks like.
Can you find three things with an area of less than one square metre?
Can you find three things with an area greater than one square metre?
English
- Write an extract in your diary or add to your comic strip.
- DEAR Time.
- My Read at Home page 91 Bully Q 1-5.
Irish
- Léitheoireacht. Reading
Read Cailín Uathúil page 110 in your book Léigh sa Bhaile
- 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.
SPHE
- Mindfulness:
Do some mindfulness activities here at GoNoodle Channel Flow
- Do something for someone else.
Perhaps you could help your parents around the house. Ask them if there is a job you could do to help prepare the dinner or a house chore you could do?
Other ideas for activities (as previously posted):
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 are 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?
