Hello 4th Class and Parents,

I hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying the nice weather we have been having. Please find below a list of suggested work to bring us up to the Easter Holidays. Only do what you can and 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.

Monday 30th March 2020

Maths

• Mental Maths Book: Week 26 Monday
• Before we left school, we were learning about length and perimeter so let’s continue with this.
• Task – Length Investigation.

Estimate and measure the length of 10 objects in your home. If you don’t have a ruler or measuring tape, you can use a non-standard unit of measurement such as your palm span or length of your foot or a toilet roll!

English

• Reading.
• Series: Wonderland Stage 3. Title: Let’s Go! Available at:https://www.cjfallon.ie/

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

Read Danger from the Deep! Page 182.

Before you read – can you predict what the story might be about?

Choose 5 new or interesting words from this story and use a dictionary/the internet to find and record their meaning for example cascade, churning, astride, exhaustion, gnarled.

*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.

Irish

• Theme: Sa bhaile (Home)

Draw a picture of your house and write a description underneath as Gaeilge (in Irish). Cén saghas tí é? What kind of house is it?

Is bungaló é. It is a bungalow.

Is teach scoite é. It is a detached house.

Is teach leathscoite é. It is a semi-detached house.

Is árasán é. It is an apartment.

Is teach dhá stór é. It is a two-story house.

PE

• Task – To get moving!

If you have internet access you might like to do PE with Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) available on his YouTube Channel.

Here is a link to the Playlist with 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 10 jumping jacks.

Tables Expert Week 27 Monday

My Read at Home Page 81 Replacement Teacher Questions 1-5

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

Tuesday 31st March 2020

Maths

• Mental Maths Book: Week 26 Tuesday
• Measurement – Length.

Task – Using the measurements you found yesterday calculate the following:

Find the difference between your estimation and the actual answer.

What is the shortest actual measurement?

What is the longest measurement?

What is the sum of the shortest and longest measurement?

Extension: Create and solve your own word or number problems using the measurements you have found?

English

• Reading comprehension.

Task – Re-read the story from Let’s Go! Danger from the Deep! Page 182.

Answer questions C 1-5 and D 1-5 on page 188.

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

Irish

• Theme: Sa bhaile (In the home)

Task – To practice your Irish vocabulary teach and play with someone in your household the game Feicim le mo shúilín beag, rud a thosaíonn le ‘c’… (I spy with my little eye, something beginning with ‘c’…) Ideas of things you might see are: bord = table, cuisneoir = fridge, peann = pen, cathaoir = chair, spéaclaí = glasses.

Tables Expert Week 27 Tuesday

My Read at Home Page 82 Elephants Q 1-5

Wednesday 1st April 2020

Maths

• Mental Maths Book:Week 26 Wednesday
• Measurement – Length.

Task – Using a measuring tape or any non-standard unit, you could estimate, measure and record the height of everyone in your house.

What is the combined height of everyone?

Who is the shortest/tallest?

What is the difference between the shortest and tallest height?

English

• Writing.

Task –Pretend you are a Viking and write a diary entry. Here you can use your imagination to draw on the fantastic project work you did on the Vikings. What do you think a typical day was like for a Viking? What would you do? How would you feel?

You all did super diary entries writing as Charles Darwin. Just a reminder to include the following:

• The Date and Time
• Write in the first person (using I, my, we, our)
• Use the past tense for the main events
• Write about the most important events in order
• Describe your feelings and emotions
• Use time conjunctions such as Next, First, Then

*If you prefer not to write from the point of view of a Viking you can choose to write about any other character from the past we have learnt about for example, an Ancient Greek, Leif Erikson, Ernest Shackleton or Tom Crean.

Irish

• Comhrá – Conversation

Task – If possible have a short conversation with someone or use a puppet to tell them about your house and where you live. Examples of questions we have covered are:

• Cá bhfuil tú i do chónaí? Where do you live?
• Tá mé i mo chónaí i Nás na Ríogh/ i gClaonadh / i Na Solláin. Naas, Clane, Sallins
• Cad iad na seomraí atá i do theach? What rooms are in your house?
• Tá ….. i mo theachsa.
• Na Seomraí – seomra leapa = bedroom, seomra folctha = bathroom, seomra suí = living room, cistin = kitchen, garáiste = garage, seomra bia = garage.

PE

• Task – Create an obstacle course for yourself and/or a family member to complete. You could write a note for each station explaining what must be done there and for how long. Try to make a more difficult version of each activity too to challenge yourself/your family.

Tables Expert Week 27 Wednesday

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Thursday 2nd April 2020

Maths

• Mental Maths Book:Week 26 Thursday
• Measurement – Perimeter. Perimeter is a measure of length and is always measured in cm, m or km. Perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape.

Task – If possible, walk the perimeter of either your garden or home.

Which room in your house has the greatest perimeter? Which has the smallest?

If there are gardens outside your house, which one front or back has the greatest perimeter?

What do neighbours often build or erect along the perimeter of their gardens?

English

• Writing.

Task – To edit and publish your diary extract. Please read back over your writing from yesterday and self-edit your work. Did you use capital letters correctly? Did you use the correct punctuation such as full stops and commas? Are there any words you think you need to check the spelling for? Take another colour pen and edit your writing then re-write in your most beautiful writing. Draw a picture to illustrate your work. Finally set up your ‘Reader’s Chair’ and read this to someone in your home.

Gaeilge

• Léitheoireacht. Reading

Task – Read Ag Bogadh Tí 1 page 103 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/ 4^th 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

• Sing one of your favourite songs!

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Friday 3rd April 2020

Maths

• Mental Maths Book:Week 26 Thursday
• Measurement – Length.

Task: Taking your measurements from earlier in the week can you express them as a fraction of a metre or decimal?

For example:    50cm = 0.5m =   1/2m            20cm = 0.2m =   1/5m

If you did not have a ruler or measuring tape to measure with go outside and find 10 things that you can estimate and measure using a non-standard unit of measurement.

English

• Task – Write a spring acrostic poem. Use your five senses to help you. For example, think of what you can you smell, see, taste, touch and hear in the spring?

Irish

• Léitheoireacht. Reading

Task – Read Ag Bogadh Tí 2 page 104 in your book Léigh sa Bhaileand answer the questions.

Art

• Task –To look at the painting Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh.

You could use the website here https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-vincent-van-gogh to study the painting, read and learn about Vincent van Gogh.

• Task: To go for a walk (only if supervised) look at the daffodils that we see blooming all around us. Then to create a painting or draw a picture of daffodils inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

The very best of luck with this. Please do what you can and don’t worry if you don’t get to it all. Take care and stay well everyone.

All the best,

Múinteoir Norah