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1 st Work to be done at home until April 24 th Monday April 13th:1) Spellings: Week 28 Day 1: Learn and write three sentences. A compound word is too

little words joined together to make a new word e.g. classroom, football, milkshake2) Complete Just Handwriting page 383) Read the two poems in Starlight p38. Discuss the new words (in bold) with an adult.4) Maths Tables -115) Busy at Maths p1196) Science: The Dandelion. Read Small World p55 and complete the activities. Find a

dandelion in your garden. Check it each day. How long does it take to change from a bud/flower to a seed head (clock)? Maybe photograph it each day. Do you think dandelions are “weeds” or “flowers growing in the wrong place”? Look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ_QqtXoyQw

7) Irish: Pick a programme from TG4 and watch it.Ár Scéal 3.30pm each day. (lots of art and craft activities through Irish)Dónal Dána 4.15pm each day (Horrid Henry )

Tuesday April 14th:1) Spellings: Week 28 Day 2: Learn and write three sentences.2) Starlight p39 Activity A. Write full sentences in your best writing.3) Maths Tables -114) Busy at Maths p120 Quick Look back 7. Get an adult to correct this and send me the

score or else send me a photo and I will correct it.5) Irish: Practice phrases we have been learning throughout the school year – “Dia duit.

Dia is Muire duit.6) History: Investigating Historical Artefacts: A historical artefact is anything that was

made by humans for a purpose. Watch this video https://www.rte.ie/player/series/1st-and-2nd-class-rt%C3%A9-home-school-hub/SI0000006858?epguid=PL000003241. Find an old item in your house and investigate it just like Múinteoir Ray.

Wednesday April 15th:1) Spellings: Week 28 Day 3: Learn and write three sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 393) Starlight p39 Activity B. 4) Maths Tables -11

5) Close your eyes and hold out your hands. Get someone to put an item into items into each hand. Guess which item is heavier, lighter or are they the same. Busy at Maths p121

6) Irish: Conas atá tú? Tá/Níl mé go maith. / Tá mé ceart go leor.7) Geography: How does heat effect how people live in different countries? How would it

effect their clothes, their homes, what they eat? Read Small World page 64 and complete the activities.

Thursday April 16th:1) Spellings: Week 28 Day 4: Learn and write three sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 403) There/their - The ball is over there. First Class ate their lunch. Starlight p40 Activity

A. 4) Maths Tables -115) Busy at Maths p1226) Irish: Cad is ainm duit? ____ is ainm dom. / Is mise ____.7) Art: Stick wind chime. You will need – 4 or 5 sticks of various lengths (bigger heavier

ones are better), string, stuff to decorate the sticks (paint, ribbon, tape, beads, markers – let your imagination run riot). Tie your decorated sticks onto a larger stick - See images on next page. Hang it outside and listen.

Friday April 17th:1) Spellings: Get someone to ask you to spell any ten spellings from Week 28.2) In your English copy write at least 4 sentences about the book you are reading at the

moment.3) There/their Starlight p40 Activities B and C. 4) Maths Tables: Get someone to ask you ten -11 sums and correct them.

5) Get various items at home. Take any two and compare them – which is lighter/heavier/the same? Measure them on your kitchen weighing scales. Were you correct? Busy at Maths p123 Q3 Only.

6) Irish: Put the three phrases from this week together to make a short conversation.7) PE: How many of the key points on how to balance well can you remember? Have a

balancing competition with your brother/sister/parent. Build an obstacle course outside and get someone to time you going through it. Can you better your time. If it is raining google PE with Joe and Joe Wicks will lead you in a PE Lesson.

Monday April 20th:1) Spellings: Week 29 Day 1: Learn and write three sentences. The Dolch words are the

high frequency or sight words you come across a lot in your reading and writing.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 413) Read the poem “Waiter, There’s a Dog in my Soup” Starlight p42. Discuss the new

words (in bold) with an adult.4) Maths Tables -12 Tables5) Why would you not use stones to weigh things? Would you always get the same answer

if you used different stones? We use the standard unit kilogramme when we are weighing things. We write kilogramme as kg for short. Look at food items in your kitchen. Can you find the weight of the items? Can you find something that weighs 1kg? Busy at Maths p124 Q1 and Q3.

6) Irish: Bia (food) – Encourage your child to find/name these items from the kitchen – calóga (flakes), arán (bread), im (butter), bainne (milk), subh (jam), ubh (egg), tae (tea), caife (coffee), sú (juice)

7) Science: Heat is a form of energy. How many ways can you think of that generate heat? Have a look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVlF2GGljew Read Small World page 66 and complete the activities.

Tuesday April 21st:1) Spellings: Week 29 Day 2: Learn and write three sentences.2) Starlight p43 Activity A. Write full sentences in your best writing.3) Maths Tables -12 Tables4) Count to fifty in twos? Get someone to count in twos with you, every second turn,

whomever makes a mistake first loses. Busy at Maths p1255) Irish: Ath-cleachtadh (practice) the words from yesterday. Place them all on a table,

child closes their eyes and your remove one or two items. Open eyes and name the missing item(s) in Irish.

6) History: Heating homes long ago. How is your bedroom/bed heated? How did people heat their rooms/beds before electricity? Read Small World p63 and complete.

Wednesday April 22nd:1) Spellings: Week 29 Day 3: Learn and write three sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 423) Starlight p43 Activity B. 4) Maths Tables -12 Tables5) Count to one hundred in fives? Get someone to count in fives with you, every second

turn, whomever makes a mistake first loses. Busy at Maths p1266) Irish: Practice these phrases using the words practiced on Mon/Tue. An maith leat

______? Is/Ní maith liom _____.

7) Geography: How does heat effect how people live in different countries? Read Small World page 65 and complete the activities.

Thursday April 23rd:1) Spellings: Week 29 Day 4: Learn and write three sentences.2) Complete Just Handwriting page 433) To/two – I went to the shop to buy two apples. Starlight p44 Activity A. 4) Maths Tables -12 Tables5) Count to two hundred in tens? Get someone to count in tens with you, every second

turn, very fast, whomever makes a mistake first loses. Busy at Maths p1276) Irish: Practice these phrases using the words practiced on Mon/Tue. An maith leat

______? Is/Ní maith liom _____. Is fear liom _____. (I prefer ___)7) Art: We can draw lots of things by starting out with drawing circles using a pencil. The

trick is to draw the circles and other lines very lightly. When your drawing is complete go back over it Rub out the lines you don’t want and make the lines you do want darker. See the elephant below or there are lots of examples on the web. Try this website - https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/how-to-draw-step-by-step-t-t-2546395Or try Don Conroy’s YouTube channel for hints.

Friday April 24th:1) Spellings: Get someone to ask you to spell any ten spellings from Week 29.2) In your English copy write at least 4 sentences about the book you are reading at the

moment.3) The word too is used when you are comparing things. Starlight p44 Activities B. 4) Maths Tables: Get someone ask you ten -12 sums and correct them.5) In the 100 square on the next page colour all the squares with a unit value of 2 red.

Colour all the squares with a unit value of 4 green. Colour all the squares with a unit value of 6 orange. Colour all the squares with a unit value of 8 blue. Colour all the squares with a unit value of 0 yellow. What do you notice? Is there any pattern?

6) Irish: Write out the three sentences – An maith leat ______? Is/Ní maith liom _____. Is fear liom _____. Do a quick drawing based on the child’s choice of food.

7) PE: Catching: Teaching Point – Keep your eyes on the object throughout the catch. Get someone to throw you a soft item and stand 1 metre apart. How many successful catches in a row can you make? Stand 2 metres apart and repeat. Stand 3 metres apart and repeat. Remember your teaching point.