Rang a hAon Week 8 : 18 th – 22 nd May

Week’s Schedule:

Monday : Gaeilge Tuesday: Gaeilge

Maths Maths

English English

Science and PE Geography and PE

Wednesday: Gaeilge Thursday: Gaeilge

Maths Maths

English English

Project Day and PE Music and PE

Friday : Gaeilge

Maths

English Spelling Test

Art and PE

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A Word From Teacher

Good morning everyone,

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

I have had a lot of fun preparing this week’s lessons. I really hope you enjoy the tasks, challenges and videos.

Remember to try your best, keep that writing nice and tidy and don’t worry if anything is too tricky. You will have lots of help when you come back to school.

Lots of new names on Manahigh over the past week. Well done! If you didn’t sign up yet make sure you do. There is a leaderboard so you could try to beat your friend!! It’s great fun! I will set a new challenge each week.

https://app.mangahigh.com/register-student/453801?p=546924

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WEBSITE WONDERS:

Thank you to everyone who sent photographs of your Science and Maths Challenges in for the website. Go on and take a look in the class tab.

I also received photographs of lovely fish art last week too. You really know how to make me

smile!

IF YOU WISH TO SEND A PHOTO IN TO BE INCLUDED ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE YOUR PARENTS/GUARDIAN MUST GIVE PERMISSION IN THE EMAIL .

Parents,

I hope this week’s lessons go well for your child, just contact the school at st.colmcilles1@gmail.com if you need any further advice or support.

Thank you for the lovely photographs you have sent on to me. They really cheer me up! Keep them coming!

****IMPORTANT: IF YOU WISH TO SEND A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR CHILD, WITH A PIECE OF WORK FROM THIS WEEK THAT THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF TO BE UPLOADED ONTO THE SCHOOL WEBSITE, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU GIVE PERMISSION IN THE EMAIL. ***

Some more things to remember for this week:

PROJECT TIME!!!!! Each week I will allocate one or two slots for work on an end of year project. Your child can choose any topic for the project. Is there a topic that they have a great interest in and would like to research further?Decide on 5 or 6 sub- headings for the chosen topic and work on one sub- heading per week. I have given ideas of layout and further information on Wednesday’s work.

We are back to our Oxford Readers this week Go to www.oxfordowl.co.uk and click on My Class login at the top of the page.

Username: Tullydonnell Tigers

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Password: MsKeegan ( with capital M and K)

Click on the age group tab and select readers through the week.

Go up or down the age group if reader is too difficult, too easy. Remember reading is not just about reading the words with fluency and expression, but most importantly it’s about comprehension ( reading for understanding) . Therefore question your child on what they have read before moving onto a new reader.

Spelling sheet and wordmat are included. This is our final week working on our new words for our next class reader. The children will start the book next week.

P.E. continues to be part of each day’s timetable. Go to the Active School tab on the website for lots of fun activities. Getting active each day is very important.

Mangahigh , a maths site is up and running for everyone. Well done to all that have already signed up. I recommend anyone who has not signed up yet to do so. It is great fun! This will be our Maths Warm Up this week. You can find the link on the text from the school.

You will need to access Abair Liom resources this week again on https://www.folensonline.ie/registration/

The closing date for entries for ‘We are Writers’ task is May 29th . You might like to put this task in, in place of a different lesson one of the days. I hope all of your tasks go well for you this week. The answer sheet is available on the website to use daily.

Ms. Keegan

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These are your new words for your next class reader story. There are lots of new words this month, so we will spend a little longer practising them. Take a few each day to practise. We will spend 2 weeks learning these words.

New Words: A Forest Adventure

small wood naturewalk parents their

friends adventure

lunchboxanywhere without paper

bear snake Irelandvillage bridge window

hurley tree trafficlights spotted squirreldeeper leave

snuts

rubbings hugged berries5

nests space logmagic potions twigs

collected clean freshstone moss grass

ground turn partneracorn homework dashed

referee whistle scoredleft right team

chanted marched throughslideshow whiteboard crawling

knees themselves poem

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Spellings for this week. Practise every day. Tick the box when done.

This week’s phonics is ‘or’

forforkworkword

stormstorkhornform

washshowhotbecause

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Monday May 18th Gaeilge ( Revision)Topic: Sa Bhaile

To listen to the vocab and play the games follow these instructions:

Tasc 1: go to https://www.folensonline.ie/home/

Go to Abair Liom C and ’18. Rialtán Caillte’ in ‘Lessons’ tab

Open poster

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You can explore the poster using Cuardach 1 and 2.

When you have finished exploring play Foclóir 1

Finally, on the poster above play “Cá bhfuil……”

e.g. Cá bhfuil leabhar? Cá bhfuil bord? and so on.

Monday May 18th Maths

1. Warm up: Mangahigh ( use the link from school text message if you have not yet registered.) OR Mental Maths page 52 Monday

2. Topic: Adding tens and units

Last week we were working on hidden sets of tens in tens and units. We learned that we can not have more than 9 units. If we have a hidden set of ten we must give it over the the tens’ side.

This week we learn how to add tens and units when there are hidden tens.

Take a look at this example:

**Now these take a lot of practise. So don’t worry if you don’t understand straight away.

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Here we are adding 37 and 15

37 = 3 tens + 7 units

15 = 1 ten + 5 units

So no hidden tens so far?

But wait!!

When we add the units together look what happens.

7 + 5 = 12 uh oh!!!!

What can you tell me about 12?

That’s right, there is a hidden set of ten!

Monday May 18th English

1. Spellings Tick when done 2. Wordmat Tick when done 3. Reading ( Oxford Owls website) Tick when done

Topic: Phonics ‘or’This week we are exploring words with the ‘or’ sound. There are 5 ‘or’ words to find below.

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Add the units first. 5 + 9

Use a number line if you get stuck.

Can you think of 3 more ‘or’ words? __________ ________ ___________

Monday May 18th Science

Topic: Sound

How did your’ Guess the Sound Challenge’ go last week? Did you get them all right?

Today we will focus on exploring PITCH.

What is PITCH? Pitch is how high or low a sound is. Think of a witches cackle. We would describe that as a high - pitched sound. It screeches doesn’t it?!

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Now think of a frog’s croak. That’s a low pitch.

We can explore PITCH with the following experiment. Are you ready?

You will need:

3 or 4 glasses/ jars or glass bottles (They must be of equal size)

A spoon

Water

Food colouring (optional)

Instructions:

Fill your glass containers with different levels of water. Add food colouring at this point if you would like to. Tap the glass with your spoon.

What do you notice?

Use this video to help further https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFwtybB3R6Q

Now complete the activity on the following page…..

Experiment: Musical Glasses

What did you need?

What did you do?

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Step 1: I filled my glass containers with ____________________________

Step 2: _____________________________________________

Step 3: __________________________________________

What did you notice: Tick the correct one.

The more water in the glass the higher the pitch.

The more water in the glass the lower the pitch.

All glasses had the same pitch.

Draw a picture of your experiment and label everything:

Well done. You are finished Monday’s tasks.

Tuesday May 19th Gaeilge (Revision)

Topic: Rialtán Caillte

Tasc 1: go to https://www.folensonline.ie/home/

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Go to Abair Liom C and ‘Rialtán Caillte’ in ‘Lessons’ tab

Open poster

And Foclóir 2

Play the game!

Tasc 2: Tá ____________ sa seomra suite. ( The _________ is in the sitting room.)

Lion na bearnaí: Fill in the gaps.

Tá ______________________ sa seomra suite.

Tá ___________________ sa seomra suite.

Tá ______________________ sa seomra suite.

Tuesday May 19th Maths

Warm up: Mangahigh ( use the link from school text message if you have not yet registered.) OR Mental Maths pg 52 Tuesday

1. Topic: Adding tens and units (with hidden tens)

Well done yesterday on trying your first few addition of tens and units with hidden tens.

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Let’s try more today: I will help you with the first one.

Teacher’s example:

Tuesday May 19th English

1. Spellings Tick when done 15

8 + 8 = 16

Uh oh! We can’t have 16 units.

So I have to give the hidden set of ten to the tens side.

So now I have an extra set of ten and just 6 units left.

2. Wordmat Tick when done 3. Reading ( Oxford Owls website) Tick when done

Topic: New vocabularyA big challenge today. 10 to find!!

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Tuesday May 19th Geography

Topic: Weather

Well done to you for creating a Water Pollution poster last week.

This week we will be exploring weather.

Task 1: What is weather? Take a look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo8lbeVVb4M

Task 2: Weather symbols

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Task 3: Let’s do our own weather journal for today

Useful weather words: sunny, cloudy, partial clouds, clear skies, windy, foggy, calm, stormy, warm, cool, hot, cold, breezy

My Weather Journal

Day: TUESDAY

Date: Temperature: Drawings of weather symbols for today:

Comments or observations ( Things I see/ things I hear):

Good Job, you are finished Tuesday’s challenges.

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Wednesday May 20th Gaeilge ( Revision)

Topic: Rialtán Caillte

Rólimirt (roleplay)

Tasc 1: go to https://www.folensonline.ie/home/

Go to Abair Liom C and ‘Rialtán Caillte’ in ‘Lessons’ tab

Open ‘Comhrá’

Listen to the ‘comhrá’

Tasc 2: Déan on rólimirt- Now try it for yourself. An adult could play one of the parts. Remember to listen to it again above if you get stuck. Hide your remote control!

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Wednesday May 20th Maths

1. Warm up: Mangahigh ( use the link from school text message if you have not yet registered) OR Mental Maths Book pg 53 Wednesday

2. Topic: Adding tens and units with hidden sets of ten

How did your adding tasks go yesterday?

Task 1:

Task 2: Now that you are getting are good grasp of these, we are going to learn how to skip a step to help us do them a little faster. Take a look at my examples below.

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Give these a try using my examples to help you.

Good job!

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Look, I know that 5 + 7 =12

So I have given the hidden set of ten to the tens’ side.

Wednesday 20th May English

1. Spellings Tick when done 2. Wordmat Tick when done 3. Reading from Oxford Owls

4. Topic: Poetry and Comprehension Task 1: We searched for these new words yesterday. Can you highlight them in this poem?

Grandad smile space pocket rocket engine sky high beneath EarthTask 2: Read the poem at least twice.

Grandad in Space

Grandad had a big smile on his face

This was the day that he went into space.

He took the keys out of his pocket

And started up his shiny, new rocket.

The lights went on, the engine went poof.

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And Grandad’s rocket shot through the roof.

It zoomed and raced way up high

And soon it was just a dot in the sky.

But as it shot away from the ground

We all saw it stop and then turn around.

Then it came to the Earth beneath

‘Oops’, said Grandad, ‘I forgot my false teeth’.

Task 3: Questions (Try to use full sentences.)

1. Who flew the rocket?_________________________________________________

2. How did he start it?_______________________________________________

3. Why did he come back?__________________________________________________

Early finisher:

Do you think Grandad was scared going into space? Why?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Draw your own rocket

Wednesday 20th May PROJECT DAY!!!!

I will use one or two of our SESE (History/Geography/Science) slots a week for you to work on your end of year project.

Instructions:

Choose a topic of interest , something you would love to learn more about. Decide on 5 or 6 sub- headings for your project. Work on one heading a week. Use lots of pictures/ drawings/ photos. Write short sentences about the pictures . You can use a scrap book, large poster sheets or Powerpoint . You will have a chance to upload photos of your project to the website or bring it into

school in September to show everyone!

Here are some ideas on layout:

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WELL DONE, YOU HAVE FINISHED WEDNESDAY’S WORK.

Thursday May 21st Gaeilge

Topic: Rialtán Caillte

1. Do your ’comhrá’ with an adult.2. Léigh, éist agus tarraing (Read, listen and draw) An adult can read

the sentences for you.

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1. Tarraing ruga ar an urlár.2. Tarraing lampa ar an mbord.

3. Tarraing cuisín ar an tolg. 4. Tarraing bláthanna sa vása.

Thursday May 21st Maths

1. Warm up: Mangahigh ( use the link from school text message if you have not yet registered) OR Mental Maths Book page 53 Thursday

2. Topic: Adding Tens and Units ( with hidden sets of tens)

Yesterday we learned how to bring the set of ten over to the tens’ side in one step. Task 1: Try these today

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Go back and look at my example from yesterday if you get stuck.

Task 2: Word Problems

Read these little stories and put the numbers together just like the sums above. I have helped you with the first one.

1. Sam had 15c. Tony gave him another 18c. How much has Sam now?

Tens Units1 5

+ 1 8

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2. There are 15 lollipops in a jar.

Alex had 17 more. Tens Units

How many lollipops are in the jar now?

May 21st English1. Spellings Tick when done 2. Wordmat Tick when done 3. Reading from Oxford Owls

Topic: Creative Writing/ Poetry

Yesterday we read a funny poem about Grandad going into space. He had one problem though didn’t he? Yes, he forgot something!

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I see a helpful word ‘another’.

That means Sam has got more money now.

So the number will get bigger.

Today I would like you to write a short story or poem about you going on a trip to space. Here are some things to think about before you start your story:

What did your rocket look like? What adjectives could you use to describe it? Where did you keep your rocket? Did you go on the trip alone? What did you see from the sky? How long did you stay in space? Why did you come home?

Useful words: (ask an adult for more words to add in here) space rocket fly engine noisy colourful shiny sparkly sky Earth fields houses light dark I flew I rocketed I zoomed

Title: _____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Draw your picture here:

Thursday May 21st Music

Topic: Pitch

We are continuing to learn about sound in Science. We started to learn about PITCH this week. Can you remember what ‘pitch’ means ? Pitch means how high or low a sound is. Don’t confuse it with loud and quiet.

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Listening game: Listen to the sounds on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHQmPY7r02E

Play along to decide if the note played by Clara is high or low. You will need to pause the video after each note to write down your guess below.

Write HIGH or LOW

1. _______________________________2. ______________________________3. _____________________________

Extension Activity : Here is one more video to help you understand more about pitch- high, low and in the middle. Be sure to join in with the song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCqpi5Ekwiw

Thumbs up! You have finished today’s challenges.

Friday May 22nd Gaeilge

Topic: Rialtán Caillte

1. Déan comhrá – do your comhrá with an adult.2. Ceangail pictiúr agus focal – match picture and word

rialtán

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bláthanna

tolg

ruga

cúisín

Extension activity: go to https://www.folensonline.ie/home/

Go to Abair Liom C and ‘Rialtán Caillte’ in ‘Lessons’ tab and open ‘Postaer’

Once in there click on ‘Amhrán’ and sing your rap song.

Friday May 15th Maths

Mini Maths Test

1. Tens Units 5 4+1 7___________

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2. Tens Units 3 5+ 2 8__________

3. Tens Units

4 9

+ 1 3

________________

4. Adam had 15 sweets and Mary had another 17 sweets. How many sweets did they have altogether?

5. Ann had 18 pencils. Her Granny bought her 13 more.How many pencils did she have altogether now?

Mark out of 5

GREAT JOB!!!

Friday Spelling Test

Ask an adult to call out 8 spellings from this week’s spelling list- Mixing some from each box.

1._____________________________

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Use this space to do your sums for questions 4 and 5.

2.__________________________3.__________________________4.__________________________5._________________________6.___________________________7.___________________________8.__________________________

MARK OUT OF 8

Now ask the adult to put some of the words together to call out a silly sentence. Write

the sentence that you hear below. DON’T FORGET: WHAT GOES AT THE START OF A SENTENCE? AND AT THE END OF A SENTENCE?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Mark out of 5 (Deduct a mark for no capital letter, no full stop, and mark away for each spelling error.)

Friday May 15th Art

Make a rocket.

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This week you read a poem about rockets and space. You also wrote your very own story or poem about rockets. Now we are going to finish off a fun week by making a rocket. We love to reuse recyclable materials when possible.

You will need:

A plastic bottle or kitchen- roll cylinders

Some card or paper

Paint or markers

Scissors, tape or glue

If you choose to paint your plastic bottle it may need two coats of paint. You could also cover the bottle in coloured paper or just leave it clear.

HAVE FUN: Remember if you would like to show off your amazing creation you can ask an adult to send a photo to the school email. st.colmcilles1@gmail.com

IMPORTANT: PERMISSION MUST BE GIVEN IN THE EMAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE PHOTO TO BE UPLOADED TO WEBSITE.

EXTENSION ACTIVITY: Sing and dance along to Rocketship song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3mFrie_cI

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND. AMAZING JOB THIS WEEK. WELL DONE!!!

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