Hi 4th class & parents,

I hope everyone had a lovely Easter break and had time to relax and enjoy the lovely weather.

As I said before, do not worry if you cannot complete all the work in this plan! Just try your best and tick off the tasks that you do complete.

We will be starting to try out Seesaw this week. We’re all new to this so it may take a while to get used to it. I’ve been testing it out over Easter, and I think it will be very useful for us. I understand that some families may be sharing laptops/tablets with multiple children so there is no pressure to engage with Seesaw every day but you might try to give it a go at some point this week.

Here are some ways in which we will use Seesaw:

1. You have your own journal on Seesaw which you can add posts to. These can be typed, pictures, drawings, voice recordings, videos. You can add anything during the week that you are proud of. I will give some suggestions in the list of work but feel free to include other ideas! For example, you could type a paragraph of your narrative that you felt was very exciting, a photograph of a piece of artwork, a picture of a word problem you solved and a voice recording explaining it. Once I approve your post, it will appear on your journal. Only you can see your journal.

2. A few times during the week, I will put an extra assignment on Seesaw that you may choose to respond to, and this will be added to your journal.

3. You can contact me through Seesaw. If you are having any problems with the work or need help with anything you can send me a message through the inbox. Alternatively, if you would prefer to continue using email, I will be continuing to check that.

Some online resources we will be using this week:

DabbleDoo (music programme) – Go to https://dabbledoomusic.com/ to sign up for free Folens Online – Go to https://www.folensonline.ie/registration/. Sign up as a teacher to access all

resources.

Please contact me if you have any problems or need any extra support.

Have a great week,

Ms. Culbert 😊

Monday 19th April English:

Spelling list 27: 4 spellings & 3 sentences (Look up the meanings of any words you don’t

know) □ Read at Home: Week 27 – Day 1 □ Jolly Grammar spelling worksheet (Attached below. This can be printed or completed in a

copybook) □Maths:

Master Your Maths – Monday □ Maths topics of the week: Area Before Easter we did perimeter. What do you think is the difference between perimeter and

area? Watch this video to help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSVMrPu0__U □ Open the PowerPoint “Introduction to area”. Go through it and answer the questions in

your copy. Estimate and then write the measurement after you count the squares. □Gaeilge:

Fuaimeanna & Focail Aonad 27: A & B □(For help with pronouncing words you can listen to them using

https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/)

Read the passage and answer the questions in your copy. (Attached below) □SESE – Geography:

Topic of the week: Germany Open Unlocking SESE using Folens Online.

Pg. 142 – look at the photographs and answer the questions orally. □ Pg. 143 – Read Tim’s blog and answer Q. 1 – 4 □

Tuesday 20th April English:

Spelling list 27: 4 spellings & 3 sentences □ Read at Home: Week 27 – Day 2 □ Take out your narrative plan for your characters, setting and plot. Read through and edit

them. Would you like to make any changes before you start writing? □ Optional: Share on your Seesaw what you are planning to write your story about. □

Maths:

Master Your Maths – Tuesday □ Planet Maths – pg. 138 – B, C & D □

Gaeilge:

Fuaimeanna & Focail Aonad 27: C & D □ Inis dom fút féin worksheet (Attached below) □

Music:

Sign up to DabbleDoo □ Start the courses called “Make Music at Home”. Complete the lesson called “The Front Door

– Sounds and Symbols”. □

Wednesday 21st April English:

Spelling list 27: 4 spellings & 3 sentences □ Read at Home: Week 27 – Day 3 □ Today you read a recipe for flapjacks in your Read at Home. Make up 6 new questions about

this recipe. Write down the 6 questions with answers in full sentences. □Maths:

Master Your Maths – Wednesday □ Planet Maths – pg. 140 (A & B) □ (Remember to count the whole squares first and then the

halves)

Gaeilge:

Fuaimeanna & Focail Aonad 27: E & F □ Work attached below for Wednesday □

SESE – Geography: Fill in the Germany fact file (attached below). Use the website https://www.kids-world-

travel-guide.com/germany-facts.html (and others if you like) □

Thursday 22nd April English:

Spelling list 27: Revise spellings □ Read at Home: Week 27 – Day 4 □ Today you are going to write the introduction to your narrative. How does a good story

usually start? Look at the introduction of the novel you are reading. How does the author introduce the story? Open the PowerPoint “Narrative writing introduction” and read through it. Now write the introduction paragraph of your story. Remember to use your

planning sheets to help you when writing! □Maths:

Master Your Maths – Thursday □ Planet Maths – pg. 141 (A & B) □ Remember if half or more of the square is covered, count

it as one whole square. What item in your house or garden do you think is around one square meter? Could you

post a picture of this on Seesaw and explain why you think this?

Gaeilge:

Fuaimeanna & Focail Aonad 27: G & H □ Spend 10 minutes on the app “Caoga caoga” □

Art: Watch the story “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds on YouTube. Then, have a go creating your

own masterpiece starting with a dot. (Template below)

Friday 23rd April English:

Continue writing your narrative. Set a timer for 15 minutes and see how much you can get done. Don’t forget paragraphs. Use your planning template to help you. Read over your

work when done. □Maths:

Correct your Master Your Maths from week 26 (answers below) □ Master Your Maths – Friday test (week 27) □

Gaeilge:

Fuaimeanna & Focail Aonad 27: Scríobh arís □SESE – Geography:

Unlocking SESE pg. 146 – Read about the German-Irish school. Answer Think & Discuss Q.1-3 and Checkpoint Q. 1-4 in your copy.

Spelling worksheet – Monday

Art template

Germany Fact file

Master Your Maths Answers – Week 26

Gaeilge workDé Luain - Monday

Dé Máirt - Tuesday

Dé Céadaoin – Wednesday

Tá bláthanna sa ghairdín.

Tá buachaill sa ghairdín.

sa = in the

sa ghairdín = in the garden

Can you write 5 more sentences using sa ghairdín?

(Use Fuaimeanna to help)

1.Tá _________________ sa ghairdín. 2.Tá _________________ sa ghairdín. 3.Tá _________________ sa ghairdín. 4.Tá _________________ sa ghairdín. 5.Tá _________________ sa ghairdín.