Folens School at Home: 1 st & 2nd Weekly Plan: Week 1 Introduction The purpose of Folens School at Home is to help parents support their child’s learning at home. Shortly after schools closed down, we at Folens made all of our resources available for parents to use on Folensonline. However, we understand that parents may not feel they have the time or expertise to pick and choose the most suitable activities for their child across multiple subjects. So, Folens turned to some experienced primary school teachers and asked them to put together a weekly plan for parents to use at home with their child. The purpose of the plan is to identify age-appropriate resources that can be used to help children learn and to provide some guidance to parents when using them. Each week, Folens will publish a new plan and accompanying digital resources for each of the three core subjects, English, Irish and Maths, as well SESE (History, Geography and Science). *We at Folens appreciate that these are challenging times for everyone and that many parents will have a limited amount of time to support their child’s learning. There is no pressure to complete every activity in the weekly plan – it can simply be used as a menu from which parents can pick and choose. Accessing the Digital Resources The digital resources can all be accessed from FolensOnline. For ease of use, we have included a link to each resource in the plan just below the thumbnail image of the resource. NB: In order to launch each resource, you will need to be logged in to FolensOnline. Registering with FolensOnline In order to login to FolensOnline you need to register. To do this: 1. Go to www.folensonline.ie and click ‘Register’ 2. Select ‘Teacher’ Thumbnail of image as it appears on FolensOnline Link to Resource on FolensOnline. NB: You need to login to Folensonline and then copy and paste the link into your browser
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Folens School at Home: 1st & 2nd Weekly Plan: Week 1
Introduction The purpose of Folens School at Home is to help parents support their child’s learning at home. Shortly after schools closed down, we at Folens made all of our resources available for parents to use on Folensonline. However, we understand that parents may not feel they have the time or expertise to pick and choose the most suitable activities for their child across multiple subjects. So, Folens turned to some experienced primary school teachers and asked them to put together a weekly plan for parents to use at home with their child. The purpose of the plan is to identify age-appropriate resources that can be used to help children learn and to provide some guidance to parents when using them. Each week, Folens will publish a new plan and accompanying digital resources for each of the three core subjects, English, Irish and Maths, as well SESE (History, Geography and Science). *We at Folens appreciate that these are challenging times for everyone and that many parents will have a limited amount of time to support their child’s learning. There is no pressure to complete every activity in the weekly plan – it can simply be used as a menu from which parents can pick and choose.
Accessing the Digital Resources The digital resources can all be accessed from FolensOnline. For ease of use, we have included a link to each resource in the plan just below the thumbnail image of the resource. NB: In order to launch each resource, you will need to be logged in to FolensOnline.
Registering with FolensOnline In order to login to FolensOnline you need to register. To do this:
1. Go to www.folensonline.ie and click ‘Register’ 2. Select ‘Teacher’
Thumbnail of image as it appears on FolensOnline
Link to Resource on FolensOnline. NB: You need to login to Folensonline and then copy and paste the link into your browser
3. Fill in a username, email address and password 4. For ‘Roll Number’, use the code Prim20 5. Click ‘Register’. You will then be sent an email (check your 'Promotions' folder if using Gmail) to
Launch the Interactive Reader (Combined Reader 4a: Our Super Star!) Ask your child what they know about the sun. What would they like to learn about the sun? Launch the ‘Focus words’ activity and preview the text vocabulary with your child. Make sure they understand what each word means. Launch the text ‘Our Super Star!’ and read through it with your child. Ask the following questions:
• What are some plants we eat for food?
• What does the word ‘depends’ mean? Put it in a sentence.
• What does the author mean by the phrase the sun rested?
• Do you think the sun is our super star? Why? Read the book several times throughout the course of the week. Print out the worksheet (English, Worksheet 1: Our Super Star Skills Page) at the end of this document. Have your child complete the sheet.
Launch the long a alternatives phonics activity. Play the sound introduction. Ask your child if they can think of any words that have the long ‘a’ sound (e.g. rain, late, day). Next, play the word practice activity. Help your child to sound out the words. Finally play the rhyme. See if your child can identify the words in the rhyme that have the long ‘a’ sound.
Print out the worksheet (Activity 2 - Phonics ai, ay and a_e) at the end of this document. Have your child complete the sheet.
Launch the poster An Gruagaire (The Hairdressers). Click on the button called ‘Cuardach 2’. Play the animation for your child. The audio and translation are given below. Hmm!... Is maith liom an stíl seo. (Hmm….I like this style.) Tá gruaig fhada agus chatach uirthi. (She has long, curly hair.)
Tá gruaig rua orm. (I have red hair.) Tá gruaig álainn ort, a Shíofra. (You have lovely hair, Síofra.) Cén stíl is fearr leat? (What style would you like?) Tá seampú ar an doirteal. (The shampoo is on the sink.) Tá scuab ghruaige ar an gcaothoair. (The hairbrush is on the chair.) Tá siosúr agus cíor ar an gcuntar. (A scissors and comb are on the counter.) Tá an scuab sa chúinne (The brush is in the corner.) Play the animation once a day so that your child becomes familiar with the language. Help them to understand the audio.
Launch the poster An Gruagaire (The Hairdressers). Click the button called ‘Fóclóir 1’ (Vocabulary 1) Play the vocabulary activity with your child and make sure they understand the meaning of the words: Fóclóir 1 gruagaire (hairdresser) cíor (comb) siosúr (scissors) scuab ghruaige (hairbrush) seampú (shampoo) gruaig rua (red hair) gruaig chatach (curly hair) gruaig fhada (long hair) gruaig ghearr (short hair) Repeat these steps with ‘Fóclóir 2’ (Vocabulary 2) Fóclóir 2 stíl (style) gruaig dhubh (black hair) gruaig fhionn (blonde hair) gruaig dhíreach (straight hair)
Revise counting forwards to 100 and backwards from 20 regularly. Use different starting points. Clap/stamp/click while you count to keep a steady beat. Skip count in 2s/5s/10s. Ask simple mental maths questions: What is 10 more/less than 34? What is 20 more/less than 72? Give your child a target number e.g. 18. Ask them to write down as many ways as possible to get to the number 18 e.g. 9 + 9, 20 - 2, 17 + 1. Give a different number each day. Encourage your child to beat the record from the previous day! Launch the digital game ‘Order the Numbers’ and play this with your child.
Odd or Even Discuss odd and even numbers with your child. Make sure they understand that… An even number is a number that can be divided into two equal groups. An odd number is a number that cannot be divided into two equal groups.
Explore this concept using sets of cubes/pieces of lego. Discuss the ages of their friends, siblings, cousins etc. Are they odd or even numbers? Learn the rhyme: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, even numbers are really great 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 odd numbers are really fine Launch the digital game Odd or Even. Play this with your child.
Launch the digital clock manipulative (Toolkit: Clocks). Call out different times and ask your child to show them on the clock. 1st class children should work on ‘o’clock’ and ‘half past’ on the analogue clock.
2nd class children should also work on ‘a quarter past’ on the analogue clock and ‘o’clock’ and ‘half past’ on the digital clock. 2nd class children can also play the digital activity ‘Desmond’s Day’. Go to the worksheets at the end of the document. If your child is in 1st Class print out Maths Activity 3: Time (1st Class) If your child is in 1st Class print out Maths Activity 3: Time (2nd Class)
SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education)
Go on a wildflower hunt with your child in your garden or even a local park.
Tick the flowers that you see. Use the worksheet below to help you (SESE Activity 2: Plants (Geography)).
Activity 3: Plants (Science)
The Life Cycle of the Sunflower Print out the page at the bottom of this document showing the life cycle of a sunflower (SESE Activity 3: Plants (Science)) Discuss the stages of the life cycle with your child and get them to label them. Then ask your child to complete the activity on the second half of the page, giving support where needed. Make sure they know what a sunflower needs to grow (air, water and light)
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Worksheets
English: Activity 1 (Comprehension and Vocabulary)
