Guide for Parents/Guardians English Word Wizard- pg.79, 80 and 81. Spelling made fun- List 27 on page 58. As I have said before I do not expect you to give a test, it is up to each parent on what they feel it is an appropriate amount of work. However, it is beneficial to do the activities to become familiar with the word patterns. Reading DEAR time- Drop everything and read! Try to read for 15 minutes a day. I would love to hear about the books you are reading! I have uploaded a PDF of the BFG on the website with an audio link of me reading chapter 1 and the children can follow along to the words as I read. For this week they could read Chapter 2called “Who?” independently. Oral Language (same as last week) Discuss new ‘Birds’ vocabulary. Can you say the word and explain their meaning? Put a star beside the ones that they are unsure of. New words: write the words from the vocabulary list that they were unsure of. Play vocabulary games, e.g. lay all the words facing up on the table, you all out the definition of the word and they must point to the word that matches the meaning. After some practice, you could make it more competitive, if they get it right, they keep the word, if they get it wrong, you hold on to Hangman- pick a words form the list and play hangman. Writing Cursive handwriting practice- Practice a page of your handwriting. Report writing- Write out your full report about the native Irish Bird you have picked- you can use the worksheet provided to remind you of the titles and using your paragraphs but you can write you report in your copy or on a page. I would love for you to include a drawing of your bird and make your report colourful like it is going to be published in a magazine! (Don’t forget to read over your rough draft and check spellings and Capital letters) Free writing (if you have extra time!) Make it Monday- Make up an acrostic poem with the word BIRDS. Tell me Tuesday- Tell me all you know about a certain bird. Weigh in Wednesday- Do you think birds should be locked up in cages? Once upon a Thursday- Tell me a story about a Bird from Ireland who flies too far and ends up on an adventure.
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Guide for Parents/Guardians English
Word Wizard- pg.79, 80 and 81.
Spelling made fun- List 27 on page 58. As I have said before I do not expect youto give a test, it is up to each parent on what they feel it is an appropriateamount of work. However, it is beneficial to do the activities to become familiarwith the word patterns.
Reading
DEAR time- Drop everything and read! Try to read for 15 minutes a day. I wouldlove to hear about the books you are reading!
I have uploaded a PDF of the BFG on the website with an audio link of mereading chapter 1 and the children can follow along to the words as I read. Forthis week they could read Chapter 2called “Who?” independently.
Oral Language (same as last week)
Discuss new ‘Birds’ vocabulary. Can you say the word and explain their meaning?Put a star beside the ones that they are unsure of.
New words: write the words from the vocabulary list that they were unsure of.Play vocabulary games, e.g. lay all the words facing up on the table, you all outthe definition of the word and they must point to the word that matches themeaning. After some practice, you could make it more competitive, if they get itright, they keep the word, if they get it wrong, you hold on to
Hangman- pick a words form the list and play hangman.
Writing
Cursive handwriting practice- Practice a page of your handwriting.
Report writing- Write out your full report about the native Irish Bird you havepicked- you can use the worksheet provided to remind you of the titles and usingyour paragraphs but you can write you report in your copy or on a page.
I would love for you to include a drawing of your bird and make your reportcolourful like it is going to be published in a magazine! (Don’t forget to read overyour rough draft and check spellings and Capital letters)
Free writing (if you have extra time!)
Make it Monday- Make up an acrostic poem with the word BIRDS.
Tell me Tuesday- Tell me all you know about a certain bird.
Weigh in Wednesday- Do you think birds should be locked up in cages?
Once upon a Thursday- Tell me a story about a Bird from Ireland who flies too farand ends up on an adventure.
Guide for Parents/Guardians Maths
This week we are looking at the topic of Weight.
Planet maths- We will be looking at weight for the first time thisyear on pages 114-116. The activities are outlined on thetimetable. If you do not have a weigh scales you can skip thoseactivities.
Maths Videos- I have made a Maths video which talks aboutweight in our everyday life and has some activities you can try outin your kitchen if you would like.
Mental Maths tasks- If you are finished maths early this week lookback at last weeks maths tasks. If you completed the task cards lastweek please email me and I will send you more.
Times Tables- we will be revising over our nine times tables. Thechildren can use Topmarks website to practice. Also, if you have adeck of cards you could also get the child to pick a card andmultiply it by 9.
Gaeilge
Ceartlitriú- I would like the children to complete the rest of theunit on page 29 and activities on pg.31, “Ag Siopaí”.
Ag Siopadóireacht- I have made a PowerPoint to help the childrendesign their own town and write some sentences about it.
If the children have drawn their shops already then they can addsome more shops from the list to it and add the sentences.
Read the story “An tEarrach” and answer the questions. I have alsoattached an audio link of me reading the story for the children tolisten to and read out loud themselves afterwards to practice theiroral Irish.
(The audio link is under the Irish tab on the website not on thisdocument.) With the questions, the children just need to find thecorrect sentence from the text and write it in their copy.
Guide for Parents/Guardians SESE- Theme: Birds
Geography- If you completed the Bird Walk already you can watchthe video about the Swallows Journey below and mark the journeyout on the map I have included. I have included facts about theswallow below too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcQQQf0bL6w
Science-Complete one of the challenges from last week. I receivedsome fantastic photos of some bird nests last week, so try andcomplete the other STEM challenge this week.
Art/Drama
Drama- Refer to last weeks document.
Art- If you finished the Robin last week, I have included an artchallenge in this document below.
Habitat and Diet:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
English- Oral Language 3rd and 4th class are away with the birds!
• Please read over the list of vocabulary together.
• What do they mean?
• Can you put them into sentence (orally)
• Cut the words out and play the games
Beak Swan Habitat
Feathers Canary Camouflage
Wing Swallow Migration
Egg Albatross Aviary
nest Peacock Flightless
Bill Robin nestling
birdcage Dove Flock
Flight Chicken Bird Watching
Gaeilge- An tEarrach
Geography- World Map
Swallows are summer visitors to Ireland. They start to arrivehere from Africa in April.
By early September, most swallows are preparing to migrate.They flutter about restlessly, and often gather on telegraphwires. Most leave Ireland during September, with groups of theyoungest baby Swallows being the first to go. But a fewstragglers may hang around into October.
The return journey to Africa takes about six weeks. Swallowsfrom different parts of Europe fly to different destinations. Oursend up in the very south. They travel down through westernFrance and eastern Spain into Morocco, before crossing theSahara Desert and the Congo rainforest – finally reaching SouthAfrica and Namibia.
Swallows migrate during daylight, flying quite low and coveringabout 320 km each day.
Geography- World MapPlease look at video about Swallows and see can you mark the places mentioned on the map below! Use google maps to help you find the places that Swallows travel to.
Art- Camouflage
What Is Camouflage?Camouflage is where an animal has a certain colour or pattern
on their fur or skin that helps them to blend into their environment.
Concealing Colouration means that the animal is the same colouras its surroundings so that it can hide within its environment. For
example, a polar bear is white so it can hide in the snow.
Some animals camouflage into their surroundings by making themselves look like other objects.
Some animals also may have spots, stripes or patterns to blend in with trees. Can you see the animals below?
Art- Camouflage
The art challenge this week is to find a place in your garden that you can camouflage this bird template in with below.
You can print out this template or draw a similar shaped bird on a page and colour it in so it camouflages in your garden!
