Pick one page of your reading for the week and record yourself on Seesaw.Please upload the following during the weekTwo written activities in English that you are proud of.Check Maths activities each day for uploading to SeesawBua na Cainte page 51 Q 1-6 ( written work for Tuesday)Bua na Cainte – record yourself reading page 51 ( work for Wednesday)Upload your art work from Friday.

If you would like extra material, please go to the CJ Fallon website and click on teacher/student resources.If you click on the following boxes - primary, 3rd class, maths, busy at maths, shadow book - you will have access to extra maths activities. (you can revise any topics covered to date)If you click on gaeilge for third class and click on the following books Léigh sa bhaile or Sona ag Léamh you will have access to extra reading material for Gaeilge.

Useful websitesStarcamp are offering a week of online camp (free) – login to wwwstarcamp.iewww.kidsnationalgeographic.comwww.cula4.com/enthiswww.stories.audible.comJoe Wicks – P.E.Topmarks – Maths GamesDuolingo – you all have a password in your journal to login to this.

Monday EnglishSpellings for me – unit 9Complete 3 sentences each day, and one activity (some of you did not get to finish your spelling test before Christmas, you will need to login into Spellings for Me and finish the spellings test on learned words first and then learning words, when you have this completed, please email me and I can send you on the new list of spellings for the week).Dictation sentences (online )-10 minutes per week

- Look up the following words and write out the meaning (you can use the online dictionary if you like)Slithered, taunted, inhabited, clenched, interference, hostile, activated.

Reading – Let’s Go read pages 98- 101GaeilgeSpellings – prátaí (potatoes),glasraí (vegetables) (Use the strategy – Look, say, trace, cover, write and check)Learn the following vocabularyAr dtús (to start), ansin (then),ar deireadh (at the end), sailéad torthaí (fruit salad), feoil (meat), uachtar reoite (ice cream)Listen to the recording of Bua na Cainte page 50 -Scríobh an Scéal – An Dinnéar on Seesaw Bua na Cainte page 50 - Scríobh an Scéal - Write the story out in your copy and read it yourself.

MathsMental Maths Week 16 – complete tests and problem-solving questions daily and self- correct afterwards - Answer sheet on school website

Tables 3x – Using your Table Book recite and practice the tables daily. Test yourself on Friday. Log in to www.topmarks.ie and play ‘Hit the Button’ to test yourself also.

*I will attach a link to you tube video for 3 times tables on seesaw on Monday

Busy at Maths – Chapter 12: Fractions 1Monday – pg 66 Dividing shapes into halves and quarters. Complete questions 1- 4. Upload questions 2 & 4 to seesaw for correction. Watch Tutorial 36 https://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20684/BAM3_Tutorial_036/lessons/BAM3_Tutorial_036/index.htmlYou are required to colour half or quarter of a given shape as in Questions 2 and 4 on page 66 of the

textbook. Video Activity on seesaw – you will need A4 sheet of paper, pencil Fold the paper down the centre and open it again. Draw a straight line along the fold to highlight each half. What do we call each part? A half. Now fold the sheet into four equal parts. What do we call each part? A quarter. Finally, fold it in eight equal pieces (eighths). How many eighths did you make? 8

SPHERead the Story of Billy’s Good Decision on Seesaw. ( I will upload it on Monday).

When you have read the story complete page 14 of Mindful Matters.

Use the story to finish the comic strip and complete section B also.

Tuesday EnglishSpellings for Me – unit 9Read over vocabulary from MondayLet’s Go – read pages 101 – 102Let’s Go – Page 104 – Seek and search Q2-5

GaeilgeSpellings Feoil ( meat), uisce ( water)Bua na Cainte page 50 - Scríobh na habairtí Q1-6 Answer the question and upload to SeesawHelpful hint - D’ith sí glasraí inné.Itheann sí glasraí gach láD’ól sí usice inné.Ólann sí uisce gach láLearn the following vocabulary and draw a picture if you canIasc ( fish), piseanna ( peas), lán ( full),pónairí ( beans), go leor ( enough)

Maths– pg 67 Half or quarter?

Complete questions 1 – 5. Upload questions 3 – 5 to seesaw for correction. Video activity on seesaw – Making ½s, ¼s or 1/8s using play doughMake a shape with the playdough (rectangle or circle). Cut the shapes into halves, quarters and eighths. To make your own playdough see following link https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/playdough-recipe The fraction wall – if you have access to a printer, print the fraction wall below. If not try to make your own using A4 sheet, pencil and ruler.

Look at less than, greater than and equal to fractions as in question 3. ½ > ¼ ; ½ < ¾ etc

Wednesday EnglishSpellings for me unit 9Let’s Go - Read pages 98-100 again for fluencypage 104 - Quest and Query Q 1-5GaeilgeSpellings – itheann sé ( he eats), ólann sí ( she drinksBua na cainte page 51 – listen to the story on Seesaw and then practice reding the story a few times. Record your reading and upload onto Seesaw.MathsWednesday – pg 68 ½ and ¼ of a setComplete questions 1 – 5. Upload questions 4 & 5 to seesaw for correction. Please write question and answer e.g. Q4. a) ½ of 10 = 5Watch Tutorial 37 https://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20684/BAM3_Tutorial_037/lessons/BAM3_Tutorial_037/index.htmlYou are required to find a unit fraction of a given set (quarters) as on page 68 of the textbook. Video activity on seesaw – using an A4 page divided into two equal parts ½s (halves), divide or share a given number of items (grapes, counters, lego pieces, toy cars, toy animals, pasta shells) equally into 2 halves. Repeat the exercise using an A4 page divided into four equal parts ¼s (quarters).

Geography and ScienceSmall World – Goegraphy and Science read page 18-19Activities page 19 – complete Q1 and 2

Thursday EnglishSpellings for Me -unit 9Let’s Go page 104 - Section E – Word WatchPage 105 – Section F – Sounds AboundReading – Let’s Go page 103 – Take NoteGaeilgeSpellings – Ba mhaith liomBua na cainte page 51 – revise vocabulary from Wednesday and complete Obair BheirteMathspg 69 Find the whole amount

Complete questions 1 – 6. Upload questions 2 and 5 to seesaw for correction. Watch Tutorial 38https://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20684/BAM3_Tutorial_038/lessons/BAM3_Tutorial_038/index.htmlYou are required to find the whole amount in a set when given a unit fraction (halves) as on page 69 of the textbook. Video activity on seesaw – using an A4 page divided into two equal parts ½s (halves) solve the following problem, ½ of my cubes is 3. How many cubes have I altogether? Place 3 cubes in one of the halves. Talk through strategy to find out how many cubes you have altogether. Use items such as grapes, counters, lego pieces, toy cars, toy animals, pasta shells if you do not have cubes at home. Repeat the exercise using an A4 page divided into four equal parts (quarters) and eight equal parts (eighths).

Science

The Snail – Read the passage about the snail (it will be uploaded on Seesaw on Thursday)Write out three facts about the snail.Look up and record three more interesting facts about the snail on the internet (for example the largest snail, smallest snail, fastest snail, Go out to your garden and look for snails.Don’t forget to feed the birds as they can find it difficult to find food during this time of year.

Friday EnglishSpellings for MeLet’s Go page 105 Section G Reading – My Read at Home Book pages 29 and 30

GaeilgeIf you can get a member of your family to give you a spelling test.Learn the following vocabulary – Inniú (today), lá breithe (birthday), ar bís (excited) mo chairde (friends)Listen to the poem Mo Lá Breithe on SeesawBua na Cainte page 52 – practice reading the poemMaths Friday – pg 70 Eighths (1/8)Complete questions 1 – 4 (using the fraction wall from Tuesday to help). Upload questions 2 and 4 to seesaw for correction. *remember the open end of the less than or greater than sign always faces the BIGGER number.

https://mathsbot.com/manipulatives/fractionWall - This website might also be useful.

ArtUse the internet to find a picture of a snail. You can also look up how to draw a snail. Look up the following you tube clip, it will show you how to draw a snail step by step https://youtu.be/LY7X9eHAXRE

Draw as much detail as you can, you can add your own background – upload your drawing onto Seesaw