Home Learning 25th-29th May

ST GABRIEL’S HOME LEARNING – 25/05/20-29/05/20 Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping well and getting outside to enjoy the lovely weather😊 I have set some work for you this week but remember just try your best and do what you can! There are some pictures on the blog if you would like to see what your friends have been up to.   Parents/Guardians if you have any questions regarding the work that has been set, don’t hesitate to contact me through edynes@stgabrielsprimary.ie If you have any questions with regards to learning support contact: ssmyth@stgabrielsprimary.ie Here is a list of some fun reading sites: www.wizardingword.com / www.readon.myon.co.uk You can find worksheets for this week’s work through my class padlet: https://padlet.com/msdynes/4ofsyqyavnwv43dz
Monday May 25th	Literacy: Write your weekly news. Write down what you have got up to over the last week. Remember your sentences should have a capital letter at the start and full stop at the end. Read over your work to check that it makes sense.  (Your weekly new should be a page long) Reading with parent/guardian choose book from https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/  Planet Maths: Data pg146, Identify shape patterns https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns Mental Maths: Skip counting forwards and backwards in 3s to the tune of jingle bells- 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30. Can you go higher than 30?     SESE:  Geography – The Wildebeest. Click on this link to worldbookonline. https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar830750 Read all about the wildebeest – an animal in Africa. Look at the photos and watch the video clips of the wildebeest moving across water and migrating.
Tuesday May 26th	Reading with parent/guardian choose book from https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Planet Maths: Data pg147 Play: http://toytheater.com/fruit-fall/ Mental Maths: Skip counting forwards and backwards in 3s to the tune of jingle bells- 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30. Can you go higher than 30? Literacy: Oral language: Name 5 things challenge! Name 5 things that: ·       smell nice ·       feel soft ·       that are blue ·       taste sweet ·       are small ·       are big ·       are rectangular Reading comprehension Ann Marie’s toy chest pgs 74 & 75 A Way With Words Read the story on pg 74 https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/1295/77 (or see worksheets for the week)Answer the questions in part A pg 75 in your copy. https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/1295/78  Please use full sentences. Example: Ann-Marie spent an hour sorting her toys. Music:   Have a go at I hear,think, wonder. Choose 3 songs that you like to listen to. Listen to each song sepearetely. After you have listened to your first song, in the first column write down the name of the song. In the middle column write down what you think the song is about and in the last column write down what you are curious or wonder about the song. Here is a list of some songs that you could use: ·       "Let it Go" from Frozen ·       "Circle of Life" from The Lion King ·       "Whispers" by Usher ·       "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas ·       "Bear Necessities" from The Jungle Book ·       "Happy" from Despicable Me 2 ·       "Mean" by Taylor Swift (See music worksheet in this week’s worksheet pack)
Wednesday May 27th	Reading with parent/guardian choose book from https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Handwriting: Continuation of book next 2 pages     Planet Maths: Data pg148/ Play https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/pictograph/games/ Mental Maths: Skip counting forwards and backwards in 3s to the tune of jingle bells- 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30. Can you go higher than 30?     Literacy- Oral language: Name 5 things challenge! Name 5 things that: ·       you find in the park ·       you find at the seaside ·       live in the sea ·       live on a farm ·       you find in a kitchen Phonics book pg 74 – read and follow the instructions https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-2nd-class Suffix game: https://ie.ixl.com/ela/class-2/match-the-ed-and-ing-sentences-to-the-pictures    History: Small World pg 73 https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16883/75 Read about the wildebeest and the migration of the wildebeest. Fill in the missing words in your copy part A and draw a picture of a wildebeest.     SPHE:  Crazy Combo Creatures- Use your imagination to help  you design some new creatures, based on combining two or three other animals. Don’t forget to name them. See SPHE worksheet in this week's worksheets.
Thursday May 28th	Reading with parent/guardian choose book from https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Phonics:  ____ves suffix pg73. The suffix ___ves means more than one. If a word ends in f or fe, take off the f or fe and add ves.     Planet Maths: Data pg 149/ Play http://toytheater.com/fishing/ Mental Maths: Skip counting forwards and backwards in 3s to the tune of jingle bells- 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30. Can you go higher than 30? Challenge: Can you create your own pictogram? Ask your family their favourite foods, you could even ring someone you are missing and ask them. Create your own pictogram with the information you gathered.      Art:   Tinfoil sculptures. Follow 5minute art to try and create your own sculpture. To challenge yourself you could try and trace its shadow with chalk or a piece of paper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYDayHvcjY4   Gaeilge: Bua na cainte lch 86 (a) Léigh na focail (read the words aloud). (b) Cén dath atá ar (what colour is / are)? ·       na cuirtíní ·       na blathanna ·       an lampa (c) scríobh isteach na focail (write in the words) Cluiche (game) · https://www.seideansi.ie/naionain-bheaga/gc1/index.html Is maith liom (I like …) SESE: Small world pgs 74 & 75 https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/16883/76 Read the story of Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom. Answer the questions aloud (no need to write them in your copy) If you had to share some wisdom with the world what would it be. Write about it or draw a picture. Ask the people at home if they have any wisdom to share.
Friday May 29th	Reading with a parent/guardian: Choose a book from https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk         Planet Maths:  Snakes and Ladders pg 144 &145 Mental Maths: Skip counting forwards and backwards in 3s to the tune of jingle bells- 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30. Can you go higher than 30?    PE:  Have fun with spell your name workout. Spell out your full name and complete the activity listed for each letter. For a greater challenge try spelling your middle name and do each one twice. For a variety you could spell the name of your favourite character or celebrity and complete the activity. (See PE worksheet) Literacy: Oral language: Name 5 things challenge! Name 5 things that: ·       you put in a suitcase ·       you put in a schoolbag ·       you put in a fridge ·       you put in a box ·       you put in a wardrobe Phonics book pg 75 multi-syllable words  Multi-syllable game: https://ie.ixl.com/ela/class-2/how-many-syllables-does-the-word-have    Gaeilge: arraing do sheomra suí (draw your sitting room) Label your picture using the words on lch 86. Cluiche (game) · https://www.seideansi.ie/naionain-bheaga/gc2/index.html Tabhair dom (Give me …)
SET Ms Downey/MsGroarty	SET Ms Downey: If you have any questions at all please email me at: cdowney@stgabrielsprimary.ie Here are some fun reading activities that might be fun to try at home! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z88t97h/articles/zsv64qt Here are lots of books to read online as well! https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+6-7&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=# SET MsGroarty : If you have any questions at all please email me at: nmcgroarty@stgabrielsprimary.ie  Here some fun phonics games to help with multi syllable words:      ·         Click on the bats’ bellies to hear the words, and then match the words with the same number of syllables. https://www.abcya.com/games/alphabats_syllables ·         Stop the ship by splitting its word into syllables.  https://ipadthinker.com/wordGames/syllSaucers2nd.html More Syllable Games https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/syllables/tom-sawyer-syllables-game.html