Today for the tables test you are doing x4. Open up Daily 10  and test yourself, you should be able to get 10 out of 10 with 5seconds.

Decimals

Well done on your work with decimals this week. We are not quite finished with decimals yet, we will look next week at how to divide decimals. Todays maths is a revision of what we have done so far this week.

PM p113 do B 1,2+3 (a,b+c only. 9 sums altogether)

Activity:  SL p137 A answer q2+3 and B q2+5

Listening: EP 24 Six Minutes to Make a Decision Do you think Holiday should stay with her family or pursue the life she can’t remember?

Vocab:  How well did you do learning your vocab this week? Take this test to see how you are doing you should be able to get them all correct. TEST

Activity: Abair Liom p112 do H. Match up the opposites.

Abair Liom p113 – Listen to the poem about Sean trying to get his mom to try a computer game. I think a lot of the boys and girls in the class could say exactly what is in this poem to their own moms! Dán – Cluichí

1.World Book Day Art:

Design a cover for a book. It can be a book that you love or a cover for a made up book. Remember your cover will need to be exciting and attractive to entice readers to buy it. Don’t forget to add in the author, illustrator and title of the book.

2. Engineer Week Art:

Create a toilet paper roll car. Toilet paper roll car

The game again today is:  Meteor Multiplication

Decimals

PM p111 B number 2(a-c) and 3 (a-g) (10 sums altogether)

Listening:  Six minutes: EP 22 Running from a Helicopter and  EP 23 In the Barracks Do you think Mom is telling the truth about Holiday now? How would you feel if you were Holiday just finding out you were a science experiment?

Reading: As today is World Book Day we will take break from Starlight. I would like you to spend at least half an hour reading today. Send a picture of yourself reading somewhere strange or funny… up a tree? in the sink? on a trampoline?

You can pick a book you have at home or go to the Epic website and find a good book there. Get Epic (class code: vmr3147) You could also listen to a free audiobooks for World Book Day. Choice of free audiobooks

Here is a link to one about Marcus Rashford

I hope that when we return to school, we will have received our tokens for World Book Day. Click on the links below to see which books you can swap for your token this year in supermarkets. If you click on a book you can see a preview of what’s inside! Choice of books.

Writing:Spend the next few days thinking about ideas and coming up with your very own story. If you don’t know where to start how about a story along these lines: ‘The Superhero that Saved the World from Covid.’ You could write a short story, create a comic strip to tell the story or work on it over the next few weeks and create a story book with chapters. You do not have to send your story to me but I would love to read it if you want to share it with me. Maybe you could spend the next week writing it and bring it to school with you Monday week for me to read.

Litriú: F+F p56 G+H

Vocab:  Today spend some time learning the phrases and vocab I have highlighted on my sheet below: Thursday – vocab

Activity:

We are taking a break from An Teilifis again today to incorporate world book day into our Gaeilge.

Below are links for three Gaeilge books and one Gailge audiobook. Take some time out today to read one of the books or listen to book 4. When you have finished write a very short summary (3/4 lines) telling me what the book was about or what happened in it.

Book 1:  Cá bhfuil Lúlú´?

Book 2: An tEan Beag Dearg.

Book 3: Tá Mánas Mairnéalach Tuirseach

Book 4: The Gruffalo

Tables

Continue to revise you tables at least 10 minutes every day should be spent doing tables. Daily 10 (try to do level 5 in one of the tables to challenge yourself) and Hit the button are great to help you revise your tables.

The new game today is: Demolition Division

Decimals

PM p111 A 1,2+3 (12 numbers and 12 sums to work out)

Watch this short video if you need help figuring out where a decimal point goes in a whole number.

1. mad
2. unavoidable
3. poking
4. daft
5. takeaway/distract
6. mayhem

Spellings: Continue on with your spellings and activities today. Spellings for the week

Reading: SL read p136

Activity:  Today we are looking at adjectives. An adjective is a word to describe a noun. Comparative adjectives compare two nouns. My brother is fat but your brother is definitely fatter.

For most words in English we add ‘er’ to compare adjectives but as with everything else there are some exceptions to the rules. Watch this video before you do the activity to help you Comparative adjectives.  

SL p138 activity E – I would like you to do both activities today. Write the paragraph in the yellow box out fully and underline the adjectives you put in in red. For the comparative adjective activity at the bottom you just need to write the missing word e.g. 1. slow – slower

Reading: 5 minutes reading a book: Get Epic (class code: vmr3147)  Keep going with some books from the engineering collection.

1. Tá na paistí sa seomra suite.
2. If your named any three things on the floor you can give yourself a tick.
3. Ní maith le Siofra agus Magda an cluiche.
4. Tá Lola faoin mbord.

Litriú: F+F p56 E+F

Vocab:  Today spend some time learning the phrases and vocab I have highlighted on my sheet below: Wednesday – vocab

An Teilifis

Read the story two or three times today. Do you understand all of it? Use your foclóir if you need help with some of the words.

Today in English you were looking at adjectives. We also have adjectives in Gaeilge. Open up p109 in Abair Liom and look at activity C. Read through the six adjectives. I would like you to write them into your vocab sheet today, there is plenty of space at the bottom of the page.

AL p109 C – Look at the pictures and try to decide how to describe the game the children are playing. You do not need to do number 1 but write full sentences for 2-6. Each word can only be used once.

Option 1 – Ninja school lesson 1 and Ninja school lesson 2: Learn how to become a ninja with these two lessons.

Option 2 – Soccer skills

Continue to revise you tables at least 10 minutes every day should be spent doing tables. Daily 10 (try to do level 5 in one of the tables to challenge yourself) and Hit the button are great to help you revise your tables.

The game today is: Picture division

Decimals

Today we are adding and also subtracting number with decimals. You may be able to do some of these in your head but please write out the sum to practice when the numbers get much bigger. Watch yesterdays video again if you think you need extra help. Maths help video

PM p110 A1,2+3 (only a+b) and B1,2+3 (only a+b) (12 sums altogether)

It is vital you keep your decimal points under each other.

Spellings: Just like last week I will post the spellings for the week and Continue on with your spellings and activities today. Spellings for the week

Reading: SL read p135

Activity:  Play the dictionary game before starting you activity for today. Maze chase

SL p137 activity C (full sentences)

Reading: 5 minutes reading a book: Get Epic (class code: vmr3147)  Keep going with some books from the engineering collection.

Vocab:  Just like yesterday I have attached your new vocab sheet. It would be great if you could print it out and stick it into your hardback. Don’t worry if you can’t print it, I will give you a copy when we are back to school in two weeks. New vocab sheet

Today spend some time learning the phrases and vocab I have highlighted on my sheet below: Tuesday – vocab

An Teilifis

Today we are going to look at the same story as yesterday. Today I would like you to read the story below and answer the questions to go with it. Click on the picture to make it bigger if you need.

I have posted the video from yesterday if you need help with pronunciation. Use p178 in your Abair Liom to help you with any of the question words.  An Cluiche Ríomhaire Nua

Cesiteanna:

1. Cá bhfuil na paistí?

2. Ainmnigh trí rud atá ar an urlár. (Name three things on the floor)

3. An maith le Magda agus Síofra an cluiche sacar?

4. Cá bhfuil Lóla?

I am going to set you an activity today but you do not need to get it done today, you can do it any day this week. With all the restrictions because of covid it is important to check in with people you love who you might not be able to see. Use this questionnaire to see how well you know your friends or family members. Pick a person you would like to check up on. Take a guess at what their answers might be before you call them. Then give them call or maybe do a zoom with them and find out their answers. Click on the image if you need to make it bigger.

You can choose to do any drawing you like. It does not have to be hospital or Covid related, it can be anything at all.

You could follow some guided drawing lessons online or simply print out a page to colour with a nice picture or quote on it. Click on the link here or at the top of the page to get some more information and the address on where to send it.

You can spend the week or even the weekend working on this if you like.

Have fun!

Continue to revise you tables at least 10 minutes every day should be spent doing tables. Daily 10 (try to do level 5 in one of the tables to challenge yourself) and  Hit the button are great to help you revise your tables.

The new game today is: Picture division

Decimals

Today we are moving onto look at decimals. We spent some time before Christmas doing decimals but this week we are going to look at doing different kind of sums with decimals. Before you start open up p109 in PM and look at A. Can you answer the questions below? No need to write the answers just do them orally.

PM p109 B 3-6 (16 sums altogether)

Some of you may already know how to do these sums but if you need an extra bit of help watch the video here: Maths help video

Why not give this game a go and see how good you are at adding in your head. Start on easy and see if you can get up to super brain! Power football decimal game

Activity:  Dictionary words – find the following words in your dictionary and write the definitions in your copy:  demented, inevitable, prodding, absurd, detract, chaos, perkier

Reading: Starlight read p134. Unfortunately, not many weddings are able to go ahead with Covid at the moment but read this procedure for How to Survive a Wedding for when we are able to attend weddings again.

Reading: 5 minutes reading a book: Get Epic (class code: vmr3147)

Why not pick one of the books I have assigned to you for engineers week. Do you think you would like to be an engineer? What type of engineering do you think is the most interesting?

Litriú: F+F p55 A+B Pronunciations and translations of spellings

Vocab:  I have attached your new vocab sheet. It would be great if you could print it out and stick it into your hardback. Don’t worry if you can’t print it, I will give you a copy when we are back to school in two weeks. New vocab sheet

Today spend some time learning the phrases and vocab I have highlighted in yellow on my sheet below: Monday – vocab.

An Teilifis

– Open up Abair liom on p106+107 and go through all the vocab. Watch the video below of the short story based on the picture.  Abair liom p106+107

– Now I would like you to write any three sentences based on the picture on p106+107. Here is an example of some sentences:

1. Tá Mamaí´ag tabhairt íde béil.

2. Tá broga reatha ar an urlár.

3. Tá Magda ag caitheamh t-léine stríocach.

I have also assigned some books and videos about engineering you may find interesting on Get Epic. You do not have to read all of these books just choose one that looks interesting to you.

This week you are going to channel your inner engineer and design something. I am going to put a choice of three things up for you to design. You can choose all three or just pick one of the things.

1. Design a parachute

2. Marble maze

3. Egg drop challenge

Mindful moment

We played a short game of ‘would you rather’ in the zoom on Friday, I am going to attach some more questions. You can answer them yourself or you can ask your friends or family. You do not have to sent me back your answers but you can if you want to.

Would you rather