St. Brigid's

Good morning everyone,

I hope you were able to enjoy some of the beautiful sunshine on Saturday and you had a lovely weekend.

Here is our work for the week. Let me know how you get on.

Love Ms. Fallon xx

 

Rhyme of the week: Sing a song of sixpence (with a twist!)

Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of cheese

Four and twenty monkeys swinging in the trees.

They picked all the bananas and dropped them on my head.

I had to call the monkey king who sent them off to bed!

 

Sound of the week – al

This week’s sound is new boys and girls.

The ‘al’ spelling can make 2 different sounds.

It can say ‘all’ like the tricky word.

Also         almost      alright      call          ball

 

It can also say ‘aw’. Try reading these words.

Walk       talk         stalk        chalk

I have attached your spellings for this week below.

There are also sentences to read and write down in a copy/page like we do in reading groups.

Tricky words:

Try learning a new word a day.

• Read it
• Put it into a sentence
• Write it in rainbow colours lots of times
• Look for it in books

Stop

Oh

Off

Never

People

 

Grammar: Antonymns

This week we are learning about antonyms which is just a fancy word for opposites!

What are the antonyms to these words?

• In
• Fast
• Shout
• Easy
• Run
• Dark
• High
• Over
• Good
• Right
• Little
• Backwards
• Wet

I have attached the antonyms page from your jollyphonics book below.

 

Oral language: People at work.

https://rainbow.cjfallon.ie/#/units/first/14 

 

Click on this link to the Rainbow oral language programme.

If the link doesn’t work on your device, go to www.cjfallon.ie

Click ‘quick link’, ‘Rainbow OL’, First Class, Unit 14 People at Work.

• Look at the interactive poster of the town.
• Listen to the various workers discussing their jobs.
• Make connections with any jobs your child is familiar with. Maybe you have a family member or a neighbour that does this work?
• During this lockdown period, for everyone’s safety a lot of people are not working.
• Can your child identify people that are still in work at this time?
• What jobs do you think are ‘frontline’ jobs? Discuss with your child what this term means.
• What about people that can do their job at home?
• Why can some people not do their job from home?
• What kind of work involves being very close to people?
• Soon people that work outdoors can return to work, who works outside?
• Which buildings in this town are also in the area you live in?
• What are you looking forward to reopening soon?
• What would you like to work as when you grow up?
• What kind of skills will you need to do this job? Discsuss with your child.

Some important new words from the poster:

• Trawler
• Harbour
• Crew members
• Barracks
• Greengrocer’s shop
• Scaffolding
• Contractor
• Electrician
• Vitally
• Emergency
• Employed
• Outskirts

 

Reading: ‘Baking’

I have attached an image of a short extract called ‘Baking’ to read and answer the questions beside it.

Read the 'Everybody worries' ebook that I posted on Friday. 

http://stbrigidsthecoombe.ie/everybody-worries. 

 

Story of the week: Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson

 

Discuss these questions together:

• Have you ever been lost? What should you do if you find yourself separated from your family?
• Look at the expression of the monkey throughout the story. How is he feeling?
• What adjectives does the monkey use to describe each of the animals in the story?
• What does this means ‘Her tail coils around trees”?
• “She doesn’t curl round a nest of eggs.” What animals can you think of that lay eggs?
• How would you describe little monkey’s mum so that Butterfly could find her easily?
• How would you describe your Mum and Dad?
• Why doesn’t Butterfly understand that the little monkey’s parents looks like her?
• What do Butterfly’s babies look like?
• How does a caterpillar change into a butterfly?
• Can you think of animals that looks very different to their parents when they are born?

Animal study: The Monkey

In our class, we LOVE to learn about animals, so this week after you have listened to the wonderful story ‘Monkey Puzzle’ lets learn all about monkeys. What do you already know about them?

I have attached some interesting information below and fantastic photos of different types of monkeys. Take a look!

 

Look at these spider monkeys!!

RTE School Hub did a lesson last week with Dublin Zoo. This video tells us about gorillas and the difference between them and monkeys! Watch carefully and answer the questions below when you are finished.

• What is this gorilla’s name?
• What type of primate is a gorilla?
• What other primates can you name?
• Who do the gorillas share their enclosure with in Dublin zoo?
• How can we tell the difference between a gorilla and a monkey?
• Name some of the foods the gorillas eat.
• Why should they not eat lots of bananas?
• Why do they zookeepers scatter the gorilla’s food around?
• What vegetable was Bangui eating in the video?

 

Writing: Monkey report

Use the template below to write a report on what you have learned about monkeys.

 

Writing: A letter to the butterfly.

Pretend you are the monkey from the story ‘Monkey Puzzle’. Write a letter to the butterfly to thank her for her help. I have attached a sheet below for you to write the letter on and colour in after.

Remember:

• Capital letters
• Full stops
• Finger spaces

Gaeilge:

Watch the next 3 videos for the theme ‘An Teilifís’.

 

 

Feicim le mo shúílín rud éigin a thosaíonn le P (I spy words starting with P)

Feicim…. (I see…..).     Do you know what these words mean?

• Peann luaidhe
• Práta
• Péint
• Puisín (focal eile don cat / another word for cat)
• Pram
• Púca
• Puimcín

I have attached the worksheet for the ‘P’ words. See if you can read all the words and write the sentences.

Léigh na focail agus scríobh na habairtí.

 

Maths

I have attached the daily maths activities below.

Money:

• Take out a selection of coins ranging in value from 1c – 50c.
• Ask your child to identify the coins.
• Ask your child to show you sums of money up to 50c first using a variety of coins and if they are successful at that then ask them to show sums up to the value of 90c.
• Ask them to show you the sum using the least amount of coins possible for example 75c = 50c +20c+5c.       90c = 50c+20c+20c
• Put out a selection of coins in front of your child. Ask them to count them to find the sum. Encourage them to always start with the highest value coin and then count on. Look for easy coins to add as well for example they know 5 + 5 = 10 or 10+10+10+10 = 40.
• Try the online activities below. The children love doing these in school on the whiteboard.

I have attached photos of the pages from the maths book if you want to look at them from your screen.

I have also attached the PDF of the pages if you would prefer to print them out. 

 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19619/activity-72/index.html 

 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19619/activity-73/index.html 

 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19619/activity-150/index.html 

 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19619/activity-151/index.html

 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19619/activity-152/index.html

 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19619/activity-153/index.html 

 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19619/activity-154/index.html 

 

Science: Electricity

What is electricity?

Electricity is a type of energy that gives items the power to work. It flows along wires and can even flow through the air. We all use electricity every day, whether it is turning on the lights in our house, playing our favourite video game, or blow drying our hair.

Can you find 5 things in your home that use electricity?

Click on this link for a game about electricity

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/infants/science/energy-and-forces/electricity/index.xml 

Electricity can either build up in one place (static electricity) or flow from one place to another along wires or cables (current electricity). Explore the effects of static electricity using balloons

• Tear a piece of paper into tiny squares and place on a flat surface
• Rub the balloon vigorously on hair or a woollen jumper
• Hold charged balloon over pieces of paper and it should suck them up to stick to the balloon

 

Geography: Countries of the world.

Last week we learned all about Ireland.

How many counties are in the island of Ireland?

How many provinces are in Ireland?

What province is Dublin in?

What is the longest river in Ireland?

 

Just like Ireland is split into groups called provinces, Earth is split into groups called continents. Each continent has lots of countries in it. Ireland is in Europe.

Have a look at the information about continents below.

I have also included a map of the world to colour. When you are colouring it in look at the coloured map of the world labelled with the names of the countries, check where Ireland is and mark it with an X on your map.

We all live in Ireland but not everyone is our class was born in Ireland and some children’s parents were born in other countries.

Flags show that we belong to a community, organisation or nation and that we share beliefs, goals, rules and regulations.

What colours are on the Irish flag?

Do you know any flags that have stars on them?

Can you name a countries with a cross on their flag?

I have included photos of flags from some countries children in our class are from, do you recognise them?

Look at the flags on google images of countries you have visited before and countries you would like to visit some day. 

 

Music (agus Gaeilge):

I have attached two different songs for you to listen to and learn the words to.

One is as Gaeilge ‘Tá eilifint ag damhsa’ and the second one is ‘Jake says eat your greens’.

 

 

 

The third piece of music is a listening activity.

This piece of music has lots of changes in dynamics – that’s how loud or quiet the music is played. What instruments do you hear?

When you listen, look out for how the dynamics change.

Stand up, creep around the room on your tip toes. When the music gets loud jump up and say BOO!! But you’ll have to start creeping again once it gets quiet!

P.E: Gymnastics

The boys and girls in room 6 loved gymnastics, when we did it in the school hall earlier this school year. Have a look at the photos below of some of the activities you can try at home. Have fun! 

 

Religion:

https://app.growinlove.ie/en/login

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Password: growinlove

Click on First Class / P3

Theme 9: Creation

Lesson 1: God made the word

Watch the creation story videos. Talk about all the wonderful things that make up our world including humans, animals and plants! What is your favourite thing about planet earth? I have attached a colouring page for you about the creation story. You can also draw your own beautiful picture of all the fantastic things that make up our world.

 

Art: Draw your heroes art competition.

I was sent an email last week about a lovely art competition that is running at the moment for children all over Ireland.

It is to honour someone that you think has done something important or kind during this time of Covid-19. 

“Your hero could be a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, ambulance service, gardai, fire service, army, an post, shop assistant, van driver, Leo Varadkar, Simon Harris, Dr. Tony Holohan, your granny cocooning – in fact anyone who is playing their part to keep us all safe”

Click on this link to see all the details:

https://drawourheroes.ie 

 

Send me a photo of your competition entry! Room6@stbrigidsthecoombe.ie

 

Well done on all your fantastic work so far boys and girls. I am so impressed with all of your learning at home. Keep up the fantastic work, and contact me anytime.

Ms. Fallon xx