Monday 11th May – Friday 15th May
Hi, I hope you’re all keeping well and enjoyed the lovely weather over the weekend. Here is our 5th class work for next week, as always try your best with all work and don’t be afraid to contact me if you have any questions or want to show me any work. I loved seeing the great work that went into some of your France projects and also your Science experiments, I hope they were fun. I’m also adding a sample timetable at the end of this post for anyone that may be struggling to break the work up.
All written work can be done in your copy or on sheets that you may have at home. Remember to have margin, heading and date. If you don’t have the right copy for a subject you can use any copy you have.
The books that are marked with ** can be accessed on the CJ Fallon web page. Visit http://my.cjfallon.ie and click ‘Student Resources’, then filter to the title of the book you require, making sure ‘Online Books’ is selected in the ‘Resources’ section. Only takes a minute and very easy to work (use top right corner to jump to a selected page when book is open)
English:
**Up and Running – Read the story ‘The Invisibility Booster’ pg.232
Questions C & D pg.238
Reading – 20 minutes reading each day of a book of your choice from home. If you haven’t a library book or your own book to read at home you can find some great books to read on the app ‘BorrowBox Library’.
Ms Cleary’s reading group continue to record daily reading.
Spellings: Next 4 spellings and exercises in next unit of Spelling Workbook and activities in spelling workbook. Write interesting sentences for each spelling.
Writing: Pg. 239 H
Gaeilge:
**Bun go Barr –
Read the story ‘Amadán Aibreáin’ Lth 124
Ceisteanna B + C lth 126
Abairtí – Write 3 interesting sentences each day Aimsir Chaite/Aimsir Fhaistineach briathra. Use back of Bun go Barr or Gramadach copy to help. Keep learning our verbs!!
Maths:
Mental Maths – Continue with the next week of Mental Maths including Problem Solving and Friday Review.
Tables – Practise your ‘mixed tables’ for 5 minutes each day on https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (Hit the Button) and try beat your score. Record your highest score for when we are back to see who the champion is!
**Mathemagic –
Unit 29 Directed Numbers pg.127
Remember -10 degrees is very cold and is 10 below 0
10 degrees is warmer and it is 10 degrees above 0
- 127 Qs. 2
- 128 Qs. 1-6 & 1-5
- 129 Qs. 1 & 2 (Look at graph and number line properly when answering questions)
- 130 Qs. A – K (Update tally sheet with balance of Orla’s money after each question)
History:
**Small World History – Read Unit 14 Daniel O’Connell Pg. 68
Geography:
**Small World Geography Read Unit 16 Heat Pg.89
Attempt Investigations on pg.90 and 91 if possible.
I would love to see some pictures of your investigations and remember to have fun when attempting them.
Art and Projects
Try some of these
-Design a soccer gaa or camogie jersey or a t-shirt for you favourite tv show or video game.
-You can also do projects on topics of your choice. ( people places hobbies art etc) I would love to see any projects you do. Pictures can be sent to me on my school email provided.
-This is a link to The Great Isolation Activity Book. They’re are some nice activities to do with your family of siblings. You may be able to print it or just use ideas from the booklet too and put your own stamp on it. Enjoy !!!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gasHX74OYHHH4hrrP5Y823FarA_TgnuI/view
P.E.:
Remember to try keep as active as possible and have fun.
Races – shuttle runs- time yourself
-Obstacle course -create your own in your garden
- challenge yourself
- hurling/ football / soccer skills ( how many roll lifts in 30 secs / how many keepy uppys can you do in 30 secs etc (Check out Hurling 365/Peile 4 all online for weekly challenges)
- How many basketball dribbles in 30 secs
- Jog on the spot 30secs next day 60 secs Etc
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 12pm Kilkenny hurler TJ Reid does a brilliant online PE class live on his TJ Reid Health and Fitness Facebook page. The Body Coach also has some great home workouts on YouTube.
Here is a sample timetable to help with the work if you’re struggling to break it up. I would ask that you ensure that your child is getting additional reading in every evening or night if possible too please. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me. This timetable is only a guideline, however feel free to work at pace that suits you and your work schedule.
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 30 minutes
|
Gaeilge | Gaeilge | Gaeilge | Gaeilge | Gaeilge |
| 30 minutes
|
Maths | Maths | Maths | Maths | Maths |
| 30 minutes
|
English | English | English | English | English |
| 30 minutes
|
Art | PE | History | PE | Geography |
Stay safe everyone
Mr. Kavanagh