11th-15th May

These are some suggested online/offline activities to keep the children working. They are optional and they do not all have to be completed as we do not wish to add further stress to family life during these unprecedented times.

This week you can do some activities from Maths, English and Irish and you can choose one other activity from one of the following subjects: SESE, STEM, SPHE, PE, Arts and Religion.

There is an option to email a picture of work or send an email about work completed to the teacher on a Friday only if you wish. You can tell us about what activities you enjoyed.

Topic: Time

Goal: focus on sequencing time and telling time

Vocabulary: afternoon, evening, morning, midnight, night, noon

Children need to be able to use the above vocabulary to sequence the day in order.

Written activity (write into copy/on a sheet of paper):

1. I get up in the __________

2. I come home from school in the ______

3. ________ is at 12 o’ clock at night.

4. _____ is at 12 o’ clock in the day.

5. We have our dinner in the _________.

6. I sleep during the ________.

7. I watch television in the ____________.

8. The meal I eat in the __________ is called breakfast.

9. I eat lunch in the __________.

• Ensure your child understands the earliest part of the day and can sequence the day correctly until midnight (dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening, dusk, night, midnight). Write down the words on a piece of paper and cut them out. Mix them up and allow your child to sequence them correctly, they can also draw a picture to correspond to each word if they wish.

• Talk to your child about am/pm ( Sample question to ask child: "I wake up at 9 in the morning. Would I use am or pm to describe this statement?" etc.)

• Enable your child to tell the time specifically when the clock reads o’ clock or half past.

• Talk about how many minutes have elapsed between what you are currently doing and your last activity (only if it has been an hour or half an hour).

• Explain that there are 60 minutes in an hour and 30 minutes in half an hour. Show them the minutes on a clock, let them see what happens to the minute hand when 60 seconds pass. They need to visually see and experience time passing in order to understand the clock properly.

• Always relate what you are saying about the analogue clock to the digital clock. "It’s 9 o’ clock in the morning now so my digital clock on my phone reads 09:00 ". (No need to talk about 13:00/14:00 etc until 3rd/4th.)

• Continue with Master Your Maths (Mon-Thurs); Test at the back of the book (pgs. 66-95) may be completed on Friday, i.e. if you do Week 24, do Test 24. If previous tests (e.g. Test 1) have not been completed, you may complete them instead of doing the test corresponding to that week, i.e. if you do Week 24, do Test 2

• Revise all tables aloud with a parent or sibling and/or write them down

Other useful websites:

https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-2

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

To access Bua na Cainte, login first using these login details - Username: primaryedcobooks Password: edco2020

• Watch RTE Homeschool Hub for 2nd class Irish lessons. Previous episodes can be found at this link (RTE Player - Home School Hub): https://www.rte.ie/player/series/rt%C3%A9-home-school-hub/SI0000006854?epguid=IP000065950

• Nath na Seachtaine: https://spark.adobe.com/video/dYn8tYyPMdvIS One per day

• Briathra (Verbs): https://spark.adobe.com/video/ScgTret4FnMwN One per day

• Try out this quiz! Look at the picture and choose the matching word. Try your best and see what score you get out of 6:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPaChwpWGsiXVdis6YKwUGGbG5cHid1iYQeUazTBFavD9ySA/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Write these sentences into your copy or on a sheet of paper. You could also draw and colour pictures to match your sentences.

1. Look at the list of words below to help fill in the blank. Write 2-3 sentences using different words each time.

- Tá ______ i mo mhála scoile. (There is a ______ in my school bag)

- Example: Tá peann i mo mhála scoile. (There is a pen in my school bag)

2. Look at the list of words below to help fill in the blank. Write 2-3 sentences using different words each time.

- Chuir/ Níor chuir mé ______ sa mhála scoile. (I put/ did not put _____ in the school bag)

- Example: Chuir mé gliú sa mhála scoile. (I put glue in the school bag)

- Example: Níor chuir mé leabhar sa mhála scoile. (I did not put a book in the school bag).

• You could make it into a game where the parent/ sibling/ child puts an item from the list below into a bag and the parent/ sibling/ child has to guess what was in the bag. If they haven’t guessed after three times, reveal the item and say “Chuir mé ____ sa mhála scoile”. Then swap roles.

Guesser: Ar chuir tú ____ sa mhála? (Did you put ____ in the bag?)

Hider: Chuir mé _____ sa mhála! (I put ____ in the bag)

Hider: Níor chuir mé ______ sa mhála. (I did not put ____ in the bag)

• Try finding the words in the wordsearch (cuardach focal) below! You can view, download and/or print it out.

• Sceal an Lae (Story of the Day playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbcLsUBW9b3AsknOKbR0-K_No4maqeKBB

• Stories/ Games/ Songs: https://www.seideansi.ie/rang1.php https://www.seideansi.ie/rang2.php

• Watch TV shows and play games: https://www.cula4.com/en/

• For some Irish vocabulary : https://www.duolingo.com/learn

• English to Irish dictionary: https://www.focloir.ie/ - Press ‘M’ (for Munster) beside the Irish word to hear how it is pronounced.

• RTÉ Home School Hub is on RTE 2 Monday to Friday from 11am-12pm. Previous episodes are available here: www.rte.ie/player/series/rt%C3%A9-home-school-hub/SI0000006854?epguid=IP000065950

• RTÉ Home School Hub worksheets/ ideas: www.rte.ie/learn/1st-and-2nd-class/

• Select and read your favourite myth/legend (Cu Chulainn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge, Fionn and the Dragon, The Children of Lir etc).

• Create a poster based on your favourite myth/legend. Be as creative as possible. You don’t have to retell the story exactly, maybe you would have preferred a different ending so adapt the story freely. Cut out pictures, draw, colour, write or type information and most importantly, have lots of fun!

• We had planned to do Food Dudes in school but now we are able to do it from home. We are pleased to invite you to join Food Dudes Fun at Home via the website: www.fooddudes.ie/food-dudes-fun-at-home/ (includes: activity sheets, games, challenges and brand-new Food Dudes videos)

• Look at the Random Acts of Kindness list and choose one kind act to do from the list each day this week. Add to the list by making up your own Acts of Kindness!

• Walk or cycle within a 2km radius for at least 15 minutes

• 10 minutes of exercise: https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

• Joe Wicks PE: https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

• Skipping Rope Challenges: https://twitter.com/skipnrope

• Kids Dance Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Vlhde7N5uGDIFXXWWEbFQ

• Encourage children to pray their own prayers and/ or they could write down their prayers

• To access Grow in Love, go to Login - Email: trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

Scroll down to ‘Second Class/ P4’ and click to access themes and lessons

Click Theme 2 Lesson 1: Jesus: Healer, helper, friend

• Revision of songs, stories and you may download and print colouring sheets

• Try learning the Our Father this week (Prayer below)

• Video clip on the story of Jesus calming the storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLHqdSO9OY

Catholic-based videos clips: https://catholicflix.ie/

Children can write a prayer and light a candle virtually app.growinlove.ie/en/user/candle

Prayers: app.growinlove.ie/en/user/prayer-space