25th-28th 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.

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

Listen and repeat

Nathanna: https://spark.adobe.com/video/T8g6HmZq7pTkp

Briathra (Verbs - ) https://spark.adobe.com/video/dXspkQIH8Pzmd

• Eadaí: Game-Place a piece of clothing in different parts of the room. Ask in Irish where it is and answer in Irish. Children can answer orally or write the sentence down.

Cá bhfuil an geansaí/carbhat /bríste /léine/sciorta/ t-léine/ stocaí/ bróga?

(Where is the jumper/tie/trousers/shirt/skirt/t-shirt/ socks/shoes?)

Tá an _____________ ar an mbord/faoin mbord/sa chófra/ar an gcófra/in aice leis an doras/in aice leis an mbord/ in aice leis an bhfuinneog.

(The ________ is on the table/ under the table/ on the press/ beside the door/ beside the table/beside the window).

• Léigh an Scéal-Read the story

An Mháirt a bhí ann. Chuaigh Bríd agus Daidí go dtí an siopa bróg. D’fhéach siad ar na bróga. Bhí siad go deas. Thug Bríd cúig unt don siopadóir. Chuaigh siad abhaile sa charr ansin.

• Bí ag Scríobh-Fill in the blanks

1. An _______ a bhí ann.

2. Chuaigh Bríd agus Daidí __ ___ ___ _______ bróg.

3. D’fhéach siad ar na ______.

4. Bhí siad go _______.

5. Thug Bríd cúig phunt don _______.

6. _______ siad abhaile sa charr ansin.

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

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

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

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

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

Read for 20 minutes each day (adult reads to child/ child reads to adult/ chat about the story)

Book app: www.getepic.com/

Listen to a story: www.storylineonline.net/

New Learning

Try out this Vocabulary Quiz! Read the sentence. Choose the word closest in meaning to the word in the brackets after the sentence.

Try the BONUS question at the end: https://forms.gle/2q2q2FriTumfcTie6

Write a letter, postcard or email to a friend or relative. Before you send it, make sure someone else reads it and double check for: capital letters, punctuation (. , ? ! “”), spellings (you could check them using a dictionary) and neat handwriting. Remember to use adjectives.

Read the text on Roald Dahl below. You are able to view, download and/or print the text by clicking the arrow on the picture.

There are 3 different sets of reading levels and questions. They are differentiated (1 being the least difficult, 3 being the most difficult).

Pick one reading text and set of questions to answer on the passage. (Text and Q&A 1 - Pages 1-4; Text and Q&A 2 - Pages 5-8; Text and Q&A 3 - Pages 9-12)

Write answers in your copy or on a sheet or if you wish, you can print out the question sheet .

When you’re finished and you’ve double checked your answers, correct them using the answer sheet that corresponds to the question sheet you chose.

Let’s practice visualising. Visualising is like creating a movie in your mind while you read. You try to see, hear, feel and even smell what’s going on. Your mind movie helps you understand and remember what you read.

Read the extract from Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’ below. Draw what you see in your mind in your copy or on a piece of paper!

Continue to practise visualising during the week. This website might help you: https://reading.ecb.org/student/visualizing/index.html

Reading strategy games/ activities (Making connections, prediction, visualising, questioning, inferring, determining importance): reading.ecb.org/student/entry.html

Online dictionary: www.merriam-webster.com/

Online thesaurus: www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus

• 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/

• Walk or cycle within a 5km radius for at least 15 minutes

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

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

Who’s shoes? Pretend to take out an imaginary pair of shoes out and pretend to put them on (a ballerina will lace up to her knees, a firefighter will pull on high boots etc.). Then, silently, act out the character (dance, put out fires, climb ladders etc.) Can someone in your house guess the character? Challenge someone else to do it with you.

• We celebrate Mother Mary in May. To pray to Mother Mary we often say the rosary. The rosary is a really powerful prayer and Mother Mary makes lots of promises to us if we say the rosary each day.

• Learn to say 1 decade of the rosary. This can be recited daily.

To pray 1 decade you say:

1. 1 Our Father prayer (the children have been taught this prayer at school)

2. 10 Hail Mary prayers (the children have been taught this prayer at school)

3. Glory Be prayer

The Glory Be prayer: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As in was in the beginning, is now, and every shall be, world without end. Amen.

• Video on why we pray the rosary is located above

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

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