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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.
Maths
Maths
Children acquire new knowledge and skills through active learning. The following activities are based on active learning.
New Learning
Activity 1 - Selection of Containers
Make sure your child has a selection of containers that are commonly used in the home (spoon, egg, cup, glass, bowl, mug, juice/milk carton, bottle, yoghurt carton, ice-cream tube, saucepan, bucket, paddling pool, etc). Ask your child to arrange the containers from those that they think hold the least to those that they think hold the most. Use only 5 / 6 containers at any one time. Encourage your child to estimate and justify their answers.
Ask your child to check their answers. Begin with the container that the child thinks holds the least. Fill it with water/ liquid/ sand/ rice/ pasta etc. Pour its contents into the container that comes next in the row. If there is space left in the second container, the child has proved that it holds more than the first container. Continue testing each of the containers in the same manner.
Activity 2- Get Measuring
For this activity, your child will need two containers of considerably different sizes. For example, a spoon and a cup along with a basin of water/sand/liquid/pasta/rice. Ask your child to estimate how many spoonfuls of water fill the cup. Encourage your child to compare their answer with their estimate. Invite your child to find the difference between their estimate and their answer using subtraction.
Repeat the activity with different pairs of containers, for example:
Egg cup and bowl
Bowl and saucepan
Cup and teapot
Teapot and bucket
Glass and basin
Cup and milk carton
Continue with Master Your Maths (Mon-Thurs)
Revise all tables aloud with a parent or sibling and/or write them down
Other useful websites: https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-2
Irish
Irish
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/E8uLrH81m9NpL
Briathra (Verbs - ) https://spark.adobe.com/video/CNMJZqC6KbhsK
ag dul siar- revision
An Luan, An Mháirt, An Chéadaoin, An Déardaoin, An Aoine, An Satharn, An Domhnach
Foclóir Nua
Cúige Mumhan- Munster
Cúige Chonnacht- Connaught
Cúige Uladh- Ulster
CúigeLaighean- Leinster
Cá bhfuil tú i do chónai?
Tá mé i mo chónai i gCúige Mumhan, i gCúige Chonnacht, i gCúige Uladh, i gCúige Laighean
Activity: see picture below- print/draw and label
Foclóir Nua
an seomra folctha(bathroom), an seomra leapa(bedroom), an chistin(kitchen), an seomra bia(dining room), an seomra suí(sitting room), an halla (hall)
Ceacht: Bua Na Cainte lch 78
Léigh an scéal- Read the story
Bhí sé leathuair tar éis a naoi. Bhí Niamh sa seomra leapa.
Bhí sí ag súgradh le Bran. Chuala sí Mamaí ag teacht.
Léim sí isteach sa leaba. 'Oíche mhaith agus codladh sámh,' arsa Mamaí.
'Oíche mhaith,' arsa Niamh
Bí ag Scríobh-Fill in the blanks
Bhí sé leathuair ___ ____ a naoi.
Bhí Niamh sa ______ ______.
______ __ Mamaí ag teacht.
Léim sí isteach __ ____.
‘______ _____’ arsa Niamh.
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.
English
English
OL Guards.pdfGreen Willow story.pdfClickety Click reader: Story “The Four River” page 41-48 , new words at the back of the book. If you do not have your book at home, you can access it online at https://www.edcolearning.ie/ and follow instructions.
Grammar: Possessive apostrophes worksheet
Story (you will need to read the story “Green Willow” if you are doing this week’s music activity)
Writing: write a sensory poem based on summer
Oral language: activity based on Guards- see prompt sheet
summer sensory poem.pdfPossessive a.pdfSESE (History/Geography/Science)
SESE (History/Geography/Science)
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/
New Learning
Activity- Sticky Scavenger Hunt
Have your child create a chart with the names of flowers on one side and the actual flower on the other. Children can go on a nature walk to locate the different flowers.
For example:
Find it! Stick it!
Dandelion stick a real dandelion onto this side of the chart
Bluebell “
Cherry blossom “
Daisy “
Daffodil “
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths)
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths)
SPHE (Social, Personal and Health Education)
SPHE (Social, Personal and Health Education)
sun safety guide.pdfSun safety.pdfP.E (Physical Education)
P.E (Physical Education)
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
Following Instructions: Ask a friend or family member to choose and read out two of the instructions from the Instructions below (e.g. hopscotch on the spot and do three star jumps). Complete the actions one after the other. Repeat this several times but choosing different instructions each time. Next, try following a set of three different instructions read out by the other person from the Instruction Sheet. Repeat with a set of four different instructions. How did you find the three-step and four-step instructions? Now, make up some of your own multi-step instructions for the other person to follow
Instructions:
· Count to eight.
· Touch your toes.
· Jump around in a circle.
· Balance a cushion on your head.
· Say the alphabet.
· March on the spot.
· Sit down.
· Stand up.
· Hopscotch on the spot.
· Pretend to wash your hands.
· Balance on two body parts.
· Make a tuck shape.
· Cluck like a chicken.
· Do three star jumps.
· Write your name in the air with your finger as an imaginary pencil.
· Do four lunges.
· Pretend to sneeze.
· Put your hands on your shoulders.
· Make a wide shape.
· Clap your hands five times.
Joe Wicks Countdown.pdfArts Education (Visual Arts, Music, Drama)
Arts Education (Visual Arts, Music, Drama)
Summer art.pdfMusic -take it outside.pdfR.E (Religious Education), if applicable
R.E (Religious Education), if applicable
New learning
This week we are reminded that God created us equally and that we are all unique.
Listen to the poem- I’m quite unique
(Grow in love- theme 9: creation- lesson 1. God created us)
complete Grow in love work book- pg 51
Draw a picture of yourself and write five things that make you unique.
Listen to the song below and have a sing along!
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
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