Monday 25th January
Hello capable 6th class!
Hope you all enjoyed the weekend and are ready for a new week of online work. I have been very impressed by most of you who have been doing the work every day, completing 10 - completing the daily work on here, completing 20 minutes of IXL and filling out the google forms every day, please keep it up this week.
We are continuing our Overcoming Adversity theme today by studying The Aboriginal People of Australia, we are going onto Chapter 33 Capacity in Maths and we are continuing I Am David chapter 5 today (please have today's work complete by the virtual reading groups today at 1.30pm)
Codes for today's Googlemeets Reading Groups:
Ms. Spillane's group - https://meet.google.com/hqm-fmfh-dow
Ms. Desmond's group - https://meet.google.com/gre-tskk-gyr
Aisling's group - https://meet.google.com/jrd-atio-xrx
A big congratulations to Matéo on being top scorer of the week with an ASTOUNDING 1541 IXL questions answered and a smart score of 92! 🔥🔥 Anyone who answered over 200 questions is getting 3 dojo points!😎 See the top 5!
👉 New set of IXL tasks await this week - Units of measurement (T) in Maths and Pronouns (C) in English. 👈
If you need help with anything or have any questions please email : lspillane@scoiltreasanaofa.ie and also, Ms. Desmond is available mdesmond@scoiltreasanaofa.ie
Work hard and stay safe,
Ms. Spillane
PLEASE SEE THE PRESENTATION TO CHECK OUT HOW TO GET STARTED ON YOUR OVERCOMING ADVERSITY PROJECT!
Daily Schedule for Monday 25th January
Challenge 1: Puzzle of the Day!
What's full of water but still holds water?
Subject 1: Maths
Click here for Daily 10! - 5mins
Busy at Maths: Chapter 33: Capacity - Information sheet on chapter here
a) Watch my explanation video by clicking here if it does not appear next to the Maths section - press play it you can see it.
b) Answer all on page 172.
c) Answer any 6 questions from Q1 and Q2 on page 173
Don't have your Busy at Maths book? No problem.
Click here for page 172 Click here for page 173
3. Work It Out. Week 17 (Monday) - 15 mins
4. Click here for IXL! - 10-20mins
Challenge 2: Physical Challenge of the Day!
Press Up Challenge : It doesn't matter where you are, as long as you're somewhere safe you can try the DEAPU - Drop Everything and Press Up!
Subject 2: English
Spellings: Complete new sort into your English / Treasury / Spelling copy:
Group 2: Sort 31 - Click here! *** Group 3: Sort 42 - Click here! Group 4: Sort 8 - Click here! -20mins
WOW Words Week 17: Brand new week of WOW words - Click here to reveal them! Write them into your Vocab book as usual:
Page 1 DEFINITIONS -------------- Page 2: ANTONYMS / WOW WORDS / SYNONYMS.
PLEASE WRITE IN ALL DEFINITIONS TODAY - WE WILL GO THROUG THEM ON THE GOOGLEMEET.
3. English in Practice: Day 65 (Monday) - 15 mins
Write to Read: 'I Am David' by Anne Holm: Please read the first part of ch. 5 (that's pg. 104 - 112 if you have the book and that's 42- 45 of PDF sheets online)
Please click here to access the 'I Am David' reading materials.
👉 I've included a new form on finding WOW Words, please fill out as you find new and interesting words so that they will be included in upcoming WOW Word Weeks 👈
Please complete the usual Write to Read homework - that is a choice of a ) summary, b) 3 personal responses and c ) 4 comprehension strategies. You have a choice of completing this in your copybook or here. (But if you choose to complete it in your copybook, you will need to send a picture of it to me every evening)
IXL: Click here for IXL! - 10-20 mins
*** GROUP 2 SEE THE PICTURE ABOVE TO SEE DIFFERENCE IN AMERICAN AND ENGLISH / IRISH SPELLINGS (WE WILL GO THROUGH IT IN THE GOOGLEMEET TODAY AT 1.30PM)
Challenge 3: KAMALA HARRIS: A WOMAN WHO HAS OVERCOME ADVERSITY
America's New Vice President - the first female VICE PRESIDENT and the first HALF BLACK / HALF VICE PRESIDENT
Take a look at the photo of Kamala standing against the 48 previous MEN who have been VICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA before her.
Think..... How has Kamala overcome adversity?
😲Up until the red square, Kamala would have been a slave girl!
😲Up until the pink square, Kamala couldn't have voted!
😲Up until the blue square, Kamala would have been in a segregated school!
😲Up until the green square, Kamala would not have been allowed to have a bank account!
Subject 3: HISTORY: THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
Watch the video about the Aborigines here.
Read Chapter 4, pages 25 - 32 of your History Quest 6 Book. Don't have your book? No problem. Click here!
Answer the questions from the chapter in the Google Form.
Challenge 4: Daily Dingbat!
SAY WHAT YOU SEE!
