April 20th - 24th

Hello everyone,

We hope you're still keeping well and had an enjoyable Easter - or as enjoyable as possible at the minute. We miss you all and hope you're staying safe.

We're posting more activities here to keep you busy. It's all revision work and some continuation of regular homework/reading activities.

We can't stress enough to parents/guardians that this is a menu of work for your child and we really don't expect children to complete every task set below. Also, in school, every child's tasks are differentiated through levels of teacher support, help and introductions, so please do not become stressed about any work your child is finding difficult. Help where you can and if causing stress, skip it and move on.

There are a couple of sheets in the resources but don't worry if you can't print out. Just use the sheets as guides and make your own based on them.

If there are concerns/problems, you can email us and we will endeavour to reply as soon as we can. We would also like to see some of the children's work, and if parents give permission, we may post some samples of work here or on the school website. We can be contacted by email at 3rdclassteachers@virginians.ie

Keep safe,

Mr Lyons, Ms O'Reilly, Ms McLean and Ms Peyton

English

Reading Zone - Unit 27 - Click on the pages below to bring up images of the pages of Unit 27. Read the story and complete activities in your copy. If you would like to use the online textbook for Reading Zone, it can be found on the Folens site. Instructions on accessing textbooks can be found here.

Grammar - We've done lots of work on using capital letters this year. Use the punctuation slides below to help remind you when to use them and then try to complete the capital letters activity in your copy by clicking the capital letters page picture below. This activity is taken from CJ Fallon's A Way With Words 3 page 30. To access the online textbook, follow instructions here.

Writing - We'd love you to write a script for a news/weather report as if you were appearing on RTÉ. It can be about absolutely anything - a game you played, something that happened in your house, the weather, a family dinner/event - ANYTHING. Remember to try and write as if you're speaking on television.

Oral Language/Drama - Use the script you've written above and act out your report. Be creative! if possible, have siblings/parents/guardians watch you or even video you. Have fun...

Reading - Keep up your reading. We've picked 3 of our favourite Roald Dahl books and put them below too. Try and do a book review on any books you read. We've attached a sample template but you don't need to use this. You could just use it for ideas.

Time Book Work - We are attaching pages below from Busy at Maths 3. We have completed the corresponding work in our Mathemagic books so this work is similar to that we have already done. Again, this is a menu and we don't expect it all to be done. Like above, click on the pages for an image of the page or use the onine version of Busy at Maths 3 pg 92-96 on the CJ Fallon website. Instructions again here. We have also included slides to help you - one about the analogue clock and one about digital time.

Cluichí - Déan iarracht cluichí mar 'Deir Ó'Grádaigh', 'Feicim le mo shúilín bheag' agus 'Leadóg focail' a imirt freisin.

SESE

Time Capsule - This is a very unusual time in our lives and a time we'll never forget. But we will forget details about ourselves at this time in the future. So we would like you to make your own Covid 19 2020 Time Capsule. This will include lots of information about you, your family, this time, a letter to your future self and perhaps some special items (art, bracelet, photos etc.)

We've again included a guide below. You can either print this or use it for ideas to create your own sheets.

When you're finished, keep in an old shoe/cereal box and ask your parents to store it away somewhere safe - and return to it in years to come!