Homework (27/03/17 - 31/03/17)

*If your child is using a homework pass can you remind them to write that in their homework copies or wherever they are doing homework so that when I'm correcting I know why they didn't do that part.

English Reading: Read chapters "And the Lion Shall Lie Down with the Lamb" on Monday and "Adonis Blues" on Wednesday

English Oral Language: Run through oral language questions (given out on day) for "And the Lion Shall Lie Down with the Lamb" on Monday and "Adonis Blues" on Wednesday

English Writing: Between Monday/ Tuesday find 3 words in "And the Lion Shall Lie Down with the Lamb" that the children don't know, look them up in the dictionary and write a definition for each. Then use each word in a sentence. Do the same for "Adonis Blues" between Wednesday/ Thursday.

Example:
sidling: To move sideways sneakily.
veranda: a large, open porch attached to a house. Verandas have roofs and are used for social activities.
Triumphantly: having achieved a great success or victory.

He was sidling up to me in class looking for answers.
The Veranda is in front of my house.
I waved triumphantly when I scored the goal.

English Spelling and Irish spellings in spelling folder:Spread words evenly across the evenings if you can.

spellings:

Chance

Vase

Ask

Nasty

Sultana

Drama

Plaster

Disaster

Basketball

Avocado

ubh,

Cásc,

seacláid,

coinín

cóisir

Maths homework given by teacher in team teaching. 

Maths: Tables Champion p34.

Irish Reading: p88 - 91 Leigh sa Bhaile.  Can parents (if you are able to) ask the children the questions that appear on the page and go through the tricky vocab in the corner. there is a parents resource page where at this website: http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources

Use this website, by ticking Léigh sa Bhaile C, then clicking view resources beside the page you are doing that night (it will say lch5 - this means page 5)

Homework (20/03/17 - 24/03/17)

Homework (20/03/17 - 24/03/17)

*If your child is using a homework pass can you remind them to write that in their homework copies or wherever they are doing homework so that when I'm correcting I know why they didn't do that part.

English Reading: Read chapters "A Miracle A Miracle" on Monday and "The Butterfly Lion" on Wednesday

English Oral Language: Run through oral language questions (given out on day) for "A Miracle A Miracle" on Tuesday and "The Butterfly Lion" on Wednesday.

English Writing: Between Monday/ Tuesday find 3 words in "A Miracle A Miracle" that the children don't know, look them up in the dictionary and write a definition for each. Then use each word in a sentence. Do the same for "The Butterfly Lion" between Wednesday/ Thursday.

Example:
sidling: To move sideways sneakily.
veranda: a large, open porch attached to a house. Verandas have roofs and are used for social activities.
Triumphantly: having achieved a great success or victory.

He was sidling up to me in class looking for answers.
The Veranda is in front of my house.
I waved triumphantly when I scored the goal.

English Spelling and Irish spellings in spelling folder:Spread words evenly across the evenings if you can.

spellings:

Unit

Tuna

Duet

Menu

Human

Computer

Unicorn

Cucumber

Solution

Universe

Tuáille

Buataisí

Caipín

Veist

éadrom

Maths homework given by teacher in team teaching. 

Maths: Tables Champion p33.

Irish Reading: p84 - 87 Leigh sa Bhaile.  Can parents (if you are able to) ask the children the questions that appear on the page and go through the tricky vocab in the corner. there is a parents resource page where at this website: http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources

Use this website, by ticking Léigh sa Bhaile C, then clicking view resources beside the page you are doing that night (it will say lch5 - this means page 5)

St. Brendan's Boat Art

Have a look at the brilliant boats the children made. They were asked to recreate Tim Severin's boat which took the route that St. Brendan took when he traversed the Atlantic Ocean to America.

Ireland Project

Project

Over the next two weeks the children will the working on an individual project based on the theme- Ireland. They will present it on the 27th of March. We have discussed it in class and come up with suggestions of topics linked to the theme. These include;

·         Rivers/Mountain of Ireland

·         A county in Ireland

·         A famous Irish building

·         A famous Irish person

·         Irish food

·         Irish sport

·         Irish Music

·         An Irish Legend e.g. Fionn and the Fianna

·         An Irish President

The most important thing is that they pick something that interests them.

Presentation

Each child will decide to present their project in a different way. Some suggestions in class were;

·         Powerpoint

·         SESE hardback.

·         Display folder

·         Poster Paper

·         Model of a building e.g. Malahide Castle

The main thing to remember is;

·         The children understand the content.

·         It is in their own words. (not copied and pasted from a search engine)

·         It is presented neatly if handwritten.

Here are some links to help explore your ideas.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/

http://www.kidrex.org/

Homework (13/03/17 - 17/03/17)

Homework (13/03/17 - 17/03/17)

*If your child is using a homework pass can you remind them to write that in their homework copies or wherever they are doing homework so that when I'm correcting I know why they didn't do that part.

English Reading: Read the chapter "The White Prince".

English Oral Language: Run through oral language questions (given out on day) for "The White Prince.

English Writing: Between Monday/ Tuesday find 3 words in "The White Prince" that the children don't know, look them up in the dictionary and write a definition for each. Then use each word in a sentence.

Example:
sidling: To move sideways sneakily.
veranda: a large, open porch attached to a house. Verandas have roofs and are used for social activities.
Triumphantly: having achieved a great success or victory.

He was sidling up to me in class looking for answers.
The Veranda is in front of my house.
I waved triumphantly when I scored the goal.

English Spelling and Irish spellings in spelling folder:Spread words evenly across the evenings if you can.

spellings

Ago
Videos
Zero
Echo
Mango
Tornado
Volcano
Radio

Naomh
Pádraig
Seamróg
Nathair

Maths homework given by teacher in team teaching. 

Irish Reading: p84 - 87 Leigh sa Bhaile.  Can parents (if you are able to) ask the children the questions that appear on the page and go through the tricky vocab in the corner. there is a parents resource page where at this website: http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources

Use this website, by ticking Léigh sa Bhaile C, then clicking view resources beside the page you are doing that night (it will say lch5 - this means page 5)

Homework (06/03/17 - 10/03/17)

Homework (06/03/17 - 10/03/17)

*If your child is using a homework pass can you remind them to write that in their homework copies or wherever they are doing homework so that when I'm correcting I know why they didn't do that part.

English Reading: Read chapters "A lot of  old codswallop" on Monday and "A lot of  old codswallop 2" on Wednesday

English Oral Language: Run through oral language questions (given out on day) for "A lot of  old codswallop" on Wednesday.

English Writing: Between Monday/ Tuesday find 3 words in "A lot of  old codswallop" that the children don't know, look them up in the dictionary and write a definition for each. Then use each word in a sentence. Do the same for "A lot of  old codswallop" between Wednesday/ Thursday.

Example:
sidling: To move sideways sneakily.
veranda: a large, open porch attached to a house. Verandas have roofs and are used for social activities.
Triumphantly: having achieved a great success or victory.

He was sidling up to me in class looking for answers.
The Veranda is in front of my house.
I waved triumphantly when I scored the goal.

English Spelling and Irish spellings in spelling folder:Spread words evenly across the evenings if you can.

spellings

Open

Oval

Only

Poem

Total

Mobile

Moment

Overboard

Vocabulary

Roman

Crios

Hata

Carbhat

Cóta

Scairf

Maths homework given by teacher in team teaching. 

Maths: Tables Champion p32.

Irish Reading: p80 - 83 Leigh sa Bhaile.  Can parents (if you are able to) ask the children the questions that appear on the page and go through the tricky vocab in the corner. there is a parents resource page where at this website: http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources

Use this website, by ticking Léigh sa Bhaile C, then clicking view resources beside the page you are doing that night (it will say lch5 - this means page 5)

homework (27/02/17 to 03/03/17)

homework (27/02/17 to 03/03/17)

*If your child is using a homework pass can you remind them to write that in their homework copies or wherever they are doing homework so that when I'm correcting I know why they didn't do that part.

English Reading: Read chapters "And all's well 1" on Monday and "And all's well 2" on Wednesday

English Oral Language: Run through oral language questions (given out on day) for "And all's well 1" on Monday and "And all's well 2" on Wednesday.

English Writing: Between Monday/ Tuesday find 3 words in "And All's Well" that the children don't know, look them up in the dictionary and write a definition for each. Then use each word in a sentence. Do the same for "And All's well" between Wednesday/ Thursday.

Example:
sidling: To move sideways sneakily.
veranda: a large, open porch attached to a house. Verandas have roofs and are used for social activities.
Triumphantly: having achieved a great success or victory.

He was sidling up to me in class looking for answers.
The Veranda is in front of my house.
I waved triumphantly when I scored the goal.

English Spelling and Irish spellings in spelling folder:Spread words evenly across the evenings if you can.

spellings

Icy

Diet

Child

Idea

Wild

Behind

Spider

Pirate

Diary

Viking

Sciorta

Bríste

Gúna

Léine

Bróga

Maths sheet on 3D shapes. 

Maths: Tables Champion p31.

Irish Reading: p76 - 79 Leigh sa Bhaile.  Can parents (if you are able to) ask the children the questions that appear on the page and go through the tricky vocab in the corner. there is a parents resource page where at this website: http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources

Use this website, by ticking Léigh sa Bhaile C, then clicking view resources beside the page you are doing that night (it will say lch5 - this means page 5)

homework (13/02/17 to 17/02/17)

homework (13/02/17 to 17/02/17)

*If your child is using a homework pass can you remind them to write that in their homework copies or wherever they are doing homework so that when I'm correcting I know why they didn't do that part.

English Reading: Read chapters "The Frechman" on Monday and "Straw Bridge" on Wednesday

English Oral Language: Run through oral language questions (given out on day) for "The Frenchman" on Tuesday and for "Straw Bridge" on Thursday.

English Writing: Between Monday/ Tuesday find 3 words in "The Frenchman" that the children don't know, look them up in the dictionary and write a definition for each. Then use each word in a sentence. Do the same for "Straw Bridge" between Wednesday/ Thursday.

Example:
sidling: To move sideways sneakily.
veranda: a large, open porch attached to a house. Verandas have roofs and are used for social activities.
Triumphantly: having achieved a great success or victory.

He was sidling up to me in class looking for answers.
The Veranda is in front of my house.
I waved triumphantly when I scored the goal.

English Spelling and Irish spellings in spelling folder:Spread words evenly across the evenings if you can.

spellings

Evil                      Seacht

Email                   Cúig

Secret                   Deich

Legal                    Ceathar

Female                 Ocht

Recent

Media

Create

Medium

Immediately

Regal

Frequent

Maths sheet on time. Hi guys, Again this is a tough concept. If you can will you give them a hand with fractions it would be great. It was our first week with the concept so this week will be better.

Maths: Tables Champion p30.

Irish Reading: p72 - 75 Leigh sa Bhaile.  Can parents (if you are able to) ask the children the questions that appear on the page and go through the tricky vocab in the corner. there is a parents resource page where at this website: http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources

Use this website, by ticking Léigh sa Bhaile C, then clicking view resources beside the page you are doing that night (it will say lch5 - this means page 5)

Some of our clay art

Times for PT meetings

Monday 13/02/17:

2.50 – 3.00 Koray Genc

3.00 – 3.10 Alex O Dwyer

3.10 – 3.20 Alex Stojanovic

3.20 – 3.30 Juze Pereira

3.30 – 3.40 Joshua Sam Mathew

3.40 – 3.50 Poppy Belle Williams

3.50 – 4.00 Zoe Yu

4.00 – 4.10 Sam Redmond

4.10 – 4.20 Shane Synnott

4.20 – 4.30 Alex Corry

4.30 – 4.40 Shamilte Sannumugam

4.40 – 4.50 Ava Doyle

4.50 – 5.00 Emma Thomas

Tuesday 14/02/17:

2.50 – 3.00 Kayleigh Bradley Moran

3.10 – 3.20 Katie Lattimore

3.20 – 3.30 Sonny Verschoyle

3.30 – 3.40 Torin Stokes

3.40 – 3.50 Nikola Nowakowska

3.50 – 4.00 Andrew Flynn

Wednesday 15/02/17:

2.50 - 3.00 Gleb Mitrofanov

3.00 – 3.10 Seaghan O Cinnéide

3.10 – 3.20 Chloe Dowling

3.20 – 3.30 Daniel Mulhall Beirne

3.30 – 3.40 Weronika Opozda

3.40 – 3.50 Jessica Lamb

3.50 – 4.00 Sirihasini Tikka

4.00 – 4.10 Emmy Grange

Info about Novel Homework

The Butterfly Lion

Over the next 8 weeks we will be reading a class novel. The work we will be doing will cover all strand units of the English curriculum- Reading, writing and oral language.

 The objectives of doing this novel are;

• ·         Develop confidence and competence at reading fluency.
• ·         Read for enjoyment.
• ·         Increase understanding of challenging vocabulary.
• ·         Become more confident finding words in a dictionary.
• ·         Improve presentation of written work.
• ·         Give their thoughts and opinions on a novel.
• ·         Give their thoughts and opinions on characters in a novel.
• ·         Answer a range of comprehension questions.
• ·         Write a character profile.
• ·         Write a book report.

The children will meet these objectives in class and through nightly homework.

Some children will find aspects of the reading challenging. If you wish you may do shared reading- where you and your child both read together/read every second paragraph. They still will be able to hear the new vocabulary, increase their comprehension skills and read for enjoyment. If the novel is still causing difficulty, please let me know.

Reading homework

                        Monday                                                                       Wednesday

Week 1	Chilblains and Semolina Pudding	Strange meeting
Week 2	Timbavati	(No new chapter)
Week 3	Bertie and Lion	Running free
Week 4	The Frenchman	Strawbridge
Week 5	And all’s well	(No new chapter)
Week 6	A lot of old codswallop	(No new chapter)
Week 7	The white prince	A miracle
Week 8	The Butterfly Lion	And the lion shall…….

Writing homework

The written homework each week will be based on the chapters read that week. Please repeat the dictionary and sentence work each week for each new chapter. Make sure that the children are presenting their work well each night. As well as increasing confidence and competence in vocabulary, the children should also be working to continue to improve the presentation of their work.

                              Monday                                                                      Wednesday

Week 1	Chilblains and Semolina Pudding -Put 3 new words into a written sentence -Find the meaning of 3 words in your dictionary and write the definition in your copy	Strange meeting -Put 3 new words into a written sentence  -Find the meaning of 3 words in your dictionary and write the definition in your copy
Week 2	Timbavati (Repeat as above)	(No new chapter) Use words from chapter3
Week 3	Bertie and Lion	Running free
Week 4	The Frenchman	Strawbridge
Week 5	And all’s well	(No new chapter)
Week 6	A lot of old codswallop	(No new chapter)
Week 7	The white prince	A miracle
Week 8	The Butterfly Lion	And the lion shall…….

Oral Language

Please find questions based on each chapter attached. They need to be answered each week orally after each chapter is read. I would suggest that you focus on reading the chapter on a Monday and then discuss the corresponding comprehension questions on a Tuesday. Likewise focus on reading the chapter on a Wednesday and then answering the comprehension questions on a Thursday. As I say to the class comprehension questions aren’t a memory test- The child can scan back through the chapter if required to help them find an answer. We will review these questions in school also.

                                Tuesday                                                                                               Thursday

Week 1	Chilblains and Semolina Pudding	Strange meeting
Week 2	Timbavati	(No new chapter)
Week 3	Bertie and Lion	Running free
Week 4	The Frenchman	Strawbridge
Week 5	And all’s well	(No new chapter)
Week 6	A lot of old codswallop	(No new chapter)
Week 7	The white prince	A miracle
Week 8	The Butterfly Lion	And the lion shall…….