4 th Class

Hi everyone! Firstly, I have some great news to share with you all. Do you remember we planted carrot seeds, pea seeds and cress seeds in early March? Well, I am delighted to report that they are growing.Apparently, the sunshine, the quietness, the drop of rain and plenty of fresh air have suited the plants. They are thriving now. Have a look at some of them.

If we were in school now, we would be transferring them into the ground out in the garden. However, because we are not there, guess what! Pat told me that he is going to make it his mission to look after them. Three cheers for Pat! Anyway, I hope you are all well. I have attached activities for the week again but I have only included a few picture puzzles for Monday because it is a bank holiday. You can do any of the other activities too if you want. You definitely know all of the people in the puzzles, so it might be fun to try to identify them. Again, thank you for staying in contact with me via phone, email and Microsoft teams. I really know how busy you all must be. I appreciate it and it is a pleasure to see some of the work that the lads have been doing. dmurphy@togherboys.com

The websites of the week offer some different options and challenges.Take care of each other.Best wishes.

I will break this down into smaller daily amounts on Aladdin Connect again (Homework section)

if you would like to see that. All Fallons/Folens books are free to click into on the school’s website.

English

Spellings: p58/59 (‘Games’) soccer, camogie, hurling, gaelic, rounders, snooker, rugby, tennis, golf, hockey, handball, swimming, referee, basketball, chess, athletics

Vocabulary: Similes (Common expressions) Attached at the end. APPENDIX I

Wordsearch and Crossword: These are words which we added to our vocabulary copy at school. See if you can remember their meanings. APPENDIX II

Reading: TGH: The Chernobyl Children’s Project International (Theme: Rescue & Compassion) History Quest: The Travels of Marco Polo p26

Writing: (Homework copy can be used for all written exercises)TGH p94 A (oral), B (oral) C (oral) p95 D (oral), E (write)Modern Handwriting: Next Page (Keep practising it, as neatly as you can, in your homework).

Cloze: APPENDIX III

Creative: Writing an Acrostic Poem (Root Word: HOLIDAYS)

An acrostic poem is one in which you start by writing the letters of a root word vertically on the page. (example; Christmas) Each letter within the word must then be used to write a line describing the meaning of your root word in some way. For example; Carol singing with my friends. Hoping Santa will find his way through the snow…..etc.This type of poem does not have to rhyme and you can be as creative as you wish.More details attached at the end. APPENDIX IV

Suggestions for additional work during the day or possibly on Fridays

1. Spellbound p58/592. Dictionary Work (submerge, coax, campaign, disarmament, radioactive)3. Grammar game (Similes). Write out the adjective (slow, graceful, wise) and the nouns

(snail, swan, owl). Cut them up. You can put them face down and try to create pairs. Alternatively, use a timer and time yourself matching the words to complete the similes.

4. Typing.com (This site helps you to get faster at typing. You could type your acrostic poem too if you would like to do that).

Gaeilge:

Litriú: SpellingsLuch = mouse Féach = to look/to watchLoch = lake D’fhéach = looked/watchedMo chóta = my coat Níor Fhéach = didn’t

look/didn’t watchSalach = dirty Chan sé = he sangFliuch = wet Chas sí = she turnedCheannaigh = bought Chnag sí = she knocked

Léitheoireacht: Reading Revision

Gadaí sa ChathairChuaigh buachaill isteach sa chathair ar an mbus. Liam is ainm dó. Nuair a chonaic sé cluiche ríomhaire sa siopa bréagán, chuir sé ina chóta é. Ní fhaca aon duine Liam. Bhí sé ag coimeád súile ar cháca beag sa siopa báicéara freisin. D’fhág an báicéir an cuntar agus rug Liam air. Tar éis sin, thug sé cuairt don siopa poitigéara. Ghoid sé bindealán. Shocraigh sé dul go dtí an siopa peata. Shiúil sé isteach go ciúin agus chuir sé coinín faoin hata agus iasc órga ina phóca. Go tobann, mhothaigh sé lámh ar a ghualann. Bhí sé i dtrioblóid mór.A Thief in TownA boy went into town on the bus. His name is Liam. When he saw a computer game in the toy shop, he put it into his coat. Nobody saw Liam. He was keeping an eye on a small cake in the bakery shop too. The baker left the counter and Liam grabbed it. After that, he paid a visit to the pharmacy shop. He stole a bandage. He decided to go to the pet shop. He walked in quietly and he put a rabbit under his hat and a goldfish into his pocket. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He was in big trouble. Suggestions for additional work during the day or possibly on Fridays

Ceisteanna

Cé a chuaigh isteach sa chathair? Who went into town?

Conas a chuaigh sé isteach sa chathair? How did he go in to town?

Cad a ghoid sé sa siopa bréagán? What did he steal in the toy shop?

Tar éis an siopa poitigéara, cá ndeachaigh sé? Chuaigh sé……. After the pharmacy shop, where did he go? He went……….

Cár chuir sé an coinín? Where did he put the rabbit?

Líon na bearnaí. Fill in the gaps.

Is breá _________ feoil, (liom/orm) ach is fuath __________ sicín. (liom/orm)

Tá peata nua ag Brian. Tá peata nua __________. (air/aige)

‘An bhfuil fearg ____________?’ arsa Séimí le Neasa. (uait/ort)

Níl cótaí ar Liam agus Clíona. Níl cótaí __________. (orthu/leo)

Níl bronntanas ag teastáil _________________. (dó/uaidh)

Thug an báicéir cáca ___________. (liom/dom)

Maths

Tables: x5÷5, x7 ÷7, x10 ÷10 (Try to skip count quickly for each regularly. Task: list your 5s and 10s. Put a circle around any number that is common to both. Then list your 5s, 10s and 7s and check which numbers are common to all families. Do your 7s have many common multiples with the 5s and 10s?)

Busy at Maths: p 109 Q6,7,8. Figure It Out: p43

BAM p109 Q6(a)

Remember: If the prices of items are being reduced by 1/5, then you must get 1/5 of the price first to see how much the reduction is. Then take that answer away from the full price.

How do we get one fifth of a number. Remember, we divide by 5.

€7.25 is the full price. Divide it by 5 to see what the shop will take off.

5 ∟7.25 1.45

Ok. The shop is going to take €1.45 off the full price for you. So I will pay €7.25 - €1.45

€7.25 -€1.45

€5.80 So, I will pay €5.80

BAM p109 Q7 This has 3 parts

You will have to add up the prices of Evelyn’s items first.Then, add up the prices of Evan’s items.Then, find the difference between the two amounts (take away)

P109 Q8

If Nuala bought 6 boxes, you will have to multiply the price of one box by 6.Then, take this total away from €40.00 to find her change.

FIOp 43

Remember:

Altogether = addHow much money did Mary and Joe have between them = addHow much left = subtractSum of = addHow much greater than = subtractHow much more does she need = subtract

Q10 remember: we don’t know Susan’s amount yet. She has €9.38 more than Mary. Add it on to Mary’s amount and you will know how much Susan has then. Then you can put Mary’s money and Susan’s money together.

Q12 remember: we don’t know the price of a hurley yet. A hurley is €5.27 cheaper than €26.85

Take €5.27 from €26.85 and you will know the price of the hurley.

Then add this price of the hurley to the price of the helmet.

Suggestions for additional work during the day and possibly on Fridays.

1. Revise tables (2,3,4,6,8,9,11,12) x ÷ 2. Revise names of 2D shapes and 3D shapes p66/963. Regular time checks (practising analogue time and digital time). Maybe record the time

you start your schoolwork and the time that you finish. 4. Practise long multiplication sums (Make them randomly; example 28x16, 59x27 etc…)

SPHE: www.staysafe.ie . This extra time together may present ideal opportunities to look at some safety lessons and discuss them as a family.

This week: Secrets and Telling. (If you click on the website, there is a teacher link and a parent link. You could look at the lesson on teacher link and then discuss it using the guide questions on the parent link.

SESE: Read your History Quest story this week and we will work a bit more on the theme of explorers next week.

Websites of the week (If you feel like taking a break from the work above, you can check these out)

English: www.mycjfallon.ie ‘Read at Home’ is a book I would recommend again this week. It encourages reading for information. The boys can get a lot of reading practice with the ‘History Quest’ and ‘The Golden Harp’ activities anyway. The book offers further practice on reading/comprehension skills. The stories are short and interesting. The boys might like to continue where we stopped with this book and you can access it here.

Maths: http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fraction-matcher/latest/fraction-matcher_en.html I had great fun with this one. It was good to practise matching fraction pictures to each other.

Music: https://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org This website is great for learning the names and sounds of the instruments in the different families of the orchestra. Typing: www.typing.com This site will help you to develop your typing skills and provides tasks to work on speed-typing.Chess : www.movesforlife.ie

www.chessossity.com www.chesskid.com

A task for the whole family:

P.E: The following workout plan works out differently for everyone. It is determined by the letters in your name.

Take your full name. Spell it out on paper and look at which exercise must be done for each letter. Put all of the elements together and you have a daily workout for the week. Change it up if you want. Choose the name of your favourite sports star or celebrity and see which exercises they would have to do for their names. Have fun!!!

A Punch the air 20 timesB 7 squatsC Stretch arms out as far as they go and back in 12 timesD 10 push-upsE Arm circles forward x8F 9 sit-upsG Plank for 12 secondsH Reach up fully and touch the clouds 9 timesI Flap your arms like a bird 18 timesJ Pretend to pedal a bike for a count of 14K 10 Jumping JacksL Hop on one foot 5 timesM March with knees high for count of 13N Arm circles backwards x 8O 4 burpeesP Walk on your knees for a count of 11Q Pretend to ride a horse for a count of 28R Bend down and touch your toes 20 timesS Throw a ball up high and catch 9 timesT Balance on your right foot for a count of 10U Balance on your left foot for a count of 10V Walk sideways 20 steps and hop backW Walk backwards 50 steps and skip backX Crawl like a crab for a count of 10Y Sit and raise two weights (bags of sugar) up and down 15 times Z Hop like a frog 8 times

APPENDIX I

Similes (Very useful in stories)

As slow as a snailAs brave as a lionAs busy as a bee/ an antAs blind as a batAs strong as an oxAs playful as a kittenAs happy as a larkAs mad as a hatterAs wise as an owlAs gentle as a lambAs slippery as an eelAs swift as a hareAs agile as a monkeyAs hungry as a wolfAs graceful as a swanAs stubborn as a muleAs sweet as honeyAs fresh as a daisyAs green as grassAs cold as iceAs fit as a fiddleAs good as goldAs flat as a pancakeAs old as the hills

APPENDIX II:

Vocab. Copy: Rewind 2Q U C X C S N A R L E D P K Z

X Y V G O Q S W W C J C X H G

L I V I D P O T Z N O J P Q O

W N S S K E T M E L I D O E C

N C R H A S X I M R Z C B B Y

O C A S E B A M M R N I R T D

T K P P K Q D J J I R L Q D L

O E Z N T E H W G B S H Y K O

R Q N Z R I Y B D R V T X X E

I M E A S B V Q G I V H I R O

O J L I C P V E O B O N G C W

U G Y H O R K O A P T Q N M S

S F H E I V C U N N I N G F Z

Y R L X A Q J T S R B E H D J

Y D J M E R C I L E S S B I Y

bribe

notorious

livid

glared

snarled

sternly

cunning

captive

merciless

optimistic

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Across:2. looked at someone crossly4. positive about the future6. famous for bad reasons

Down:1. sly or sneaky3. furious5. To be held ______. (imprisoned)

8. a sneaky attempt to get want you want by offering something else

9. showing no pity10. to look at someone in a strict way

7. spoke to someone in a snappy, angry way

APPENDIX III:

Cloze: The Mystery of Magic

Magician, conjurer and illusionist are all ___________ for people who perform magic tricks. Audiences are fascinated by the seemingly impossible feats ________________ entertainers can carry out.

People enjoy ____________ because of its mystery. The discovery of how a ____________ is done will make it lose its appeal. Magicians seldom reveal the secrets of _____________ tricks.

Magic includes _________ types of tricks. Sleight of hand is when objects such as balls, cards or doves are made to appear and disappear. Illusions involve large-scale tricks with the __________ of human assistants and elaborate equipment. One of the most famous illusions is sawing a person in _____________.

Some ____________ specialise in escape magic. The most famous escape performer _____________ Harry Houdini who could quickly free himself from handcuffs, leg irons, jail ____________ and nailed crates. His most sensational feat was to escape from an airtight tank ________________ with water.

Simple magic tricks can be learned from _____________ on magic. To become a professional magician, however, takes many years of _______________.

APPENDIX IV:

So, this week we have a task to compose an acrostic poem about ‘holidays’.

Here is an example of an acrostic poem about ‘QUARANTINE’

Quick! Stock the house with toilet rolls

Utterly bored without most friends and relatives

All social contact strictly prohibited

Reading and painting to pass my time

An unnatural time in Ireland’s history

Nanas and Grandas forced to cocoon

Talking to others from a social distance

I’m waiting for the tide to turn

News reports becoming more positive

Easing restrictions, any day now!!

APPENDIX V: Monday’s Puzzles

This person’s picture is on our History wall. A singer Lives in SpringfieldPresenter (Great Christmas show)Soccer playerHas a cool clubhouse