News Flash Teachers’ Resource Pack

January Issue 10, 2017

News Flash - January Issue #10 - Monthly Planner

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News Round

Strange World

Sport

English SPHE History

• Developing communicative relationships through language

• Understanding the

content and structure of language

• Exploring and using

language

• Reading: developing interests,

• attitudes, information retrieval skills and the ability to think

• Reading: responding to text

• Reading for Pleasure • Developing Citizenship

• Read and interpret different types of functional text • Distinguish between fact and opinion, bias and objectivity in

text • Read and discuss about National Issues that dominated news

headlines: Ride on Rob, Cliffs of Moher, Dublin Zoo Welcomes New Baby Oryx, Antarctic Ice Shelf Splitting, New Year’s Babies, Self-Driving Cars

• Complete a series of puzzles, word searches, riddles, puzzles (Puzzles Pages P.16 & 17)

• Read and discuss a selection of strange stories from around the world (Strange World) – Do You Want to Build A Snowman? The Sky’s the Limit, I’m a ‘Seal-ebrity!’ – Get Me Out of Here!

7 The Historical Diary: The Concorde

History English

• Story

• Stories of the lives of people in the past

• Time and chronology • Cause and effect

• Read a brief history of… Concorde • Learn about what supersonic travel means • Looking at a simple timeline of the life of the plane and learn about

the uses, advantages, disadvantages etc. • Learn some interesting facts about the Concorde

15 Cúinne na Gaeilge

Sa Bhaile: Mo Theach Cad a dúirt tú?

Gaeilge • Léitheoireacht • Labhairt

• Ag cothú fonn léitheoireachta

• Ag cothú spéise/ag úsáid teanga

Cé mise ? Léigh go cúramach agus cuir an t-ainm ceart faoin bpictiúr ceart. • Foclóir : Díon (4) Doras (5) Fuinneog (8) Fál (3) Crainn (6)

Suíochán Binse (8,5) Clann (5) Cosán (5) Bothar (6)

Cad a duirt tú ? 1. Chuaigh mé thart ar chúl an tí. 2. Tá mé i mbun an tí inniu. 3. Bhogamar ó theach amháin go dtí teach eile. 4. Tá teach ceithre sheomra codlata againn. 5. Tá an teach is mó sa tsráid acu. 6. Rinne an tuile damáiste don teach. 7. Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin. 8. Chuir sí fáilte romham chuig a teach nua. 9. Tá teach beag aoibhinn agam faoin tuath. 10. Tá an teach ag titim as a chéile.

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People working in the community- Garda Around the World- Australia

English Geography

• Human Environments

• Natural Environment

• Living in the Local Community

• People and places in other areas

• Planet earth in space

• become aware of and learn to value the diversity of people who live in the local community and the contribution they make

• begin to recognise the interdependence of individuals and groups in the local community- people we rely on to help others in the community (The Guard)

• Appreciate the duties that are involved in working in the Gardaí • Learn about Australia- Sport, Wildlife, Animals, Factfile etc. • Learn that Australia day is on in January 10,11 All About 2017 SPHE • Myself

• Myself and the Wider

World

• Read all about the important events of 2017 – ranging from anniversaries to movie releases, political events to sporting events – and invite children to think about their own important days coming up in 2017

19 Alphabet Animals J is for…

Science

• Living Things

• Animal Life

• Learn about the Jaguar: looking at habitat, enemies, the young, the physical attributes of the creature etc.

• Learn about the Jabira- looking at habitat, enemies, the young, the physical attributes of the creature etc.

• Read a selection of interesting facts about each animal • Read a brief fact-file on each animal 20 The Science lab Science • Living Things

• Human Life • Learn about bones

• Look at the simple scientific make-up of the bone- what the outside and inside are made up of

• Begin to understand how your bones and joints work • Learn interesting facts about bones • Introduce three key words – Calcium, Bone Marrow

and Cartilage 11, 12 MLK Day History • Story Stories • Learn about the life and times of Martin Luther King Junior

• Look at childhood, growing up and the issues that faced black people in the early to mid-20th century

• Learn about segregation, discrimination, racism and the Civil Rights Movement

• Learn about the Montgomery Boycott • Read an excerpt from MLK’s famous ‘I Have A Dream’ • Understand the cause and effect from Martin Luther

King’s bravery and courage, and his willingness to put his life in danger so as to free his fellow black Americans

This month’s cloze test is based on a rather strange story from a previous Strange World page. We’ve made it a bit trickier by taking out 8 words. This is called a cloze test. Read through the words first and make sure you understand them. Then, read through the article. Make sure you think about the best place to put a word, not the first place. Careful as you go, as some words may fit in a few places, while other words will only suit one place.

MONKEY-ING AROUND … ON A BUS!

If tigers and goats can become _________, then surely a monkey can drive a bus, right? This seems to have been the case recently, when a small (and we must add, rather cheeky) monkey decided to try his hand at being a bus _________.

When the driver of a bus in the city of Bareilly, in Northern India, __________ to take a nap between shifts, little did he realise he was being watched- not by his boss, but by a scheming monkey! As the man snoozed, the monkey ___________ the bus, turned the key and put the bus into gear. When the driver awoke to a rumbling

bus, he spotted the monkey making ___________ escape. The driver ___________ to stop the bus before anyone was ____________. The bus did, however, run into two other buses parked at the bottom of the hill. The police fear the monkey was driving without a ____________!

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CLOZE ACTIVITY- A Strange World!

managed injured decided his license

driver boarded friends

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Here is a Pixel Art Worksheet from ColoringSquared.com for you to enjoy. Follow the colour key below to reveal a super-hero guy! Careful with your subtracting!

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COLOURING ACTIVITY

1. What may happen if the ice shelf in the Antarctica, called the Larsen C, splits and enters the sea?

2. Name two maternity hospitals found in the capital city of Ireland.

3. What car company are hoping to have fully self-driving cars on the road by 2021?

4. Name three European countries mentioned in The Cliffs of Moher article.

5. What was Ireland’s most popular tourist attraction last year?

6. What large tech company have been testing self-driving cars since 2009?

7. What are the names of the two centenarians mentioned in this month’s News Round?

8. What does the term ‘extinct in the wild’ mean?

9. Tricky one: List two advatages and two disadvantages of self-driving cars.

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COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY- NEWS ROUND PAGES 4 & 5

Find the 12 months in the wordsearch and fill in below. Careful with the spellings!

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A New Year Wordsearch

Every issue of News Flash is packed full of facts and figures. Stuff you never knew before is just waiting to surprise and amaze you on every page. Why not record the Top 9 things that you learned from this issue. When you do, make sure to draw an illustration to go with them. When you are finished, share and discuss your choices with your classmates. Here is the first one done for you You’ll see I didn’t just copy it from the book- I wrote it out in my own words. Always a great idea when doing a project.

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MINI- PROJECT WORKSHEET- NEWS FLASH

1. DID YOU KNOW? There is a large ice shelf in the Antarctic called Larsen C. Scientists are afraid that when it breaks off and falls into the water, the sea levels will rise. Some people believe that this is a result of Global Warming.

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Here is a Martin Luther King Poster for you to enjoy on Jan 16. You can read all about him in this month’s News Flash. When you’re finished colouring, why not draw in lots of people

cheering him on in the background.

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COLOURING ACTIVITY

Follow the picture clues and fill in the missing words on the 2D shape Crossword.

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Shape Crossword

Title:____________________ Author:_____________________

Book reviews are all about what YOU thought of a book. They don’t tell just the story, and they certainly don’t give away the ending. Your sentences could begin with:

I thought… I liked when… My favourite part was when… I found… I didn’t like… I laughed when… and so on.

When you start your review with these sentence starters, you know you are talking about what you thought, not just what happened. Don’t forget to email your book reviews to win@newsflash.ie. Just ask your teacher or parent for help

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BOOK REVIEW WORKSHEET- THE LIBRARY PAGE 15

NF Readers’ Club Each month we interview News Flash readers from around the country, asking you about your

favourite things. If you would like to join our readers’ club, email us your favourite things to win@newsflash.ie

Name:

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School:

Favourite page in News Flash:

Favourite pastime:

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Favourite sport:

Favourite school subject:

Favourite Book:

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Favourite food:

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Favourite time of the year: If you all do one, why not ask the teacher to pick one out at random, don’t read the name but read everything

else and see if you can guess whose factfile was chosen!

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PERSONAL FACTFILE

Answers Crack the Code: Martin Luther King was a courageous man who tried to make the world a better place for everyone to live in.

Cúinne na Gaeilge A=6, B=4, C=7, D=2, E=8, F=10, G=5, H=9, I=1, J=3

Quiz 25

Monthly Quiz 1. Someone who is 100-years-old or more. 2. Guinness Store House 3. An antelope 4. 1929 5. James Earl Ray 6. 24 million 7. Michael D Higgins 8. Derek Landy 9. Calcium 10. Sam Warburton 11. Jan 21, 1976 12. A Garda badge with a unique number on it 13. Australia 14. blimp 15. Díon 16. cartliage 17. Athletico Madrid 18. Penguin 19. Aeroplane 20. The inland taipan 21. Ireland 22. Donald Trump 23. Jaguar 24. England 25. Bayerische Motoren Werke

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