Friday 29 May 2020

Third Class English 29th May Kahoot Quiz



Friday 29th May

This week you were reading about elephants.  There is a short quiz on Kahoot if you would like to try it.  Click on the link here https://kahoot.it/challenge/06700159?challenge-id=f3080e5e-4e4d-4275-b272-2abdd0c42633_1590744101228 and it should bring you to the quiz.  If there are any problems please email me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com.  Enter the PIN number which you will be given and you are ready to go!  The quiz will be available for you to play until Monday 8th June.   Have fun!

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Corrections 25th - 29th May 2020





29th May 2020

Good morning to you all,
I hope you have had a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather this week.    Isn't it just glorious!   Corrections for all your work have been posted for you here and  also on Seesaw.  Enjoy the long weekend, remember the sunscreen and I will see you next week. 

Stay safe,
Ms Foley

Senior Infants.   1st & 2nd Class English.   3rd Class English.   3rd Class Maths
4th & 5th Class Maths4th Class English.   5th Class English

Monday 25 May 2020

Welcome 25th - 29th May 2020

25th May 2020

Good morning!

The blog has been updated with a selection of activities for all the different groups.    My email is at the end of the message if you wish to send work to me or it can also be posted on Seesaw.  There will be dictation posted on Wednesday on Seesaw for First Class English, Third Class English, Fourth Class English & Fifth Class English so remember to check your folders.  I will post correction sheets in you Seesaw folders on Friday for you and in the meantime keep safe. 

Continue with all the great work you are doing at home.

Have a lovely week,
Ms Foley
msfoleyschool@gmail.com

Primary Planet , Newsflash May 2020 & Coding Ireland

The May editions of Primary Planet and Newsflash are available now.  To make it easy to access them, I have posted the link here:  https://newsmagmedia.ie/Previews.aspx

Worksheets are also available Newsflash and Primary Planet
Coding Ireland have also made their resources free for parents and children for now.  Check out their weekly coding challenges and you could even win a prize!  Coding Ireland

Senior Infants 25th - 29th May 2020

25th May 2020

This week, we are going to practise writing some more sentences.  There are two sentences but the words are mixed up.  You have to put them in the correct order.  Use the pictures to help you.  Remember your capital letters and full stops!




Reading

Continue to do some reading this week also.  The link to the Collins Big Cat readers is posted on the blog.  Follow the instructions outlined and you will be able to choose a title.  Please keep a record of titles read in your reading diaries.

If you are using Nessy, complete some of the activities each day.

If you wish you can take a picture of work and send it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail. com or someone might help to put it on Seesaw. 


First & Second Class English 25th - 29th May 2020

25th  May  2020

Sentences
When we read a sentence or write a sentence it needs to make sense.  In this activity, match the groups of words to make sentences.  Finally, some of the sentences have extra words in them.  Read the sentences and cross out the extra words. 



Lapa Lion learns to roar
Read the story Lapa LIon learns to roar and answer the questions.   If you would like to learn more about lions follow this link - https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/cats/lion/  and you will be able to read lots of interesting facts.
I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com
I will post some dictation work for you on Wednesday on Seesaw so remember to check your Seesaw folders. 
Continue  with your reading, Nessy programme and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities. 

Third Class Maths 25th - 29th May 2020

25th May 2020
I have put some money problems here for you to solve.   If you have time, I would like you to try and write one or two maths problems yourselves about using money.  Ask someone in your house to solve the problem then.  Have a go and see how you get on!  


Fractions
This week we will revise fractions - read the story and answer the questions about it.  Finally there is some work on practising your tables.  For the number castles, check your Seesaw folders on Tuesday for help on how to do them if you get stuck.  




 I will post answers in your folders on Seesaw on Friday so please check them.   If you want you can email a photo of your work to me or post it on Seesaw for me to correct.  My email is msfoleyschool@gmail.com
Don’t forget to check the Primary Planet website for a daily mental maths quiz and continue with your work on Mathletics.

Third Class English 25th - 29th May 2020

25th May 2020
The Saggy Baggy Elephants
This week you are reading a story called The Saggy Baggy Elephant.    Read the story about Sooki and answer the questions about it.  If you would like some more information about elephants, follow these links - https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/elephants/ & https://www.dkfindout.com/us/video/animals-and-nature/how-do-elephants-use-their-trunks/  and you will be able to learn more about elephants.    Read through it and watch the video.  On Friday, I will send you a link to a quiz on Kahoot about elephants and you can test yourselves to see how much you have learned. 






Action Words - Verbs
Verbs are action words - run, hop, read, cook.  In this activity, match the words to the correct picture.  Other things you can do this week include making your own list of verbs in your copy.  You can also look out for examples of verbs in your reading this week.  



I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com
I will post some dictation work for you on Wednesday on Seesaw so remember to check your Seesaw folders. 
Continue with your reading, Nessy programme and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities. 

Fourth Class English 25th - 29th May 2020

25th May 2020

Instructions are a very important part of our lives.  We use them every day to help us to make things,  find our way to different places - these are just two ways they help us.  Can you think of more ways that we use instructions? 

This week we are going to look at recipes.  Over the last few weeks we have all been probably doing more cooking and baking and chances are you may have used a recipe to help you.  Following a recipe is a good idea when we are cooking as it tells us what we need to use and how much  (ingredients) and how we need to use them (instructions or method). 

Look at the recipe for the butterfly buns.  Note the words at the start of each of the instructions - turn, beat, add.  List the words in your copy.  If you have a recipe book at home, pick a recipe out and look at the words used it in it.  Are they the same/different?  What new words have you found?  Use a dictionary to help you if you find some you don't understand.   Read through the recipe here and answer the questions.  If you get a chance you might bake the buns to see if the recipe works! 

Finally if you get a chance you can write a recipe for a milkshake or something which you enjoy cooking.  Use some of the words which you have on your list to help you. 



Nouns
Finally we will focus on nouns.  As you know nouns are naming words - table, chair, flour.  A proper noun is a noun which needs a capital letter - your name and names of places are an example.  Complete the activities



I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com
Continue with your reading, Nessy  and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities.   I will post some dictation for you on Seesaw on Wednesday so remember to check your folders.  

Fifth Class English 25th - 29th May 2020

25th  May 2020

The next  page from English in Practice is here for you to complete.  Write the answers in your copies. 





 In our Spelling Rules book, we will  also look at the word ending ge  this week, eg. stage/bandage  Read the list of words and use them to complete the activities.  If there are any which you don't understand use a dictionary to find out what they mean.  
I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com.  





Continue  with your reading and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities.  If you are using Nessy continue to log in each day and complete the activities.  
I will post some dictation for you on Seesaw on Wednesday so remember to check your folders. 

Fourth & Fifth Class Maths 25th - 29th May 2020

25th May 2020

This week we will continue with our mental maths. If you have any questions you can contact me through Seesaw or at msfoleyschool@gmail.com.  I will post the corrections for you on Friday in your Seesaw folders or you can post your work for me on Seesaw to correct for you.  
Remember to check the Primary Planet each day for the mental maths quiz and I hope you are enjoying Mathletics.  



Friday 22 May 2020

Corrections 18th - 22nd May 2020



22nd May 2020

Hello,
I hope you have all had a good week and had a chance to enjoy the lovely weather and also get some work done too.   Corrections for all your work have been posted for you here and  also on Seesaw  so if you check your folders you will find them there.  Have a lovely weekend and I will see you next week. 

Stay safe,
Ms Foley

Senior Infants.
1st & 2nd Class English
3rd Class English
3rd Class Maths
4th & 5th Class Maths
4th Class English
5th Class English

Monday 18 May 2020

Welcome 18th - 22nd May 2020

18th May 2020


Hello and welcome to a new week!



The blog has been updated with a selection of activities for all the different groups.    My email is at the end of the message if you wish to send work to me or it can also be posted on Seesaw.  There will be dictation posted on Wednesday on Seesaw for First Class English, Third Class English, Fourth Class English & Fifth Class English so remember to check your folders.  I will post correction sheets in you Seesaw folders on Friday for you.  In the meantime keep safe and keep adhering to the HSE guidelines.

Continue with all the great work you are doing at home.

Have a lovely week,
Ms Foley
msfoleyschool@gmail.com

Primary Planet & Newsflash May 2020 & Coding Ireland

The May editions of Primary Planet and Newsflash are available now.  To make it easy to access them, I have posted the link here:  https://newsmagmedia.ie/Previews.aspx

Worksheets are also available  Newsflash and The Primary Planet
Coding Ireland have also made their resources free for parents and children for now.  Check out their weekly coding challenges and you could even win a prize!  Coding Ireland

Senior Infants 18th - 22nd May 2020

18th May 2020

We are going to practise writing some sentences this week.  I have given you two sentences but the words are mixed up.  You have to put them in the correct order.  Use the pictures to help you.  Remember your capital letters and full stops!

Reading

Continue to do some reading this week also.  The link to the Collins Big Cat readers is posted on the blog.  Follow the instructions outlined and you will be able to choose a title.  Please keep a record of titles read in your reading diaries.

If you are using Nessy, complete some of the activities each day.

If you wish you can take a picture of work and send it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail. com or someone might help to put it on Seesaw. 





First & Second Class English 18th - 22nd May 2020

11th  May  2020

Question Words ? 
Asking questions is something we do all the time.  How do we learn?  We ask questions.  This week we will look at question words - which, will, would, whose, how?  When we ask questions we use these words - who is that?  When you are doing your reading this week, look out for question words and make a list of them.  I have also included a worksheet for you to work on about questions.  

Creepie crawlies
Read the poem Upside Down and answer the questions. Practise reading the poem out loud - do you hear any rhyming words?  If you check in your Seesaw folders, you will find an audio file of  the poem being read for you.  Listen to it and make a list of the rhyming words.  Complete the word activities.  
I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com
I will post some dictation work for you on Wednesday on Seesaw so remember to check your Seesaw folders. 
Continue  with your reading, Nessy programme and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities. 






Third Class Maths 18th - 22nd May 2020

18th May 2020
For this week, there is some work on word problems for you to solve.  There is also some revision of money and some puzzle solving work too.  I will post answers in your folders on Seesaw on Friday so please check them.   If you want you can email a photo of your work to me or post it on Seesaw for me to correct.  My email is msfoleyschool@gmail.com
Don’t forget to check the Primary Planet website for a daily mental maths quiz and continue with your work on Mathletics.





Third Class English 18th - 22nd May 2020

18th May 2020
The Caterpillar and the Butterfly
This week you are reading a poem called The Caterpillar and the Butterfly.  Read the poem and answer the questions about it.  I have included a link here for you to read a little more about the life cycle of the butterfly -  Butterfly life cycle .  Keep an eye out for butterflies in your own gardens.  I have noticed lots of Red Admirals in my own garden over the last few weeks.

Compound Words
Compound words are  words which we can make from putting two words together to make a new word with a new meaning - rain+drop + raindrop.  Do the word sums to make new words.  Can you think of any more examples of compound words.  If you can you could make a list of them.   Also when you are doing your reading this week, keep a look out for examples of compound words.  

I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com
I will post some dictation work for you on Wednesday on Seesaw so remember to check your Seesaw folders. 
Continue with your reading, Nessy programme and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities. 





Fourth Class English 18th - 22nd May 2020

18th May 2020

This week we will practise using here, there and where.  Complete the sentences with the correct words.  Perhaps when you are doing your reading this week, you might look out for these words and look at how they are used.  You could use them to write a story of your own.  

There is also a comprehension activity The Saints and the Weather.  Read the story and answer the questions about it. It seems those saints had an interesting conversation!  What do you think?   There is also some work on word study for you to do if you wish.  

Alphabetical Order
Alphabetical order is the term we use when we arrange a list of words by looking at their first letter - apple, ball, catch, drawing.  If two words have the same first letter, we look at the second letter - ladder, letter.  If the first and second letters are the same, look at the third letter - label, ladder, last.   If you get a chance, look at a dictionary and see how the words are arranged.  Have a look at the lists of words on the worksheet and see if you can put them into alphabetical order.  
I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com
Continue with your reading, Nessy  and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities.   I will post some dictation for you on Seesaw on Wednesday so remember to check your folders.  







Fifth Class English 18th - 22nd May 2020

18th  May 2020

The next two pages from English in Practice are here for you to complete.  Write the answers in your copies.  We will look at the word endings ion and ness this week, eg. action/kindness.  Read the list of words and use them to complete the activiites.  If there are any which you don't understand use a dictionary to find out what they mean.  
I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com


Continue  with your reading and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities.  If you are using Nessy continue to log in each day and complete the activities.  
I will post some dictation for you on Seesaw on Wednesday so remember to check your folders. 






Fourth & Fifth Class Maths 18th - 22nd May 2020

18th May 2020

Here are some more mental maths questions.  They are similar to what you have been  doing in Master Your Maths and are good revision.  If you have any questions you can contact me through Seesaw or at msfoleyschool@gmail.com.  I will post the corrections for you on Friday in your Seesaw folders or you can post your work for me on Seesaw to correct for you.  
Remember to check the Primary Planet each day for the mental maths quiz and continue with your Mathletics activities.




Friday 15 May 2020

Corrections 11th - 15th May 2020


Hi everyone!
I hope you have all had a good week and are enjoying the lovely weather.  It's great to see the sunshine every day.    Corrections for all your work have been posted for you here and on Seesaw  so if you check your folders you will find them there.  Have a lovely weekend and I hope you all get to do something nice.  New work will be posted for you on Monday.

Stay safe,
Ms Foley




1st & 2nd Class English.   
3rd Class English
3rd Class Maths
4th Class English
5th Class English
4th/5th Class Maths









Monday 11 May 2020

Welcome 11th - 15th May 2020

11 May 2020

Good morning everyone,

I hope that everybody is keeping well and that you all have a nice, relaxing weekend.

I have posted some more work for you here this week.    There is no need to do all of the work.  The activities posted here are meant as options which you can choose to do if you wish to.  There is no pressure on pupils or parents to do everything.  Select whatever activities you wish to do and if you wish to forward them to me I would love to see them.    My email is at the end of the message if you wish to send work to me or it can also be posted on Seesaw.  There will be dictation posted on Wednesday on Seesaw for First Class English, Third Class English, Fourth Class English & Fifth Class English so remember to check your folders.  I will post correction sheets in you Seesaw folders on Friday for you.  In the meantime keep safe and keep adhering to the HSE guidelines.

I know you are all doing great work at home so keep it up. 

Have a lovely week,
Ms Foley
msfoleyschool@gmail.com

Primary Planet & Newsflash May 2020 & Coding Ireland

The May editions of Primary Planet and Newsflash are available now.  To make it easy to access them, I have posted the link here:  https://newsmagmedia.ie/Previews.aspx

Worksheets are also available Newsflash and Primary Planet
Coding Ireland have also made their resources free for parents and children for now.  Check out their weekly coding challenges and you could even win a prize!  Coding Ireland

Senior Infants 11th - 15th May 2020

11th May 2020

This week I would like you to write another story about a picture for me.  If you wrote a story last week how did you get on?   The story this week is called The Picture.  Use the words in the story to help you to write the story.  You could also use some of your tricky words and the words in your Jolly Phonic word books  to help you too.  

Reading

Continue to do some reading this week also.  The link to the Collins Big Cat readers is posted on the blog.  Follow the instructions outlined and you will be able to choose a title.  Please keep a record of titles read in your reading diaries.

If you are using Nessy, complete some of the activities each day.

If you wish you can take a picture of work and send it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail. com or someone might help to put it on Seesaw. 



First & Second Class English 11th - 15th May 2020

11th  May  2020

Don't Forget to Stop!
Full stops are very important when we write a sentence.  This week I want you to practise using full stops when you are doing your writing.  Write a sentence about the pictures and remember the full stops.

Luna and the Moon
Read the story Luna and the Moon  and answer the questions.  Complete the word activities
I would be very happy to correct work for you and you can upload it to Seesaw or email it to me at msfoleyschool@gmail.com
I will post some dictation work for you on Wednesday on Seesaw so remember to check your Seesaw folders. 
Continue  with your reading, Nessy programme and to check the Primary Planet website daily for new activities.