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Folens School at Home: 3rd & 4th Class Weekly Plan: Week 3

Introduction The purpose of Folens School at Home is to help parents support their child’s learning at home. Shortly after schools closed down, we at Folens made all of our resources available for parents to use on FolensOnline. However, we understand that parents may not feel they have the time or expertise to pick and choose the most suitable activities for their child across multiple subjects. So, we turned to some experienced primary school teachers and asked them to put together a weekly plan for parents to use at home with their child. The purpose of the plan is to identify age-appropriate resources that can be used to help children learn and to provide some guidance to parents when using them. Each week, we will publish a new plan and accompanying digital resources for each of the three core subjects, English, Gaeilge and Maths, as well SESE (History, Geography and Science). We at Folens appreciate that these are challenging times for everyone and that many parents will have a limited amount of time to support their child’s learning. There is no pressure to complete every activity in the weekly plan – it can simply be used as a menu from which parents can pick and choose.

Accessing the Digital Resources The digital resources can all be accessed from FolensOnline. For ease of use, we have included a link to each resource in the plan just below the thumbnail image of the resource. NB: In order to launch each resource, you will need to be logged in to FolensOnline.

Registering with FolensOnline In order to login in to FolensOnline, you need to register. To do this:

1. Go to www.folensonline.ie and click ‘Register’. 2. Select ‘Teacher’. 3. Fill in a username, email address and password. 4. For ‘Roll Number’, use the code Prim20 5. Click ‘Register’. You will then be sent an email (check your ‘Promotions’ folder if using Gmail) to activate

your account.

Thumbnail of image as it appears on FolensOnline

Link to Resource on FolensOnline. NB: You will need to be logged in to FolensOnline to launch each resource.

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Folens School at Home: 3rd & 4th Class 2 11 May–15 May

Week 3 Overview English Reading: ‘Save our Sanctuary’ by Janice Pimm

Oral Language: Children around the world Gaeilge Scéal: Cú Chulainn

Gramadach: Aimsir Chaite – ‘Déan’ (Grammar: Past tense – ‘to do’)

Maths Number – Place Value Data – Chance

SESE History: Irish Myths and Legends Geography: Denmark – Land of Vikings

English Activity 1: Reading

Starlight 3rd Class: Combined Reading and Skills Book 14a Save Our Sanctuary! pp. 158–160

https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight_3rd_reader/ebook/

Launch the combined reader: Starlight 3rd Class and go to p. 158.

Before Reading: Ask your child to make predictions about what the story might be about. Encourage your child to look at the illustrations accompanying the text to help. During Reading: Stop after each page and ensure your child is following the story. You could ask them a question based on information just read and ask them if there are any words that they do not understand. After Reading: Ask your child to answer the ‘Comprehension: Fact Finding’ questions on p. 161. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Comprehension: Read between the lines’ questions that follow. Writing Activity: Ask your child to imagine they are Aoife and write a diary entry detailing the events of what happened in the story.





Activity 2: Oral Language

Starlight 4th Class: Poster – 10. Children around the world

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/4th_class/resources/activities/SL_04_ACT_CH10_001/index.html

Launch the interactive poster: Poster – 10. Children around the world

During Listening: Listen to either the Starters (simpler) or Flyers (more challenging) mode. Pause as necessary to check that your child understands. Go to the Explore mode of the poster and ask your child the following questions:

• Singapore is a large city. Do you know any other words for ‘city’? • What adjectives can you think of to describe a big city? • Big cities are usually divided into smaller areas based on what they

are used for. Ask students what we call:

o an area made up mostly of shops? (Commercial centre) o an area with lots of offices? (Business centre/district) o an area where lots of people live? (Residential area/suburbs)

Ask your child to focus on the images of the Australian Outback and answer the following questions:

• The Outback is a rural area with a small population. What does the word ‘rural’ mean?

• What adjectives can you think of to describe a rural area like the Outback?

• How is the Outback different from rural Ireland?

After Listening: Select the Question mode of the poster. Play each question and discuss the answers with your child.






Gaeilge Activity 1: Scéal (Story)

Abair Liom F – 4th Class: Scéal – 18. Cú Chulainn

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/4th_class/resources/Passage/AL_4C_ACT_PAS_CH18_002/index.html

Launch the story: Scéal – 18. Cú Chulainn.

Before Reading: Open the Foclóir (Vocabulary) mode. Read through the foclóir and nathanna (phrases) with your child. Check that they understand and know how to read each word. Keep note of these words to identify when listening to the scéal.

Foclóir (Vocabulary) Nathanna (Phrases) • speisialta (special) • fadó (long ago) • an-láidir (very strong) • an-tapa (very fast) • tír (country) • cuireadh (invite) • féasta (party) • déanach (late) • cú mór fíochmhar (big vicious

wolf) • i dtreo (in the direction) • sliotar (sliotar) • marbh (dead)

• rinne sé dearmad (he forgot) • nuair a … (when) • i bpreabadh na súl (in the

blink of an eye) • ruaille buaille (commotion)

During Reading: Open the Scéal (Story) mode. Play the story for your child. Pause regularly to discuss what has happened and to check their understanding of the story. Use a dictionary to look up any words they do not understand. If you do not have a dictionary at home, try: https://www.teanglann.ie/en Play the story again and ask your child to read along. Then ask them to read the story independently if they can. After Reading: Ask your child to draw a comic strip to retell the story of Cú Chulainn Encourage them to add speech bubbles and captions in Irish.






Activity 2: Gramadach (Grammar) Abair Liom: An réimneoir

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/4th_class/resources/Conjugator/AL_4C_ACT_CON_CH01_007/V/index.html

Abair Liom F – 4th Class: p. 152

Launch the verb conjugator: An réimneoir.

Select the Neamhrialta (irregular) tab and the verb Déan (to do). Then select ‘Aimsir Chaite’ (Past Tense) and the ‘Ar aghaidh’ button to proceed.

Practise each form of the verb with your child. Begin with the mé (me), tú (you), sé (he), sí (she) forms. Then the plural forms sinn (we), sibh (you plural), siad (they). And finally, the question and negative forms.

Ask your child to think of three questions they could ask using the verb. For example, ‘An ndearna tú do obair bhaile inné?’ (Did you do your homework yesterday?)

Complete the grammar exercises on p. 152 of Abair Liom F – 4th Class. A printable copy of the page is included at the end of this document







Maths Activity 1: Number – Place Value

Planet Maths 4th Class: Place Value

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM4/resources/activitya/pm_4c_008/index.html

Launch the activity: Place Value Use the activity to practise place value. Make a notation board similar to the one below:

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Call out the number ‘six thousand, four hundred and fifteen’. Ask your child to record this number on the notation board. Repeat using different numbers.






Activity 2: Data – Chance

Planet Maths 3rd Class: Chance

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activitya/pm_3c_095a/index.html

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activities/pm_3c_098/index.html Planet Maths 3rd Class p. 97

Launch the activity: What’s the Chance? Use the activity to discuss the vocabulary associated with chance. Launch the activity: Chance Use the activity to practise the vocabulary of chance. Complete the exercises on p. 97 of Planet Maths 3rd Class. A printable copy of the page is included at the end of this document





https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM3/resources/activities/pm_3c_098/index.html





SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) Activity 1: History

Explorers History 4th Class: 16. Irish Myths and Legends, pp. 84–89

The relevant pages are included at the end of this document.

Read the introduction and keywords on p. 84 together. Ask your child if they understand or have come across any of the words before. Do they know any myths and legends?

A website with Irish myths can be viewed here: http://www.irelandsmythsandlegends.com

Read the chapter together. Stop to discuss the ‘Examine the Evidence’ sticker on p. 85

Ask your child to answer the ‘Fact Finding’ questions on p. 89 orally. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Explore More’ questions that follow.

Have your child complete the ‘Working as a Historian: Cause and Effect’ activity on p. 89 and create their own myth or legend.

Activity 2: Geography

Explorers Geography & Science 3rd Class: 11. Denmark – Land of Vikings, pp. 60–63

The relevant pages are included at the end of this document. Read the introduction and keywords on p. 60 together. Ask your child if they understand or have come across any of the words before. What does your child already know about Denmark? Can they find it on a map? Read the chapter together. Stop to discuss the ‘Map It’ activity on p. 61.

Ask your child to answer the ‘Fact Finding’ questions on p. 63 orally. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Explore More’ questions that follow. Have your child complete the ‘Working as a Geographer: A Sense of Place’ on p. 63, using Google maps to find the locations of tourist landmarks.


Printables Gaeilge – Activity 2: Gramadach (Grammar) Abair Liom F – 4th Class: p. 152


Maths – Activity 2: Data – Chance Planet Maths 3rd Class p. 97


SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) – Activity 1: History Explorers History 4th Class: 16. Irish Myths and Legends pp. 84–89


SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) – Activity 2: Geography Explorers Geography & Science 3rd Class: 11. Denmark – Land of Vikings, pp. 60–63

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