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Folens School at Home: 5th & 6th Class Weekly Plan: Week 2

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: 5th & 6th Class 2 5 May–8 May

English Activity 1: Reading

Starlight 6th Class: Combined Reader 3a. How to Grow Your Own Potatoes pp. 30–35

https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight_6th_reader/ebook/

Launch the combined reader: Starlight 6th Class and go to p. 30.

Before Reading: Ask your child to make predictions about the kind of information that will be shared in the text. 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 text. You could ask them a question based on information they have just read or 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. 33 For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Comprehension: Read between the lines’ questions that follow. Writing Activity: Set the following task for your child: Choose your favourite potato dish (e.g. chips, baked potato, hash browns etc.) and write a procedure explaining how to make it. A printable sheet for completing this activity is included at the end of this document.





Activity 2: Oral Language Starlight 5th Class Poster – 14. The Natural World

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/5th_class/resources/activities/SL_05_ACT_CH14_001/index.html

Launch the interactive poster: Poster 14 – The Natural World

Before Listening: Select the Explore mode and ask your child the following questions:

• How do we know that dinosaurs existed? (Palaeontologists studied fossils and bone fragments and pieced them together to prove that they once belonged to dinosaurs)

• Can you describe the major differences between the Tyrannosaurs Rex and the Triceratops?

• What adjectives would you use to describe the behaviour of each dinosaur? (E.g. T-Rex: fierce, aggressive, ferocious, powerful, terrifying; Triceratops: terrified, meek, shocked, panicked, petrified)

• What do you think palaeontologists look at to figure out what dinosaurs ate? (Size of jaws and type of teeth; sharp pointed teeth suggest it ate meat; flat leaf-shaped teeth suggest it ate plants)

During Listening: Listen to either the Starters (simpler) or Flyers (more challenging) mode. Pause as necessary to check that your child understands.

After Listening: Select the Question mode of the poster. Play each question and discuss the answers with your child Writing Activity: Ask your child to imagine they were a palaeontologist and ask them to record a diary entry after new bones are discovered.






Gaeilge Activity 1: Comhrá (Conversation)

Abair Liom G – 5th Class: Comhrá – 18. Clann Lir

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/5th_class/resources/dialogue/AL_5C_ACT_CH18_002/index.html

Abair Liom G – 5th Class: p. 132

Launch the conversation: Comhrá – 18. Clann Lir (The Children of Lir).

Play the conversation for your child. Pause regularly to discuss what has happened and to check their understanding of the conversation. 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 conversation again and ask your child to read along using the script on p. 132 of the Student Book. Then ask them to read the script independently if they can. A printable copy of the page is included at the end of this document






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

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/5th_class/resources/conjugator/AL_5C_ACT_CH01_007/V/index.html

Abair Liom G – 5th Class: p. 128

Launch the verb conjugator: An réimneoir.

Select the Neamhrialta (irregular) tab and the verbs Déan (to do) and Faigh (to get). The select ‘Aimsir Fháistineach’ (Future 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 each verb. For example, ‘An ndéanfaidh tú do obair bhaile amarach?’ (Will you do your homework tomorrow?)

Complete the grammar exercises on p. 128 of Abair Liom G – 5th Class. A printable copy of the page is included at the end of this document.






Maths Activity 1: Number – Place Value

Planet Maths 6th Class: Notation Board

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM6/resources/activities/pm_6c_011a/index.html Planet Maths 6th Class p. 13

Launch the activity: Notation Board Use the activity to practice place value. Make a table similar to the one below:

M H th T th Th H U

Call out the number four million, seven hundred and eighty thousand, nine hundred and two. Ask your child to record this number on the notation board. Repeat using different numbers. Complete activity C on p. 13 of the Student Book, find the mystery number. A printable copy of the page is included at the end of this document.

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM6/resources/activities/pm_6c_011a/index.html





Activity 2: Measures: Capacity

Planet Maths 5th Class: Capacity

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM5/resources/activitya/pm_5c_176/index.html Physical Resources: 5 household objects that can be used to measure capacity A measuring jug

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM5/resources/activities/pm_5c_179/measures.html

Launch the activity: Capacity Use the activity to practice estimating capacity. Remind your child that 1000 millilitres (ml) = 1 litre (l).

Make a table similar to the one below:

Object Estimation of capacity in ml and l

Actual capacity Difference

Find five household objects and using a measuring jug complete the table above. Launch the activity: Fire Station Use this activity to practise problem solving.

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PM5/resources/activitya/pm_5c_176/index.html









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

Explorers History 6th Class: 5. Kitty Wilkinson pp. 26–29

The relevant pages are included at the end of this document. Read the introduction and keywords on p. 26 together. Ask your child if they understand the keywords and have they come across any of the words before? Do they know what the Industrial Revolution was? Read the chapter together. Stop to discuss the History Hunt on p. 27 and research what a mangle is. Ask your child to answer the ‘Fact Finding’ questions on p. 29 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. 29

Activity 2: Science

Explorers Geography & Science 6th Class: 15. The Science of Stunts pp. 86–91

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

Read the introduction and keywords on p. 86 together. Do they understand the keywords, and have they come across any of the words before? What does your child already know about forces?

Read the chapter together. Stop to discuss the Think About it on page 88. You could examine the household objects together. Carry out the Design and Make task on p. 90. Ask your child to answer the ‘Fact Finding’ questions on p. 91 orally. For a further challenge, have your child answer the ‘Explore More’ questions that follow.


Printables English – Activity 1: Reading Starlight 6th Class: Combined Reader 3a. How to Grow Your Own Potatoes


Gaeilge – Activity 1: Comhrá (Conversation) Abair Liom G – 5th Class: p. 132


Gaeilge – Activity 1: Gramadach (Grammar) Abair Liom G – 5th Class: p. 128


Maths – Activity 1: Number – Place Value Planet Maths 6th Class p. 13


SESE – Activity 1: History Explorers History 6th Class: 5. Kitty Wilkinson pp. 26–29


SESE – Activity 2: Science Explorers Geography & Science 6th Class: 15. The Science of Stunts pp. 86–91

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