ST
GABRIEL’S HOME LEARNING – May 25th – 29th: Ms. Smith 5th
class
Hi everyone! Welcome
back - I hope you all had a lovely, relaxing weekend. I am delighted to
receive pictures of all your great work every week & it is great to see
how well you are all getting on with the maths questions, English quizzes
& spelling city. These are difficult times, I know some days it’s hard to
concentrate on school work so please just do as much as you can 😊
Below are some
activities for you to do this week. Please
email me with any problems / questions (no question is too small 😊) or
take pictures of your work & email it to me for correction / feedback. bsmith@stgabrielsprimary.ie
This week’s novel work – scroll down it’s
at the bottom.
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Mon. 25th May
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5
minutes – Spelling: www.spellingcity.com
Week 28 - I have picked 10 activities (or you choose activities from the list
at the top). There will be no spelling test on Friday; we are working on
correct use of the words
5
minutes Tables
/ counting work: this week revise ÷8.
Write down your ÷8 tables. Count in 8s three
times. Get someone at home to write down ÷8 sums for you & time yourself
to see how fast you can answer these.
15
minutes: Reading -
read to someone at home / read silently / go to http://www.getepic.com/students
There you will be asked to enter a code: ajv1072
Click on your name & choose a book.
15
minutes: Maths: We
will take a break from maths quizzes again this week & do some ‘Work it
out’ activities instead. Scroll down – I have included a picture of sums for
each day. Write down your answers on a sheet & email them to me every
day to correct. I will be able to give feedback & send
corrections.
I know we have not
covered all the topics in school so please do not worry if you
don’t know how to do all of them – just try your best 😊
5
minutes – SPHE:
Click here –
Try this mindfulness colouring exercise. Share a picture on the Padlet
when you’re finished!
10 minutes: English: This week instead of maths quizzes let’s do English quizzes!
Go to www.socrative.com
>click login > click student log in and enter GABRIELS5TH under
the room name section. We will be doing a different quiz here each day.
Each quiz is only live UNTIL 10PM so you need to log in EVERY DAY & do the quiz before
it expires!
10/15 minutes: PE: (or
more if you want). Choose something you love for today’s active work – nature
walk / dance / GAA / Samba soccer skills / run 5k. Please post a picture on
our Padlet
& let us know what you choose 😊
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Tues. 26th May
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5
minutes Tables
/ counting work: this week revise ÷8.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train > select ÷ symbol > select ÷8
15
minutes: Reading -
read to someone at home / read silently / go to http://www.getepic.com/students
There you will be asked to enter a code: ajv1072 – click on your name and choose a book to read.
15
minutes: Maths -
scroll down to find today’s ‘Work it out’ sums. Write
down your answers on a sheet & email them to me every day
to correct. I will be able to give feedback & send corrections.
15
minutes – English:
Go to www.socrative.com
>click login > click student log in and enter GABRIELS5TH under
the room name section. We will be doing a different quiz here each day.
Each quiz is only live UNTIL 10PM so you need to log in EVERY DAY & do the quiz before
it expires!
15 minutes: Gaeilge:
Fuaimeanna & Focail: Do the next chapter in your book –
practice pronouncing the words in the box. Complete activities A – D.
If
you do not do Irish in school or if you don’t have your book - In your
homework copy write a 1 page story using joint handwriting.
10/15 minutes: PE: Scroll down to find
a different ‘Spell your name worksheet’. Spell out your name & complete
the activity given for each letter. Have fun 😊
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Wed. 27th May
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5
minutes Tables
/ counting work: this week revise ÷8
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button > select division facts
> select÷8. Two game options: hit the
answer / hit the question.
15
minutes:
Reading -
read to someone at home / read silently / go to http://www.getepic.com/students
There you will be asked to enter a code: ajv1072 – click on your name and choose a book to read.
15
minutes: Maths -
scroll down to find today’s ‘Work it out’ sums. Write
down your answers on a sheet & email them to me every day
to correct. I will be able to give feedback & send corrections.
15
minutes – English:
Go to www.socrative.com
>click login > click student log in and enter GABRIELS5TH under
the room name section. We will be doing a different quiz here each day.
Each quiz is only live UNTIL 10PM so you need to log in EVERY DAY & do the quiz before
it expires!
15 minutes: Gaeilge:
Fuaimeanna & Focail: Do the next chapter in your book –
practice pronouncing the words in the box. Complete activities E – H.
If
you do not do Irish in school or if you don’t have your book - In your
homework copy write a 1 page story using joint handwriting.
10 minutes: Music
– Earlier in the year you did a lot of work on song writing with Tanya. Find
a quiet space, use your music writing skills & write a verse of a song to
describe how you’re feeling / what you miss / what you will appreciate more
after this etc. You could change the words of a song you already know &
use that melody. Please send me a picture when you’re finished!
10/15 minutes: PE: Scroll down to find
a different ‘Spell your name worksheet’. Spell out the name of someone in
your family / a friend & complete the activity given for each letter.
Have fun 😊
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Thurs. 28th May
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5
minutes – Spelling: www.spellingcity.com
Week 28- Complete two activities from the list at the top.
5
minutes Tables
/ counting work: this week revise ÷8
Ask someone at home to test you on your ÷8 tables. You could play a game of ‘All around the
world’ with adults / siblings or can you create your own game for practicing
our tables!
15
minutes:
Reading -
read to someone at home / read silently / go to http://www.getepic.com/students
There you will be asked to enter a code: ajv1072 – click on your name and choose a book to read.
15
minutes: Maths -
scroll down to find today’s ‘Work it out’ sums. Write
down your answers on a sheet & email them to me every day
to correct. I will be able to give feedback & send corrections.
15
minutes – English:
Go to www.socrative.com
>click login > click student log in and enter GABRIELS5TH under
the room name section. We will be doing a different quiz here each day.
Each quiz is only live UNTIL 10PM so you need to log in EVERY DAY & do the quiz before
it expires!
15
minutes: SESE:
Dublin
Zoo remains closed due to Covid19 restrictions however, they have brilliant
webcams showing some of their animals – African Savanna, Penguins &
Elephants. Today I want you to follow this link (Click here) and have a look at the webcams – you
might need to let the page load for a few minutes. Next week I will be asking
you to choose one of the animals to study for a project, so this is the start
of your research. Let us know what animal you’re going to study on
the Padlet 😊
10/15 minutes: PE: Pick a dance of your
choice - https://dancetogetherp.weebly.com/primary-school.html
or choose your own active work – soccer / football / tennis / running / samba
soccer etc.
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Fri. 29th May
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5
minutes – Spelling: www.spellingcity.com
Week 28 - Complete two activities from the list at the top.
5
minutes Tables
/ counting work: this week revise ÷8. Make
a test of 20 questions for yourself - Time yourself to answer the 20
questions. Did you improve since Monday? Count in 8s three times as fast as
you can! (Here is a link to the game we play in school: https://www.math-salamanders.com/times-tables-practice.html Put your name in the box, under multiplication values pick ‘up to
12x12’).
15
minutes:
Reading -
read to someone at home / read silently / go to http://www.getepic.com/students
There you will be asked to enter a code: ajv1072 – click on your name and choose a book to read.
15
minutes: Maths -
scroll down to find today’s ‘Work it out’ sums. Write
down your answers on a sheet & email them to me every day
to correct. I will be able to give feedback & send corrections.
5
minutes – Do a random act
of kindness for someone at home or make something delicious – again it can be
as big or as small as you like (The cake’s a few week’s ago looked amazing!).
Let us know what you did on our class padlet.
15
minutes – English:
Go to www.socrative.com
>click login > click student log in and enter GABRIELS5TH under
the room name section. We will be doing a different quiz here each day
Each quiz is only live UNTIL 10PM so you need to log in EVERY DAY & do the quiz before
it expires!
15 minutes: Art: click here
follow this step by step drawing activity. Post a picture on the Padlet when
you’re finished!
10/15 minutes: PE:
Get
someone at home to pretend they are Joe Wicks and get them to give you a
10/15 minute workout or follow the body coach workout on YouTube.
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Monday's maths:
Tuesday's maths & PE:
Wednesday's maths & PE:
Thursday's maths:
Friday's maths:
SET – Novel work throughout the week Under the Hawthorn Tree link
Hopefully you are finished reading Under the Hawthorn Tree, if not try your best to finish it soon :-)
Some novel activities for this week:
- Find 10 new words from the novel and make your own crossword. Add it to Padlet and see if your friends can find the tricky words!
- Make a bookmark for your next book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVkJPCp_1UQ
- Make as many little words as you can from the words HAWTHORN TREE eg. the, or ….
- DIARY WRITING Write a journal entry for Eily entitled: ‘May, 1846: The day we buried Bridget’.
