Mrs Power Work 18-22 May !

Hi girls,

I hope you are all well.  Here is some work to do for the week ahead.  Don't forget, you can send me an email at any time to rpowercashelgirls@gmail.com.  I'd love to hear from you !  All of the work outlined is also on a Word document attached below.

Mrs Power x

ENGLISH

Spellbound Week 29 & LCWC

5 sentences, good handwriting, capital letters, full stops, adjectives!

Reading

Girls, I am sure you are reading lots.  😊 I would love to know what books you are reading!!  If you haven’t many books at home, log onto this website for lots of lovely online books https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Oral Language: Practice saying the tongue twisters below.  If you enjoy them, try searching online to find some new ones to say.

Writing

Read ‘She-Who-Is-Alone’ and ‘The Man Who Wanted To Be A Pirate’ in your class reader and answer the questions below.  Make sure to put in a heading and label your answers.  No need to write the questions.

She-Who-Is-Alone

1. Where is this story set?
2. What did the girl own that was very precious to her?
3. Describe the doll.
4. Why happened one summer when no rain fell?
5. What did the girl do with her doll?
6. What happened the next morning?
7. What became the girl’s new name?

Do you know anything about Native American people? I wonder what the blue flower was.  I had a quick google and it seems the Bluebonnet flower is Texas’ official flower of Texas so perhaps that is the flower in the story!

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We did a pirate theme during the year? Can you remember it? We all had pirate names, made Wanted posters, drew fantastic pirates, wrote pirate stories and read the poem ‘Ole Blackeye’ and remember we had our pirate visitor? Read P. 52-59 of your class reader and answer the following questions.

The Man Who Wanted To Be A Pirate

1. How many people in the story wanted to become a pirate?
2. Where did they build the ship?
3. What supplies did they need to build a ship?
4. What type of sandwiches did the man make?
5. What type of shop did the woman buy hammers and nails in?
6. Where did they go to launch their ship?

MATHS

MENTAL MATHS: Continue to complete a panel of your mental maths book every day.  Don’t forget the word problem !!

TABLES: Keep practicing your tables, do 8+ and 9+ this week. 

Parents, Khan Academy is a good website for practicing maths skills, register for free at

www.khanacademy.org

Go to www.topmarks.co.uk to play lots of fun and educational games and many are tablet-friendly.

Like a maths challenge?! Super Sleuth is for you !

https://content.yudu.com/web/1yssw/0A224cw/SuperSleuth2ndClass/html/index.html?refUrl=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.gillexplore.ie%252Fgill-explore-resources%252Fsuper-sleuth-2nd-class

Two-Step Maths Problems (Week 2)

Example:

Mia had 38 cards.  She then won 25 cards.  Later, she lost 32.  How many cards had she left?

          Step 1          Step 2

                   38                63

               + 25               -32

                   63                31

Mia had 31 cards left.

Now, try these;

1. There were 83 people at the beach. 28 people left before noon and 34 people arrived in the afternoon.  How many people were at the beach then?

1. Gabby baked 28 cakes in the morning. Amelia baked 37 in the afternoon.  They sold 46 cakes.  How many had they left?

1. There were 76 people on the train. When the train stopped at the next station 58 people got off and 64 people got on.  How many people were on the train then?

1. Ariana had 27 red counters and Megan had 19 blue counters. They lost 14 counters.  How many had they then?

Money – Change cent to euro and euro to cent

Example:

94c = €0.94                              €1.23 = 123c

Complete the table – Change from €2

More Word Problems!!

Oranges are 20c.  How many oranges can Anna buy with €2.00?

Pears cost 30c.  Saoirse has €2.  What is the greatest number of pears Saoirse will be able to buy?

Laura had €2.  She spent €1.80 on a day out.  How much money had she left?

Ana had €2.  She spent 60c in one shop and 50c in another.  How much money had she left?

Wiktoria had 45c left from €2 when she bought a melon.  How much was the melon?

Zoe bought an apple and an orange. The apple was 14c and the orange was 18c.  What change did she get from 40c?

Lucy had 46c and Sylvia had 37c.  They put their money together to buy some oranges which cost 65c.  How much had they left?

Dimpy had 40c and Bea had 20c.  They spent half of the total amount of their money buying a bottle of water.  How much was the water?

Further practice in money Planet Maths E-Book P. 152-154

GEOGRAPHY

Let’s continue to learn about Ethiopia!

If you’re just starting, look back at last week’s web post for an interesting Powerpoint and some great videos on Ethiopia.  I hope you enjoy them.  Did you try and dance Ethiopian-style? Or listen to some music by Ted Afro?!

This week, we will read about a girl called Muluken who lives in Ethiopia and we will compare her life to ours.

Some of you went right ahead and wrote some lovely facts all about Ethiopia!  if you haven’t done so yet, try to write as many facts as you can on the country.

Here are some further video resources;

A video showing a large town called Gondar in the north of Ethiopia

https://vimeo.com/33807802

Coffee ceremony https://vimeo.com/62867564

Watch life go by at a local market in Addis Ababa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TOimfzHfeE&feature=youtu.be

An Ethiopian house https://vimeo.com/38027192

Think about how it is different to the house you live in !

IRISH

Log onto www.folensonline.ie

Click ‘Register’

Register as a teacher

Fill in your name, email address and a password of your choosing.

For the roll number, fill in Prim20

Click register.

Revise the Chapters ‘Cluiche Nua’ (New Game) and ‘Sa Phictiúrlann.

Read and listen to the stories, play the vocabulary games, listen to the song and poem online for each chapter.

SCIENCE

Next weekend is World Turtle Day (23^rd May).   Turtles face many threats, primarily from humans, including injuries from boat propellers, being caught in fishing nets, pollution, and poaching. Newly hatched sea turtles are also at risk of being hunted by animals such as birds and crabs as they move from their sandy nests out to the sea.  Here are some interesting links;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VQs9sPidC8

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/green-sea-turtle/