Folens School At Home: 1st and 2nd Class Weekly Plan: 4th - 8th May 2020

Introduction The purpose of Folens School at Home is to help parents support their child’s learning at home. Shortly after schools closed, 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, Irish 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 a) be logged into FolensOnline and b) copy and paste the link from the plan into your browser.

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

1. Go to www.folensonline.ie and click ‘Register’

Thumbnail of image as it appears on FolensOnline

Link to Resource on FolensOnline. NB: You need to login to FolensOnline and then copy and paste the link into your browser

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.

English Activity 1: Oral language

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/2nd_class/resources/posters/SL_02_ACT_CH13_013/index.html

Launch the Oral Language Poster All Types of Food.

Go to the Explore mode of the poster. Ask your child the following questions: In the poster can you see …

• A food that is red, blue, green, white, pink, yellow, brown? Can you name any other food that has this colour? What colour is your favourite food? Would you eat a food that is grey/purple/black? Why/why not?

• A food that is a type of vegetable/dairy/meat/poultry/fish?

• A food that grows in the ground/on a tree/on a bush?

• A food that tastes spicy, bitter/sweet/sour/fresh, etc?

• A food that is chewy/crunchy/mushy/creamy, etc?

• A food that is baked/boiled/fried, etc?

• Alphabet food – food that begins with a, b, c… Play either the Starters or Fliers story, depending on your child’s ability (the Fliers story uses more complex vocabulary than the Starters story). Play the labelling activity with your child. Encourage your child to drag the labels to the correct objects in the poster. Listen to the poem ‘Greedy Dog’. Go to question mode and play the questions. Encourage your child to give complete answers to the questions. Play the game ‘Pick a dish for me’.

Activity 2: Phonics

Launch the ‘ou alternatives’ phonics activity.

Play the sound introduction. Ask your child if they can think of any words that have the ‘ow’ sound (they may also give you words that use the ou spelling – make a list of both types of words). Next, play the word practice activity. Help your child to sound out the words. Finally play the rhyme. See if your child can identify the words in the rhyme that have the ‘ow/ou’ sound.

Print out the worksheet (Activity 2 - Phonics ou/ow alternatives) at the end of this document. Have your child complete the sheet.

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/SoundsMakeWords/1st_Class/resources/demonstrations/SMW_01_DEMO_ou_001/index.html

Gaeilge Activity 1: Comhrá

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/2nd_class/resources/Dialogue/AL_2C_ACT_Comhra_L23_002/index.html

Launch the Conversation (Comhrá) An Gruagaire. The full conversation and the translation are included below. Play the conversation a few times to help your child become familiar with the language. Roleplay the conversation with your child. Take turns being the Gruagaire (hairdresser) and Síofra. Gruagaire: Dia duit (Hello) Síofra: Dia is Muire duit (Hello) Gruagaire: Tá gruaig álainn ort (You have lovely hair) Síofra: Go raibh maith agat (Thank you!) Gruagaire: An maith leat gruaig ghearr? (Do you like short hair?) Síofra: Ní maith liom. Is fearr liom gruaig fhada. (No, I like long hair) Gruagaire: Ceart go leor. An dtaitníónn sé leat? (Ok. Do you like it?) Síofra: Níl mé cinnte. An dtaitníónn sé leatsa a Mhamaí? (I’m not sure, do you like it Mum?) Gruagaire: Taitníonn sé go mór liom! (I really like it!) When your child is familiar with the conversation, play the questions (ceisteanna). The questions and answers are as follows: Q. Cá bhfuil Mamaí agus Síofra? (Where are Mammy and Síofra?) A. Tá Mamaí agus Síofra ag an ngruagaire. (Mammy and Síofra are at the hairdresser’s) Q. An maith le Síofra gruaig ghearr? (Does Síofra like short hair?) A. Ní maith le Síofra gruaig ghearr. (Síofra does not like short hair) Q. Cén sort gruaige atá ar Shíofra anois? (What type of hair does Síofra have now?) A. Tá gruaig chatach ar Shíofra. (Síofra has curly hair now)

Activity 2: Game

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/2nd_class/resources/Vocabulary_games/AL_2C_GAME_Balloon_L23_003/index.html

Launch the game Pléasc an Balún (Burst the balloon). This game will help your child to consolidate the vocabulary learned in this unit. The vocabulary and translations are included below. Fóclóir 1 gruagaire (hairdresser) cíor (comb) siosúr (scissors) scuab ghruaige (hairbrush) seampú (shampoo) gruaig rua (red hair) gruaig chatach (curly hair) gruaig fhada (long hair) gruaig ghearr (short hair) Fóclóir 2 stíl (style) gruaig dhubh (black hair) gruaig fhionn (blonde hair) gruaig dhíreach (straight hair) ghruaig dhonn (brown hair) doirteal (sink) tuáille (towel) scuab (brush) scáthán (mirror)

Activity 3: Reading

https://www.folensonline.ie/home/search/?query=leigh+an+gruagaire

With some help and practice, children in second class can read the piece ‘An Gruagaire.’ The text and translation are included below. Tá Mamaí, Síofra agus Seán ag an ngruagaire. (Mum, Seán and Síofra are at the hairdressers.) Tá Mamaí ina suí. Tá sí ag léamh. (Mum is sitting down. She is reading.) Tá an gruagaire ag gearradh gruaid Sheáin. (The hairdresser is cutting Seán’s hair). Tá Síófra ag féachaint sa scáthán. (Síofra is looking in the mirror) [Note: To open this resource, follow the search link included, click on the text titled ‘Léigh – An gruagaire’ and download the document]

Maths Activity 1: Number

Ask your child to look at the target board below. First class children should focus on the top line, or use the whole board for an extra challenge! Ask your child the following mental maths questions while pointing to different numbers on the target board.

• What is the number before ___?

• What is the number after ___?

• What is 2 more/2 less then ___?

• How many more do I need to get to 20?

• What is half of this number?

• What is double this number?

• What is 10 more/10 less than ___?

• Show me an odd/even number.

• Show me a number that is 20 less than 77.

Activity 2: Length

https://content.folensonline

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pm_1c_075/index.html

Launch the warm-up activity called Length. Ask your child to answer the questions in the activity. Talk about the length of different objects around the house. Use the words long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest, tall, taller, tallest, metre. Cut a piece of string to the length of a metre. Ask your child to find things around the house that are about a metre, less than a metre or more than a metre. You can extend this with second class children by looking for items that are a half a metre or a quarter of a metre in length. Print the worksheet (Maths Activity 2: Length) included at the end of the document. Use this to do some measuring activities. 1st class children can use beads/cubes/pieces of lego.

2nd class children can measure in centimetres.

SESE (Social, Economic, Scientific Education) Activity 1: Mayday

History: Mayday

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Explorers/Explorers2C/resources/demonstrations/EX_02_DEMO_036/index.html

Look at the first History activity worksheet included at the end of the document. (History: Activity 1: Mayday in England). Discuss Mayday in England with your child, then fill in the missing words. Watch a video of Morris dancing on Youtube (e.g. Upton on Severn Stick

Dance by FiddlerNick.) Now, look at the second History worksheet included at the end of the document. Read about Mayday in Ireland. Answer the questions about Mayday in Ireland and in England. Ask your child to list three differences between the Mayday celebrations in England and in Ireland. Finally, launch the Feasts and Festivals Unit on Folensonline. Do the May Day quiz!

Activity 2: Clothes around the World

Geography: Clothes around the World

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Explorers/Explorers2C/resources/demonstrations/EX_02_DEMO_039/index.html

Look at the first Geography activity worksheet included at the end of the document (Geography Activity 1 Clothes Around the World). Read about how people in different parts of the world wear clothes to remember their past or to celebrate special occasions

Answer the questions on the second worksheet below (Geography Activity 2 Clothes Around the World) and match the clothes to the correct celebrations.

Finally, launch the Materials Unit on folensonline.

Answer the quiz questions about Clothes Around the World.

Worksheets

English: Activity 2 (Phonics – ou/ow alternatives)

Maths: Activity 2 (Length)

History: Activity 1: Mayday in England

Geography Activity 1: Clothes Around the World

Geography Activity 2 Clothes Around the World