Santa visits 2nd class

Santa came to visit us today. Have a look. He said all Second class have worked very hard this year so they have all made his nice list.

 

Thank you all for your lovely card and gift. I hope you all have a Happy Christmas. Thanks for all your help in 2015.

Homework

No homework until Term 2 :)

Homework 8-12-15

Reading: Chapter 11
Dictionary work
Planet Maths- Page 86
Tables: Page 19 Tuesdays
Continue to learn songs for Winter show on blog
Start to learn lines for Winter show

Skip counting

Confidence in skip counting will really help all children in 3rd class when they begin to learn multiplication tables. Here are some songs to help them.

Counting in 2's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwydguSKOU

Counting in 3's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWxPKnLtnus

Counting in 5's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_awKlEMyleA

Counting in 10's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYRTtwZGwj8

Homework 2-12-15

Reading- Chapter 10
Spellings
2 sentences
Dictionary work
Irish sp: stól

Most children got their Maths homework done in school today as movie night is on tonight.

No chess afterschool on Friday for the children who do that club.

Homework December 1st

Reading- Chapter 9
Spellings
Dictionary work
2 sentences
Tables-Page 17 Tuesday
Planet Maths- Page 78 Part B
Irish- Cófra
Finish character profile from co-teaching if you didn't get it finished in class

Winter show songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hega-GxyW6o

You've got a friend in me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj5cW_wEjIw

Count on me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvnaluRm5p8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2fDg4D65Ic

Homework 30th November

Reading- Chapter 9
Spellings
Dictionary work
2 sentences
Tables-Page 17 Monday
Planet Maths- Page 77
Irish- Lón

Homework 24-11-15

Reading- Poem in Learn Together copy
Dictionary work
Sentences
Spellings
Tables Champion- Page 16- Tuesday
Planet Maths- Page 71 part A
Irish-trí

Homework 23-11-15

Reading- Novel Chapter 7
Dictionary work
Sentences
Spellings
Tables Champion- Page 16- Monday
Planet Maths- Page 67
Irish-sí

Song for Assembly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUunY2j2C0M

Maths Dictionary

Here is a link to a useful website I found. It is a maths dictionary. It has lots of definitions of maths terms and diagrams and games that explore them further. Many of the words are from the 3rd-6th class curriculum but many of the words your child will be familiar with already. This gives them the opportunity to explore these further.


http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Homework 10-11-15

Reading- Page 27-32
Dictionary work
Sentences based on words from novel
Spellings
Irish Spelling- Bord
Tables:+9 page 13
Planet Maths:57

Dress up day Friday for Science week. Children can dress up as a scientist if they wish

Homework- 5-11-15

Reading- Book of choice
Comprehension questions in Matthew Buzzington booklet
Tables- +8 page 12
Spellings
Revise Irish spellings for test.

Homework November 2nd

Reading: Novel Chapter 1
Dictionary Work
2 sentences
Tables: +8
Spellings
Irish spelling: bán

Homework 22-10-15

Reading- Book in folder
Spellings
Irish spellings- púca, úlla, súil
Tables- Revise +7
Writing- 2 sentences

Happy Halloween

Homework 21-10-15

Reading
Spellings
Irisg sp_súil
Planet Maths- Page 53 B
2 Sentences
Tables  +5  +6 

Please sign Halloween tests and return to school. Dress up Tomorrow

Homework 20-10-15

Reading- Book in folder
Spellings
Irish- Úlla
Tables: Revise +3, +4
2 sentences
Planet Maths- Page 53 A

Symmetry

This week we are learning about Symmetry.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Symmetry

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/search.aspx?q=symmetry

homework 19-10-15

Reading- Book in folder
Spellings
Irish- Púca
Tables: Revise +1 and +2
Writing- 2sentences
Planet Maths- Page 41

Homework Thursday 15th October

Reading
Spellings
Irish spelling
Tables +7 Thurs
Writing 2 sentences
Planet Maths- Page 40 B

Homework- Wednesday

Reading- Book n folder
Spellings
Tables+7 Wednesday
Planet Maths- page 40 A
Irish Spelling
Writing- 2 sentences

Comparing and Ordering

Some interactive games based on this weeks Maths topic

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-calculation.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=20

Wednesday Maths Puzzle

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/math_puzzles/f3-foxchickencorn.html

Homework 13-10-15

Reading- Book in folder
Spellings
Irish sp-cóta
Writing- 2 sentences
Just Handwriting- Page 22
Tables +7 Tuesday

Maths Puzzle- Tuesday

Enjoy...

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/math_puzzles/n5-numberbubbles1.html

Homework- 12-10-15

Reading- Book in folder
Spellings
Irish- An fómhar
Tables- +7 Monday
Writing- 2 sentences. Please make sure your child is ruling their page and dating their work.

Maths week- Monday Puzzle

Problem of the day


http://www.coolmath4kids.com/math_puzzles/p4-pennytriangle.html

8-10-15 Homework

Reading- Book in folder
Spellings
Irish- Revise 3 from this week
Writing- 2 sentences in copy
Tables-+6 Thursday.

2D shapes .

In Maths this week we are learning about 2D shapes.
The shapes we learn to name in 2nd class are ; squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, ovals and semi-circles. We must recognise how many sides and corners each one has.
We are also working on identifying them in our environment.
Here is a quick game to help with this.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/shapes/play/popup.shtml

Homework 5/10/15

Reading: Book In folder

Spellings:  “ea” words

Irish: Duilleoga

Planet maths: Page 21

Tables: +6 Monday

Writing: 2 sentences

Homework- 1/10/15

Reading- Book in folder
Spellings
Irish Spelling- gaofar
Tables- +5 Thursday
Writing- 2 sentences
Dolch list- See separate post
Reminder- Project due Monday 

Dolch list

Each child got a laminated sheet today of all the dolch words taught in 1st class. Any words that  are highlighted in yellow are words they were unsure of. Can you please practise 2 of the highlighted words each night.
Some children have no highlighted words on their list. This means they were able to read them all. Please encourage them to use this as a reference when they are writing sentences for homework at home so that they are spellings the dolch words correctly.

Thanks,

Denise.

2nd class Maths.

Hi Everyone,

I know there were some confused faces when we were explaining this concept last night so I found a few links for you to refer to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsEbrWV00E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akCX13BO05A

We will be doing a lot of build up to this so it will be a while before you see them coming home doing the end process.

Regarding Maths, I can't emphasise enough the importance of practising their tables nightly. Please refer to the tables label on the blog for online games.

Maths in second class is very practical. To support this you could do some of the following-
Ask them the time (We are learning quarter past and quarter to)
Can they tell you the date it is by looking at a calendar?

Money- Get them to pay for items in the shop. Can they count the change?

Weight/Capacity- Ask them to read the capacity or weight of items when you are shopping. Can they recognise which item is lighter/Heavier in your shopping trolley by looking at the label?

Shapes- can they identify shapes in their environment?

If you are still confused about the subtraction please ask.

Denise :)

Dictionary work at home.

Hi,

We have started using an English dictionary in class. Each child keeps it in their folder. We are practising finding difficult words in the dictionary and discussing what they mean. It is a little tricky but we are improving each week.
To help us get better at this skill here are some online games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/5_7entry/3.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/alphabetical_order/play/

https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/

As well as online games you could encourage your child to look up the meaning of difficult words they find in their novel/reader.
They could keep a notebook of new words. This is a nice activity to do daily or a few times a week. It is also good for handwriting practice. He/she can write the word, definition, and an original sentence using the word in her/his notebook. An illustration would also make a nice addition.

S.E.S.E- Interesting facts

http://www.coolkidfacts.com/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/

Homework 30-9-15

Reading- Book in Folder. If you have finished this and you can answer questions about it please read a book of choice.
Just Handwriting- Page 19
Writing- 2 Sentences
Spellings
Maths- +5 Wednesday
Irish- Fliuch

29-9-15

Reading- Book in Folder
Spellings
Irish Spelling- Te
Just Handwriting- Page 17
2sentences- Please remember to rule your copy and use capital letters and full stops.
Tables+5 Tuesday.

Homework 28-9-15

Reading: Book in folder
Spellings
Irish Spelling- Fuar
Tables+5 Monday
Writing- 2 sentences
Project: Due on October 5th. Each child has been assigned a country. All children have received their scrapbook.

Homework 24-9-15

Reading: Book in folder
Spellings
Irish Spelling
Tables+4 Thursday
Writing- 2 sentences
Project: Due on October 5th. Each child has been assigned a country. All children have received their scrapbook.

23-9-15

Reading: Book in folder
Spellings
Irish: ag scriobh
Tables:+4 Wednesday
2 sentences
Project- See previous post

22-9-15 Homework

Reading: Book in folder
Spellings
Irish: ag ól
Tables:+4 Tuesday
2 sentences
Handwriting: page 15

S.E.S.E Project

Hi Everyone,

Over the next two weeks we are going to be learning about The Rugby World Cup in many of our subjects. As part of this I have given each student a country to research.

When they are researching their country they can research SOME of the following;

·         Climate

·         Cities

·         Local food

·         World Religions

·         Physical Features e.g. rivers, mountains

·         Famous people

·         Animals

·         Famous Monuments

·         Population

I will be giving them their scrapbook over the coming days. I would like that they use a minimum of 3 pages in their scrapbook. If they want to use more that’s no problem. We will be presenting them on the 5^th of October.

Here is a list of the country each student has.

Kayleigh-Wales                                                                                    Joshua and Daniel- Japan

Veronika- Tonga                                                                                  Koray- Canada

Juze and Jessica-Argentina                                                            Katie- Italy

Andrew and Alex Stojanovic- Fiji                                                        Chloe- Uraguay

Sean- Samoa                                                                                        Alex O’ Dwyer- England

Emma- Romania                                                                                 Nikola- Namibia

Emmy and Miroslav- South Africa                                           Ava- France

Poppy and Shamilte- U.S.A                                                         Torin- Scotland

Shane, William and Alex Corry- New Zealand                      Daisy- Georgia

Gleb and Siri- Australia                                                                                  Aleksandra- Ireland

Zoe-France

 

Thanks,

Denise.

 

Homework 21-9-15

Reading: Book in folder
Spellings
Irish: ag ithe
Tables:+4 Monday
2 sentences
Handwriting: page 14

Homework 17-9-15

Reading-in folder
Spellings
Irish spelling
Tables- Wednesday +3
Planet Maths-Page 9
Writing- 2 sentences in homework copy.

Homework 16-9-15

Reading-in folder
Spellings
Irish spelling
Tables- Tuesday +3
Planet Maths-Page 8
Writing- 2 sentences in homework copy.

Homework 15-9-15

Reading-in folder
Spellings
Irish spelling
Tables- Tuesday +3
Planet Maths-Page 7
Writing- 2 sentences in homework copy.

homework 14th September

Reading: Book in folder
Writing: 2 sentences
Spellings: Homework copy
Tables: +3 Monday
Irish Spelling: ag léim

Homework 9/9/15

Reading- Book of choice
Spellings
Irish Spelling-Gorm
Writing-2 sentences
Tables-+2 Wednesday
Planet Maths- Page 6 A and B

Homework 8th September

Reading: Reader in your folder
Spellings: Homework copy
Writing: 2 sentences from spelling list
Irish: glas
Tables: +2 Tuesday

Reading-2nd class

Hello everyone,

Welcome back again.
I have started sending home graded readers for homework.
I will change these each Monday.
All the class put huge effort into their reading last year and some of the class will be able to read the books with ease. As well as reading the book all children should be able to;

- retell the story in their own words.
-identify main characters,setting, main events etc.
- answer a range of questions based on the text.
-explain the meaning of difficult words.
-put difficult words into sentences to show they understand meaning.

To supplement reading further the children are welcome to bring novels home from the school library. Books by authors such as Roald Dahl and Dick King Smith are very popular with the class. If you feel your child would benefit from doing this please encourage them to do so.

Thanks,

Denise.

International Day- June 10th 2015

 We had a busy but fun day yesterday for International Day. We travelled to India, Brazil, Finland and Cuba and found out lots of interesting facts about the countries and even got to taste some food from there... Have a look at us as we travelled around yesterday.

Visit from dogs for disabled.

On Thursday we had a visit from the Dogs for Disabled. They brought their dog Harrison. He is 10 months old. They explained how they are training him and how to act around dogs we don't know.

Maths- Word Problems/ Problem Solving

Here are some links to help consolidate learning around word problems/Problem solving.

The children enjoy seeing their own name in word problems also so they may wish to write/solve their own problems.

Remember the have a list of maths words in their folder. It is important that they are confident and recognising these words and understand them as these words are common in word problems.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/problem-solving

http://www.mathplayground.com/MathHoops_Z1.html

http://www.mathplayground.com/addition_subtraction_games.html

http://www.mathplayground.com/wpdatabase/wpindex.html

http://www.mathplayground.com/gsmbegin.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/wordproblems/1.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/wordproblems/2.html

 

Money

We are learning about money in Maths. Here are some fun games that we enjoyed playing today.
We only learn about coins as far as 50c in 1st class so choose coins as far as this only when you are setting up the game.

http://www.teachingmoney.co.uk/eurosite/euroindex.html

Colours of the wind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i0HDygKdLM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZR2IbQr3Dc

Well done to all of 1st class on their projects. They were fantastic.
Take a look at their great work. :)

Homework March 19th

Reading: Book of choice

Tables revision: -6, -7, -8 and -9.

Handwriting: Page 29

Spellings: Friend, cousin, brother, sister.

Homework- March 18th

As we had no homework Monday and were off Tuesday the usual routine is a bit different. We will still have a spelling test Friday and a revision tables test.

Spellings- because, always, went, there
Reading- Book of choice
Writing- Just Handwriting- Page 28
Tables- Revise -2,-3,-4,-5( Say orally)

Happy St.Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's day from 1st class.

Gaeilge

Next week is Seachtain na Gaeilge. Here are some songs we have listened to in Irish. We will all be singing Wake me up at Assembly on the 20th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcAcbl8q_c- Uptown Funk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A6__HssHW8- Wake me Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX4uAzn-3oU- Abair Leat

Term 2 Project

Term 2 Project

In SESE (History, Geography, Science) so far this term we have covered a number of topics.

·         The Solar System.

·         Signs of Spring.

·         Animals that hibernate.

·         Weather.

·         Windmills.

·         The National Costume of Different countries(We looked at Belarus, Nigeria and Peru- However they may pick any country.)

I would like each child to pick a project based on one of the above topics. As they have already done a project in first class I am going to let them decide how they would like to present it (They can use their scrap book, an a3 page like last time or make something linked to their theme etc)

Your child has until March 16^th to complete the mini-project. We will then begin to present them in class. I have gone through this in class but please can you remind them of the following:

Clear title

Accurate content (Doesn’t have to be too long. I would prefer a short piece that the children really know rather than loads of information that they are unsure of.)

Originality i.e. not copied word for word from book or internet.

Presentation (Can be handwritten or typed)

Pictures (can be printed, drawn or cut from magazine/newspaper etc)

Correct spelling and grammar (capital letters and full stops)

The children really enjoyed the projects we did in October and enjoyed seeing how their peers approached and presented their projects. I was delighted with how enthusiastic each child was about the last project so I hope they enjoy this as much.

Thanks for your help.

Enjoy,

Denise. 

 

Red day

Thanks everyone for supporting our Red Day in aid of the Laura Lynn Foundation.

Have a great midterm.

Maths- Doubles

In Maths this week we are focusing on addition and learning about doubles. This is when you add two numbers that are the same together.

0+0=0
1+1=2
2+2=4
3+3=6
4+4=8
5+5=10
6+6=12
7+7=14
8+8=16
9+9=18
10+10=20

Here are some games to help us remember these.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=dartboarddoublesandhalves
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/monkeydrive/addition/MDAddDoubles.htm

Friendship Week

This week is Friendship week.

Here is an acrostic poem we wrote to help us remember to be a good friend.

Fun times.
Respect each other.
Is always there for you.
Everyone needs one.
Never makes you feel sad.
Don't give up on each other.
Sharing and caring.

We also began learning this song by Bruno Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJYXItns2ik

The Solar System

This week in S.E.S.E we are learning about The Solar System.
Here is a link to a rap to help us remember the planets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAqT4hXnMw

Parent teacher meetings

Hi everyone,

I will be holding Parent/Teacher meetings from Monday February 2nd-Thursday 5th. I have sent home a time with each child today. Please let me know if you will not make appointed time. If it suits you and another parent to swap times that's fine just please inform me of this also.

Many thanks,

Denise.

Dance

Here are the links to some dances we did this week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMuJxd2Gpxo- Sid shuffle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKIVsPQrPEM- Step it Up

P.E term 2

P.E will take place on a Friday for term 2 instead of Tuesday. Please make sure children wear suitable clothing on Fridays.

Thanks,
Denise.

Step it up

Here is the link for a dance we have being doing in class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKIVsPQrPEM

Class Novel.

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that we will be starting our novel- "The Owl who was afraid of the dark" by Jill Tomlinson on Monday. If you haven't already sent it in, can you please do so in the next few days.

Thanks,

Denise.