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.