Final project of second class.

Hi everyone,

As part of S.E.S.E we are going to do one final project in second class. The title is 'Ancient Egypt'. They can do it on whatever aspect of Ancient Egypt they wish. They have their scrapbooks to complete the project in.  We will start presenting them on June 8th.

Homework 4-5-16

Reading-28
Writing- page 29 and 30 (The children had opportunity to get this done in class yesterday when I was on course day so many have a lot of this completed already)
Maths- Planet Maths page 143

No Spellings/Tables this week as is a short week

Standardised Maths Test tomorrow- Please try have your child in school for this.

Hi everyone,

Just to make you aware that as part of our Learn Together time we are going to visit St. Michael’s House in Baldoyle over the coming weeks.

St Michael’s house is a school that caters for children with a range of significant physical and learning difficulties. (www.smh.ie) As part of their active week they have invited us to play games with some of their pupils.

We will be making two trips to the school. The first trip will be on Monday the 9^th of May. This will be an opportunity for the children to meet each other and learn a bit about each other. We will then spend time that week planning and practising games that we can play with the children. We will return on the 18^th of May to play the games.

The cost of the bus for Monday the 9^th of May is 5euro per child. Can they please bring this in by Friday (6^th May). I am trying to liaise with the community bus for the trip on the 18^th but if this isn’t available I will have to ask for a further 5euro that week. If anyone is available and would like to join us on either of the trips let me know. We will be going at 10.45 both days.

Thanks,

Denise

Belmayneetdenise@gmail.com

28-4-16

Reading- Comprehension
Spellings
Data sheet
Tables-pg 32
Irish reading and spelling
Maths word problems
Head lice- please check your child's hair for head lice regularly.

Homework 26-4-16

Reading- comprehension
spellings
tables-pg 32
writing- Green Genie- pg 26
Irish reading and spelling
Maths words and problems

Homework 25-4-16

Reading- The Green genie- Adam's accident
Writing- pg 25
Maths words and word problems
Tables- Pg 32
Spellings
Irish reading and spellings

homework 21-4-16

Reading- Comprehension
Spellings
Maths sheet
Tables
Maths words and word problems
Irish reading and spellings

The Calendar game

Here is a link that will help us learn to read a calendar


http://www.abcya.com/calendar_word_problems.htm

Homework 20-4-16

Reading- Comprehension
Spellings
Writing- Green Genie- Page 23
Maths words and word problems
Irish reading and spelling
Tables- pg 31

Homework 19-4-16

Reading- Comprehension
Writing- pg 22 Green Genie
Spellings
Tables -pg 31
Maths- Rounding poem and word problems
Irish- Reading and Spellings

Homework 18-4-16

Reading- Pg 20
Writing- Pg 21 Activity a
Spellings
Tables Champion: pg 31
Maths words and word problems
Irish reading and spelling- Dia Duit, rang, ainm

Homework 14-4-16

Reading- Comprehension
Spellings
Tables Champion: pg 30
P. Maths- pg 125 A and B
Word Problems
Irish reading and spellings

Homework 12-4-16

Reading- Comprehension
Writing- Page 18(The Green Genie)
Spellings
Irish spellings and reading
Maths words and word problems
Tables Champion

Homework 11-4-16

Reading- Page 16
Writing- Page 17 questions 1-5
Maths word problems(in copy) and Maths Words
Tables Champion- Page 30
Irish reading and Irish spellings
English spellings

homework 7-4-16

Reading Comprehension
Spellings
Just Handwriting- page 27
Maths words and Word Problems
Tables- page 29
Irish- Teach Nua

Ancient Egypt

We have started to learn about Ancient Egypt in school.

Here is a website with more information about Egypt if you want to explore it more at home.

http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-egypt.html

Homework- 6-4-16

Reading
Spellings
Maths words and word problems
Just handwriting page 26
Irish -Teach Nua
Tables- Page 29

Homework 5-4-16

Reading: Comprehension in folder
Writing: Page 13(The Green Genie) Activity A- Question 4 and 5
Spellings
Tables Champion: pg 29 Tuesday
Maths word problems(In Maths Copy)
Maths words
Irish Reading: Mo Chlann

Homework 4-4-16

Reading: A house for Shade- Page 12(The Green Genie)
Writing: Page 13(The Green Genie) Activity A- Question 1-3
Spellings
Tables Champion: pg 29 Monday
Maths word problems(In Maths Copy)
Maths words
Irish Reading: Mo Chlann

Homework Term 3

Hi everyone,

Welcome back. Hope you all had a nice break.

Homework is changing slightly this term. I have explained this to the class but here is a layout of what it will look like for the next few weeks.

English

Spellings will continue to be stuck in their homework copy. Children to learn these nightly. They do not have to put these into sentences anymore.

Reading- Each Monday the children will get a comprehension from The Green Genie. They will get differentiated Comprehensions Tues-Thurs.

Writing- Written homework on a Monday and a Tuesday will be based on their reading from the Green Genie. They will answer these questions in their homework copy. Please remind them to continue to present this carefully. They will have written homework from their handwriting book later in the week.

Maths

Word Problems- For the month of April the class will be getting 10 word problems per week. We will correct them together on a Friday. Encourage them to use their copy/rough work to work out the answer.

Tables- We are now revising all tables and will continue to use Tables Champion to do this. Please remember this is the last term that they will formally learn addition and subtraction tables so it is important to do these nightly.

Maths word- As we did last term we will learn new maths words weekly. Laminated sheet in homework folder

Irish

Reading- Each week the class will get 2 pieces of Irish reading. Here is a link to a website if you wish to hear the audio. http://www.cjfallon.ie/  Click into parent/student resources. Irish Spellings will resume next week when they children are used of the reading homework.

I will continue to give Planet Maths on some nights also as we work through new topics in Maths.
We will be doing one final project also later in the term. More details to follow.

Thanks,

Denise.

1916 Clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRZxAdz206Y- Lego 1916

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT8uFIbNrHw- Easter Rising in 8 Minutes

'Caint agus Cáca leis an Coiste'

'Caint agus Cáca leis an Coiste' 

All Parents are invited to a '1916 Caint agus Cáca' get together after the Flag Raising assembly on Wednesday16th March at 9.30am in Kevin's classroom. Work from each class will be displayed and some children will give input about their projects. Members of the staff Coiste will be on hand to discuss the school projects and also the historical events around 1916. Everyone is welcome to drop in for a look at the children's work and a have cup of Tea and cake to mark the 1916 Celebration in Belmayne.

Homework 7-3-16

Reading- Comprehension
Spellings
Tables Champion-pg 28
Maths words and skip counting
Handwriting- pg 23 and 2 sentences

homework 3-3-16

Reading: Comprehension
Spellings
Planet Maths- Page 47 A and B
Tables Champion- Page 27
Maths words and 9's skip counting

We have started learning the songs 'The Foggy Dew' and 'Grace' for the 1916 assembly the week of the Easter Holidays

1-3-16

Reading- Comprehension sheet
Spellings
Writing- 2 sentences and page 20
Planet Maths- Pg 45
Tables Champion- Pg 27
Maths words and 9's skip counting

Homework 25-2-16

Reading- Comprehension sheet
Maths- Page 43 A and B
Maths words
Skip counting- 8's
Handwriting- Page 18

Homework 24-2-16

Reading- Comprehension sheet
Maths- Page 88 A and B
Maths words
Skip counting- 8's
Handwriting- Page 17

Homework 22-2-16

No homework tonight

08-02-16 homework

Reading-Book of choice
Spellings and spelling booklet
2 sentences in homework copy
Handwriting- Page 14
Tables Champion
Skip counting- 7's
Maths Words- On sheet
Team Teaching Homework

Time

This week we are learning about time in Measures strand in Maths.

We are focusing on O'clock, Half past, quarter past and quarter to on both analogue and digital clocks.

Here are some games to consolidate this

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=17

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/

http://www.maths-games.org/time-games.html

Homework tips

Homework in 2nd class should take about 30 minutes. It is important that children are sitting at a desk for this, without many distractions.

No homework I give is new content, the children have seen the spellings/words/tables etc already that day/week so the homework task is to help them consolidate this learning. At this stage they should be able to complete all written tasks independently, you shouldn't have to sit with them. Your role should only be to check over it with them at the end.   If they are getting distracted during writing it can be helpful to set a timer/stopwatch and challenge them to complete writing tasks within a certain time.

Expectations for homework

Handwriting in homework copy should be as neat as possible. The page should be ruled with a red pen, dated and each sentence numbered. Encourage your child to expand their sentences as much as possible. If the work is 'dog', all children are capable of writing more than 'I have a dog'. Challenge them to maybe put an adjective in the sentence etc.

Spellings- Practise at least 2 spellings per night. It isn't possible to learn all spellings on a Thursday. The look, say, cover, write, check method is useful for many children.

Reading- The children should be reading aloud nightly. After reading please discuss what they have read with them. This could simply be 2-3 questions about characters/what they think will happen next.
Reading should be encouraged outside of regular homework time. It doesn't have to be novels, many of the children enjoy reading fact books, science books, sport books etc.

Maths- Tables should be practised nightly. Lots of links on blog to help with this.

Gaeilge- Spellings should be practised nightly.
If you would like to learn Irish with your child-https://www.duolingo.com/
This website helps your pronounce Irish words- http://www.abair.tcd.ie/?lang=eng (Dingle Dialect is what the children are most familiar with)

As always, if you feel your child can be challenged further I have many links to Numeracy, Literacy and S.E.S.E sites on this blog.

These websites may also help;
http://www.helpmykidlearn.ie/

https://www.scoilnet.ie/

Homework 2-2-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings and spelling booklet
2 sentences in homework copy
Handwriting- Page 12
Tables Champion- Tues
Skip counting- 6's
Maths Words- On sheet
Team Teaching Homework
Irish Spelling
Project- see separate blog post

Homework 26-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings and spelling booklet
2 sentences in homework copy
Handwriting- Page 9
Tables Champion- Tues
Skip counting- 5's
Maths Words- On sheet
Irish Spelling
Project- see separate blog post

Parent/Teacher meeting time is in their homework journals.

Homework 25-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings and spelling booklet
2 sentences in homework copy
Handwriting page 8
Tables Champion- Monday pg 24
Skip counting- 5's
Maths Words- On sheet
Irish- Bróg
Project- see separate blog post

Homework 21-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings and spelling booklet
2 sentences in homework copy
Tables Champion- Thursday page 23
Skip counting- 4's
Maths Words- On sheet
Irish- Revise all
Project- see separate blog post

homework 20-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings and spelling booklet
Handwriting- page 7
2 sentences in homework copy
Tables Champion- Wednesday page 23
Skip counting- 4's
Maths Words- On sheet
Irish- féar(grass)
Project- see separate blog post

Homework-19-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings and spelling booklet
Handwriting- page 6
2 sentences in homework copy
Tables Champion- Tuesday page 23
Skip counting- 4's
Maths Words- On sheet
Irish- Béar(Bear)
Project- see separate blog post

Term 2- Project

S.E.S.E Project- Term 2

This week we began learning about the 1960’s. Each child has some pictures of people/things from the 1960’s in their scrapbook.

For their project I would like each child to research an aspect/event/person linked to the 1960’s.

Here are some suggestions but if they want to do something else that’s perfect too.

·         Music.

·         Sport.

·         School in the 1960’s compared to school now.

·         Transport in the 1960’s compared to Transport now.

·         Inventions from the 1960’s.

·         Life in Dublin in the 1960’s compared to life now.

·         Famous person from the 1960’s.  

Things to remember when doing your project:

·         Present your work neatly.

·         Don’t copy and paste information. Put information into your own words.

·         Include pictures/drawings/cut outs etc, especially if you are comparing and contrasting the 1960’s with now.

·         Be familiar with the information in your project as you will be presenting it to your class.

Children have their scrapbooks in their bag and can begin their project whenever they want. Projects are due for the 8^th of February.

Thanks,

Denise

Homework 18-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings and spelling booklet
Handwriting- page 5
2 sentences in homework copy
Tables Champion- Monday page 23
Skip counting- 4's
Maths Words- On sheet
Irish- éan (bird)

Homework 14-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings
Handwriting- page 4
2 sentences in homework copy
Tables Champion- Thursday
Skip counting- 3's
Maths Words- On sheet
Irish- Revise all

Homework 13-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings
Handwriting- page 3
2 sentences in homework copy
Tables Champion- Wednesday
Skip counting- 3's
Maths Words- On sheet
Team teaching Maths homework(Not due until Monday)
Irish- Léine

English Grammar online games

Website to explore nouns, adjectives and verbs


http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/grammar_tutorial.htm

Homework 12-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings
Spelling sheet(In activity booklet)
Team teaching homework
Maths Vocabulary- See laminated sheet in homework folder
Tables Champion- Page 22(Tuesday)
Skip Counting- 3's
Handwriting- Page 2 and 2 sentences in homework copy based on spellings
Iirsh Sp- Spéir(Sky)

Novel

Reading homework

Diary of a Killer Cat

Week 11th January	Diary entry Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Week 18th January	Diary entry Thursday
Week 25th January	Diary Entry Friday and Still Friday
Week 1st  February	Diary Entry Saturday
Week 8th  February	Revision of difficult words.

Tina and the Tooth Fairy

Week 11th January	Page 6-14
Week 18th January	Page 16-31
Week 25th January	Page 32-45
Week 1st  February	Page 46-64
Week 8th  February	Revision of difficult words

The Chicken gave it to me

Week 11th January	Page 1-25
Week 18th January	Page 26-49
Week 25th January	Page 50-71
Week 1st  February	Page 72-104
Week 8th  February	Revision of difficult words

Homework 11-1-16

Reading- Novel
Spellings
Spelling sheet(In activity booklet)
Team teaching homework
Maths Vocabulary- See laminated sheet in homework folder
Tables Champion- Page 22
Skip Counting- 3's
Handwriting- Page 1 and 2 sentences in homework copy based on spellings
Iirsh Sp- Béal(mouth)

Homework 6-1-16

Happy New Year. Easing everyone back into homework so very little tonight. Only homework is reading maths Vocabulary. Each child has a laminated sheet in their bag.
Will be back to normal homework from Monday.