Hi all,

We had the wonderful author Elizabeth Murray https://ermurray.com/ in to talk to our class today. She is the author of The Nine Lives Trilogy. The children really enjoyed the workshop.
Just a reminder that the children need to bring in €3 for this literacy workshop.

On another note, we hope to reschedule our trip to Howth for March/April. I just wanted to let you know that we have the money you paid towards the bus fee (€3) put away for use for our rescheduled date. :)

World Book Day is this Thursday the 1st of March. All children are asked to dress up as a character from a book of their choice.

Term 2, Week 7 - Monday 26th February - Friday 2nd March

Spellings

1. hook
2. fork
3. back
4. brick
5. deck
6. flock
7. struck
8. rucksack
9. nineteen
10. twenty

Thematic Words: length, artificial, natural, froglet, tadpole, metre, Christianity, Crucifixion

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Underline the verb in each sentence and re-write the sentence in the past tense
• Tuesday - Past Tense: (a) Match the present tense verb to it's past tense (b) Re-write the sentences in the past tense
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Study the map A Girl Called Bree and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Find the 'value' of each spelling word!!

Reading -  Read the passages Feeling Awful (Monday) and Jelly (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Operations - addition word problems with regrouping
• Tables Champion Page 19  7+, 8+

Term 2, Week 6 - Monday 19th February - Friday 23rd February

Spellings

1. sunk
2. book
3. huge
4. fuse
5. rescue
6. queue
7. ewe
8. useful
9. seventeen
10. eighteen

Thematic Words: capacity, estimate, energy, reflection, contract, Word Wizard, Super Summariser, Artful Artist

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence (c) Write out the verb 'to be' (e.g. I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are etc. ). Draw a bee around the verb 'to be' in each sentence
• Tuesday - Adverbs: Circle the adverbs and underline the adjectives. 
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Study the map O'Leary's Leprechaun and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each of the spelling words in the correct section to show how many syllables it has

Reading -  Read the passages London (Monday) and Believing is Seeing (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Operations - addition with and without regrouping
• Tables Champion Page 18  5+, 6+

Term 2, Week 5 - Monday 5th February - Friday 9th February

Spellings

1. such
2. luck
3. home
4. froze
5. foal
6. stone
7. toast
8. snowball
9. fifteen
10. sixteen

Thematic Words: friendship, games, bullying, calm, force, discussion director, passage predictor, function

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence (c) Underline the verbs in red, write a adverb for each sentence and underline it in orange
• Tuesday - Adverbs: Circle the adverbs and underline the verbs. Write your own sentence with a verb and an adverb - underline the verb and circle the adverb
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Study the map Monkey Business at the Zoo and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each of the spelling, circle the consonants in blue and the vowels in red

Reading -  Read the passages Hiccups (Monday) and Go Fish (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Fractions - 
• Tables Champion Page 17  3+, 4+

History: Carry out an interview with a parent or grandparent about games they used to play in the past. Please have completed by Friday :)