Homework - 26th to 30th September 2016

• Numeracy - Revision of last week's topic (Addition and Subtraction). Monday and Wednesday should be used to practice adding and subtracting, Tuesday and Thursday for applying those skills to problem solving.
• Literacy - Reading for this week is chapter one from 'Under The Hawthorn Tree'. Children can read for themselves or parents can read the chapter to them. We will be working on chapter one next week in class so it's important that everyone has an understanding of what happens. Please refrain from reading further chapters.
• English Spellings - Please find spelling list to the right. This week's focus is 'ture'. Vocabulary words do not need to be learned off by heart. Understand is the most important thing.
• Irish Spellings - Two new questions can be found in the list to the right. Revision of last two weeks. 6 questions in total.
• Duolingo - 50XP Challenge

Homework

19th to 23rd September 2016

• Maths - Revision based on last week's class topic. Place Value (thousands, hundreds, tens and units)
• Reading - Read synopsis of 'Under the Hawthorn Tree'. We'll be formally starting the novel next week.
• English Spellings - The focus this week is on words containing the long 'a' sound.
• Vocabulary - found on the same page as the English spellings. Children must understand what the words mean and be able to put them into a sentence. No need to do this at home. Discussing the words is enough.
• Litriú Gaeilge - Following on from last week, the children must revise last week's questions and learn the two new answers.
• Duolingo - 50XP challenge. Please remember that Duolingo is used instead of traditional written and reading homework.

Homework 12th - 16th September 2016

• Maths - Two sided worksheet, reviewing what we have covered over the first two weeks of the school year. It's broken into four sections, one section for each day.
• English Spellings - Spelling this week focus on two sound patterns. The first sound pattern is the 'f' sound that is made by 'ph' (photograph) and 'gh' (rough). The second pattern is 'ai' sound.
• Irish Spellings - We're taking a different route with Irish spellings this week. We will be focus on the children's ability to write about themselves in Irish. Every week the children will have to learn how to write the answer to one or two questions. This weeks questions are 'Cad is ainm duit?' and 'Cen aois tu?' I will ask the children these two questions on Friday and they will need to write the answers. By the end of the term I hope that the children will be able to write a paragraph about themselves.
• Geography - Map of Dublin. Children need to locate certain areas, towns or places on Google Maps and marked them on their own blank map of Dublin. I've gone through this with the children. The link to a good website is on the sheet.
• Duolingo - Just like last year, I will set an XP challenge every week. This week's challenge is 50XP. I've reminded the children that they need to try different lessons and not repeat the same ones over and over. I also reminded them that if they have progressed to the point that it is too difficult that they should go back and repeat earlier lessons.