Homework 24th - 28th October 2016

• Maths - please complete Week 9 in Master Your Maths (pages 22 and 23)
• English - Reading. Please see page in homework folder. Pupils will be assigned a chapter and will have to revise one of the first four chapters and come up with 10 multiple choice questions. Pupils will be using these questions on Friday to make an interactive quiz during laptop time.
• English Spellings - This week's spellings are revision of the past 6 weeks. I will be picking 16 words at random on Friday.
• Litriú Gaeilge - Last Friday was the first time the pupils wrote their spellings/sentences without any help or direction from me. This week will allow them to perfect the paragraph they wrote on Friday. If anyone got 100% on Friday I encourage them to add additional sentences to add to their paragraph.
• Duolingo - 50 XP challenge.

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Homework 17th - 21st October 2016

• Maths - please complete week 8 (pages 20 & 21) of Master Your Maths. If possible check questions 13 to 16 as we are focusing on problem solving in class at the moment. If you see any difficulties sit and go through with your child.
• English - Read chapter 4 of Under the Hawthorn Tree and go through the question sheet to assess comprehension. No need to write the answers.
• Irish Spellings - We will be revising up until the mid term break. The same 8 questions will be tested on Friday except for one difference. Normally I ask all 8 questions but this Friday I will only ask one questions 'Inis dom fút féin.. or tell me about yourself. children will have to try and remember as many things as possible.
• English Spellings - this week's focus is the prefix 'mid'. List of words can be found to the right. This week's vocabulary is based on the current history topic = The Celts.
• Duolingo - 50XP. I've spoken to the children in the class. Doing the same activity over and over will not be allowed from this point forward. The only time a lesson should be revised is when the bars next to it begin to decrease. When this happens the 'Strengthen' activity should be completed and not individual lessons.

Homework 10th - 14th October 2016

• Maths - I've decided to change the format of maths homework for a while. Homework for the week will now be from the 'Master Your Maths' book. The questions cover a lot of the maths curriculum every night and need the mastery of key skills to complete. If possible please sit with your child for the math problem section (Q13 - Q16) and also check over all other questions. I will be going through similar word problems as found in the book to help with understand. Pagtes 18 and 19 to be completed for Friday correction.
• English - similar to last week. Please read chapter three from 'Under the Hawthorn Tree'. There is an accompanying question sheet to test comprehension. Answers do not have to be written.
• English Spellings - This week's spellings focus on the prefix 'mis'. The vocabulary is based on the current science topic.
• Irish Spelling - Irish spellings up until mid term will be revision. This coming Friday will be the same as last week i.e. I will ask the pupils to answer each question individually. The two Fridays before mid term, I will test their ability to write a paragraph about themselves without any prompts. Pupils will have to remember as many of the questions as possible from memory.
• Duolingo - 50 XP challenge

Homework 3rd to 7th October 2016

• Maths - This week's maths homework is revision of the topic we covered in class last week. The focus is data and bar charts.
• English Reading - A continuation of last week's homework. Read chapter 2 of 'Under the Hawthorn Tree'. There is an accompanying question sheet. This does not have to be completed in writing. Please just ask your child the questions as they progress through the chapter.
• English Spellings and Vocabulary - this week's spelling focus is word containing 'ex'. This week's vocabulary is based on the water cycle. We will be covering this in class later on in the week.
• Irish Spellings - continuation of last week. Two new sentences based on hair and eye colour.
• Duolingo - same as last week. 50XP challenge.