5th Class Suggested Activities for 18th- 22nd May 2020 

 

Hi everyone,  

Please find below a list of suggested activities for this week. As we are nearing the 

end of the month we will be focusing on revising and revisiting some areas we covered 

earlier in the year also. I'm hearing there are great routines going on in your homes 

so keep up the great efforts and get out into the lovely weather as much as possible. 

Stay safe and well and have a lovely week :)  

 

 

 

English:  

● Grammar revision: Adjectives, conjunctions and plurals: Lift Off p71 

Exercises 10, 11, 12 and 13.  

 

Exercise 10: add adjectives to describe the noun.  

Remember! Noun = person, place or thing.  

Add an adjective (a descriptive word) to describe the noun.  

e.g. The dog ran across the road. [Dog + road = nouns so lets add description to 

better describe the dog and the road and to extend the sentence.]  

e.g.The small dog ran across the narrow road. [Small + narrow are adjectives- 

you may wish to add more than one adjective at a time].  

e.g. The small, loud dog ran across the long, narrow road.  

 

Exercise 11: Conjunctions – a word used to join two sentences together. These 

words are usually but, because, as, so, and, or  E.g. I like jam. I prefer marmite.  

I like jam but I prefer marmite. But is the conjunction in this sentence.  

 

 

● Reading comprehension: Read the story 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' from 

Up and Running p260. Discuss what the story is about. Read aloud or engage in 

shared reading with another family member. This story is set in a very famous 

concentration camp -Auschwitz. You may have looked this up after last week's 

story and it is the one I visited last year and spoke to you about in class too so 

it may sound familiar.  

 

● Written work to follow up on reading: Choose any of the follow up activities 

from Up and Running pages 268 + 269. I would suggest answering task A, B, C 

orally and then writing answers for tasks D, E, F and G if you prefer.   

● Spelling and word patterns: Complete the tasks and revision pages for week 

29-30 in Spellwell.  

 

● Novel: Private Peaceful – Finish the novel by reading the chapters 'Five to 

Five' and 'One Minute to Six'. Maybe break it up to read 3 pages per day. The 

last chapter is only 2 pages long. There is additional information at the end of 

the book if you wish to read for your own interest. 

 

 

● After completion of the novel choose any of the tasks below. These can be 

completed over the coming weeks so try finish reading the last chapters this 

week and then you can begin at some of these. Don’t feel you need to start 

these this week.  

  

Write or type a 1 page summary of the 

novel including the main characters, 

setting and plot. Don't spoil any big 

moments that will ruin the story for 

other future readers! Give your 

feedback- whether you enjoyed it or not, 

whom it might be best suited to, stars 

out of 5.  

 

Design an alternative book cover for this 

novel. Provide the title of the book, the 

authors name, an image and maybe 

something else that may make potential 

readers want to read it. (e.g. On our 

cover it says 'The Award Winning WW1 

Novel) 

The book storyline is due to become a 

blockbuster movie. You are chief designer 

of merchandise at the film studios. 

Design, draw, write or record some of 

the products that you will aim to sell in 

your merchandise shop. Be creative and 

make sure they're relevant to the story/ 

movie.  

(e.g. Propaganda posters, aeroplane 

models?) 

 

 

Attack it through Art! 

 

Build a miniature stage setting of a stage 

in the book.  

Or 

Construct a streetscape or landscape of a 

place in the story.  

Or  

Create a character from the story using 

materials, fabric, finger puppet, clay, 

mala 

Or 

Create a cartoon style depiction of a part 

of the story.  

Or 

Paint, draw or colour something related 

to the book.  

 

 

Gaeilge:  

● Look up Folensonline – Abair Liom Rang 5- Scéal 19 'Féile an tsamhraidh'  

Play story and read along.  

Click on the foclóir section and play the game to match the correct words to 

the correct picture. 

   

(To log onto folensonline.ie insert your email and make a password, use 

Prim20 as the school roll number and you'll be able to access all school e- books 

and resources) 

All new focloir is outlined on the poster that’s labelled next. Use your  

 

 

dictionary and the poster itself to look up these words and find their meanings.  

 

 

ceol beo = 

taispeántais =  

dealbha =  

comórtas (comórtais) = 

ceardaíochta =  

seodra =  

paráid= 

tábhachtacha =  

 

 

 

Click on this link below to hear me explaining this Irish task! 

https://voca.ro/if1I9v20TUh  

 

 

● Léigh  sa Bhaile- lch 111 'Cluichí Pobail’ agus 112 ‘Na Cluichí Oilimpeacha’.  

Léigh  iad agus freagair na ceisteanna 1-5.  

 

   

● Write out these sentences above and fill in the missing part of the verb.  

Bris and Cód : An Samhradh 2  

 

 

Maths:  

● Master Your Maths Week 29 + Week 29 test.  

 

● Revision: This is taken from an end of year Maths worksheet so it has a 

mixture of all strands and areas of the curriculum. I’ll split it between this 

week and next. There are quite a few questions attached below but answer 

what you can as best you can. I’ll provide the second part next week and the 

answers to the first part then also. Write your answers down on a sheet/ in 

your copy and if you need help with any please just send me the question 

numbers and I’ll go through them with you personally. Feel free to use Planet 

Maths to help revise the topics too. *There are some questions that require a 

protractor to draw angles. Skip these if you haven’t a protractor in your school 

bag* 

 

 

S.E.S.E:  

 

● Log onto www.climatekids.nasa.gov and read some big questions about topics 

such as water, weather and climate, plants and animals,energy and atmosphere.  

Play games or watch short videos.  

 

Try some of the activities – the solar smores look fantastic. You need to make 

an oven out of cardboard and tin foil, make some tasty chocolatey marshmallow 

smores and see if the heat of the sun will melt the chocolate and 

marshmallows. Then enjoy the taste test! :)  

 

 

● Choose another unit from Where on Earth to read and fill in. Use your atlas 

where necessary.  

 

● Continue the fantastic projects from last week’s chart options.  

 

 

Arts, S.P.H.E. and PE:  

 

● Daily workouts with Joe Wicks.  

 

● Junk art- what can you make with the contents of your recycling bin?  

 

● Meditation/ yoga for kids 

 

● Memories of 5th class - thinking back over the school year at some of the 

funny moments, best days in school this year.  

 

● Sing a long- Learn the lyrics of a song from start to finish.  

 

● Suduko, wordsearches and puzzles.  

 

 

Quiz time! 

Well done to those who have sent in a round of questions for a 5th class quiz. First 

rounds are coming up now. Try to answer as many as you can, or see if there’s anyone 

in your family who may know the answers. Write your own round of questions for next 

week's part of the quiz.  

 

Round 1: Gary’s Round 

 

1. What colour is the Hulk? 

2. What is 64 X 76 

3. What sport does Harry Potter play? 

4. Name the second person on the moon? 

5. What is the name of SpongeBobs pet? 

6. How is the lead actor in the movie The 

Mask? 

7. What is a baby Kangaroo called? 

8. What is a female fox called ? 

9. What is the villians name in Captain 

America The First Avenger? 

10. What is the capital of America? 

 

 

 

Round 2: Chloe W’s round  

1.In The Harry Potter series which book does You-Know-Who not appear in? 

2.In the book The lion, The witch, and The wardrobe who ventures into Narnia first? 

3.Which David Walliams book is set in a hospital? 

4.Name The author of “James and the Giant Peach”. 

5.In which book is there a mouldy cheese in the yard? 

6.Name three children from the David Walliams book Worlds Worst Children 1.  

7.In the Michael Morpurgo book “Boy Giant” what is Omars nick-name?  

8.In “Murder most Unladylike” by Robin Stevans where is Hazel from? 

9.In the book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief who was the real thief? 

10. In the book “Cliffhanger” by Jacqueline Wilson what is Tim’s teddy called? 

  

Round 3: Logos  

Can you name the product/ company that this section of a logo is taken from? There 

are 20 but they aren’t clearly numbered so go from left to right to answer.  

 

 

 

 

Good luck and have fun! 

 

Contact me on murphr15@tcd.ie if you need anything at all or just want to check in 

and say hi :)