Work 20th April
6th class work 20th April
Try and post your work by Friday afternoon
All students
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Reading: Daily DEAR time 20 minutes.
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Spellbound every day – continue with a unit each week. Most people
have nearly completed the book as well
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Continue with your daily Mental
Maths. Most people have nearly finished this book.
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Chapter 21: Data. If you have any
problems let me know and I will send you a video to help you. https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/16908/117
All students
Science & Geography.
Unit 11 of Small World
Questions on page 64 and page 66. Do these please.
The main part of your work is the following
project:
Choose a rainforest animal to learn about.
Here are some sample questions that you could answer:
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Does it make its own home?
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Does it have lungs or gills?
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Its typical life span is…
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Would it make a good pet?
Why? /Why not?
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What is its strongest sense?
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I would describe its size as…
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I would estimate its weight to be…
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Type of body covering- scales,
feathers, fur etc.
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Is it a predator or prey?
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Is it a carnivore, a herbivore or
an omnivore?
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How does it communicate?
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Any other interesting
information.
Here is a good website to help you do your
research:
Do not simply copy the information that you read!
Add some drawings if you like.
Art: how to
draw the animal you are writing about. Or whatever animal you would like to
draw as I can’t guarantee your project animal is on either site...
ENGLISH:
Miss Hayes’ reading groups. Copy the following
link onto Google search: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1257.html
This should bring you directly to the book “Exploring the Deep.”
i.
In case you need to log in go to
‘my class login’ at the top of the page.
ii.
For ‘my class name’ type in: 6thscoilcholmcille
iii.
For my class password type in SC2020
iv.
We will be using age level 9-11.
v.
We are all going to read “Exploring
the Deep” this week.
vi.
4 pages per day below are four
questions per four pages, all questions to be handed in by Friday evening
please.
Monday questions: (pages 2, 3, 4, 5)
1.
What percentage of the sea has
been explored?
2.
Name the largest ocean.
3.
Explain what a continental shelf is.
4.
What is the sunlit zone of the
sea?
Tuesday questions: (pages 6,7, 8, 9)
1.
Explain why Box Jellyfish are
dangerous.
2.
How do Parrotfish protect
themselves from predators?
3.
Why do divers wear wetsuits?
4.
Explain what a free diver does.
Is this a safe or unsafe past-time? Explain your answer.
Wednesday questions: (pages 10, 11, 12, 13)
1.
What was the cause of the RMS
Rhone sinking?
2.
What are the two possible causes
of the Mary Rose sinking?
3.
Explain how the great white shark
is such a fearsome predator.
4.
Write two interesting facts about
the blue whale- in your own words.
Thursday
questions: (pages 14, 15, 16, 17)
1.
Explain how the whale shark
feeds.
2.
Why have sharks got a pale
underside?
3.
Why is it so cold in the twilight
zone of the sea?
4.
Why could a diver get ‘the bends’
if she came up too quickly from her dive?
Friday questions: (pages 18, 19, 20, 21)
1.
Why is the angler fish called the
angler fish?
2.
How does the dragonfish attract
its prey?
3.
Write an interesting fact about
the gulper eel.
4.
Describe one of the strange
features of the viper fish.
ENGLISH
Mr. Breathnach’s group:
creative writing, I am looking for one story of your choice, it can be as long or short as you
choose. If you’re stuck for an idea these 3 titles could get you started:
i.
Your bicycle runs away from home.
How do you find it?
ii.
You discover a magic button that
will…
iii.
You suspect the school library
might be haunted…
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