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Ms. Gordon’s Junior Infant Work 18th – 22nd May

Hello again everyone,

I hope you are all keeping well. Please find below the work for the week ahead. Once again I have included a sample timetable you might like to follow.
Don’t forget if you have any questions or issues you can contact me on my email address: cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com.  Thank you to those who have sent me pictures of your child’s work. Boys and girls you are all doing great, keep up the super work 🙂

Take Care,
Caroline Gordon

English

Sounds

  • Jolly Phonic sound ‘ue‘ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw pictures of words containing the ‘ue’ sound e.g. statue, tissue, blue, glue, etc. If capable, write the words under the pictures
  • Continue to revise all sounds completed to date

Word Boxes /Reading

  • Read Word Box 5A and 6A. Most of the words in these word boxes have a digraph (two letter sound).  Can you spot the digraph in each word below before you read it
  • Continue to read books regularly to your child at home

Tricky Words

  • New tricky words ‘live‘ and ‘give‘- Write out these tricky words three times. Put it into a sentence orally
  • Revise all tricky words

Handwriting

  • Handwriting booklet: Letters u and v (for those who have these letters)
  • “Letter Formation Workbook” pages 22 and 23 (for those missing the letters in booklet) www.twinkl.ie/offer : Under “new to Twinkl” create an account and make sure to enter the offer code IRLTWINKLHELPS )
    Letter u – Curve down and up and down once more. Little u is a cup that is ready to pour.
    Letter v – Slant down first then up like so. The upside down volcano is ready to blow.

Dictation sentences – Call out the following 5 sentences:

  1. The man is sad.
  2. The dog sat up.
  3. The bus is red.
  4. The pig is fat.
  5. The cat ran and ran.

*Remind the children that we put a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop at the end.

Maths

  • Please complete the following pages (use the CJ Fallon website for the online work)
  • Interactively online pages 106, 107 (Days of the week), 108, 109 – Vertical Addition
  • Busy at Maths home/school links pages 33, 34, 35 (as seen below)
  • Teach your child the order of the days of the week. Tell them that Monday to Friday are the weekdays with Saturday and Sunday known as the weekend. Learn the song below to the tune of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’

”Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday too,
Thursday, Friday, all for you.
Saturday, Sunday, that’s them all.
All those days we will recall.”

  • Ask your child to find the name of any day on objects around the house e.g. calendars, newspapers, magazines, mobile phones, etc. Help your child find the day of his/her birthday on a calendar
  • Continue to practise writing numbers 0-5 correctly
  • Continue to practise counting skills, counting from 0 – 10 forwards and backwards (or higher if capable)

Gaeilge (Optional)

  • Topaic: ‘An Lá Spóirt’ – Céim ar Chéim page 56 online (CJ Fallon website)
  • Foclóir nua:

– lá spóirt (sports day)

– bonn (medal)

– feadóg (whistle)

– rás (race)

– ag an líne (at the line)

– ar an talamh (on the ground)

SESE (CJ Fallon website – Small World book)

  • Hearing page 47 – Chat about how we use our ears to hear different sounds; loud or soft, nearby or far away, high or low. Discuss how our sense of hearing can protect us from danger e.g. you may hear a car horn beeping to warn you or a fire alarm if there is a fire, etc. Chat about animal noises and what animals you would find in a zoo. Ask your child to name his/her favourite animal at the zoo and what noise it makes. Have a look on the Dublin Zoo website to see the different animals (www.dublinzoo.ie)
  • Loud and Soft Sounds page 48 – Identify and differentiate between loud and soft sounds. Listen to the story Peace at Last and discuss the sounds made in the story that kept Daddy Bear awake(click link below)
  • (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U9y35kWBvM)

Art

  • Make a rainmaker! (Link with our sounds topic in our Small World book)
  • You will need: a tube e.g. a pringles box or large smarties box, paint, sellotape, rice
  1. Paint and decorate the tube.
  2. Put some rice in the tube.
  3. Move/Shake the tube from side to side to hear the rice fall.

Timetable

Monday

  • New Jolly Phonics Sound ‘ue’
  • New tricky word ‘live’
  • Dictation x1 sentence
  • Word Box 5A (first 5 words)
  • Maths online pages 106, 107
  • SESE: Small World page 47

Tuesday

  • Word Box 5A (next 5 words)
  • Handwriting: letter ‘u’
  • Dictation x 1 sentence
  • Maths online pages 108, 109
  • Gaeilge page 56 new words/phrases (optional)

Wednesday

  • Revise new Jolly Phonics sound ‘ue’
  • New tricky word ‘give’
  • Word Box 6A (first 5 words)
  • Dictation x1 sentence
  • Busy at Maths home/school links page 33
  • SESE: Small World page 48

Thursday

  • Word box 6A (next 5 words)
  • Handwriting: letter ‘v’
  • Dictation x1 sentence
  • Busy at Maths home/school links page 34
  • Gaeilge page 56 – revise new words/phrases (optional)

Friday

  • Dictation x1 sentence
  • Busy at Maths home/school links page 35
  • Art – Rainmaker
  • Revision:
    – Revise all sounds
    – Revise new tricky words
    – Practise writing your name
    – Practise writing the numerals 0-5
    – Extra activities on Maths/ English linked above (optional)

Ms. Gordon’s Junior Infant Work 11th – 15th May

Hello again everyone. Please find below the work for the week ahead. I have also included a sample timetable for those who might want to follow it to help divide the work out evenly throughout the week.

If you would like to send me pictures of your child’s work or have any questions my email address is cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com.  Thank you to those who have already sent me pictures, it was lovely to see them all. Keep up the great work at home and do not feel like you have to get all of the work completed, do what you can with your child 🙂

Kind Regards,
Caroline Gordon

English

Sounds:

  • Jolly Phonic sound ‘oi‘ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw pictures of words containing the ‘oi’ sound e.g. oil, boil, soil, coin, etc.  If capable, write the words under the pictures
  • Continue to revise all sounds completed to date

Word Boxes /Reading

  • Read Word Box 3A and 4A (below)
  • Continue to read books regularly to your child at home

Tricky Words

  • New tricky words ‘like‘ and ‘have‘- Write out these tricky words three times. Put them into sentences orally
  • Revise all tricky words (if your child is finding the tricky words hard to remember, just focus on the old ones before moving on)

Handwriting

  • Handwriting booklet: Letters b and p
    Letter b (Draw a straight back just like me. Don’t forget to add a belly for b)
    Letter p (Pop on down, then up you see. Finish it off with a little pea)
  • Some parents have contacted me regarding the handwriting booklet as some of the letters are missing from the book. If the letters are missing then you can download the “Letter Formation Workbook” free from the Twinkl website and do pages 3 and 17 (below) to practise the letters ‘b’ and ‘p’. ( www.twinkl.ie/offer : Under “new to Twinkl” create an account and make sure to enter the offer code IRLTWINKLHELPS )

Further links for activities on the letter ‘b‘ (optional)

Further links for activities on the letter ‘p‘ (optional)

Maths

  • Please complete the following pages (use the CJ Fallon website for the online work)
  • Interactively online pages 102, 103, 104, 105 – Combining sets within five, including zero
  • Busy at Maths home/school links pages 31 & 32 (as seen below)
  • Partitioning objects within zero: Place 5 objects on the table and ask your child: How many objects are in this set? Partition (break up) the set by placing a pencil through the set to show that 0 and 5 make 5. Then ask your child to use the pencil to make as many partitions of five as s/he can, including zero. (2 and 3, 4 and 1, 5 and 0, etc)
  • Continue to practise writing numbers 0-5 correctly
  • Continue to practise counting skills, counting from 0 – 10 forwards and backwards (or higher if capable)
  • Cutting/Addition activity linked below (optional):

https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/7051-7075/sb7056.html (if completing this activity, please note that in Junior Infants we only add up as high as 5)

Gaeilge (Optional)

  • Continuing with the topic ‘Ainmhithe ar an teilifís’ – Céim ar Chéim page 55 on the CJ Fallon website
  • Foclóir nua:
    – ar an teilifís (on the television)
    – beag (small)
    – mór (big)
    – Tá tíogar ar an teilifís (The tiger is on the television)
    – Tá béar ar an teilifís (The bear is on the television)
    – Tá eilifint mór ar an teilifís (The big elephant is on the television)
    – Tá moncaí beag ar an teilifís (The small monkey is on the television)
  • Match the animals. Say/Repeat the phrases above

SESE (CJ Fallon website – Small World book)

  • Travelling page 45 – Name each type of transport. Become aware of the different forms of transport (car, ferry, train, bus, plane, tractor, etc). Make a list of different forms of transport under the headings: ‘On Land’, ‘On the Sea’ and ‘In the Air’.
  • In the Morning page 46 – Put the pictures in the correct order. After completing this page, get your child to draw 4 pictures of their night-time routine e.g. Putting on their pyjamas, brushing their teeth, reading a book, going asleep

Art

  • Choose one type of mode of transport that you discussed when completing page 54 in your Small World book and use some crazy art materials from around your home to construct it

Sample Timetable

Monday

  • New Jolly Phonics Sound ‘ou’
  • New tricky word ‘like’
  • Word Box 3A (first 5 words)
  • Maths online pages 102, 103
  • SESE: Small World page 45

Tuesday

  • Word Box 3A (next 5 words)
  • Handwriting: letter ‘b’
  • Dictaction: 5 words
  • Maths Online pages 104, 105
  • Gaeilge page 55 – new words/phrases (optional)

Wednesday

  • Revise new Jolly Phonics sound ‘ou’
  • New tricky word ‘have’
  • Word Box 4A (first 5 words)
  • Busy at Maths home/school link page 31
  • SESE: Small World page 46

Thursday

  • Word box 4A (next 5 words)
  • Handwriting: letter ‘p’
  • Dictaction (any 5 words from word box 3A/4A (optional)
  • Busy at Maths home/school links page 32
  • Gaeilge page 55 – revise new words/phrases (optional)

Friday

  • Revision:
    -Revise all sounds
    -Revise all tricky words
    -Practise writing your name
    -Practise writing the numerals 0-5
    -Extra activities on Maths/English linked above(optional)
  • Art

Ms. Gordon’s Junior Infant Work 5th – 8th May

Hello everyone, I hope you are all keeping safe and well.
Please find below a list of work for the week ahead. Work will be uploaded on a weekly basis from now on. As stated before this work is a general guideline so please adapt it to suit your child and do not feel under pressure to get it all completed just do what you can.

It was great hearing from some of you over the past couple of weeks, keep up the great work.

If you have any questions or issues please contact me on the following email address: cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com.  I would love to see some more pictures of your child’s work 🙂

Take care,
Ms. Gordon

English

Sounds

  • Jolly Phonic sound ‘ou’ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw pictures of words containing the ‘ou’ sound e.g. mouth, mouse, house, cloud. If capable, write the words under the pictures
  • Continue to revise all sounds completed to date

Word Boxes /Reading

  • Read Word Box 1A and 2A (below)
  • Read book 10 again, independetly this time ( log onto www.edcolearning.ie , username: primaryedcobooks, password: edco2020, click on “Big Box Stories – “My Little Box”, The Spaceship page 91)
  • Continue to read books regularly to your child at home

Tricky Words

  • New tricky words ‘only’ and ‘old’- Write out these tricky words three times. Put it into a sentence orally
  • Revise all tricky words (remember if your child is finding the tricky words hard to remember, just focus on the old ones before moving on)

Handwriting

  • Practise writing your name regularly and neatly
  • Handwriting booklet: Letters m and h
    Letter m (Go down, hit the ground then get ready for bumps. Little m is easy to write, just add two humps)
    Letter h (First start high, go down and take a jump. Little h has a little hump)

Links for more activities on the letter ‘m’ (optional)

Links for more activities on the letter ‘h’ (optional)

Dictaction

  • Many English words are phonically regular, which means children do not have to learn how to spell them by heart; they can write these words by themselves as long as they can hear the sounds in them. Please help your child practise these skills. Call out these 5 regular words provided and ask your child to write them (do not show them the words); ten, lip, pet, cut, six. Remind them to ‘stretch out’ the words to help them to identify the individual sounds

Maths

  • Please complete the following pages (use the CJ Fallon website for the online work)
  • Interactively online pages 99, 100, 101 – Numeral 0 (Zero Rhyme: Around and around and around we go, now we have the number zero)
  • Busy at Maths home/school links pages 29 & 30 (as seen below)

  • Use playdough to make the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and place them in the correct order. Find the numeral zero in the environment around them e.g.on calendars, doors, streets, price on items, car registration plates, toys, etc
  • Continue to practise writing numbers 0-5 correctly
  • Continue to practise counting skills, counting from 0 – 10 forwards and backwards (or higher if capable)
  • Further activities on the numeral Zero (optional) https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/3821-3830/sb3830.html

Gaeilge (Optional)

  • Topaic: Ainmhithe ar an teilifís – Céim ar Chéim page 54 online (CJ Fallon website)
  • Foclóir nua – ainmhithe (animals), moncaí (monkey), eilifint (elephant), tíogar (tiger), béar (bear)
  • Say and point to these new words in the pictures

SESE (CJ Fallon website – Small World book)

  • Now and Then page 43. Look at the pictures and chat about them. Discuss what has changed and what has stayed the same. If possible, phone a grandparent and ask them to tell you about their school days
  • Coming to School page 44. Recognise and identify a variety of sounds in the environment. Chat about the landmarks that they pass on their journey to school

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.E.

Online resources:

  • RTE Junior 10@10
  • Go Noodle
  • PE with Joe Wicks on Youtube (Mon-Fri at 9am)
  • Mindfulness/ Yoga for children www.cosmickids.com

Work 20th April – 1st May

Dear parents,
Firstly I would like to introduce myself. I am Ms. Gordon and as my maternity leave has come to an end, I will be your child’s class teacher. It is a strange way to have to speak to you all for the first time but hopefully I will get a chance to meet you in person in the near future. I hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Please find below a list of work for the next two weeks. It is best to divide the work out evenly over this time, especially when introducing the new sounds and words. The work below is a general guideline so please adapt it to suit your child. Please do not feel under pressure to complete all the activities, do what you can with your child.
If you have any questions or issues you can contact me on the following email address: cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com

English

Sounds:

  • Moving onto the next two Jolly Phonic sounds (please find these sounds attached at the end of this post)
  • Week 1 ‘th’ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw a picture of a word containing the ‘th’ sound e.g. thumb, thorn, tooth, path, etc. Write the word under the picture
  • Week 2 ‘qu’ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw a picture of a word containing the ‘qu’ sound e.g. queen, quilt, quad, etc. Write the word under the picture
  • Continue to revise all sounds completed to date. There are online activities on the Sound Like Phonics programme https://slp.cjfallon.ie/ . Go into Activity Book A or B and click on the sound you wish to revise and you will find videos, stories and games to accompany each sound. You can also access the Jolly Phonics songs on Youtube

Word Boxes

  • Week 1: Word box 8
  • Week 2: Word Box 9

Tricky Words (Remember these words cannot be sounded out)

  • Introduce the next two tricky words
  • Week 1: ‘only’ – Write out the tricky word three times. Put it into a sentence orally
  • Week 2: ‘old’ – Write out the tricky word three times. Put it into a sentence orally
  • Revise all tricky words (if your child is finding the tricky words hard to remember, just focus on for eg. the first list of tricky words 1-12 before moving on)

Reading

  • Week 1: Introduce your child to Little Book 10: ‘The Spaceship’. Over the next week get your child to practise reading the following new words from their new book: have, flag, said, they
  • Week 2: Read book 10 ( log onto www.edcolearning.ie , username: primaryedcobooks, password: edco2020, click on “Big Box Stories – “My Little Box”, The Spaceship page 91)
  • Continue to read books regularly to your child at home. Remember to get your child involved too; chat about the pictures, predict what they think is going to happen, question them on the story, etc.
  • Storyline Online is an excellent resource also where the children can listen to stories being read to them
  • Oxford Owl is another website the children may use to read simple ebooks (make sure to choose the right age group for them). Some of these ebooks are also audio books which they can listen to and follow the words (www.oxfordowl.co.uk)

Handwriting

  • Handwriting booklet: Complete the next two handwriting pages
  • Week 1: letter ‘r’ (Go straight down, then race on back. r has an arm, like a little rack)
  • Week 2: letter ‘n’ (Go down, hit the ground and your almost done, m has two humps, n has only one)
  • Practise writing your name regularly and neatly

Maths

  • You can access the main Busy at Maths book online and do the pages interactively with your child on the CJ Fallon website. It is a good idea to get your child to do these pages online first before they complete the pages based on these topics in their home/school links book. Please complete the following pages
  • Week 1: Interactively online : pages 93, 94, 95 and in their Busy at Maths home/school links pages 26 & 27
  • Week 2: Interactively online pages 96, 97, 98 and in their Busy at Maths home/school links page 28

Gaeilge (Optional)

  • You can also access their Céim ar Chéim Irish workbook online on the CJ Fallon website and look at the words/phrases on the pages on each of the topics
  • Topaic: Picnic – Céim ar Chéim page 48 & 49 online
  • Foclóir nua – picnic, úll, banana, cupán, ruga, plátaí, taephota
    Say and point to these new words in the picture. You could also get your child to find these items at home and label them in Irish
  • Other useful Irish resources available:
    – Cula4 have their own YouTube channel where the children can watch short videos in Irish based on different topics
    – RTE player have a category dedicated to cartoons in Irish
    – Futa Fata are also doing a ‘Sceal an Lae’ on their Facebook page every day. They also have a YouTube channel

SESE

  • Our Small World book can also be accessed online on the CJ Fallon website
  • Topic: People Who Help Us pages 41 and 42 . Complete these pages orally

P.E.

  • It is important to keep active during this time. Below are some online resources:
    – RTE Junior 10@10
    – Go Noodle
    – PE with Joe Wicks on Youtube (Mon-Fri at 9am)
    – Mindfulness/ Yoga for children www.cosmickids.com

 

When using the CJ Fallon website.  Go to www.cjfallon.ie and press click here. Select primary, Junior Infants and then choose the subject and book we use (Busy at Maths for Maths, Céim ar Chéim for Gaeilge and Small World for SESE).

Also encourage your child to complete colouring and cutting activities. Below are some more educational websites that will provide learning activities for your child:
www.enchantedlearning.com
www.starfall.com
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
https://ie.ixl.com/math/jr-infants
www.twinkl.ie

Remember get as much work as you are able to get done with your child, do not feel under any pressure to get all of the above work completed.

Stay safe and well,
Regards,
Ms. C. Gordon.