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)

• https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/10526-10550/sb10545-phoneme-worksheets-b.html
• https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/thumbs15-20/sb18-letter-b-phonics-worksheets.html
• https://preschoolmom.com/wp-content/uploads/PMom/AlphabeWorksheets/B2.pdf

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

• https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/9701-9725/sb9723-p-phoneme-worksheets.html
• https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/thumbs431-435/sb432prev.html
• https://preschoolmom.com/wp-content/uploads/PMom/AlphabeWorksheets/P2.pdf
• Dictaction: Call out these 5 regular words provided and ask your child to write them; bed, net, hop, kit, cat. Remind your child to ‘stretch out’ the words to help them to identify the individual sounds. If you want to do extra words with your child, you can use some of the words from the word boxes above.
• Practise writing your name regularly and neatly

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