School closure work 18th-22nd May

Hello again everyone,

I hope you are all keeping well and having fun at home. Thank you again to all those parents who have contacted me via email. It really helps me to keep track of the children’s learning and offer further support where necessary. I also really enjoyed seeing the children’s artwork and photos.

My email address is katiedoylestjosephs@gmail.com for anyone who wants to contact/continue to contact me.

Below you will find school work for this week. As always do not put yourself under pressure to do all of the work; do as much as you and your child have time for.

There is a timetable included at the end of the post.

Have a great week,

Miss Doyle

 

English:

Handwriting

  • Book-f and s

 

  • Access the online book and use the ‘draw’ tool to practice the letters

-go to www.edcolearning.ie

-log in with the following details: username: primaryedcobooks. Password: edco2020.

-Search for and click on ‘Ready to Write A1’. (Letter f-pg. 65, letter s-pg. 66)

Reading

  • ‘My Little Box of Books’ book 9 ‘Please’
  • Flashcard games

Flashcards

The reader can be accessed by following the instructions below:

-go to www.edcolearning.ie

-log in with the following details: username: primaryedcobooks. Password: edco2020.

-Search for and click on ‘My Little Box of Books’ and then book 9 ‘Please’.

Tricky words

Said:

  1. First sound out the word phonetically and point out that when we sound out the word like this it sounds funny, it is not a real word. Therefore it is a tricky word.
  2. Tell the child that in this word the letters ‘a’ and ‘i’ are tricking us by joining together to make the sound /e/; s-e-d ‘said’

Here:

  • First sound out the word phonetically and point out that when we sound out the word like this it sounds funny, it is not a real word. Therefore it is a tricky word.
  • Tell the child that in this words the letters ‘e’ in the middle is tricking us by saying /ee/ and the ‘e’ at the end stays silent; h-ee-r ‘here’

Games:

-snap

-matching; take turns turning over two cards and reading the words aloud. If you find a matching pair you keep those cards. You could encourage your child to ‘help’ you read the words on your turn.

-paper cups; write or stick the words on the bottom of paper cups. Take turns turning over a cup, reading the word then building the cups into a tower or castle.

-Splat; lay out flashcards with the words. Call out a word and have your child ‘splat’ the word by tapping it with a fly swatter, pencil or stick.

-Car park; draw lines on a piece of paper and write tricky words between the lines as shown below. Give your child a toy car and call out a tricky word. They must ‘drive’ their car to the tricky word. You could then swap over and let them call out words for you.

  • Blending-wordbox 10

  • Dictation sentences: Call out one full word at a time (without sounding it out yourself) and see if your child can sound out and write the letters independently.
  1. This is a peg.
  2. This is a cup.
  3. This is a box.
  4. The tree is green.
  5. The coat has a zip.

Maths:

  • Busy at Maths interactive activity 120

Access interactive maths activities by going to https://www.cjfallon.ie/. On the right of the page click ‘parent/student resources’ then click ‘student resources’. On the page that appears select the following boxes: Primary-Junior infants-Maths-Busy at Maths-Busy at Maths Junior Infants-Interactive then go to the 6th page to find activity 120.

-Call out a money value up to 5c. If your child has this amount in coins on their bingo card they cover it with a counter.

-Show your child a selection of coins up to 5c, ask them to figure out the value and cover up that number on the bingo card.

SESE:

-Learn about the invention of the first aeroplane and the timeline from the hot air balloon to the first flight to space.

-Cut out and glue the pictures in the correct order

Art:

  • Use items outside (or in your house if it is raining) to make the shape of a rocket ship.

(Photos of outdoor art below as an example)

Gaeilge: This is optional-one or two words a day if you have time

  • Read the words to your child
  • Call out a word and ask them to point out that word
  • Play games e.g. ‘what am I?’
  1. Ainmhithe [an-vi-ha]=animals
  2. Béar mór [bear moore]=big bear
  3. Moncaí beag [monkey bee-ug]=small monkey
  4. Tíogar [teegar]=tiger
  5. Ag luascadh [egg loos-ca]=swinging/climbing

 

Sample timetable: Add in the ‘fun’ activities if you have time

Monday:

  1. Handwriting book ‘f’
  2. Reading-revise sight words ‘can’ ‘we’ ‘please’ ‘home’
  3. Tricky words-figure out the word ‘said’ and complete worksheet
  4. Maths-CJ Fallon Busy at Maths interactive page 120
  5. Dictation-1 sentence
  6. Gaeilge-1/2 words

Tuesday:

  1. Handwriting interactive page 65 on edcolearning
  2. Reading-book 9 ‘Please’
  3. Tricky words-revise previous tricky words and ‘said’; tricky word games
  4. Blending-5 words
  5. Dictation-1 sentence
  6. Gaeilge-1/2 words

Wednesday:

  1. Handwriting book ‘s’
  2. Reading-revise sight words
  3. Tricky word ‘here’-figure out and complete worksheet
  4. Maths worksheet
  5. Dictation-1 sentence
  6. Gaeilge-1/2 words

Thursday:

  1. Reading-book 9
  2. Tricky word games
  3. Blending-5 words
  4. Dictation-1 sentence
  5. Maths-bingo
  6. SESE-‘The First Aeroplane’ and timeline worksheet
  7. Gaeilge-1/2 words

Friday:

  1. Handwriting interactive page 66 on edcolearning
  2. Art-nature art
  3. Tricky word games
  4. Dictation-1 sentence
  5. Maths-https://ie.ixl.com/math/jr-infants/coin-values-1c-2c-5c-and-10c
  6. Blending-all words