Hello again everyone! I hope all my ''Super Girls'' are doing well that and you and your families are safe and healthy at this strange time. It is indeed very strange to not be looking forward to the Easter break with you all, but I'm looking forward to being back in our classroom together soon. I am just adding some updated ideas below to help keep you in touch with a little bit of school work over the week. Parents, please remember these are merely guidelines and I must stress how it is not imperative that your daughter completes all of this work. I understand that for many reasons this may not be possible and keeping safe and healthy is by all means priority at the moment. Reading
Sounds
Oral Language: Login to Folens as described above.
Writing Keep up the letter formation and activities mentioned previously. Don't forget that cutting, sticking, painting, colouring and drawing are all important, worthwhile activities to help your child's pencil and scissor grip and help improve their fine motor skills. ( Ms. McQuaid always loves a home made picture from her little artists! :)) Maths
Number Time is a good educational show you can watch. Each episode is dedicated to a number and is a fun way to reinforce their learning. It can be found on Utube. The following is the link for Number 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apb7dvLl5Yo Rhymes for number formation:
** See picture to help with formation Other Ideas:
As stated previously, the priority right now is that we all remain safe and well. These are all suggestions to help you if you wish to use them. Ultimately, at this age the children learn through play, experiences and opportunities to practice their language and learning in practical ways. Getting your child to help make a pizza or pancakes herself while talking about these activities is as rich a learning experience as any classroom discussion! Play is her work and if that is all she needs to keep her happy and well at this time then that is plenty! However if you feel your daughter would benefit from a little feeling of responsibility by doing some work for teacher then these ideas may help. This is an unprecedented time for us all and we are all trying to navigate our way as best we can. Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's learning. Wishing you all good health and a lovely Easter. I hope the Easter bunny comes! Ms McQuaid Here are the 26 letters of the alphabet in cursive script. We have not covered them all in class yet ( w,b,v,k,x,j,q and z to be done when we get back to normal) but I have posted them so that you can help your child to write her name in cursive script. Also she could try to write the short words I have listed - these are words that we will be writing in unruled copies to start with, so you could get her to write some on a blank sheet of paper if possible. Always start with a slant (your daughter will know what this means!) If she is not enjoying the experience of writing JUST LEAVE IT. We will pick up where we left off, and we do not want to put any undue pressure on parents or children at this time. So if she wants to write, write and if she doesn't want to -don't worry
Hello! Hoping you and your families are safe and well. We have added some suggestions for reading below.
Core Reader 3
Oxford Owls
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Here are some homework arrangements that you can do with your child to keep her up to date during this school closure. Reading
it, tap, at, nap an, pin, hat. in, sit, pan, tip, sat, ant, pat, cap. pit, sip, tin, tan, nip, man, mat, red. dip, end, sad, hip, men, can, ten, ham. hid, kid, met, cat, did, pen, pin, cot. him, mad, and, hit, map, rip, pet. set, hen, ran, rat, sack, get. bat, on, bus, leg,pot,rug, jet, dug. us, log, fat, lid, if, hop, fun, gap. bed, lip, sun, bad, fit, elf, lot Challenge your child to think of some of her own! Writing
Maths
Other suggestions Making jigsaws. I spy with letter sounds Cutting and sticking activities. Drawing and colouring Picture books Baking activities can be good for reinforcing maths concepts e.g. more than/less than, measuring etc. It was exciting getting to dress up in our green clothes as part of our Lá Glas for Seachtain na Gaeilge.
Our Artist of the Month for January is Vincent Van Gogh and his amazing master piece, Starry Night . It's Ms McQuaid's favourite painting and she was super proud of our own versions which we made using oil pastels.
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