:Hello! Another new week! As I write this, the sun is shining bright and warm and making me feel hopeful that things are getting better. I hope you all had a lovely weekend and could make the most of the sunshine safely while it lasted. Below is the work for this week. I hope you find it managable and as always please email me if you have any queries. I have included a printable list of all the sight words learned in Junior Infants if you'd find them useful as flashcards. However, don't worry if you don't have printing facilities as you could always just write them on some paper... :) Thanks for the emails you have been sending, it's great to get updates on how the girls are doing. Take care and keep safe, Ms McQuaid Monday 11th May English: As before: Go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Junior Infants Unit 15 – Holiday Fun Oral language: Big Book- Cars, Trains and Airplanes Lesson 3
Reading: Core Reader- We have now covered all four of the core readers for the Junior Infant Starlight programme. I know lots of you are doing lots of other reading at home so you can keep up the good work there! If you’d like more readers to work on, remember the resources we have mentioned already: Oxford Owls Remember : Oxford Owls have a free e-book library which is very good for supplementary reading: home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/ Note: You will need to set up an account to view the books (if you have not done so already). Then browse by Oxford Level. It is best to start with less challenging material and move up through the levels. The Oxford Reading Tree books are most suitable Reading Egg https://app.readingeggsjunior.com/ If you have any difficulty in accessing these do let me know. Everybody Worries is a lovely story about these strange times you might like to read. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29765.html Sight words: We have now covered all the sight words for Junior Infants. Normally, this time of year would be all about revising and consolidating them using fun games and supplementary readers. I’ll add the list of all the ones the girls have done since January to help you revise and I’ll keep adding a word of the day for you to focus on as revision, but feel free to focus on whichever words you feel need attention and keep spotting them in any books or reading you are doing. Some of these words are in your child’s word folder but I have added a printout of all of them her in case you’d like to have the full set- just print and cut out. Don’t worry if you do not have printing facilities though…perhaps you could write them out on small pieces of card/paper instead. Junior Infant Sight Words: I have the my was we to he she go see look of here is are has this one for with you were said they that there some like his her where what Word of the Day: I Repeat previous activities https://sightwords.com/ can be used to help revision as before. https://www.themeasuredmom.com/10-simple-sight-word-activities/ These are 10 quite simple to implement sight word games to help revise. As always, you can revise all letter names and sounds and use the list of words posted previously to practice sounding out short words. Writing: q is our next new letter. What sound does it make? What starts with this sound? *Note that u always follows q to make the <qu> sound Do they know a teacher that has Qu in her name…? Use this rhyme to help practice writing: Slant up. Curve around. Curve back down and around. Straight up. Straight down to the ground. Slant up. http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/letter/index.html?dataFile=GWTF_B_LF_q.json&referrer=http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/index.html#!/book-sections/1/section-groups/1/group/2/ Maths Continue counting forwards and backwards within ten Don’t forget the Super Hero Zero song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RfIKqkvHTY And counting to 20 if you would like to give it a go! https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0TDOqyEoqS8oyYPTiTs4vzStRKMlXMDIAAH1dCJE&q=count+to+20&oq=count+to+20&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46j0l5j46.4180j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Write the words ‘first’ and ‘last on two pieces of paper. Today we are looking at the concepts of ‘first’ and ‘last’. Normally we would do a lot of work on this in school, lining up the children and holding up cards with ‘first’ and ‘last’ on them. We would also relate it to how we line up for the yard, having a Line Leader who is first in the line and a Line Finisher who is last in the line At home, you could use toys. Line up stuffed toys and dolls. Tell the child where the start of the line is. Ask “Which one is first? Which one is last?” Then change the line-up and ask “Which one is first now? Which is last now?” You could line up Lego figurines, wooden toys, cutlery and do the same activity. Get the child to put the words ‘first ‘and ‘last’ in the correct places. Planet Maths Links: Planet Maths e- Book https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/planet-mathsji/ebook/ First and last Colouring Activity https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMJI/resources/activities/pm_ji_094/index.html Music You could revisit Dabble do from last week Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid : https://dabbledoomusic.com/courses/369926/lectures/579043 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_mV1IpjWA Yellow Submarine by The Beatles: https://dabbledoomusic.com/courses/369926/lectures/5805869 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i1XD2yN4Ug Or some of the action songs we have done already! Tuesday 12th May English: Oral language: Poster – Holiday Fun Lesson 3 Digital poster (Explore mode): Talk and discussion. Go to the Explore mode again and play a game of Who am I? Model the game first by choosing a character in the poster to speak as and giving clues as to which character you are, e.g.:
When modelling, use the most complex language the children can understand. Scaffold the children to identify the person in question as clearly as possible. Focus on descriptive language, complex sentences and prepositions. When the children are familiar with the game, encourage some children to choose a character to speak as and give the clues, as previously modelled by you. Digital poster (Activity mode): Fun at the Beach Go to the Activity mode of the poster. Play the sorting activity. Ask the children to decide which of the activities listed can be done at the beach. Encourage them to give reasons for their choices. Reading: Core Reader- See above Sight words: Revise those covered so far. Word of the Day: have Repeat previous activities Writing: Write q. Can they draw a picture of something that starts with qu/has the qu sound? Maths Write out the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, on pieces of paper/card. Put 6 small plates on the table. Put 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Lego pieces on the plates and leave a plate with no pieces on it (this will be 0. If you don’t have Lego pieces any small item such as buttons, pieces of pasta, teabags will do. Ask your child to put the correct numbers on the plate with that number. Then get the child to line up the plates in order, starting with the plate which has nothing on it (0) all the way to 5. Revise the words first and last from yesterday. Here is a fun numbers game with a cute caterpillar! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering PE PE with our basketball coach, coach Ciarán https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UW-PBrumE Wednesday 13th May English: Oral language: Big Book Lesson 4 Listen to and sing the song ‘We All Go Travelling By’ again. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSw50Jw0H34) Read and listen to picture books on the topic of transport, e.g. Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W67lwkL3-8) Shared reading of the interactive book Sight word digital activity for A Camping Trip and Up, up and Away! Reading: Core Reader- see above Sight words: Revise those covered so far. Word of the Day: the Repeat previous activities Writing: z is our next new letter. What sound does it make? What starts with this sound? Use this rhyme to help practice writing: Slant up. Curve around and in. Curve around and down to the ground. Curve back around. Slant up. http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/letter/index.html?dataFile=GWTF_B_LF_z.json&referrer=http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/index.html#!/book-sections/1/section-groups/1/group/2/ Maths Order the number cards from yesterday 0 to 5. Practice writing the numerals 0 to 5. Here is a fun numbers game with gingerbread men on baking trays! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game Planet Maths e Book https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/planet-mathsji/ebook/ Planet Maths Game – Order the Numbers 1-5 https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMJI/resources/activities/pm_ji_097/index.html Music: Underwater songs: Animals in the Ocean song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-xqosckJ5c Down in the Deep Blue Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMEQsk3c5Y Thursday 14th May English Oral language: Poster lesson 4 Digital poster (Label mode) Go to the Label mode of the poster. Review the vocabulary. Have the children drag the labels onto the correct location in the poster. Digital poster (Poem mode): ‘Ice Lolly’ Go to the Poem mode of the poster and play the poem ‘Ice Lolly’ by Pie Corbett: Ice Lolly By Pie Corbett Red rocket on a stick. If it shines, lick it quick. Round the edges, on the top, round the bottom, do not stop. Suck the lolly. lick your lips. Lick the sides as it drips Off the stick – quick, quick, lick, lick – Red rocket on a stick. Have the children speak the poem with actions, increasing the pace as the poem goes on. Unscramble the sentence Speak sentences based around the action in the poem in the wrong order, e.g.: licked lolly the I red The was lolly love I eating lollies dripping lolly was The Have children repeat each sentence in the correct order. They could then give their own mixed-up sentences for others to unscramble. Reading: Core Reader- see above Sight words: Revise those covered so far. Word of the Day: my Repeat previous activities Writing: Write z. Can they draw a picture of something that starts with z? Maths Draw and cut out 4 shapes - square, rectangle, triangle, circle. Today we are revising 2D shapes. Ask your child to name the four shapes. Name some differences e. g a triangle has 3 sides; a square has 4. Place the shapes on the table, get the child to close her eyes, remove one shape and ask” What shape is missing?” Look around the house and see what shapes they can see. Ask the child to draw the four shapes out. Feed the Shape Monsters the correct shapes! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters A great game – pick the next shape to complete the pattern. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns PE You could revisit the Underwater Cosmic Kids Yoga from last week Cosmic Kids Yoga- Squish the Fish- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhYtcadR9nw Cosmic Kids Yoga- Popcorn the Dolphin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR1OxBk8BF4 Friday 15th May English: Oral language: Big Book Think about the last time they went on holiday – who they went with, where they went, how they went, what they brought with them, how they felt about going on holidays and why. Encourage children to remember as much as they can about their trip, could be a nice chance to look at photos of trips to help them remember and look forward to trips they may be able to make in the future. Have children share their stories of their trip/ holiday with a family member. Label poster again Reading Core Reader- see above Sight words: Revise all Can play digital word game again. Writing: Revise writing q and z You could practice writing and drawing a picture of some short words with q and z. e.g. zip, zap, quiz, quack Maths: Practice writing the numerals 0 to 5. Give Teddy the number of cupcakes he wants – yummy! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers A trickier game – Curious George needs help finding the numbers and words. Try it out! https://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/hideseek/ Art: You could draw or paint an underwater scene using the aquatic animals you have learned about. This video might help to inspire you! Aquatic animal vocabulary video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIcbrPvlwfA Or you could create your own Ariel, using tinfoil, sequins or whatever you have to decorate her shiny tail!! Extra Ideas: Can you draw it? Give your child a blank page and drawing material. Ask children to divide their page into four and label (by tracing, copying or writing independently) each section with one form of travel – cars, planes, trains or boats. Read aloud one page from the text to describe the mode of travel and encourage children to draw the description, e.g. p. 6 ‘Trains stop at stations. The conductor blows his whistle when it’s time to go. All aboard!’ Children can then write/copy/trace a word, phrase or sentence for each picture. Beach ball adventure: Focus – finish the sentence Blow up a multi-coloured beach ball if you have one. On each coloured panel of the ball stick an image to represent one of the senses, i.e. eyes, ears, nose, tongue, hand/foot. Throw the ball. Whoever catches the ball must say a sentence about something he or she saw/heard/felt/smelled/tasted on the beach/on holidays, e.g. I went on my holidays to the beach/my cousins house. I saw/heard/felt/smelled/tasted … Scaffold the children to use descriptive language, e.g. I saw a huge jellyfish swimming in the water; I heard noisy seagulls flying in the sky; I felt soft, warm sand under my feet; I smelled delicious burgers on the barbeque; I tasted creamy, delicious ice-cream. |
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