Literacy
Oral Language Activity (both Juniors and Seniors)
Look at the picture and answer the questions (for the last question Juniors can count backwards from 10, Seniors try from 20)
Phonics
Junior Infants
Practice reading words and phrases. Can you write some of the words?
Here's a short video to revise some of our tricky words. Remember you can't sound out tricky words.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/PictureMatch.html This is a nice game where the children read the word and match it to the picture. Username: march 20, password: home.
Senior Infants
Can you read the words before they're read to you? Watch this every day and see how many new words you know by Friday.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/Sentences5a.html Username: march20, password: home. Please revise split digraphs i.e Week 4 (a-e, i-e, o-e, u-e, e-e sounds. We say "the e makes the letter say it's name" e.g h-i-d = hid but h-i-d-e = hide)
Reading:
Click on this link to access the Rainbow programme we use in school.
Then under 'All Resources' click 'Junior Infants' or 'Senior Infants', 'English' and 'Rainbow-Stage 1'. Juniors can then view the book 'New Friends'. Please read the story 'The Wrong Coat' on pages 7-11 this week. Note the following words are new to the children: too, small.
Seniors can view the book 'Pip and Rags'. Please read the story 'The Haircut' on pages 18-24 this week. Page 25 has a list of words, please revise any that your child did not know.
If you wish to access extra reading books:
In addition to the Oxford Owls link I gave you last week, these websites have free access.
Please note that children do not always need to write with pencils, there's lots of ways to make writing fun for them:
- On a sunny day give them a bucket of water and a paintbrush and let them write words on the footpath
- Chalk
- Making letters with playdough
- Write in playdough using lollipop sticks
- Sprinkle flour on the table and let them write using their finger
Senior Infants
Write words with the split digraph sounds (word list emailed).
Write simple sentences. Remember to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. I have emailed pictures to inspire writing.
You could keep a daily diary.
I have also emailed tricky words writing sheets. Can you write a sentence using a tricky word?
If you wish to access extra reading books:
In addition to the Oxford Owls link I gave you last week, these websites have free access.
https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/ stories that your child can read independently
https://www.getepic.com/ Free to join for a month and has a wide variety of age appropriate books for your child to read. Put the word 'space' into the search bar and see if you can find out some interesting facts on our new Aistear topic.
Writing
Junior Infants should practice letter formation and writing simple CVC (3 letter) words. I emailed lists 1-6 on Thursday 12th March, please let me know if you need extra.Please note that children do not always need to write with pencils, there's lots of ways to make writing fun for them:
- On a sunny day give them a bucket of water and a paintbrush and let them write words on the footpath
- Chalk
- Making letters with playdough
- Write in playdough using lollipop sticks
- Sprinkle flour on the table and let them write using their finger
Senior Infants
Write words with the split digraph sounds (word list emailed).
Write simple sentences. Remember to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. I have emailed pictures to inspire writing.
You could keep a daily diary.
I have also emailed tricky words writing sheets. Can you write a sentence using a tricky word?
Stories
https://www.vooks.com/ If you enjoyed last week's stories here's some recommendations for this week:
Monday - Let's Explore Space
Tuesday - Inventors Who Changed The World. This has some information on Leonardo di Vinci, we've talked about him in school when we looked at the Mona Lisa during our ‘Holidays’ Aistear topic.
Wednesday - How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Thursday - Cinderella
Friday - Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
Friday - Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
Maths
Juniors:
The topic this week is capacity.
Give the children different sized containers in their sand/ water box. Use objects such as sponges (How many sponges would it take to fill a jug?) or socks (How many shells/stones does it take to fill the sock?)
Vocabulary: empty, full, small, little, large, to the top, fill, how many?, holds more than, holds less than, the same as, soaks, overflows, level
Seniors:
The topic this week is spatial awareness.
Vocabulary: above, below, beside, under, over, on, in front of, behind, beside, near, close, between, on the right, on the left
Activities: Ask your child to give/ follow instructions to get somewhere e.g from the table to the TV, from the tree to the goalpost.
Hide an object then give instructions to find it using the vocab above. Ask your child to do the same.
Using your child's toys ask your child to follow instructions e.g put the car beside the doll and the dinosaur in front of the house, etc. What is in front of/behind/to the left/right of ......?
Gaeilge
Here's some everyday Irish phrases you could encourage your child to use.
Nigh do lámha. (Wash your hands)
Tá do lámha glan. (Your hands are clean)
Tá an cóta salach/glan. (The coat is dirty/clean)
Cuir ort do chóta/do hata. (Put on your coat/hat)
Bain díot do chóta. (Take off your coat)
Croch suas do chóta (Hang up your coat)
Here's some Easter phrases:
Sin Coinín na Cásca. (That's the Easter Bunny)
Tá ubh Chásca air. (He has an Easter egg)
Tá milseáin aige. (He has sweets)
If you have downloaded the Bua na Cainte programme there's a special Easter lesson. Just look under 'Ócáidí Speisialta- An Cháisc' and you will find a poem and a story.
Aistear
(we usually cover science, history, geography and drama in these lessons)
Our theme is Space.
Here's some videos that are full of fun facts about the solar system.
and the sun
Listen to an astronaut read a story from space (I love this story by Andrea Beaty)
This is a nice animation story from Twinkl
Of course you could do some lovely art activities on space too. Here's a rocket you can make with a toilet roll (I'm sure there's one or two to be found in every house in the country at the moment!)
https://www.craftymorning.com/rocket-toilet-paper-roll-craft-kids/
Did you know that a Canadian astronaut called Chris Hadfield took photographs of Ireland from space? He even sent a message to Earth in Irish from the International Space Station. Look at the video below to see what he said.
There's also videos where he shows how astronauts sleep in space and even how they brush their teeth.
Did you know that a Canadian astronaut called Chris Hadfield took photographs of Ireland from space? He even sent a message to Earth in Irish from the International Space Station. Look at the video below to see what he said.
There's also videos where he shows how astronauts sleep in space and even how they brush their teeth.
Some fun competitions to enter:
Corrib Oil are running a colouring competition to win an Easter egg. There are 3 categories: ages 2-4, 5-8 and 9-12 so other children in the house might like to enter too. Print an entry form from the link below
https://www.corriboil.com/colouring-competition-2020/ and email entries by 3rd April to colouringcomp@corriboil.com
The Irish Socksciety are running an interesting competition- You can design socks for your entire class! Children aged 6-12 are invited to print the template from the website below and enter the competition. Imagine everyone in your class wearing socks that you designed when we all get back to school! Entries (photo, pdf, scan) should be submitted via email to info@irishsocksciety.ie by 10th April. One very important thing to note: You can only use 5 colours in your design so choose carefully. Good luck!
https://irishsocksciety.com/kidsdesign/
https://irishsocksciety.com/kidsdesign/
Applegreen are running a 'Draw What Makes You Happy' competition. For every entry that tags them on Facebook @goapplegreen or Instagram @applegreen_pic along with the #PowerofCommunity Applegreen will donate 3 euro to the Irish Youth Foundation. Enter by 3rd April on Facebook or Instagram to be in with a chance to win a Smyths voucher. See the link below for more details
Art
Art
Salt dough Easter decorations
Lots of Easter art ideas
and a few more here
PE
Fundamental movement skills (running, skipping, hopping and jumping) are very important to a child’s physical development so the more activities your child does with these skills the better e.g put a rope on the ground and ask your child to jump or hop over it, make obstacle courses that involve these skills, etc
The photo below could be a fun way to add these skills into other activities.
Religion
A Powerpoint telling the Easter story
Finally here's an idea that you might like to try over the holidays.
Happy Easter everyone :)
