Please click on the link below for todays work. Looking forward to seeing you all on Zoom 🙂
Zoom
Looking forward to our zoom call today. Chat soon, Ms. Healy
Activities
Click on this link to access the activities for today Friday Feb 5th Senior Infants
Videos
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Thursday 4th of February
Happy Birthday to Florence!
Zoom Call Tomorrow:
We would like the children to have their favourite toy ready to show us during our Zoom.
Please prepare these answers with your child:
- What is your favourite toy? – my favourite toy is ______.
- Does your toy have a name?
- What do you like to do with your favourite toy? (2 things)
Happy Thursday click on the link to access activities for Junior Infants Thursday 4th February
See VIDEOS 1, 2 & 3
Happy Thursday click on the link to access activities for Senior Infants Thursday 4th February
See VIDEOS 4, 5 & 6
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Wednesday 3rd February
PE & Gross Motor Skills
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his YouTube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise!
Gross Motor with My OT and Me- Astronaut Training Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHuDYtQubYs
Starlight
Unit 9 – School – What I wear to school
Digital Poster (Explore Mode)
- Start by focusing on opposites. Ask your child, what opposites do you see in the poster? ( long/short, same/different, bright/dark, black/white, open/closed, plain/patterned, striped/spotted, one colour/multi-coloured. How are the pictures similar or
- Instead of pointing to the pictures, encourage your child to use words to compare and contrast i.e. the girls in the top picture are wearing skirts and the girls in the bottom picture are wearing pants.
Digital poster (Activity Mode)
- Go to the Activity mode of the poster. Play the sorting activity for your child and see if they can correctly catagorise summer and winter clothes.
Story time: The Lost Button
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWySmmJE-8
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise Pg 9& 10
- Read each of the words below.
- Use your flash cards to make sentences ( I have a long dress, I must get a tie)
- Take a picture of your sentences and send it to your teacher.
| must | get | dressed | Let’s | long |
| a | top | put | on | tie |
| it | on | have | Dress | the |
Phonics
- Revise ee/or and ie
- Sing the song and do the actions
Blending Video Below
- Watch and see if you can read some of the Alpha Block words using our sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBEmaaSh1c
Maths
- Planet Maths pg 76.
- Write the numeral 4.
Gaeilge
Éadaí/Clothes
Ceacht 3 – Lesson 3
Please watch the video for Ceacht 3/Lesson 3 with your child at least 3 times
Foclóir/ Vocabulary:
- Cuir ort do chóta- put on your coat.
- Dún do chóta- close your coat.
- Cas timpeall- turn around.
- Tá do chóta go hálainn- your coat is lovely.
- Oscail do chóta- open your coat.
- Bain díot do chóta- take off your coat.
- Croch suas do chóta- hang up your coat.
Amhrán- croch suas do Chóta- hang up your coat.
Croch suas do chóta.
Croch suas do chóta.
Croch suas do chóta mar tá an lá té.
Croch suas do hata.
Croch suas do hata.
Croch suas do hata mar tá an lá té.
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy (Green Copy)
Letter formation – k
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the dot
- Down to the line, back up to the middle, curl around, down and kick.
Religion
Theme 5: Jesus – Jesus the Good Shepherd
Grow in Love Book Page 31.
Families are invited to chat about the ways in which Jesus cares for us. Together they pray Psalm 23.
Children also write their name, to complete the sentence, ‘____,I am your Good Shepherd.’
Geography
Topic: Day and Night
- Talk about how we know it is day time.
- What kind of things do we do during the day?
- What’s your favourite thing to do during the day?
- Talk about how we know it is night time.
- What kind of things do we do at night?
- What’s your favourite thing to do at night time?
- Discuss why we can/can’t do certain things during the day/at night
Day and Night Picture (please cut this out and stick into the next page of the SESE copy)
- Write day and night under the correct picture.
- Draw something you do at night.
Daily Play Activity
Rainy Day Baking
Senior Infants
Wednesday 3rd of February
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start the morning off with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 10 – The School Play
Digital poster (Story mode)
- Play Story mode 2 for your child
- Digital poster (Explore mode): Talk and discussion
Look at the picture with audience at the bottom of the image and ask your child the following questions:
- Where do you think the people are? (School hall; theatre)
- Why do you think that? (They are sitting in a row.)
- Who do you think these people are? (Parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters and friends)
- What are they doing with their hands? (Clapping/applauding) Why? (They are enjoying the concert/show/performance.)
- How else do we know that they are enjoying the performance? (They are smiling and laughing.)
Look at the next picture where we reveal the title of the show and ask your children what they think the show is about
(Jack and the Beanstalk; a fairy tale; a boy called Jack, etc.).
- Read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk with your children or watch it together
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VCpAYajmvo) to recap on the story.
Discuss the story with your child focusing on key vocabulary from the story (e.g. giant, poor, sell, magic beans, trading, happiness, exchanging, useless, beanstalk, climbed, castle, golden, harp, chicken, egg, chopped, axe, etc.)
- Click on the link to reveal the whole picture. Ask your child the following questions:
- Where are the children? (On the stage; next to the curtain)
- Do they look the same as they do in school every day? Why not? (They are wearing costumes.)
- What do we call people when they are on the stage pretending to be someone else? Actors)
- What characters are the children playing in the story? (Jack; Giant; Giant’s wife; Mother; Cow). How do you know? (Describe the costumes and how they signify each character.); Who is playing the part of Jack/Wife/Giant/Mother/Cow?
- Who is at the side of the stage/backstage? (Teacher). What does the teacher have in her hand? (A clipboard with the script/the words of the play, to prompt/tell the actors what to say if they forget their words)
- Which of the characters do you like best? (I like … because …) If you were an actor playing the part of one of the characters, who would you like to be? (e.g. I would like to play the part of Jack because he is a hero/ he climbs the beanstalk; I would like to play the part of the Giant because he is a scary character, etc.)
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise pg 3 -8
- Discuss the picture on page 9, 10 and 11.
- Read page 9, 10 and 11.
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- Point out words on the page and ask you child to read the word.
- New Words and Sight Words:
- Point to words and your child should read the words.
- Word Check
likes can like over net they well too - Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension.
- Click on the link below to see flashcard from the reader and a sight word activity
- Spellbound – Unit 18
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity E & F Pg 39
Writing
1.practice: look at this site to help develop and reinforce letter formation.
https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation/
- Sentence Formation –
- Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the vocabulary above
- choose words from your new words/sight word list and write four sentences
News
Today is Wednesday
It is the 3rd of February 2021.
I like to eat ______.
I like to drink ______.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Gaeilge
Éadaí/Clothes
Revise foclóir/vocabulary
Amhrán – Practice and Sing the song – Cad atá sa chófra
Amhrán
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra?
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí?
Tá léine sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra.
Tá léine sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí.
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra?
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí?
Tá bríste sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra.
Tá bríste sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí.
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra?
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí?
Tá geansaí sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra.
Tá geansaí sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí.
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra?
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí?
Tá sciorta sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra.
Tá sciorta sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí.
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra?
Cad atá sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí?
Tá gúna sa chófra, sa chófra, sa chófra.
Tá gúna sa chófra, sa chófra éadaí.
Bua na Cainte lth 29
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 17 – WEDNESDAY – Pg 39
- Look at this video on the number 8 https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/video/pm_si_v071.mp4
- Draw a plate with a set of cookies. Ask you child to draw the remaining cookies to make 8 (draw the missing cookies). Repeat this activity using different sets of cookies.
- Clap/Tap 0-7 times and invite volunteers to suggest and perform the missing claps/taps in order to reach a total of 8 altogether.
- Write a number line 1-10. Point to a numeral on the number line and ask how many jumps must be taken forward to reach 8?
- Develop addition skills
- Planet Maths pg 73
Religion
Theme 5: God cares for us in spring
- Ask your child what they can remember about spring?
Night Prayer
God our Father, I come to say
Thank you for your love today.
Thank you for my family,
And all the friends you give to me.
Guard me in the dark of night,
And in the morning send your light. Amen.
Grow in Love – Pg 32
Draw the leaves they would see on the trees in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
History
Topic: Stories
- Look at the pictures and discuss what is happening in each picture.
- Discuss the words beginning, next, then, finally
- discuss the chronology of events (beginning, next, then, finally) in the story..
- In your SESE copy try to draw out the steps
Mindfulness for Kids
Daily Play Activity
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Hi everyone, hope you are all well. We are planning a Zoom call on Friday morning. Please email us if your child is available before 3pm today and we will be in touch closer to the day.
Thanks 🙂
Tuesday 2nd February
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise Pg 6-8
- Read each word carefully using your Peter Pointer.
- Read each word below
| must | get | dressed | Let’s | long |
| a | top | put | on | tie |
| it | on | have | Dress | the |
Writing
- https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/JI/resources/rhymes/SL_JI_ACT_CH01_004/index.html
- Listen to the rhyme above, what words rhyme? Can you name them?
- Colour the sheet below (this sheet will need to be printed)
Phonics
NEW SOUND: ee/or
These are two seperate sounds but for the purpose of the children remembering them they are often together (Think Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh)
- Listen to the song below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W57mT4x488A
Song Words: “See my donkey in the stall, ee/or ee/or is his call.”
- Here is a little story to help the children learn the sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9aXOvBd71U
ACTIVITY
- Complete the “ee/or” sound in the SOUND COPY
- Draw and Colour as many pictures as you can of words that have the ‘ee/or’ sound
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
Word formation – fit/dot/bin
Practice the word formation using your finger first
- Practice the word formation with your finger first.
- Write the words fit/dot/bin
Maths
Have some fun with the game below
https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMJI/resources/video/pm_ji_v074.mp4
- Planet Maths pg 75
- Write 4.
- Match each numeral to the set.
Gaeilge
Éadaí/Clothes
Ceacht 2/Lesson 2
Fóclóir/Vocabulary
- Bain díot do___ (do chóta, do hata, do scairf, do bhróga, do stocaí)- take off your (coat,hat,scarf,shoes,socks)
- Tabhair dom___. (cóta,hata,scairf,bróga,stocaí)- give me the (coat,hat,scarf,shoes,socks)
- Seo duit__. (cóta,hata, scairf, bróga, stocaí)- for you the __ (coat,hat,scarf,shoes,socks)
- Go raibh maith agat- thank you.
Amhrán- Bain Díot do Chóta (Take off your Coat)
Bain díot do chóta.
Bain díot do chóta.
Bain díot do chóta mar tá an lá té
Bain díot do hata.
Bain díot do hata.
Bain díot do hata mar tá an lá tirim.
Activity – Bua na Cainte (Red Book) – Pg 22
Religion
Theme 5: Jesus – Jesus is the Good Shepherd
- Listen to the story ‘Jesus is the Good Shepherd’ – Part 2
- Questions
- I wonder… why do you think Jesus calls himself a shepherd? Do you think ‘the Good Shepherd’ is a good name for Jesus? Why?
- If Jesus is the Good Shepherd, who are his sheep?
- Remember the story about Jesus blessing the children.. was he like a good shepherd then? Why? Do you think Jesus cares for us too? Does he listen to us when we talk to him?
- Children’s Book- pg 30
- Draw and colour 5 sheep that the shepherd cares for.
SPHE
- This activity will need to be printed.
- Discuss a time when your child felt angry/sad/happy/scared.
- Why did they feel like this?
- How did they know they felt happy/sad/angry/ scared?
- Look at the link above cut out the correct feeling and stick it in the correct balloon.
- Don’t forget to send a photo to your teacher.
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Daily Play Activity
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Senior Infants
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise pg 3, 4 and 5.
- Discuss the picture on page 6, 7 and 8.
- Read page 6, 7 and 8.
- Point out words on the page and ask you child to read the word.
- New Words and Sight Words:
- Point to words and your child should read the words.
- Word Check
here is it red Sam Jen black to I too with Jen - Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension.
- Click on the link below to see flashcard from the reader and a sight word activity
- Spellbound – Unit 18
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity C & D Pg 38
Writing
- Letter formation practice: look at this site to help develop and reinforce letter formation.
https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation/
- Sentence Formation –
- Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the vocabulary above
- choose words from your new words/sight word list and write four sentences
News
News to be completed in news copy
Today is Tuesday.
It is the 2nd of February 2021.
I like to play ______.
My favourite toy is ______.
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 17 TUESDAY – Pg 38
2.Practice count forwards and backwards to 8
3.Call out a number between 1-8 and ask your child to perform their favourite action (clap/jump/stamp etc) that many times.
- Sound of a number activity drop objects into a tin box and ask your child how many drops did they hear? Now add more objects to the tin box. How many drops did you hear? How many objects in the box now/ altogether? Do not exceed 8 objects in the box.
5. Put sets together using items in the house e.g. toys/crayons/spoons invite child to write the corresponding number.
6.Say a number/ point to a number ask your child to put a set together of the corresponding number.
- Use objects and sort into two groups (don’t let total number exceed 8)
Eg. 2 crayons and 3 crayons
I have 2 crayons and you have 3 crayons how many crayons have we altogether.
Repeat this using different sets of numbers
- Planet Maths: Pg 72
Gaeilge
Éadaí/Clothes
Ceacht 1 – Lesson 1: Comhrá 1.1 – Conversation 1.1
Please watch and revise this video with your child
Ceacht 1 – Lesson 1: Comhrá 1. 2– Conversation 1.2
Please watch this video with your child at least 3 times
Foclóir/Vocabulary
- An bríste é? ‘Ní hea An sciorta é? Ní hea An cóta é? ‘Sea
Is it a pants? No Is it a skirt? No is it a coat? Yes
- An gúna é? ‘Ní hea An hata é? ‘Ní hea An bríste é? ‘Sea
Is it a dress? No Is it a hat? No is it a pants? Yes
- An stoca é? ‘Ní hea An geansaí é? ‘Ní hea An bríste é? ‘Sea
Is it socks? No Is it a jumper? No is it pants? Yes
Religion
Theme 5: God cares for us in spring
- Ask your child to recall changes that occur in spring?
- Read the following story to your child: Ruby Rock’s Spring Challenge
It was early in the morning and Ruby Rock was perched on the branch. She spread her wings and looked at Farmer Burke’s biggest meadow.
‘Mmm wonderful, Spring is here!’ The countryside was ready to burst into life and Ruby Rock couldn’t wait to tell everyone. ‘Hello, Hello; she cawed in her sweetest voice spiring is here!’ No one heard her. ‘Oh bother, I will have to tell everyone, one by one.’
‘Tap, tap, tap’ Ruby Rock knocked with her beak at the entrance to Mrs Squirrel’s home. 
‘Hello Mrs Squirrel’s Spring is here!’ She announced cheerfully. ‘Oh’ came the grumpy reply from Mrs Squirrel. ‘It is cosy in here and I still have some winter nuts. Go away and leave me in peace.’ Ruby Rock disappointedly flew to the forest floor.
‘Hello White Snowdrop! Hello Yellow Daffodil! Spring is here!’ ‘Oh’ replied the bulbs together. ‘We like it down here under the ground. Go away and leave us in peace.’
Ruby Rock was determined not give up so all day she flew around Farmer Burke’s field yelling everyone that spring had arrived. But no matter how loud she cawed no one seemed interested.
The next morning Ruby woke to the warm sun. ‘Hello Ruby Rock, a lovely spring morning isn’t it?’ Ruby Rock said disappointedly ‘but no one cares.’
‘Oh dear’ said the sun. ‘that is a problem’. Sun felt sorry for her friend and offered to help. ‘I can warm up the ground, so the bulbs would push up through the ground.’ The sun thought and added ‘ I could stay a little longer each day.’ Ruby Rock thought this was great as Mrs Squirrel would be able to get fresh food. ‘Anything else?’ Ruby Rock wondered. ‘I could ask Mr. Wind to blow a little more gentle, sometimes he doesn’t know his own strength.’
Ruby Rock watched as Mrs. Squirrel emerged to get fresh food for her young. Robin Redbreast built a nest for Mrs. Robin to lay her eggs. White Snowdrops and Yellow Daffodils appeared. The meadow was alive with activity, Spring had arrived at last.
After reading the story ask you child:
- How had the animals and the flowers spent winter? Do you think God was looking after the animals during that time?
- After you seen any signs of spring yet?
- How does God look after us?
Draw a picture of spring.
Science
Topic: Properties and characteristics of materials: is it waterproof?
- Discuss the term ‘waterproof’ with your child.
- Look at pictures and describe the items on the worksheet.
- Discuss with your child what we mean by a guess.
- Guess yes or no is _______ waterproof?
- Experiment: try and gather the items pictures for the experiment: if you don’t have these to hand you can substitute in something else
- When guesses are complete fill a basin with water and check are the items waterproof?
- Fill in your results to your SESES copy.
- Draw some waterproof footwear.
ACTIVITY SHEET: Please stick the sheet into the next blank page of the SESE copy
Mindfulness for Kids
Spot the difference
Daily Play Activity
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Monday 1st February 2021
Happy Monday Boys and Girls!! It was great to see so many videos of you all doing some fantastic reading. We are so proud of all the hard work you are doing at home. We hope that you are being as good for your teachers as you would be for us!! Keep up the good work!!
Ms. Healy 🙂
Today is the 1st day of a new season, we are saying goodbye to Winter and hello to SPRING!!!! It is also St Brigid’s Day, have a look at the little video below to learn about her.
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his YouTube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise!
Gross Motor Activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QGW8jA57I&list=PLwx9xqU4Y2d6PgZGUCzgPLm36StOk1yda&index=4
English
Reading
As we have completed the whole story, we are going to take the time to revise it and make sure we know all our new words.
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise pgs 3-5 with your child.
- Ensure that they are reading each word carefully.
- Point out different words and ask your child to read them.
- Word Check – Check that your child can identify and read all of the words below
| must | get | dressed | Let’s |
| a | top | put | on |
| it | on | have | dress |
Writing
- Meet the Starlight Characters – Rocky (This sheet will need to be printed)
- Trace the word Rocky
- Write the word Rocky
- Colour the picture of Rocky
Phonics
- We are still concentrating on digraphs – Sounds which have two letters.
- The FIRST letter in the sound does the talking so that tells us what the name of the sound is – the first letter is ‘i’ in the sound ‘ie’ – so that will tell us the name of the sound is ‘i’.
- NEW SOUND: ie (SOUND COPY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9qo6OLyCgc
Song Words:
The Captain says ie,ie
The Captain says ie,ie
Stand up straight, don’t be late,
The Captain says ie,ie
- Name: My name is i……..
- Action: Put your hand on your forehead as if in salute
ACTIVITY
- Complete the ie sound in the sound copy
- Draw and Colour as many pictures as you can of words that have the ‘ie’ sound
Maths
- Planet Maths Book pg 74
- Trace over the big 4 with your Peter Pointer.
- Write 4.
- Colour the picture
Gaeilge
Éadaí/Clothes
Ceacht 1 – Lesson 1
Please watch the video for Ceacht 1/Lesson 1 with your child at least 3 times
Comhrá 1/ Conversation 1
Comhrá 2/ Conversation 2
Vocabulary
- Taispeáin dom cóta– show me a coat.
- Taispeáin dom hata- show me a
- Taispeáin dom scairf- show me a
- Taispeáin dom bríste– Show me a pants.
- Taispeáin dom bróga– show me
- Taispeáin dom stocaí – show me socks
- Cad é sin? Sin __ . (cóta, hata, bríste,scairf)- What is that? That’s____. (coat,hat,pants,scarf)
- An maith leat __? (an scairf, srl)- do you like the__? Scarf,etc.
- Is/ní maith liom__ I do/don’t like__
- Tá an lá fuar, fluich.- it is a cold/wet day.
- Cuir ort ___ . (do chóta, do hata, do scairf, do bhróga)- Put on your___ (coat, hat, scarf, shoes)
Amhrán- Cuir ort do Chóta
Cuir ort do chóta.
Cuir ort do chóta.
Cuir ort do chóta mar tá an lá fuar.
Cuir ort do hata.
Cuir ort do hata.
Cuir ort do hata mar tá an lá fluich.
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy (Green Copy)
Letter Formation: f
- Practice writing the letter with your finger first
- Write the letter f- around, down to the line, back up to the middle and across.
Religion
Theme 5: Jesus – Jesus is the Good Shepherd
- Watch the video below of a Farmer and Her Sheep.
- https://vimeo.com/132807864
- Story – ‘Jesus is the Good Shepherd’- Part 1 – Listen to the story being read aloud.
Questions
- Why do you think the shepherd went through the gate before the sheep? What does this tell you about the shepherd?
- I wonder.. how did these sheep come to know their shepherd’s voice?
- Can you recognise someone by their voice? Who? Why do you think you can recognise that person? Can you recognise who is reading this story? How?
- Draw a picture of a shepherd minding his sheep.
Psalm 23: Pray together: Care for me Lord,
As though you were a shepherd,
And I, a sheep of your flock
Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFG7etbxl5o
- Colour the Nocturnal Animals– Cut the sheet out and stick it into the next blank page of the SESE copy
- Colour the animals that come out at night and sleep during the day.
- Draw another nocturnal animal (there’s a few clues in the video.)
Daily Play Activity
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Senior Infants
Physical Education
Joe Wicks will be live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise.
Gross Motor Activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QGW8jA57I&list=PLwx9xqU4Y2d6PgZGUCzgPLm36StOk1yda&index=4
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Discuss the picture on page 3, 4 and 5.
- Read page 3, 4 and 5.
- Point out words on the page and ask you child to read the word.
- New Words and Sight Words:
- Point to words and your child should read the words.
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension.
- Click on the link below to see flashcard from the reader and a sight word activity
- https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/SI/resources/activities/SL_SI_ACT_CH01_005/index.html
- Word Check: your child should be able to read and identify the words below
| play | you | the | inside |
| on | racket | stay | hit |
| tennis | with | must | over |
| Saturday | ball | line | net |
- Spellbound – Unit 18
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity A & B Pg 38
Writing
- Letter formation practice: look at this site to help develop and reinforce letter formation. https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation
2. Sentence Formation
- Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the vocabulary above
- choose words from your new words/sight word list and write four sentences
News
News to be completed in news copy
Today is Monday.
It is the 1st of February 2021.
It is St. Brigid’s Day.
We learned about St. Brigid last week.
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 17 – Monday – Pg 38
- Number formation practice no 8 on your maths copy
- Number 8 rhyme:
Make and s and do not wait
When its joined up you have an 8
- Click on the links below to allow you practice number formation
https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation/
https://www.abcya.com/games/letter_trace
- Count forwards and backwards to 8
- Clap/ Stamp/Tap a number between 1-8 and ask your child to listen and say the number.
- Put sets together using items in the house e.g. toys/crayons/spoons invite child to write the corresponding number.
Gaeilge
Éadaí/Clothes
Ceacht 1- Lesson 1: Comhrá1.1 – Conversation 1.1
Please watch the video f with your child at least 3 times
Foclóir/Vocabulary
Foclóir/Vocabulary
- An bhfuil _____ sa chófra éadaí? Tá ____ sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a _____ in the clothes press? There is a ____ in the clothes press.
- An bhfuil cóta sa chófra éadaí? Tá cóta sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a coat in the clothes press? There is a coat in the clothes press.
- An bhfuil hata sa chófra éadaí? Tá hata sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a hat in the clothes press? There is a hat in the clothes press.
- An bhfuil léine sa chófra éadaí? Tá léine sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a shirt in the clothes press? There is a shirt in the clothes press.
- An bhfuil geansaí sa chófra éadaí? Níl geansaí sa chófra éadaí. Tá bríste sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a jumper in the clothes press? There is no jumper in the clothes press. There is a pants in the clothes press.
- An bhfuil sciorta sa chófra éadaí? Tá sciorta sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a skirt in the clothes press? There is a skirt in the clothes press
- An bhfuil geansaí sa chófra éadaí? Tá geansaí sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a jumper in the clothes press? There is a shirt in the clothes press.
- An bhfuil sciorta sa chófra éadaí? Níl sciorta sa chófra éadaí. Tá gúna sa chófra éadaí.
Is there a skirt in the clothes press? There is no skirt in the clothes press. There is a dress in the clothes press.
Foclóir/Vocabulary
Religion
Theme 4: God cares for us in spring
Spring
Remind you child today the 1st of February, the feast day of St. Brigid’s Day was also known as the first day of spring.
- Ask your child can they tell you any signs which tell us it is spring?
- Look at the picture ask you child to spot difference between winter and spring.
Ask you child?
- What words would they use to describe the trees in winter? What did you see happen to them in spring?
- What flowers did you see? What flowers can you name? Which one is your favourite? Why?
- Because it is brighter in springtime we get outside more often – what is your favourite thing to do outside?
- Revise Morning Prayer
Father in heaven, you love me,
You’re with me night and day.
I want to love you always
In all I do and say.
I’ll try to please you, Father.
Bless me through the day, Amen.
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Friday 29th January
JUNIOR INFANTS
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Let’s get active.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 9 – School – What I wear to school
Digital Poster (Story Mode)
- Revise Story Mode 1 with your child
- Play Story Mode 2 for your child – Discuss vocabulary mentioned in the story
Digital Poster (Question Mode)
- Go the the question mode of the poster. Listen and Discuss the questions.
- Look at the picture of the children wearing a uniform. What colour are the school jumpers?
- Look at the picture of the children wearing a uniform. What colour are the skirts and trousers?
- What is the girl with the football wearing?
- What kind of clothes do you wear for PE?
- In the picture with the snow, what are the children wearing? Why are they wearing these clothes?
- What kind of clothes do you wear during the summer?
- What kind of clothes do you find most comfortable?
- Why do you think many schools have uniforms?
- Do you think wearing school uniforms is a good or bad idea?
- What is your favourite item of clothing?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise all words from the story – ‘School Clothes’
- Use the flashcards you have made to help children identify the new words from their reader
- Read – Pg 3-12
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO/VOICE NOTE OF YOUR CHILD READING PGS 9 – 12 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING ***
Phonics
- Revise sounds – ai/j/oa (Letter Name/Sound/Action/Song)
- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
– Phase 1 & 2 games
Maths
- Planet Maths – Pg 73
- Read the number on the left hand side
- Colour the correct amount in each row
- Develop counting skills
- Develop matching skills
- Develop ordering skills
Handwriting
Print – MY PENCIL CONTROL BOOKLET
- Tracing Activities
- Complete pg 3 and pg 4 ONLY
***Complete any pages not finished in Mrs Murphy Green Book up to the page (bag/man/pig)***
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Revise Ceacht 6 & Ceacht 7
Practice and Sing the song: Caloga Sneachta
Activity: Bua na Cainte (Red Book) Pg 21
Science – Winter
Topic: Winter Clothes
- Discuss types of clothes you wear during the Summer
- Discuss types of clothes you wear during the Winter
- Sheet
- What types of clothes do you see on the sheet?
- Circle the clothes you wear in Winter to keep warm
- X the clothes you don’t wear during Winter
Art
This week’s art activity is newspaper art.
Click on the link to below to get some ideas on what you’d like to create.
Scroll down the web page to get some more ideas and pictures of newspaper art. It can be as creative as you like. Mum or Dad could help you with drawing the outline.
Grab your scissors and getting cutting!
https://iheartcraftythings.com/newspaper-craft-ideas.html
Mindfulness for Kids
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PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Let’s start the day with some exercise.
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise all words on Pg 11/12/13/14
- Read Aloud Pg 7/8/9/10
- Use flashcards to help children identify the new words from their reader of they are having difficulty
- Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story
- Spellbound – Unit 17
- FRIDAY TEST
- Unit 17 Pg 72 (Back of the book)
News
Today is Friday
It is the 29th of January 2021.
My favourite day of the week is _________.
It is the weekend.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 16 – FRIDAY TEST – Pg 81
- Addition to 10 – Sum Copy
History
Topic: Electricity
- Discuss what electricity is with your child
- Where do we get electricity?
- Who fixes the electricity?
- Identify things that use electricity in the house/outside/in the classroom
ACTIVITY SHEET: Please stick the sheet into the next blank page of the SESE copy
- Circle the objects that use electricity
- Colour the objects that use electricity
- Draw something that uses electricity in the classroom and in the bedroom
Art
This week’s art activity is newspaper art.
Click on the link to below to get some ideas on what you’d like to create.
Scroll down the web page to get some more ideas and pictures of newspaper art. It can be as creative as you like. Mum or Dad could help you with drawing the outline.
Grab your scissors and getting cutting!
https://iheartcraftythings.com/newspaper-craft-ideas.html
Mindfulness for Kids
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Thursday 28th January
JUNIOR INFANTS
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 9 – School – What I wear to school
Digital Poster (Explore Mode)
Think and Talk: I wonder
Ask the children the following questions…
- Looking at the picture on the right, which clothes might you wear to school? Why?
- What items of clothing are the children wearing that we can’t see in the picture? (vest/underpants/belt/jacket/coat)
- Can you name another type of shoe?(slippers/runners/flip flops/wellingtons/football boots)
- Which clothes do you like?
- Which clothes don’t you like?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise Pg 9, 10 & 11
- Discuss the picture on Pg 12
- – Describe the girl in the picture?
- – What is she wearing on her feet?
- – What is not wearing inside her shoes?
- – Where is her schoolbag?
- New Words: forgot/shoes
- Focus on the new words
- Say them aloud for your child
- Children should read and repeat the words
- Read pg 12
- Children can sound out some of the words on Pg 12
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Use flashcards to copy the sentence.
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OR SEND A VOICE NOTE OF YOUR CHILD READING PGS 9. 10, 11 & 12 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING ***
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Pg 3 Activity D – Write the words
- Sight Words – the/my
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Meet the Starlight Characters – Mum (This sheet will need to be printed)
- Trace the word Mum
- Write the word Mum
- Colour the picture of Mum
Phonics
- Revise sounds – ai/j/oa
- My name is….
- My sound is…
- My action is…
- Song
- Ask children to name as many things that have the ai/j/oa sound
- Activity Sheet
Draw a picture of something that has the ‘ai’ sound.
Draw a picture of something that has the ‘j’ sound.
Draw a picture of something that has the ‘ai’ sound
Maths
Planet Maths – Pg 72
- Match the sets that have the same amount
- Count the items in each set
- Match the sets that have the same amount
- X the set that is wrong
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting
- Counting up to 5
Handwriting
- Practice writing the letter ‘l’ on a lined sheet of paper
- Practice writing the letter ‘t’ on a lined sheet of paper
- Practice writing your name on a lined sheet of paper
Religion
Theme 5: Jesus – Jesus and the children
Grow in Love – Pg 28
- Remind the children that Jesus had a special love for children
- Trace the words that Jesus said ‘Let the children come to me’
- Children must draw and colour a picture of themselves on the page
Mindfulness for Kids
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SENIOR INFANTS
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 9 – The School Building
Digital Poster – Explore Mode
Go to the explore mode of the poster.
Focus on the interiors picture of the school
Classroom Image
- Where are the people in this image? (In the classroom)
- Who/What can you see in the picture?
- How is the classroom the same/different from our classroom?
- Name as many things as you can think of that we would find in a classroom
- How is the uniform the same/different from our uniform?
School Yard
- When we are playing on the school yard, who do we play with? (Our friends)
- What is a friend?
- What words can you think of associated with friendship? (helpful/caring/understanding/happy/thrilled/sad/lonely)
Library
- Where are the children?
- What are they doing?
- How do we know they are reading?
- What does a book look like?
- Where do we look when we read?
- What kind of books do you like to read?
- Where are books stored in a library?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 11, 12 & 13
- Review new words (hard/over/too/likes/to/win/match)
- Discuss the picture on pg 14
- Whao do you see in the picture?
- What are Sam and Jen doing?
- What is in between Sam and Jen?
- What does Sam have in his hands?
- New Words: you/play
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 14
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at least three times
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO/VOICE RECORDING OF YOUR CHILD READING PG 11, 13 & 14 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING***
- Spellbound – Unit 17
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling word list
- Activity G & H Pg 37
- Revise the word list for spelling test on Friday
Writing
- Write 3 sentences about a sport you like to play
News
Today is Thursday
It is the 28th of January 2021.
My teacher is Ms. Healy.
Our principal is Mr O’Connell.
We are doing our Friday tests at home again.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 16 – THURSDAY – Pg 37
- Addition – up to 10 – 1 more
- Develop addition skills
- Develop counting on skills
- Planet Maths Pg 71
- Number Formation: 8
- Draw 8 legs on Olly Octopus
- Draw 8 fish beside Olly Octupus
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Revise
Ceacht 6 – Lesson 6
Ceacht 7 – Lesson 7
Song: Caloga Sneachta
Activity: Bua ns Cainte (Yellow book) – Pg 28
History
TOPIC: Old or Modern
- Write the correct word under each picture (Old or Modern)
- Look at both pictures and discuss similarities and differences
- Decide which train/bicycle/aeroplane/car is old or modern
- Explain your answer
- Write Old or Modern under each picture
Religion
Theme 5: St. Brigid
Grow in Love – Pg 31
- Read the story of St. Brigid with your child
- Chat about how they can be kind to others
Prayer to St. Brigid
St. Brigid of Ireland,
Help us we pray,
To be kind and loving,
In our work and play.
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WEDNESDAY 27TH JANUARY
JUNIOR INFANTS
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his YouTube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise!
Starlight
Unit 9 – School – What I wear to school
Digital Poster (Story Mode)
- Play Story Mode 1
- Discuss what you saw in the story
- What vocabulary did you hear?
Digital Poster (Explore Mode)
- Discuss the photographs of the two groups of children – Focus on the topic of clothes and clothes we wear to school
- Identify the different types of clothes in the photographs – describe them in detail(colour/design/fabric/style)
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise Pg 3-10
- Discuss the picture on Pg 11
- – Who is in the picture?
- – Describe the school uniform
- – Describe the schoolbag
- – What do you think is in the schoolbag?
- New Words: school/bag
- Children should sound out the words to figure them out
- Make flashcards to help your child remember the new words
- Read pg 11
- Children can sound out some of the words on pg 11
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Pg 3 Activity C – Trace the words
- Sight Words – the/my
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Meet the Starlight Characters – Jack (This sheet will need to be printed)
- Trace the name Jack
- Write the name Jack
- Colour the picture of Jack
Phonics
NEW SOUND: oa
- Practice the name of the sound: My name is oa……..
- Practice the action for the sound: Put your hand over your mouth
- Practice and sing the song for the ‘oa’ sound
ACTIVITY
- Complete the ‘oa’ sound in the SOUND COPY
- Ask your child to identify as many words as they can have the ‘oa’ sound in them
- Draw and colour as many ‘oa’ sounds in the copy as you can
Maths
- Planet Maths Book pg 71
- Count the number of items in the set
- Write the correct number
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 7 – Lesson 7
Please watch the video for Ceacht 7/Lesson 7 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
Bhí sé ag cur sneachta – It is snowing
Rith teidí amach – Teddy ran out
Rinne sé fear sneachta – He made a snowman
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy (Green Copy)
Letter formation – t
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the dot
- Down to the line, around a small bit and a line across the middle.
Religion
Theme 5: Jesus – Jesus and the children
- Poem – Jesus Blessed the Children
- Questions
- What does the word blessing mean?
- What do we say when someone sneezes?
- Have you ever said said ‘bless you’ to anyone?
- Can you bless yourself? What do you say?
- I wonder…why did Jesus want to bless the children? What was he asking God to do? Would you like to be blessed by Jesus? Why?
Geography
Topic: Hot and Cold
- Discuss things that are hot
- Discuss things that are cold
- Draw the items in the box that are cold
- Draw the items in the box that are hot
Mindfulness for Kids
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SENIOR INFANTS
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start the morning off with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 9 – The School Building
Digital Poster (Story Mode)
- Revise story Mode 1 & 2 from last week
- Revise all vocabulary so children comprehend the story
Digital Poster (Activity Mode): Sorting Activity
- Children have to decide which items should be packed into the schoolbag and which should not.
- Encourage children to justify their answers.
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pgs 11 & 12
- Review new words (over/too/hard)
- Discuss the picture on pg 13
- Who do you see in the picture?
- What do you think is happening?
- Does Jen look happy/sad? How do you know?
- Who won the tennis match?
- New Words: she/likes/win/match
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 13
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at lest three times
- Spellbound – Unit 17
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity E & F Pg 37
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 4 Activity C – Draw and Write about a sport you like
- Revise Vocabulary – football/kick/need/match/win
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (she/likes/win/match) in their writing copy
News
Today is Wednesday
It is the 27th of January 2021.
I live in Cork.
My school is called Upper Glanmire NS.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Gaeilge
Ceacht 7/Lesson 7
Please watch the video for Ceacht 7/Lesson 7 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
Rinne Teidí fear sneachta – Teddy made a snowman
Cuir sé hata agus scairf air – He put a hat and scarf on him
Thainig madra – A dog came
Leag sé an fear sneachta – He knocked the snowman
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 16 – WEDNESDAY – Pg 37
- Addition – up to 10 – 1 more
- Develop addition skills
- Develop counting on skills
- Planet Maths pg 70
- Number – Less than
- Discuss less than
Religion
Theme 5: St. Brigid
- Ask your child what they can remember about St. Brigid
- Discuss the meaning of these words with your child
- Kind
- Mean
- Loving
- Caring
- Selfish
Grow in Love – Pg 30
Science
Topic: Animals need a place to live
- Discuss the names of all the animals
- Discuss where the animals live
- Write the name of each animal under the place it lives – in the sea/ on a farm/ underground/ in a tree
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Tuesday 26th January
JUNIOR INFANTS
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise Pg 3-9
- Discuss the picture on Pg 10
- – Who is in the picture?
- – What is she holding in her hand?
- – Describe the shoes
- – What are your school shoes like?
- New Words: get/my/shoes
- Children should sound out the words to figure them out
- Make flashcards to help your child remember the new words
- Read pg 10
- Children can sound out some of the words on pg 10
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Pg 3 Activity B – Find and Circle the words
- Sight Words – the/my
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Meet the Starlight Characters – Mark (This sheet will need to be printed)
- Trace the name Mark
- Write the name Mark
- Colour the picture of Mark
Phonics
NEW SOUND: J
- Practice saying – My name is J and my sound is…
- Repetition of the letter name and sound is important.
- Ask your child to come up with as many words as they can that start with the ‘j’ sound (jam/jump/Jack/jumper/jet)
- Practice and Sing the song for the ‘j’ sound
ACTIVITY
- Complete the ‘j’ sound in the SOUND COPY
- Draw and Colour as many pictures as you can of words that have the ‘j’ sound
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
Letter formation – l
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the dot
- Down to the line and around
Maths
- Watch the video to introduce the number 3
- Planet Maths pg 70
- Practice writing the number 3 using your finger first
- Complete pg 70 of Planet Maths
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Practice and Sing the song – Caloga Sneachta
Activity – Bua na Cainte (Red Book) – Pg 20
Religion
Theme 5: Jesus – Jesus and the children
- Listen to the story ‘Jesus and the Children’
- Questions
- Why do you think the families wanted Jesus to bless their children?
- I wonder…why did Jesus’ friends want to keep the children away from him?
- What do you think Jesus talked to the children about?
- What do you think the children said to Jesus?
- Why do you think Jesus said God loves children?
Rhyming
- Complete the powerpoint with your child and practice rhyming
- Ask your child to identify as many words as they can that rhyme with the words on the powerpoint
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SENIOR INFANTS
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 11
- Review new words (can/too)
- Ask children to finish these sentences
- I can…..
- Can I go to the……with you too?
- Discuss the picture on pg 12
- Who do you see in the picture?
- How many tennis rackets are in the picture?
- How many people are in the picture?
- What is Jen wearing?
- What is Sam wearing?
- Why is Sam wearing a hat?
- New Words: hard/too
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 12
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at lest three times
- Spellbound – Unit 17
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity C & D Pg 36
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 4 Activity A – Read the note about Tennis
- Pg 4 Activity B – Draw and write about Football
- Vocabulary: football/kick
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the vocabulary above
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (football/kick) in their writing copy.
News
News to be completed in news copy
Today is Tuesday.
It is the 26th of January 2021.
My favourite food is…..
My favourite drink is…..
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 16 – TUESDAY – Pg 36
- Develop counting skills
- Develop matching skills
- Develop ordering skills
- Planet Maths: Pg 69 – Number
- Discuss more than….
- What is more than 2/4/6/8?
- Discuss less than….
- What is less than 10/7/5/3?
- ACTIVITY: Draw less than…
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Song – Practice and Sing the song – Caloga Sneachta
Activity – Bua na Cainte (Yellow Book) – Pg 27
Religion
Theme 4: St. Brigid
- Watch the video of St Brigid
- Questions
- Why do you think Brigid gave the people her apples?
- How do you think the rich woman felt when she saw Brigid give them away?
- Why do you think the rich woman didn’t share the apples with the people herself?
- Can you remember Mother Theresa and who she was?
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Good Morning,
Week 3 of remote learning. Well done to all the boys and girls for all their hard work over the past two weeks. We really appreciate all the support and work that is being done at home. Keep it up everybody. Have a great week!
Ms. Healy.
Monday 25th January
JUNIOR INFANTS
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his YouTube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise!
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise pgs 3-8 with your child.
- Word Check – Check that your child can identify and read all of the words below
| must | get | dressed | Let’s |
| a | top | put | on |
| it | on | long | tie |
| have | dress |
- Discuss the picture on Pg 9
- What is in the picture?
- Describe the school cothes that the girl is wearing.
- What colour is her tie/shirt/dress?
- Does she look happy or sad? How do you know?
- Read Pg 9
- Read the page aloud at least three times
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Pg 3 Activity A – Colour the words
- Sight Words – the/my
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Meet the Starlight Characters – Kate (This sheet will need to be printed)
- Trace the name Kate
- Write the name Kate
- Colour the picture of Kate
Phonics
We are moving onto digraphs – Sounds which have two letters. The first letter in the sound tells us the name of the sound.
NEW SOUND: ai (SOUND COPY)
The FIRST letter in the sound does the talking so that tells us what the name of the sound is – the first letter is ‘a’ in the sound ‘ai’ – so that will tell us the name of the sound is ‘a’.
- Name: My name is a……..
- Action: Put your hand behind your ear, as if hard of hearing and say ay?
Song
Practice and sing the song until your child knows the words
ACTIVITY
- Complete the ai sound in the sound copy
- Draw and Colour as many pictures as you can of words that have the ‘ai’ sound
Maths
- Planet Maths Book pg 69
- Match the correct number to each set of aliens
- Read the numbers below the picture
- Count the items in each set – How many? Match the number to the aliens.
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 6 – Lesson 6
Please watch the video for Ceacht 6/Lesson 6 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Tá sé ag cur sneachta – It is snowing
- Sin Fear Sneachta – This is a snowman
- Tá hata air – He is wearing a hat
- Tá scairf air – He is wearing a scarf
- Tá súile air – He has eyes
- Tá béal air – He has a mouth
- Tá srón air – He has a nose
- Tá cnaipí air – He has buttons
- Ta teidí ag sugradh sa sneachta – Teddy is playing in the snow
- Tá Niamh ag sugradh sa sneachta – Niamh is playing in the snow
- Tá Oisín ag sugradh sa sneachta – Oisín is playing in the snow
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy (Green Copy)
Word Formation: bag/man/pig
- Practice writing the words with your finger first
- Write the words – bag, man and pig
Religion
Theme 5: Jesus – Jesus and the children
- Story – ‘A Visitor comes to town’ – Listen to the story being read aloud.
- Questions
- Who was visiting the club?
- Can you tell me about a time you met someone important? How did you feel? Was the person nice to you? What Happened?
- What words would you use to describe the president?
- Do you think the president liked children?
- What would happen if Jesu came to visit your school?
- What would we do to get ready if Jesus was to visit our school?
- What would you say to Jesus?
- Draw a picture of Jesus visiting our school
History
Which Comes last? – Cut the sheet out and stick it into the next blank page of the SESE copy
- Discuss the pictures with your child
- What is happening in the picture?
- Which picture comes last? Why?
- Colour the picture that comes last. X the other picture.
Mindfullness for Kids
Daily Play Activity
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SENIOR INFANTS
PE
Joe Wicks will be live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise.
English
Reading
- Pg 11
- Discuss the picture on page 11
- Who do you see in the picture?
- What is Jen holding in her hand?
- What is Jen wearing?
- Do you think Jen is having fun? Why?
2. New Words: can/too
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 11
- Read the page aloud at least three times
- Point out new words on the page
- Spellbound – Unit 17
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity A & B Pg 36
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 3 Activity C – Write the correct word
- Sight Words – you/with/the/here
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (can/too/with) in their writing copy.
News
News to be completed in news copy
Today is Monday.
It is the 25th of January 2021.
We are in Senior Infants.
I am ______ years old.
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 16 – Monday – Pg 36
- Develop counting skills
- Develop matching skills
- Develop ordering skills
- Planet Maths: Pg 68 – Add
- The Adding Machine
- Add the numbers on the wheel
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 6 – Lesson 6
Please watch the video for Ceacht 6/Lesson 6 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Tá sé ag cur sneachta – It is snowing
- Teigh amach sa sneachta – Go out in the snow
- Dean an corp – Make a body
- Dean an ceann – Make a head
- Cuir srón air – Put a nose on him
- Cuir súile air – Put eyes on him
- Cuir lámha air – Put hands on him
- Cuir hata air – Put a hat on him
- Cuir scairf air – Put a scarf on him
- Cuir beál air – Give him a mouth
- Cuir cnaipí air – Put buttons on him
Religion
Theme 4: St. Brigid
- Read the poem aloud for your child – Emphasise the word kindness
Poem – Kindness
Kind Hands
Kind Feet
Kind Words
That’s sweet.
Kind mind
Kind heart
Kind ears
That’s sweet.
I like when you
Are kind to me.
And I’ll be kind
Right back
You’ll see.
- Questions
- Can you remember a time when someone was kind to you? Tell me about it.
- What did the person do that was kind?
- Why did they do the kind thing?
- How did it make you feel?
- Was there a time when you were kind to someone else?
- What did you do?
- How did you feel?
- Is it difficult to be kind?
- Are you kind to people?
- Activity: Draw a picture of you doing something kind
Mindfulness for Kids
Daily Play Activity
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Happy Friday everyone!! Well done on another great week of work!! We know that it’s not easy and we all miss our friends but hopefully we will all be back to school soon!!
Have a lovely weekend!
Ms. Healy 😊
Friday 22nd January
PE
Joe Wicks live at 9am
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise – Read pg 6, pg 7 and pg 8
- Revise all words – Please help children to remember all new words from the pages we have read so far
- Use the flashcards you have made to help children identify the new words from their reader
*** WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PGS 6,7 & 8 SO WE COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING ***
Phonics
- Revise sounds – c/k/e/h/r/m/d (Letter Name/Sound/Action/Song)
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘c/k’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘e’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘h’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘r’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘m’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘d’ sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y03uiPd-JTc
*** Take a picture of all the things you find for each sound and send it to your teacher***
Maths
- https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMJI/resources/activities/pm_ji_062/index.html
- Put the pictures in the correct order.
- https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMJI/resources/activities/pm_ji_050/index.html
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
- Children can enjoy learning to count playing teddy numbers
- Make sure that each child is counting the amount of cakes they place on teddy
- Planet Maths Book Pg 68
- Draw one more in each set to make 3.
- Write 3.
- Colour each set.
Handwriting
***Complete any pages not finished in Mrs Murphy Green Book up to the page (p)***
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 5 – Lesson 5
Comhrá 5.1- Conversation 5.1
Please watch the video for Comhrá 5.1/Conversation 5.1 with your child at least 3 times
Comhrá 5.1
- A haon, a dó, a trí, a ceathair, a cúig, a sé
Comhrá 5.2- Conversation 5.2
Please watch the video for Comhrá2.2/Conversation 5.2 with your child at least 3 times
Comhrá 5.2
- An bhfuil iasc ag snámh san usice? – Is the fish swimming in the water?
- An bhfuil lacha ag snámh san usice? – Is the duck swimming in the water?
- An bhfuil gé ag snámh san usice? – Is the goose swimming in the water?
- An bhuil frog ag snámh san usice? – Is the frog swimming in the water?
- Tá/Níl _____ ag snámh san uisce.
Rann- An Frog agus an Ghé
Aon, dó, aon, dó, trí.
Frog mór ramhar ina shuí.
Trí, ceathair, ceathair, cúig, sé.
Hata beag bídeach ar an ngné.
Leabhar Bua na Cainte/ Bua na Cainte Book
- Pg 19- dathaigh an pictiúr- colour the picture.
Geography
- Complete Friday on your Weather Watching Sheet.
- What day had the nicest weather?
- What day/days did it rain?
- Send me a picture of your completed Weather Watching Chart.
Daily Play Activity
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Senior Infants
Friday 22nd of January
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Let’s start the day with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 9 – The School Building
- Revise story 2
- Play a game of True or false?
Read out the following statements to your child and they have to say whether they think the statement is true or false and justify their answers (I think this is true/false because …)
- Our school building is enormous.
- We go to school on Saturday.
- We bring our books to school in a binbag.
- Our favourite thing to do in school is to play in the yard.
- When we are in school we write with a feather quill.
- We read lots of great stories in school.
- We use lots of pretty colours to draw pictures in school.
- Our school has no children.
- Our school has two hundred teachers.
- We come to school on a helicopter.
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 7/8/9/10
- Read Aloud Pg 7/8/9/10
- Review new words (Jen/Jen’s/racket/black/Sam/with/likes/too/tennis /to / can/ball/ the)
- Use flashcards to help children identify the new words from their reader of they are having difficulty
- Draw a picture of you playing tennis just like Sam in our story
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PG 7/8/9/10 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING BEFORE 3PM FRIDAY 22nd of JANUARY ***
- Spellbound – Unit 16
- FRIDAY TEST
- Unit 16 Pg 71 (Back of the book)
News
Today is Friday
It is the 22nd of January 2021.
We are working hard at home.
Our teacher misses us.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SEND ME PICTURES OF NEWS COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BEFORE 3PM ON FRIDAY 22nd of JANUARY***
Maths
MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 15 – Friday Test – Pg 80
- Number formation 1 – 20
- Ask children to write the numbers from 1 to 20. Please ensure all numbers are formed correctly.
- Now ask your child to write from 1-20.
- Ask your child which they prefer in order first, second, third.
- Little Red Riding Hood; Three Little Pigs; Jack and the Beanstalk
- Red; Yellow; Blue.
- Pizza; Chicken; Spaghetti.
- Hurling/Camogie; Running; Dancing.
- Describe familiar everyday activities and ask your child to identify the activity.
- Frist: I get two slices of bread
- Second: I put jam and butter on the bread.
- Third: I put the two slices of bread together and cut them.
- What am I doing?
- Frist: I buy a ticket
- Second: I buy some popcorn.
- Third: I go into a large dark room and sit down
- Where am I going?
- Frist: I sit in a waiting room.
- Second: My name is called and I go into a room and sit in a large chair with a light over it.
- Third: I open my mouth wide to show my teeth.
- Where am I?
Planet Maths pg 67:
Gaeilge
Revise Ceacht 5/Lesson 5
Practice and Sing the song– Tá Téidií ag dul amach
Tá Téidií ag dul amach
Tá Téidií ag dul amach
Hé hó mo Dhaídí ó
Tá Téidií ag dul amach
Tá Téidií amuigh
Tá Téidií amuigh
Hé hó mo Dhaídí ó
Tá Téidií amuigh
Activity: Bua na Cainte (Yellow Book) Pg 26
History
Topic – Sequencing
- Revise first, second, third/last with you child which we have covered in numeracy.
- discuss the chronology of events(beginning, middle, end) in a story
Activity Page – Put them in order – PLEASE STICK THE ACTIVITY SHEET INTO THE NEXT BLANK PAGE OF THE SESE COPY
- Look at the pictures and ask your child to discuss the picture
- What happens first/ second/ third -last?
- What is at the beginning, middle, end?
- Write first, next, last beside the correct picture
Art – Drawing
I think you are all SUPERHEROS for working so hard at home. To celebrate your brilliance I would like you to draw a Superhero on a sheet of paper. I can’t wait to see your creations.
Daily Play Activity
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Thursday 21st January
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – The Toyshop
I would like for the children to describe their most special/favourite toy. It would be great if you could send us a picture of your favourite toy.
Here are some questions to help with the discussion-
- Why is it special?
- Who bought it for you?
- Where was it bought?
- When did you get it?
- What do you do with it?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise – Read pg 6, pg 7 and pg 8
- Revise all words – Please help children to remember all new words from the pages we have read so far
- Use the flashcards you have made to help children identify the new words from their reader
*** WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PGS 6, 7 & 8 SO WE COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING ***
Writing
- Pre Reading Skills Book (White Cover) Pg 47
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight-JI-Pre-Reading/ebook/
- What is missing? Draw it.
Phonics
- Revise sounds – r/m/d
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound r
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound m
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound d
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘r’ sound.
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘m’ sound.
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘d’ sound.
- Complete the sounds sheet below.
Maths
- Children can enjoy learning to count playing teddy numbers
- Make sure that each child is counting the amount of cakes they place on teddy
- Watch the video and count along
Planet Maths Pg 67:
- Count each object in the set and match to the number 3.
- Colour each set.
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
- Revise writing the letter h on a sheet of lined paper.
- Revise writing the letter b on a sheet of lined paper.
- Revise writing the letter p on a sheet of lined paper.
***Complete any pages not finished in the book up to the page (“p” page that we completed yesterday.)***
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family
Grow in Love – Pg 27
- Children will colour the faces to show how Mary and Joseph felt when they found Jesus.
- What do you like to do with your family?
- Chat about a happy time you spent together.
- Pray the Night Prayer every night.
History
- Look at the picture below.
- Discuss which comes first.
- Colour the picture that comes FIRST
- Cut out picture and stick into the next blank page of SESE copy.
Geography
- Continue on with your Weather Watching Chart.
- Complete Thursday.
Daily Play
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Thursday 21st of January
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 9 – The School Building
Revise Story Mode 1
- Play story 1 for your child
Story 2
- Play story 2 for your child
- Discuss vocabulary mentioned in the stories
Digital Poster – Question Mode
Go to the question mode of the poster. Listen to each question and discuss the answers with your child
- What are the children in the first photo doing?
- Look at the photo of the children in the school yard. What game are they playing?
- What are the boys in the bottom right photo doing?
- What do the boys in the bottom right photo have on their heads?
- What kind of uniform does this school have?
- Name three things that you see in the classroom on the top right.
- What do you usually find in a library?
- What is your favourite subject in school? Why?
- Why is it useful to have an interactive whiteboard in the classroom?
- Do you think teachers have an important job?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 7 /8/9
- Review new words (Jen/Jen’s/racket/black/Sam/with/likes/too/tennis /to)
- Discuss the picture on pg 10
- What do you see in the picture?
- What is Sam’ doing?
- Why do you think he is wearing a baseball cap?
- Did you play tennis before?
- New Words: can/ball/ the
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 10
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at least three times
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PG 7, 8, 9 & 10 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING BEFORE 3PM FRIDAY 22nd of JANUARY ***
- Spellbound – Unit 16
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling word list
- Activity G & H Pg 35
- Revise the word list for spelling test on Friday
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 3 Activity B – Find and circle the words
- Call out the sight words below and get your child to find and circle the word
- Sight Words – with/you/the/ here
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words ( ) in their writing copy
News
Today is Thursday
It is the 21st of January 2021.
We are doing our Friday tests at home tomorrow.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SEND ME PICTURES OF NEWS COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BEFORE 3PM ON FRIDAY 22nd of JANUARY***
Maths
MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 15 – Thursday – Pg 35
- Count Backwards and forwards to 10
- Sequence sets of 3 actions. Perform actions in 3 sequences eg hop, clap, bow. Ask you child what was the first action, second action and third action? Repeat with various actions.
- Ask your chid to sequence the common everyday activities: first, second, third, last
- Butter bread; eat sandwich, add sandwich fillings; take out bread.
- Buy a bottle of water, close bottle, open bottle, drink water.
- Go to sleep; get up; eat dinner; eat breakfast
- Go to beach; get in car; go swimming; drive home.
- Go to school, get up; eat lunch; come home from school.
4. Planet Maths Pg 66
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 5 – Lesson 5
Please watch the video for Ceacht 5/Lesson 5 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Tá an lá te agus tirim – It is a hot and dryday.
- Tá Niamh. Oisín agus Téidií ag dul amach. – Niamh. Oisín and Téidií are going out.
- Tá Niamh. Oisín agus Téidií amuigh. – Niamh. Oisín and Téidií are outside.
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy family: Jesus grew up in Nazareth
Grow in Love – Pg 29
- Please read the poem ‘Jesus lived in Nazareth with your child.
- Pray to our Guardian Angel together
Angel sent by God to guide me,
Be my light and walk beside me,
Be my guardian and protect me,
On the path of life direct me.
Amen.
SPHE
Feelings and emotions
- name a variety of feelings and talk about situations where these may be experience
- Ask your child to look and the pictures cover the names and ask your child how is the boy/girl feeling? Discuss different feelings?
- Ask your children to talk about times/ experiences when they felt certain feelings?
- What can we do if we feel ……
Draw and colour a picture to show how you are feeling today
Daily Play Activity
Build a tower as tall as yourself
Well Being: Fun at Home
Choose one
- Go for a walk
- Play a game
- Listen to a story together
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Wednesday 20th January
PE
Pe with Joe Wicks is live on his YouTube Channel at 9am. Start off your day with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – The Toyshop
- Digital Poster ( Activity Mode)
- Play each multiple choice question and see if they can correctly catagorise indoor/outdoor toys.
- Click the right answer to progress to the next question.
- Digital Poster ( Poem Mode): ‘Patchy Bear’
- Listen and watch the poem 3 times.
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes
- Revise Pg 6/7
– focus on new words (tie,long)
- Discuss the picture on Pg 8
- What is this a picture of?
- Do we wear this in school?
- Does everyone wear this?
- Can you think of another name for it?
- Read Pg 8
New Word- dress
- Highlight new words (dress)
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the new words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
Pre-Reading Skills Book
- Pre-Reading Skills Book (White Cover) pg 46
- https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight-JI-Pre-Reading/ebook/
- X the objects that contain the “u” sound.
- Put an x in the box under the object that contain the “u” sound.
- Colour the picture.
Phonics
- Revise sounds – r/m/d
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound r
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound m
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound d
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘r’ sound eg rubber/rug
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘m’ sound
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘d’ sound
- Complete the sounds sheets below
Maths
- We are going to learn to write the number 3.
- Can you trace this three with your “Peter Pointer” for me?
- Planet Maths pg 66.
- Trace over the big 3 with your finger.
- Write the number 3 and colour.
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy (Green Copy)
Letter formation – p
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the black dot, under the line, back up and around.
- Write the letter p
Geography
- Continue on with you Weather Watching Sheet.
- Complete Wednesday.
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family
Grow in Love – pg 26
- Listen to the Bible story – “The Boy Jesus in the Temple”
- https://vimeo.com/171909563
- VIDEO – Children can complete pg 26 as the video is playing
Daily Play Activity
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Wednesday 20th January
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start the morning off with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 9 – The School Building
- Story – Listen to Story 1
- Click on the explore link and ask your child the following questions:
- Where are these children? (In school)
- How are these children the same as you? (uniform; boys/girls; playing; learning)
- Think about what you do on schooldays. Which picture shows us what you do first? (The picture of the school building shows where you come in the morning.)
- What do you do next? ( go into our classroom) Which picture is that? (The small picture on the top right)
- After the classroom, where do you go? (Out to the school yard to play) Where can you see that in the poster? (Big picture; middle picture on the right-hand side)
- Are you always in the classroom in school? Where else do we go? (Sensory garden; library; Jane’s office; another classroom pre-Covid)
- lWhat is your favourite thing to do in school? Why?
- Ask your child their favourite game to play in school. Explain the rules and what is involved in the game.
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 7/8
- Review new words (Jen/Jen’s/racket/black/Sam/with/likes/too)
- Discuss the picture on pg 9
- What do you see in the picture?
- How many people are in the picture?
- Where do you play tennis?
- Describe the girl.
- How do you think Jen feels? Why?
- New Words: tennis /to
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 9
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at lest three times
- Spellbound – Unit 16
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity E & F Pg 35
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 3 Activity A – Trace and write the words
- Revise Sight Words – you/with/the/here
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (tennis /to) in their writing copy
News
Today is Wednesday
It is the 20th of January 2021.
I am writing my news at home,
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Gaeilge
Revise Ceacht 4/Lesson 4
Practice and Sing the song – Tá Téidií ag teacht isteach
Tá Téidií ag teacht isteach
Tá Téidií ag teacht isteach
Hé hó mo Dhaídí ó
Tá Téidií ag teacht isteach
Tá Téidií istigh
Tá Téidií istigh
Hé hó mo Dhaídí ó
Tá Téidií istigh
Activity: Bua na Cainte (Yellow Book) Pg 25
Maths
MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 15 – Wednesday – Pg 35
- Count backward and forwards to 9
- Click on the link to Folens website to play this game to revise simple story problems,
Or log on to Folens – Planets Maths Senior Infants – Resources-page 6-Number Line Activity
3. Sequence these everyday activities, what comes first, second, third?
- I get dressed; I get up; I go to sleep.
- I eat my lunch; I open my schoolbag; I take out my lunch
I put food in the trolley; I put the bags in the car and go home; I pay for the food and pack the bags.
4.Planet Maths pg 65
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy family: Jesus grew up in Nazareth
Ask your child what they can remember about the Holy Family
Grow in Love – Pg 28
Remind your child that Jesus, Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth. On thus page they draw picture of their family and where they live.
Daily Play Activity
Build an animal
Fun at Home – Scavenger Hun
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Tuesday 19th January
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes
- Revise Pg 6
- focus on new words (long/tie)
- Discuss the picture on Pg 7
- – What items of school clothing are in the picture?
- – Do you wear a shirt and tie going to school?
- – What colour is our shirt/tie?
- – How is our tie different from the one in the picture.
- Read pg 7
- Children can sound out most of the words on Pg 7
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Use flashcards to copy the sentence.
Writing
- Pre reading Skills Book (White Cover)
- Listen to the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” on pg 45
- Colour the first picture.
- Colour the last picture.
Phonics
- Revise sounds
- My name is c/k and my sound is…
- My name is e and my sound is…
- My name is h and my sound is….
- Show me the action for ‘c/k’
- Show me the action for ‘e’
- Show me the action for ‘h’
- What words start with the ‘c/k’ sound
- What words start with the ‘e’ sound
- What words start with the ‘h’ sound
- Complete the sound sheets below
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
Letter formation – b
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the dot
- Down to the line, back up to the middle, around and stop.
Maths
- Count to 7
- Count backwards from 7
- Jump on the spot 7 times/touch your toes 6 times/clap your hands 5 times/touch your nose 4 times/say your name 3 times/turn around twice/ give 1 hug
- Using objects in your house make a set of 7 books/ 6 teaspoons/5 coins/4 crayons/3 cups/2 toys/1 shoe
- Planet Maths Book Pg 65
- Look at the number on the rocket.
- Draw the correct amount of windows for each rocket.
- Colour the rockets
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 4.1 – Lesson 4.1
Please watch the video for Ceacht 4.1/Lesson 4.1 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Tar amach – come out.
- Téigh isteach – go in.
Ceacht 2.2 – Lesson 2.2
Please watch the video for Ceacht 4.2/Lesson 4.2 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- An bhfuil cead agam dul amach? – Can I go out?
- Níl cead agat. Tá an lá fliuch. – You can’t go out. It is
- Tá cead agat. Tá an lá – You can go out. It is dry.
Rann: Bhac-Bhac
‘Bhac-Bhac,’ arsa an lacha. ‘Tá an lá fluich.’
‘Bhac-bhac,’ arsa an lacha. ‘Tar amach, tar amach.’
‘Bhuf-Bhuf,’ arsa an madra. ‘Tá an lá fluich.’
‘Bhuf-bhuf,’ arsa an madra. ‘Téigh isteach, téigh isteach.’
Religion
Theme 4: Practice the night prayer.
God our Father, I come to say
Thank you for your love today.
Thank you for my family,
And all the friends you give to me.
Guard me in the dark of night,
And in the morning send your light.
Amen.
Geography
- Continue with your “Weather Watching” Sheet.
- Fill in the weather using the symbols, for Tuesday.
Science
- Polar Bear Sheet
- Spot the 6 differences between the two pictures.
- Circle them on the bottom picture.
Daily Play Activity
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TUESDAY 19TH JANUARY
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 7
- Review new words (Jen/Jen’s/racket/black)
- Ask children to finish these sentences
- Jen is a ….
- We play tennis with a …
- A Zebra is …. and white.
- Discuss the picture on pg 8
- What do you see in the picture?
- How many tennis rackets are in the picture?
- How many people are in the picture?
- Where do you play tennis?
- Describe the boy.
- New Words: Sam/with/likes/too
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 8
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at lest three times
- Spellbound – Unit 16
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity C & D Pg 34
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 2 Activity B – Write the words
- Sight Words – hit/win
- Read the sentence with the blanks
- Which word is correct? hit /win
- Read the sentence in full after the child has chosen the correct word
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (with/likes/tennis) in their writing copy
News
Today is Tuesday.
It is the 19th of January 2021.
I love my family.
I love my cousins.
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 15 – Tuesday – Pg 34
- Count backward and forwards to 8
- Call out the following numbers sentences to revise story problems. Children can use objects and sort into two groups and add them altogether if needed.
- You have 2 sweets.
Mom gives you 3 more.
How many sweets have you altogether?
- You have 5 sweets.
Mom gives you 2 more.
How many sweets have you altogether?
- You have no sweets.
Mom gives you 3 sweets.
How many sweets have you altogether?
- Box maths copy – Addition to 10
0+5 = 3+3 = 8+2 = 5+4 = 10+0 =
2+6= 9+1 = 2+4 = 6+3 = 0+0 =
3+7 = 2+1 = 1+0 = 5+3 = 1+1=
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Revise Ceacht 3/Lesson 3
Ceacht 4 – Lesson 4
Please watch the video for Ceacht 4/Lesson 4 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Tá an lá fuar. – It is a cold day.
- Tá an lá scamallach. – It is a cloudy day.
- Tá an lá fliuch . – It is a wet day.
- Tá Niamh. Oisín agus Téidií ag teacht isteach. – Niamh. Oisín and Téidií are going in.
- Tá Niamh. Oisín agus Téidií istigh. – Niamh. Oisín and Téidií are inside.
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy family: Jesu grew up in Nazareth
- Revisit the picture of the Holy Family outside their home.
- Describe the house.
- Encourage your child to draw comparisons between it and their home
- Picture: The Holy Family work together
- What are Joseph and Jesus doing together in this picture?
- What job do you think Joseph had?
- Did you ever help a person help a person do a job? Tell me about it…
- Picture: The Holy Family play together
- What is Jesus playing with in this picture?
- What are Mary and Joseph doing?
- Why do you think they are laughing?
- Do you like making things with blocks? Why?
- Picture: The Holy Family eat together
- What are the Holy Family doing in this picture?
- What are they eating?
- What are they drinking?
- What is your favourite food to eat?
- Picture: The Holy Family get water from the well
- What do you think Mary and Joseph are doing in this picture?
- Why do they need to do that?
- Why don’t they just use taps?
- How do you get water at home?
Geography
Topic – People at work
- Name different types of work/different occupations
- Discuss the work of people in the home and in the local community
- Name building and ask your child who works there to develop an understanding of some buildings and the people that work there
Activity Page – At work – PLEASE STICK THE ACTIVITY SHEET INTO THE NEXT BLANK PAGE OF THE SESE COPY
- Look at the pictures, name each worker.
- Draw something each worker might use.
Daily Play Activity
Build a staircase
Well Being – Fun at Home: Spot the Difference
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Good morning boys and girls!! Hope you all had a lovely rest at the weekend and are ready for Monday. You all did great work last week, and we loved seeing all your pictures and videos. Keep it up this week!!
Ms. Healy 😊
Monday 18th January
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise pgs 3, 4 & 5 with your child.
- Read Pg 6
- Read the page aloud at least three times
- Discuss the picture on page 6
- What is in the picture?
- Where do we wear a tie?
- Who wears ties?
- What colours are on our school tie?
- New Words: long/tie
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the new words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Pg 2 Activity A – Tick the correct sentence
- New Words- put/on
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
Phonics
- Revise sounds
- My name is c and my sound is…
- My name is k and my sound is…
- My name is e and my sound is….
- My name is h and my sound is….
- Show me the action for ‘c’ & ‘k’
- Show me the action for ‘e’
- Show me the action for ‘h’
- What words start with the ‘c’ & ‘k’ sound
- What words start with the ‘e’ sound
- What words start with the ‘h’ sound
- Complete the sound sheets below
Maths
- Planet Maths Book pg 64.
- Matching sets that are the same.
- Count the items in each set and match them.
- How many in the set?
- Why are they the same?
- Make a set of 3 using some of your toys – don’t forget to send us a picture!
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 3 – Lesson 3
Please watch the video for Ceacht 3/Lesson 3 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- An bhfuil an lacha san uisce? – Is the duck in the water?
- An bhfuil an madra san uisce? – Is the dog in the water?
- An bhfuil an cat san uisce? – Is the cat in the water?
- An bhfuil an t-iasc san uisce? – Is the fish in the water?
- Tá/Níl an lacha/an madra/an cat/an t-iasc san uisce. – Yes/No the __ is in the water.
- Faigh an lacha/an madra/an cat/an t-iasc agus cuir isteach san uisce – get the __ and put it in the water.
Listen and Practice the rhyme – Uisce
Leabhar: Bua na Cainte/ Bua na Cainte Book
Dathaigh lth 18/ Colour pg 18
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy (Green Copy)
Letter formation – h
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the dot
- Down to the line, back up to the middle, around, down and a small kick.
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family
- Discuss the pictures
How do Mary and Joseph look?
Why do you think they look like that?
What do you think happened?
Who else would you expect to see in the picture? I wonder… where is Jesus?
Was there ever a time when you couldn’t find your family? How did you feel?
Now look at this picture of the Holy family. How do Mary and Joseph look this time?
What words would you use to describe them? How do you think they feel?
Do you remember a time when you were really happy to be with your family?
Physical Education
Joe Wicks will be providing a P.E lesson every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise.
Geography
- Keep a weather diary for the week.
- Please cut this page out and stick into the next blank page in the children’s SESE copy.
Daily Play Activity
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SENIOR INFANTS
Physical Education
Joe Wicks will be providing a P.E lesson every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise.
English
Reading
- Read Pg 7
- Read the page aloud at least three times
- Discuss the picture on page
- What do you see in the picture?
- What do you use it for?
- Do you like to play tennis?
- New Words: Jen/Jen’s/racket/black
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Spellbound – Unit 16
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity A & B Pg 34
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 2 Activity A – Read and match
- Sight Words – ball/racket/net
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (racket/black/here) in their writing copy.
News
News to be completed in news copy
Today is Monday.
It is the 18th of January 2021.
We like playing games.
We like having fun.
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 15 – Monday – Pg 34
- Count forwards and backwards to 7
- Clap/ Stamp/Tap a number between 1-7 and ask your child to listen and say the number.
- Call out a number between 1-7 and ask your child to perform their favourite action (clap/jump/stamp etc) that many times.
- Sound of a number activity drop objects into a tin box and ask your child how many drops did they hear? Now add more objects to the tin box. How many drops did you hear? How many objects in the box now/ altogether? Do not exceed 7 objects in the box.
- Put sets together using items in the house e.g. toys/crayons/spoons invite child to write the corresponding number.
- Say a number/ point to a number ask your child to put a set together of the corresponding number.
- Use objects and sort into two groups (don’t let total number exceed 7)
Eg. 2 crayons and 3 crayons
I have 2 crayons and you have 3 crayons how many crayons have we altogether.
Repeat this using different sets of numbers
Planet Maths: Pg 64: solve simple story problems to 7
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 3 – Lesson 3
Please watch the video for Ceacht 3/Lesson 3 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Is tuar ceatha é – It is a rainbow
- Is scamall é – It is a cloud
- Is éan é – It is a bird
- Is frog é – It is a frog
- Is iasc é – It is a fish
- Is eitleán é – It is an aeroplane
- An scamall é? Ni hea An tuar ceatha é? Sea
(Is it a cloud? No) (Is it a rainbow? Yes)
- An scamall é? Ni hea An frog é? Sea
(Is it a cloud? No) (Is it a frog? Yes)
- An frog é? Ni hea An éan é? Sea
(Is it a frog? No) (Is it a bird? Yes)
- An tuar ceatha é? Ní hea An eitleán é? Ní hea An iasc é? Sea
(Is it a rainbow? No) (Is it a bird? No) (Is it a fish? Yes)
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family: Jesus grew up in Nazareth
Look and discuss the picture of Yi Lang and Xiao Long’s home.
- Does the home that you and your family live in look like Yi Lang and Xiao Long’s home?
- In what way is it the same?
- In what way is it different?
- What other types of homes do people live in?
- What comes into your mind when you think of your home?
Look and discuss the picture of Jesus’ home with Jesus, Mary and Joseph standing outside of it.
Tell the children that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were called ‘The Holy Family’ because they were very close to God.
Ask your child the following questions:
- Can you remember the name of the town where Jesus grew up?
- Who cared for Jesus when he was growing up?
- What do you think of the Holy Family’s home?
- Would you like to live there?
Daily Play Activity
Make your own jigsaws!
Develop your concentration, hand-eye co-ordination, shape recognition, fine motor skills and of course your creative skills with these super easy to make jigsaw puzzles. Challenge yourself by making the pieces smaller or cutting different patterns in the shapes.
Scavenger Hunt
Colour Scavenger Hunt
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Friday 15th January
Good Morning,
I hope everybody is keeping safe and well. Well done on completing your first week of homeschooling. Thank you all so much for your support throughout the week. It is a very strange and difficult time for everybody. It is extremely hard to go from life in the classroom to sitting at your kitchen table so well done everybody on all your hard work.
The boys and girls have worked so hard throughout the week and I couldn’t be more proud of them.
Enjoy a well deserved break over the weekend.
Ms. Healy 🙂
JUNIOR INFANTS
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Let’s start the day with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – The Toyshop
Digital Poster – Explore Mode – Talk and Discussion
Identify a toy or group of toys within the poster using simple clues
In the picture can you find/name…
- A toy that you can push
- A toy that rolls or bounces
- A toy that says ting-a-ling/choo-choo
- A toy that begins with a t/d/b sound
- A toy that is soft/hard
- A tall toy/a small toy
- A spotted toy/a stripy toy
- A toy that is round/tall/smiling/stiff/floppy
- A toy that moves
- A toy that you use to build/make things
- A multicoloured toy
- A noisy/quiet toy
- A toy that you wear on your feet
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise – Read pg 3, pg 4 and pg 5
- Revise all words – Please help children to remember all new words from the pages we have read so far
- Use the flashcards you have made to help children identify the new words from their reader
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PG 3, 4 & 5 SO WE COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING ***
Phonics
- Revise sounds – s/a/t/i/p/n (Letter Name/Sound/Action/Song)
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘s’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘a’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘t’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘i’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘p’ sound
- Find something around the house that begins with the ‘n’ sound
*** Take a picture of all the things you find for each sound and send it to your teacher***
- Complete the sounds sheets below
Maths
- Count to 5
- Count backwards from 5
- Using objects in your house make sets of different numbers – eg set of 3 spoons/set of 5 crayons/set of 2 pencils
- Print Activity Sheet – Count and Colour
- Look at the number and colour the correct amount of pictures
- Children can enjoy learning to count playing teddy numbers
- Make sure that each child is counting the amount of cakes they place on teddy
Handwriting
***Complete any pages not finished in Mrs Murphy Green Book up to the page (car/ran/jar)***
Print – MY PENCIL CONTROL BOOKLET
- Tracing Activities
- Complete pg 1 and pg 2 ONLY
Gaeilge
Revise Ceacht 1 & Ceacht 2
Practice and Sing the songs
Activity: Bua na Cainte (Red Book) Pg 17
Science
Topic – Touch
We use our hands to touch
- Name as many things as you can that you touch with your hand in your house…
- Name as many things as you can that you touch with your hand in your classroom…
- Name as many things as you can that you touch with your hand outside…
Activity Page – Touch – PLEASE STICK THE ACTIVITY SHEET INTO THE NEXT BLANK PAGE OF THE SESE COPY
- Imagine you are going to visit a pet shop…what types of animals would you see in a pet shop? What types of animals would you not see in a pet shop?
- Draw some animals that you can touch at the pet shop on the activity sheet
- Colour the pictures
Art – Patterns
On a sheet of paper draw some squares. Complete each square with a different pattern and colour.
Daily Play Activity
Fun at Home
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SENIOR INFANTS
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Let’s start the day with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – Different Types of Shops
Digital Poster – Label Mode
- Go to the Label Mode of the poster.
- Review the vocabulary.
- Children can place the labels on the correct location
- Digital Poster – Poem Mode – Magic Shoes
- Listen to and discuss the poem
- What was the poem about?
- What can the magic shoes do?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 3/4/5/6
- Read Aloud Pg 3, 4, 5 & 6
- Review new words (play/tennis/Saturday/racket/ball/hit/over/net/here/is/red)
- Use flashcards to help children identify the new words from their reader of they are having difficulty
- Draw a picture of you playing tennis just like Sam in our story
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PG 3, 4, 5 & 6 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING BEFORE 3PM FRIDAY 15TH JANUARY ***
- Spellbound – Unit 15
- FRIDAY TEST
- Unit 15 Pg 71 (Back of the book)
News
Today is Friday
It is the 15th of January 2021.
We have being doing our school work at home.
It is the weekend.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 14 – Friday Test – Pg 79
- Number formation 11 – 20
- Ask children to write the numbers from 1 to 10. Please ensure all numbers are formed correctly.
- Children can enjoy learning to count playing teddy numbers
- Make sure that each child is counting the amount of cakes they place on teddy
- PRINT: Butterfly AdditIon Sheet
- Pg 1 & 2 ONLY
- Pg 1 – Count the spots on the butterfly and write the sum
- Pg 2 – Complete the addition sum
Gaeilge
Revise Ceacht 1 & Ceacht 2
Practice and Sing the songs
Activity: Bua na Cainte (Yellow Book) Pg 24
Science
Topic – Touch
We use our hands to touch
- Name as many things as you can that you touch with your hand in your house…
- Name as many things as you can that you touch with your hand in your classroom…
- Name as many things as you can that you touch with your hand outside…
Activity Page – Touch – PLEASE STICK THE ACTIVITY SHEET INTO THE NEXT BLANK PAGE OF THE SESE COPY
- Imagine you are going to visit a pet shop…what types of animals would you see in a pet shop? What types of animals would you not see in a pet shop?
- Draw some animals that you can touch at the pet shop on the activity sheet
- Colour the pictures
Art – Patterns
On a sheet of paper draw some squares . Complete each square with a different pattern and colour.
Daily Play Activity
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Thursday 14th January
JUNIOR INFANTS
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – The Toyshop
Revise Story Mode 1
- Play story 1 for your child
Story 2
- Play story 2 for your child
- Discuss vocabulary mentioned in the stories
Digital Poster – Question Mode
Go to the question mode of the poster and discuss the answers with your child
- What kind of shop is it?
- What colour is the bicycle?
- What does the white teddy bear have around its neck?
- How do you know that Tom is the shopkeeper?
- How do you know which truck is the fire engine?
- Which toys would be good for somebody who likes playing outdoors?
- Why do you think that the paint, play dough and lego are kept in the same part of the toyshop?
- Which section of this toyshop is the best? Why?
- What other toys would you find in a toyshop?
- Would you like to be a shopkeeper?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise – Read pg 3, pg 4 and pg 5
- Revise all words – Please help children to remember all new words from the pages we have read so far
- Use the flashcards you have made to help children identify the new words from their reader
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PG 3, 4 & 5 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING ***
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Revise Sight Words – I/have
- Pg 1 Activity D – Write the words I have…
Phonics
- Revise sounds – i/p/n
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound i
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound p
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound n
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘i’ sound eg igloo, insect
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘p’ sound
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘n’ sound
2. Complete the sounds sheets below
Maths
- Count to 3
- Count backwards from 3
- Using objects in your house make sets of 3
- Practical Activity
- Make 2 sets (no more than 5 items in each set)
- Place a different amount of items in each set every time
- Which set has more?
- Which set has less?
- How many things are in the set that has more?
- How many things are in the set that has less?
- How can we make the sets the same?
5. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
- Children can enjoy learning to count playing teddy numbers
- Make sure that each child is counting the amount of cakes they place on teddy
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
- Revise writing the letter n on a sheet of lined paper
- Revise writing the letter m on a sheet of lined paper
***Complete any pages not finished in the book up to the page (car/ran/jar that we completed yesterday)***
Gaeilge
Revise Ceacht 1
Revise Ceacht 2
Song
Practice and Sing the song – Tá an lá fliuch
Pre Reading Skills Book
Unit 8: The Toyshop – Pg 44
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight-ji/resources/
- Listen and Circle
- Children will listen to the audio and circle the toys they hear
- Question – Is the toy on the top, middle or bottom shelf?
- Colour the toys that have circle
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family
Grow in Love – Pg 25
What do you like to do with your family?
- Discuss the six pictures
- What is happening in each of the pictures?
- Circle the pictures you do with your family
- X the pictures of the things you don’t do with your family
- Briefly chat about your family life and the life of Mary, Joseph and Jesus – Similarities and Differences
SPHE
Looking After Yourself
- How do you look after yourself?
- Discuss eating healthy/doing exercise/going for a shower/drinking water etc
Activity Sheet: Pg 1 ONLY
(THIS SHEET WILL NEED TO BE PRINTED)
Looking After Yourself worksheets
Draw and colour a picture to show a way of looking after yourself
Daily Play Activity
Well Being: Fun at Home
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SENIOR INFANTS
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – Different Types of Shops
Revise Story Mode 1
- Play story 1 for your child
Story 2
- Play story 2 for your child
- Discuss vocabulary mentioned in the stories
Digital Poster – Question Mode
Go to the question mode of the poster and discuss the answers with your child
- What shops do you see in the poster?
- The jigsaw puzzle is shaped like an animal. What animal is it?
- Who is the man wearing the long white coat?
- What do you think the boy in the sports shop is saying to his father?
- Name 3 different things you can buy in a toyshop.
- What kind of book is the little girl looking at? How do you know?
- Do you think the pharmacist is helpful? Why do you think that?
- Why do you think it’s a good ide to buy things during a sale?
- What kind of books do you enjoy reading?
- If you were to open up your own shop, what kind of shop would it be?
**Play a game of shop with your child**
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 3/4/5
- Review new words (play/tennis/Saturday/racket/ball/hit/over/net)
- Discuss the picture on pg 6
- What do you see in the picture?
- Why does Sam’s tennis racket have white strings in the middle of it?
- New Words: here/is/red
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 6
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at least three times
*** I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD RECORD A VIDEO OF YOUR CHILD READING PG 3, 4, 5 & 6 SO I COULD ASSESS HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR READING BEFORE 3PM FRIDAY 15TH JANUARY ***
4. Spellbound – Unit 15
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling word list
- Activity G & H Pg 33
- Revise the word list for spelling test on Friday
Writing
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (here/is/red) in their writing copy
News
Today is Thursday
It is the 14th of January 2021.
We are doing our Spellbound test at home tomorrow.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 14 – Thursday – Pg 34
- Count to 10
- Count backwards from 10
- Make sets of 10 using items in the house
- Number formation 1 -10
- Ask children to write the numbers from 1 to 10. Please ensure all numbers are formed correctly.
- Children can enjoy learning to count playing teddy numbers
- Make sure that each child is counting the amount of cakes they place on teddy
Gaeilge
Revise Ceacht 1
Revise Ceacht 2
Song
Practice and Sing the song – Sa Spéir
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy family
Grow in Love – Pg 27
- Please read the words in the speech bubble for your child ‘This is God’s greatest gift’
- Replay the story of Simeon and Anna meet Jesus for you child
- Children should trace the sentence inside the speech bubble and colour
- Briefly discuss with your child why Jesus was such a special child
- Ask your child to describe things that make them a special child
SPHE
Looking After Yourself
- How do you look after yourself?
- Discuss eating healthy/doing exercise/going for a shower/drinking water etc
Activity Sheet: Pg 1 ONLY
(THIS SHEET WILL NEED TO BE PRINTED)
Looking After Yourself worksheets
Draw and colour a picture to show a way of looking after yourself
Daily Play Activity
Well Being: Fun at Home
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Wednesday 13th January
JUNIOR INFANTS
PE
Pe with Joe Wicks is live on his YouTube Channel at 9am. Start off your day with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – The Toyshop
Story Mode 1
- Play the story for your child
Digital Poster
- Look at the picture of The Toyshop on the poster
- Name and describe as many different toys as possible
- Ask your child to put the toys into categories
- Moving toys
- Dolls
- Teddies
- Sports Equipment
- Action Figures
- Arts and Crafts
- Digital Poster Questions
- Who is the only person you can see in shop? (Shop Assistant)
- How is the toyshop the same/different from other shops? (Toy shop sells toys instead of food.clothes/furniture etc/the toyshop is very colourful)
- How are the toys in the shop displayed? (Shelves/mounted on the wall/hanging from the ceiling/on a stand/in a bin)
- Where do you think the lion was displayed in the shop?(On the stand beside the rabbit/between the rabbit and the teddy)
- Why is the shop assistant holding the lion? (Someone is buying the lion as a present/it is soft and cuddly)
- Look at the sheep and giraffe….what are they thinking?
- Do you think any of the toys in the toyshop are suitable for babies? Why?
- If you had a toyshop, what would you name it?
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Revise Pg 3/4
– focus on new words (must/get/dressed/Let’s/have/top)
- Discuss the picture on Pg 5
- – What is the girl doing with her top/shirt?
- – Does she look happy/sad?
- – Can you put on your shirt?
- Read Pg 5
New Words: (put/it/on)
- Highlight new words (put/it/on)
- Children can sound out most of the words on Pg 5
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the new words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Revise Sight Words – I/have
- Pg 1 Activity C – Trace the words I/have
Phonics
- Revise sounds – s/a/t
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound s
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound a
- Ask children to name as many things that start with the sound t
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘s’ sound eg snake/sausage
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘a’ sound
- Draw a picture of something that starts with the ‘t’ sound
- Complete the sounds sheets below
Maths
- Count to 4
- Count backwards from 4
- Using objects in your house make sets of 4
- Introduce the term LESS
- Less is harder for children to grasp in comparison to more
- Ask children to just look at the sets and decide which set has less and which set has more
- Why does the set have less? Why does the set have more?
- Sheet – Which set has LESS? – Wednesday
- Count the flags in each set aloud
- Colour the set that has less
- Count the hats each set aloud
- Colour the set that has less
- Count the pencils in each set aloud
- Colour the set that has less
- Count the candles in each set aloud
- Colour the set that has less
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
Word formation – car/ran/jar
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the black dot
- Practice writing the word ‘car’
- Practice writing the word ‘ran’
- Practice writing the word’ jar’
Pre Reading Skills Book
Unit 8: The Toyshop – Pg 43
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight-ji/resources/
- Listen to the sounds and X the one that sounds the same
- Discuss the images on the left hand side of the page – ball/box/train/boat
- Play the audio and listen to the sounds
- Ask your child to identify one word that sounds the same ball-wall, box-fox, train-crane and boat-goat
- Put an X in the box that sounds the same
- Ask your child to identify more words that rhyme with ball/box/train/boat
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family
- VIDEO 1: Listen to the Bible story – Daniel and the Lions
Grow in Love – Pg 24
- Discuss the different types of houses on pg 24
- VIDEO 2 – Children can complete pg 24 as the video is playing
Daily Play Activity
Fun at Home – Baking Cookies
Have some fun while baking cookies at home. Send me a picture if you do some baking…YUMMY!
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SENIOR INFANTS
Wednesday 13th January
PE
PE with Joe Wicks is live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start the morning off with some exercise.
Oral Language
Starlight – Unit 8 – Shopping – Different Types of Shops
- Shop Announcement
- Ask your child to close their eyes
- Listen to the you tube clip of an announcement being made in a shop
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5NYg0DRhOY
- Questions
- Where do you think you are?
- What do people do when they go into a shop?
- What are the people who own the shop trying to do?
- Story – Listen to Story 1
- Digital Poster
- What kind of shops can you see in the poster?
- What do we buy in…..
- What other types of shops can you name? (butcher/baker/clothes/jewellery/electrical/grocery/florist/newsagent?
- Where can we find shops? (village/town/city/shopping centre)
- Who works in a shop? (sales person/shop assistant/manager/owner)
- SHOE SHOP VOCABULARY
- Discuss types of shoes (football boots/tennis shoes/wellingtons/flip flops/slippers)
- Discuss parts of a shoe (tongue/heel/sole/toe/arch/insole/buckle/strap). Use a shoe to identify the different parts.
- Features of a shoe – size/colour/material
- Function of shoes
- Make a list of 5 items you would buy in a toy shop/clothes shop/grocery shop
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 3/4
- Review new words (play/tennis/Saturday/racket/ball)
- Discuss the picture on pg 5
- What do you see in the picture?
- What is the happening to the ball?
- New Words: hit/over/net
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 5
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at least three times
- Spellbound – Unit 15
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity E & F Pg 33
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 1 Activity C – Write the correct words
- Review Sight Words – is/like/to/she
- Read the sentence with the blanks
- Which word is correct? Is/like/to/she
- Read the sentence in full after the child has chosen the correct word
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (over/net) in their writing copy
News
Today is Wednesday
It is the 13th of January 2021.
Ms Healy misses teaching Senior Infants.
*** Write a sentence about the weather
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Gaeilge
Practice and Sing the song – Tá an Lá Fuar
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 14 – Wednesday – Pg 34
- Count to 9
- Make sets of 9 using items in the house eg 9 toys/9 crayons/9 pencils
- Maths Sheet – Wednesday
- Draw more..
- Count the items to see how many…
- Write the sum and answer
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy family
Video 1 – Listen to the story of Simeon and Anna
Grow in Love – Pg 26
Video 2 – Children can complete Pg 26 as the video is playing
Daily Play Activity
Fun at Home – Baking Cookies
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Tuesday 12th January
JUNIOR INFANTS
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes
- Revise Pg 3
- Focus on new words (must/get/dressed/Let’s)
- Discuss the picture on Pg 4
- – What item of school clothes is in the picture?
- – Do you wear a shirt going to school?
- – What colour is the shirt?
- – How many buttons are on the shirt?
- Read Pg 4
New Words: have/top
- Highlight new words (have/top)
- Children can sound out most of the words on Pg 4
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the new words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Revise Sight Words – I/have
- Pg 1 Activity B – Find and circle the words I/have
- Oral Language – Ask your child to finish these sentences
- I have two….
- I have five…
- I don’t have….
Phonics
- Revise sounds
- My name is i and my sound is…
- My name is p and my sound is…
- My name is n and my sound is….
- Show me the action for ‘i’
- Show me the action for ‘p’
- Show me the action for ‘n’
- What words start with the ‘i’ sound
- What words start with the ‘p’ sound
- What words start with the ‘’ sound
- Complete the sound sheets below
Maths
- Count to 6
- Count backwards from 6
- Jump on the spot 6 times/touch your toes 5 times/clap your hands 4 times/touch your nose three times/say your name twice/turn around once
- Using objects in your house make a set of 6 teaspoons/5 coins/4 crayons/3 cups/2 toys/1 shoe
- Sheet – Which set has MORE? – TUESDAY
- Count the teddy bears in each set aloud
- How many more teddy bears are in the biggest set?
- Colour the set that has more
- Count the buckets in each set aloud
- How many more buckets are in the biggest set?
- Colour the set that has more
- Count the cupcakes in each set aloud
- How many more cupcakes are in the biggest set?
- Colour the set that has more
- Count the ducks in each set aloud
- How many more ducks are in the biggest set?
- Colour the set that has more
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 2.1 – Lesson 2.1
Please watch the video for Ceacht 2.1/Lesson 2.1 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Cen saghas lae é? – What type of day is it?
- Tá an lá fliuch – The day is wet
- Cen saghas lae é? – What type of day is it?
- Tá an lá tirim – The day is dry
Ceacht 2.2 – Lesson 2.2
Please watch the video for Ceacht 2.2/Lesson 2.2 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
NIAMH: An bhfuil an lá fliuch? –Is the day wet?
TEDDY: Tá an lá fliuch – The day is wet
NIAMH: An bhfuil an lá fliuch? – Is the day wet?
TEDDY: Níl an lá fliuch – The day is not wet
NIAMH: An bhfuil an lá tirim? – Is the day dry?
TEDDY: Tá an lá tirim – The day is dry
NIAMH: An bhfuil an lá tirim? – Is the day dry?
TEDDY: Níl an lá tirim – The day is not dry
NIAMH: An bhfuil an lá fuar? – Is the day cold?
TEDDY: Tá an lá fuar – The day is cold
NIAMH: An bhfuil an lá fuar? – Is the day cold?
TEDDY: Níl an lá fuar – The day is not cold
NIAMH: An bhfuil an lá té? – Is the day hot?
TEDDY: Tá an lá té – The day is hot
NIAMH: An bhfuill an lá té? – Is the day hot?
TEDDY: Níl an lá té – The day is not hot.
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
Letter formation – m
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the dot
- Down to the line, straight back up to top, around and down to the line.
Pre Reading Skills Book
Unit 8: The Toyshop – Pg 42
- Discuss the picture
- What is happening in the picture?
- What toys do you see in the picture?
- What is your favourite toy in the picture?
- How many boys are in the picture?
- How many girls are in the picture?
- Listen to the sounds/Colour the picture that makes the sound on Pg 42
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/starlight-ji/resources/
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family
- Discuss the pictures and answer the questions
- Practice the night prayer
God our Father, I come to say
Thank you for your love today.
Thank you for my family
And all the friends you gave to me.
Daily Play Activity
Well Being – Fun at Home
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SENIOR INFANTS
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Revise Pg 3
- Review new words (play/tennis/Saturday)
- Ask children to finish these sentences
- I like to play….
- On Saturday we…
- Tennis is….
- Discuss the picture on pg 4
- What do you see in the picture?
- How many tennis rackets are in the picture?
- How many tennis balls are in the picture?
- Where do you play tennis?
- New Words: with/racket/ball
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Read – Pg 4
- Allow children to sound out as many words as they can
- Read the page aloud with your child
- Children should read the page aloud at lest three times
Spellbound – Unit 15
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity C & D Pg 32
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 1 Activity B – Find and Colour the sight words
- Sight Words – is/like/to/she
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (with/racket/ball) in their writing copy
News
Today is Tuesday.
It is the 12th of January 2021.
The weather is cold.
It snowed last week.
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 14 – Tuesday – Pg 33
2. Count to 8
3. Make sets of 8 using items in the house eg 8 shoes/8 socks/8 forks
4. Maths Sheet – Tuesday
- Draw more..
- Count the items to see how many…
- Box maths copy – Addition to 10
2+5 = 3+4 = 7+2 = 6+1 = 5+5 =
4+5 = 1+8 = 9+1 = 5+3 = 4+4 =
3+6 = 7+3 = 6+0 = 2+8 = 1+6 =
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 2.1 – Lesson 2.1
Please watch the video for Ceacht 2.1/Lesson 2.1 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Cad atá sa spéir? – What is in the sky?
- Tá scamall sa spéir – The clouds are in the sky
- Cad atá sa spéir? – What is in the sky?
- Tá an ghrian sa spéir – The sun is in the sky.
- Cad atá sa spéir? – What is in the sky?
- Tá tuar ceatha sa spéir – There is a rainbow is in the sky
- Cad atá sa spéir? – What is in the sky?
- Tá éan sa spéir – There is a bird is in the sky
- Cad atá sa spéir? – What is in the sky?
- Tá eitleán sa spéir – There is an aeroplane is in the sky
Ceacht 2.2 – Lesson 2.2
Please watch the video for Ceacht 2.2/Lesson 2.2 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
OISÍN: Cén dath atá ar an tuar ceatha? – What colour is on the rainbow?
TEDDY: Tá an tuar ceatha dearg – The rainbow is red
OISÍN: Cén dath atá ar an tuar ceatha? – What colour is on the rainbow?
NIAMH: Tá an tuar ceatha oráiste – The rainbow is orange
OISÍN: Cén dath atá ar an tuar ceatha?
TEDDY: Tá an tuar ceatha buí – The rainbow is yellow
OISÍN: Cén dath atá ar an tuar ceatha?
NIAMH: Tá an tuar ceatha gorm – The rainbow is blue
OISÍN: Cén dath atá ar an tuar ceatha?
NIAMH: Tá an tuar ceatha glás – The rainbow is green
OISÍN: Cén dath atá ar an tuar ceatha?
TEDDY: Tá an tuar ceatha gorm – The rainbow is blue
TEDDY: Cén dath atá ar an tuar ceatha?
NIAMH: Tá an tuar ceatha corcra – The rainbow is purple
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy family
- Nativity Scene
- Who is in the picture?
- Where are they?
- Why are they there?
- What has happened?
- When did it happen?
2. Practice the Prayer to our Guardian Angel
Angel sent by God to guide me,
Be my light and walk beside me,
Be my guardian and protect me,
On the path of life direct me.
Amen.
Daily Play Activity
Well Being – Fun at Home
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Good Morning,
I hope everybody is keeping safe and well during these very strange times. It is so disappointing that we had to once again close our schools for the health and safety of all. We will miss seeing the boys and girls everyday and teaching them in our classrooms.
Work for each day will be posted on my class page of the school website over the coming weeks. Please do not put yourself under pressure to complete each and every activity that is assigned. Complete and work through as many activities that you can every day. If at all possible please try your best to keep up to date with English and Maths activities.
If you have any questions Monday – Friday 9.20 – 3.00 , I am available to contact on my school email address
a.healy@upperglanmirens.ie.
If you would like to send me any videos or pictures of work completed I would be delighted to receive them.
Ms. Healy 🙂
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SCHOOL ROLL NUMBER: 15792U
COULD EVERYBODY PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE FREE TRIAL ON READING EGGS
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MONDAY 11TH JANUARY
JUNIOR INFANTS
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – ‘School Clothes’
- Discuss the title of the story ‘School Clothes with your child
- Questions
- What do you think the story will be about?
- What are your school clothes called?
- Describe your school clothes/uniform?
- Why do we have to wear school clothes or a uniform?
- Read Pg 3
- Read the page aloud at least three times
- Discuss the picture on page 3
- What is the girl wearing in the picture?
- What is the girl holding in the picture?
- Describe the school clothes in the picture
- Is it the morning or the night? How do you know?
- New Words: must/Let’s/get/dressed
- Read the sentences aloud for your child pointing to the new words as you read them
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
*** Reading Eggs***
Please register for the free trial on READING EGGS. It is a wonderful additional resource for teaching children how to read in a a fun manner. Children can work through the activities at their own pace
Writing
- Skills Book (Pink Cover)
- Pg 1 Activity A – Colour the sight words
- Sight Words – I/have
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
Phonics
- Revise sounds
- My name is s and my sound is…
- My name is a and my sound is…
- My name is t and my sound is….
- Show me the action for ‘s’
- Show me the action for ‘a’
- Show me the action for ‘t’
- What words start with the ‘s’ sound
- What words start with the ‘a’ sound
- What words start with the ‘t’ sound
- Complete the sound sheets below
Maths
- Count to 5
- Count backwards from 5
- Jump on the spot 5 times/touch your toes 4 times/clap your hands 3 times/touch your nose twice/say your name once
- Using objects in your house make a set of 5 spoons/4 forks/3 tea towels/2 glasses/1 teddy
- Sheet – Which set has MORE? – Monday
- Count the cups in each set aloud
- How many more cups are in the set?
- Colour the set that has more
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 1 – Lesson 1
Please watch the video for Ceacht 1/Lesson 1 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Cen saghas lae é? – What type of day is it?
- Tá an lá fuar – The day is cold
- Tá mo lámha fuar – My hands are cold
- Tá mo chosa fuar – My feet are cold
- Tá mo chluasa fuar – My ears are cold
- Tá an lá té – The day is hot
- Tá an ghrian sa spéir – The sun is in the sky
Listen and Practice the song – Tá an Lá Fuar Inniu
Handwriting
Mrs Murphy(Green Copy)
Letter formation – n
Practice the letter formation using your finger first
- Start at the dot
- Down to the line, straight back up, around and down
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy Family
- Discuss the pictures
- Answer the questions
Physical Education
Joe Wicks will be providing a P.E lesson every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise.
Daily Play Activity
Scavenger Hunt
Mindfulness Scavenger Hunt
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SENIOR INFANTS
English
Reading
- Core Reader 1 – Let’s Play Tennis
- Discuss the title of the story ‘Let’s Play Tennis’ with your child
- Questions
- What do you think the story will be about?
- Have you ever played tennis?
- Do you know how to play tennis?
- What things do you need to play tennis?
- Do you know any people who play tennis?
- Read Pg 3
- Read the page aloud at least three times
- Discuss the picture on page 3
- What is the name of the boy?
- What is he holding?
- What do you see in the background of the picture?
- Describe the types of clothes Sam is wearing?
- Why is Sam wearing a hat?
- New Words: play/plays/tennis/Let’s/Saturday
- Read the words aloud for your child
- Child should read and repeat the words
- Practice writing the new words to aid understanding and comprehension
- Make flashcards to help your child learn the new words
- Spellbound – Unit 15
- Read and Write word list
- Practice spelling wordlist
- Activity A & B Pg 32
Writing
- Skills Book (Blue Cover)
- Pg 1 Activity A – Write the sight words
- Sight Words – is/like/to/she
- Oral Language – Ask your child to make up sentences orally using the sight words above
- Sentence Formation – Write a sentence for each of these words (play/tennis/Saturday) in their writing copy
News
News to be completed in news copy
Today is Monday.
It is the 11th of January 2021.
Winter is here.
We are off school for the month of January.
*** Write two sentences of your own
*** Draw and colour a picture of your news
Maths
- MASTER YOUR MATHS – Week 14 – Monday – Pg 32
2. Count to 7
3. Make sets of 7 using items in the house eg 7 toys/7 crayons/7 spoons
4. Sheet – Monday
- Write the numeral 7
- Count the set of strawberries and colour
Gaeilge
An Aimsir/The Weather
Ceacht 1 – Lesson 1
Please watch the video for Ceacht 1/Lesson 1 with your child at least 3 times
Vocabulary
- Cen saghas lae é? – What type of day is it?
- Tá an lá fuar – The day is cold
- Tá an lá té – The day is hot
- Tá an lá fliuch – The day is wet
- Tá an lá tirim – The day is dry
- Tá an lá gaofar – The day is windy
- Tá an lá scamallach – The day is cloudy
Listen and Practice the song – Tá an Lá Fuar Inniu
Religion
Theme 4: The Holy family
Activity: Christmas Memories
Physical Education
Joe Wicks will be providing a P.E lesson every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning live on his You Tube channel at 9am. Start off the day with some exercise.
Daily Play Activity
Scavenger Hunt
Mindfulness Scavenger Hunt
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