Hello everyone,

I hope you are all keeping well and had a great weekend. This week the workload will be further reduced as we are coming towards the end of the school year.   We will be doing English on Monday and Wednesday and Maths on Tuesday and Thursday and taking a break on Friday 🙂 I have also included some ‘Wellness Week’ activities that the children can do each day if they wish.  Please do not feel under pressure to get all of the work completed, just do as much as you can.

Thank you to those who have sent me work, it was great seeing them all. If you have any questions you can contact me on my email address; cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com

Take Care,
Ms. Gordon

                                                      Timetable

Monday

• Phonics – Revise sounds
• Blending: Read the following words
• Ready to Write A1 page 71 – If you don’t have the Ready to Write A1 book at home you can go to www.edcolearning.ie. Login with the following details: Username: primaryedcobooks. Password: edco2020. Search for and click on ‘Ready to Write A1’
• Wellness week activities: Day 1
  1. Make a card for someone you miss!
  2. Go “On a Hunt for things I love…”
  Something that smells good
  Something that I like to wear
  Something that is my favourite colour
  Something that makes a sound I like
  Something that makes me laugh
  Something that I am thankful for
  Something that feels good
  Something that I like to look at
  Something beautiful
  Something I use a lot
  Something that keeps me warm
  Something I like to share
  Something I like to hold
  Something I love

Tuesday

• Counting forwards/backwards from 0-10
• Revision worksheets on the numerals 0 and 1. Click this link to download https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/thumbs281-285/sb283prev.html 
• Outdoor Maths Trail 
• Wellness week activities: Day 2
  1. Do something kind for someone else today
  2. Get some exercise – Game: What’s your name? Spell out your full name and complete the activity listed for each letter. For a greater challenge include your middle name/surname!
  A – Jump up and down 10 times
  B – Spin around in a circle 5 times
  C – Hop on one foot 5 times
  D – Run to the nearest door and run back
  E – Walk like a bear for a count of 5
  F – Do 3 cartwheels
  G – Do 10 jumping jacks
  H – Hop like a frog 5 times
  I – Balance on your left foot for a count of 5
  J – Balance on your right foot for a count of 5
  K – March like a toy soldier for a count of 10
  L – Pretend to jump rope for a count of 10
  M – Do 3 somersaults
  N – Pick up a ball without using your hands
  O – Walk backwards 10 steps and skip back
  P – Walk sideways 10 steps and hop back
  Q – Crawl like a crab for a count of 10
  R – Walk like a bear for a count of 5
  S – Bend down and touch your toes 10 times
  T – Pretend to pedal a bike for a count of 8
  U – Roll a ball using only your head
  V – Flap your arms like a bird 15 times
  W – Pretend to ride a horse for a count of 15
  X – Try and touch the clouds for a count of 15
  Y – Walk on your knees for a count of 10
  Z – Do 10 sit ups

Wednesday

• Revise Tricky Words – Tricky word beanbag game
• Blending: Read the following words
• Ready to Write A1 page 72
• Wellness week activities: Day 3
• 1.Draw 2 things you are grateful for ( you could do this outside on the ground using chalk)
  2. Get some exercise! Go on a nature walk – See if you can spot any of the things below while on your walk

Thursday

• Counting forwards/backwards from 0-10
• Revision worksheets on the numerals 2 & 3. Click this link to download https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/thumbs281-285/sb283prev.html
• Outdoor Maths Trail 
• Wellness week activities: Day 4
  1.Draw 2 things that you are looking forward to doing over the summer holidays or when everything is back to normal!
  2. My Five Senses scavenger hunt

Friday

• Enjoy your day off 🙂

Hello everyone,
I hope you are all safe and well. This week we will continue to focus only on English and Maths. The majority of you now have all of the Junior Infant books at home so if you would like to complete these books at your own pace then you may also do so.

Parents, thank you so much for your continued support and for sending me pictures of your child’s work. If you have not yet received your child’s end of year report please email me so I can send it to you.  As always if you have any questions or would like to send me work please contact me on my email address; cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com

Thank you,
Ms. Gordon

English

Phonics:

• Revise all sounds in sounds copy

Tricky Words:

• Revise all tricky words (1- 36)
• Tricky word beanbag game: Write the tricky words your child is revising each day on paper plates or pieces of paper and lay them out on the floor.  The child stands at a distance and throws a beanbag or other object from home at the paper plates. Whatever word the beanbag lands on/touches the child must read this word. Keep repeating until all words are practised

Reading:

• Continue to read books regularly to your child at home
• Continue to read/listen to ebooks online
  (You can register your own account on www.oxford.co.uk and start with age group 4-5 years or on www.connect.collins.co.uk Click on “teacher sign in”, username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk, password: Parents20! Click on Collins Big Cat and start with the pink band)

Handwriting:

• The last two letters – Ready to Write A1: Letters f, s pages 65, 66 (for those who collected books)

• Handwriting booklet: Letters f, s (for those who have these letters)
• “Letter Formation Workbook” pages 7, 20 (for those missing the letters) www.twinkl.ie/offer : Under “new to Twinkl” create an account and make sure to enter the offer code IRLTWINKLHELPS )

• Ready to Write A1 pages 67, 68, 69, 70 and the letter ‘z‘ on page 71 – Revision of all of the letters

*If you don’t have the Ready to Write A1 book at home you can go to www.edcolearning.ie. Login with the following details: Username: primaryedcobooks. Password: edco2020. Search for and click on ‘Ready to Write A1’. (pages 67-71)

• Continue to practise rhyming words by completing the following rhyming worksheets (Log onto www.cleverlearner.com. In the “reading and writing” section, click on “rhyme: match and trace” to find the worksheets. If you are unable to print these, complete orally instead). This weeks rhyming worksheets; Match the rhyme: (in), (un), (ag) – as seen below

• Also on the cleverlearner website in the “reading and writing” section, click on “CVC short words set 1” and do the first two worksheets (as seen below). If you are unable to print these sheets, complete orally instead

Maths

• Counting forwards/backwards from 0-10
• What number is before/between/after the number _? (try lots of different numbers)
• Please complete the following pages:

Busy at Maths book pages 121, 122, 123, 124

Busy at Maths home/school links page 40

• Please find Maths Interactive games below (based on the above topic)
  www.cjfallon.ie : Click Parent/Student resources, Select level: Primary, Class: Junior Infants, Subject: Maths, Series: Busy at Maths, Resource: Interactive. To quickly access the games click on the last page (page 13) and complete activities 122/122a, 123/123a, 124/124a

Timetable

Monday

• Phonics – Revise Group 1 (s, a, t, i p, n) & Group 2 (c, k, e, h, r, m, d)
• Revise Tricky Words 1 – 7
• Handwriting: letter ‘f’
• Match the rhyme ‘in’ worksheet (cleverlearner website)
• Oral counting activities – what number comes after the number…2, 0, 4, etc
• Busy at Maths main book page 121

Tuesday

• Phonics – Revise Group 3 (g, o, u, l, f, b) & Group 4 (ai, j, ou, ie, ee, or)
• Revise Tricky Words 8 – 14
• Handwriting: letter ‘s’
• Match the rhyme ‘un’ worksheet (cleverlearner website)
• Oral counting activities – what number comes before the number…3, 5, 1, etc
• Busy at Maths main book page 122

Wednesday

• Phonics – Revise Group 5 (z, w, ng, v, 00, oo)
• Revise Tricky Words 15 – 21
• Ready to Write page 67 (revision of letters with tails)
• Match the rhyme ‘ag’ worksheet (cleverlearner website)
• Oral counting activities – what number comes between…1 and 3, 2 and 4, etc
• Busy at Maths main book page 123

Thursday

• Phonics – Revise Group 6 (y, x, ch, sh, th, th)
• Revise Tricky Words 22 – 28
• Ready to Write page 68 & letters ‘l’ and ‘t’ on page 69 (revision of tall letters)
• CVC worksheet 1 (cleverlearner website)
• Oral counting activities – what numbers come before and after?
• Busy at Maths main book page 124

Friday

• Phonics – Revise Group 7 (qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar)
• Revise Tricky Words 29 – 36
• Ready to Write pages 69, 70 & the letter z at the top of page 71 (revision of small letters)
• CVC worksheet 2 (cleverlearner website)
• Oral counting activities – what numbers come before/between/after?
• Busy at Maths home school links page 40

Hello Junior Infants,

I hope you all had a great weekend and are keeping well. Keep up the fantastic work at home.  I just want to mention that anyone who had already paid Ms. Tobin for the school tour the money will be returned to you in September 🙂

Thank you to everyone that has sent me work.  If you would like to send more photos of completed work or ask me any questions, you can email me at cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com

Take Care,
Caroline Gordon

English

Sounds

• Jolly Phonic sound ‘er’ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw pictures of words containing the ‘er’ sound e.g. water, spider, finger, tiger, etc. If capable, write the words under the pictures
• Continue to revise all sounds completed to date

Word Boxes /Reading

• Read Word Box 7A and 8A. Most of the words in these word boxes have a digraph (two letter sound).  Can you spot the digraph in the words before you read them?
• Continue to read books regularly to your child at home

Tricky Words

• New tricky words ‘little‘ and ‘down‘- Write out these tricky words three times. Put them into a sentence orally
• Revise all tricky words

Handwriting

• Book – Ready to Write A1: Letters y and w pages 60 & 61 (for those who collected books)
• “Letter Formation Workbook” on Twinkl pages 26 and 24 (for those missing the letters)
• Handwriting booklet: Letters y and w (for those who have these letters)
• Further links to activities on the letter ‘y‘ (optional):
  https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/sb12305-phoneme-worksheets-y/
  https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/thumbs526-530/sb528prev.html
• Further links to activities on the letter ‘w‘ (optional):
  https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/sb12240-phoneme-worksheets-w/
  https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/thumbs501-505/sb503prev.html

Dictation:

• Call out the following 5 sentences:
  I can hop.
  I can jog.
  I can run.
  I can jump.
  I can skip.
  *Remind the children that we put a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop at the end.

Rhyming words:

• Practise rhyming words by completing one rhyming worksheet each day
• Log onto www.cleverlearner.com. In the “reading and writing” section, click on “rhyme : match and trace” and print one worksheet per day. If you are unable to print these, complete orally instead

This weeks rhyming worksheets – Match the rhyme: (an), (og), (at), (en), (am)

Maths

• Busy at Maths book pages 110, 111, 112 (Day & Night)

• Busy at Maths home/school links page 36

• Continue to practise the days of the week with your child this week. Sing the song below to the tune of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’

”Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday too,
Thursday, Friday, all for you.
Saturday, Sunday, that’s them all.
All those days we will recall.”

• Continue to practise writing numbers 0-5 correctly
• Continue to practise counting skills, counting from 0 – 10 forwards and backwards (or higher if capable)

Gaeilge

• Continuing with the topic ‘An Lá Spóirt’ – Céim ar Chéim page 57
• Foclóir nua: Lá spóirt (sports day), bonn (medal), feadóg (whistle), rás (race), ubh (egg), spúnóg (spoon)
• Revise the colours: buí (yellow), dearg (red), dubh (black)

SESE (Small World book)

• Cat Family page 49: Discuss the different members of the cat family and complete the activity
• Water page 50: Circle and colour the things we need water for. Draw two other things that are not on the page that we need water for
• Magnets page 51: Use a magnet e.g. a fridge magnet to see which objects on the page the magnet will attract. After this activity tell your child that only metals containing iron are attracted to magnets. Use the magnet to find other objects around the home that are attracted to magnets. If you have sand at home, you could hide objects that are attracted to a magnet in the sand and they can use the magnet to hunt for ‘treasure’
• Old or Modern page 52: Discuss the words old and modern with your child (objects used in the past are called old, objects we use nowadays are called modern). Talk about the pictures on page 52, chat about what has changed and what has stayed the same

Art

• Draw/Paint your favourite member from the cat family

Timetable

Monday

• New Jolly Phonics Sound ‘er’
• New tricky word ‘little’
• Word Box 7A (first 5 words)
• Dictaction x1 sentence
• Match the rhyme ‘an’ worksheet
• Busy at Maths main book page 110
• SESE: Small World page 49

Tuesday

• Word Box 7A (next 5 words)
• Handwriting: letter ‘w’
• Dictaction x 1 sentence
• Match the rhyme ‘og’ worksheet
• Busy at Maths main book page 111
• Small World page 50
• Gaeilge page 57

Wednesday

• Revise new Jolly Phonics sound ‘er’
• New tricky word ‘down’
• Word Box 8A (first 5 words)
• Dictaction x1 sentence
• Match the rhyme ‘at’ worksheet
• Busy at Maths main book page 112
• SESE: Small World page 51

Thursday

• Word box 8A (next 5 words)
• Handwriting: letter ‘y’
• Dictaction x1 sentence
• Match the rhyme ‘en’ worksheet
• Busy at Maths home/school links page 36
• Small World page 52
• Gaeilge page 57 – revise words/phrases

Friday

• Dictaction x1 sentence
• Match the rhyme ‘am’ worksheet
• Art
• Revise all sounds
• Revise all tricky words
• Revise the days of the week
• Practise writing your name and writing the numerals 0-5