Dear Parents/Guardians,
The work for this week is listed below. I also included a timetable below, which can be used as a guide to complete the work. Again please just complete what you can. My email is sarah.hackett@stjosephsgorey.ie
Kind Regards,
Sarah
English
- Write their first and last name daily
- Practise reading and writing the new sight words: Mr. Mrs. looked
I Spy with my Little Eye..
Look at the instructions below and see can you find the items beginning with the different letters
Handwriting
- Ready to Write p.58 and 59
- Practise writing the new capital letter ‘V’
- How many words can you think of that begin with ‘V’?
Match the upper case letters with the lower case letters
Pick out which sentence matches the picture
Look at the pictures and write the missing sounds (ai, oa, ng, th, sh)
Finish the Sentences
The Club House
The next story in our reader ‘What a Box’ is called ‘The Club House’. Get the children to familiarise themselves with the words below this week and they can then begin to read it next week. Look at five words each day and practise reading and recognising them.
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Saturday
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yippee |
bus |
shell |
has |
| bring |
spade |
laughed |
reading |
ball
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clue
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what |
beach |
gate |
clues |
| club |
something |
our |
had
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house
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| house |
read |
that |
who |
do
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Maths
Topic: Between
- Ask the children what number comes in between numbers (What number is in between 6 and 8? What number is in between 3 and 5?
- Busy at Maths Workbook p.112, 113
- Busy at Maths Homework book p.38
Topic: Summer
- Recite the four Seasons and identify that it is now the summer time.
- What happens in the summer? (Hot weather, summer clothes, summer holidays, suncream, leaves on the trees, etc.)
- Busy at Maths p.114
- Recite the Summer poem below.
SESE
- Read the story ‘The Cautious Caterpillar’ below
Answer the following questions..
Draw the four different stages of the lifecycle of the butterfly on a sheet or in a copy
Complete the following sums..
Religion: Baptism
- Discuss what happens when a child is Baptised. (They become a Catholic)
- See pictures below
- Grow in Love p.52, 53
Gaeilge
Read and look at the following pictures everyday
Topic: Bábóg Nua – New doll
Translation
- Bándearg – Pink
- Gúna – Dress
- Gleoite – Cute
- Mamó – Granny
- Bosca – Box
- Am Codlata – Bed time
- Ina suí – Sitting down
- Ask the Questions
- Cá bhfuil Laura? (Where is Laura?)
- Tá sí sa seomra suite (She is in the sitting room)
- Cad a fheiceann tú sa phictúir? (What can you see in the picture)
- Feicim ____ (teilifís-television, urlár-floor, balla-wall, tolg-sofa. fuinneog-window, spéir-sky, scamaill-clouds)
Read the following sentences and point to the correct picture
- Tá bronntanas ag Mamó. (Granny has a present)
- Tá Laura sa leaba. (Laura is in bed)
- Tá Laura agus an babóg sa seomra suite. (Laura and the doll are in the sitting room)
- Tá bosca sa phictúr
Practise writing ‘bábóg nua’
Timetable
Monday
- Write ‘Our News’ (3 sentences about weather, activities, etc.)
- Play ‘I Spy’ Game
- Read and recognise the words (Saturday, bring, club, house, clue)
- Write tricky words: Mr. Mrs. Looked
- Maths p.112
Tuesday
- Handwriting, Match the capital letters and small letters on the caterpillar
- Finish the Sentences
- Read and recognise the words (yippee, spade, what, something, read)
- Write tricky words: Mr. Mrs. Looked
- Read ‘The Cautious Caterpillar’ and discuss the questions
- Maths p.113
Wednesday
- Find and write the ‘ai’ words
- Write tricky words: Mr. Mrs. Looked
- Read and recognise the words (bus, laughed, beach, our, that)
- Draw the 4 stages of a butterfly
- Maths: Homework book p.38
- Gaeilge: Go over the words
Thursday
- Find the sentence that matches the picture (Danny, Zeb)
- Write tricky words: Mr. Mrs. Looked
- Read and recognise the words (shell, reading, gate, had who)
- Maths p.114 and read ‘Summer’ poem
- Gaeilge: Go over the words and practise writing ‘bábóg nua’
- Grow in Love p.52 and discuss ‘Baptism’
Friday
- Write tricky words: Mr. Mrs. Looked
- Read and recognise the words (has, ball, clues, house, do) and go over all the words from throughout the week
- Complete caterpillar sums
- Grow in Love p.53
- Gaeilge: Go over the words and point to the correct picture