Work 2nd-5th June

Hello again,

I hope you are well and were out enjoying the sunshine this week and had a lovely bank holiday. We have decided as a school to wind down the work in June as the children have worked so hard and we would have had lots of fun filled days in school during this month. We will be focusing primarily on Maths and English. That’s not saying that you can’t do more if you wish. If you need anything else contact me on jamielee.gordon@stjosephsgorey.ie and I will be happy to help.

Thanks,

Ms. Gordon

Tuesday:

Writing: The children talk about what they did over the bank holiday weekend and discuss it. They then write about it and read it out for you.

Reading:  Read and discuss Pages 28-29 of What a box

Handwriting: 1 Page of Ready to write book.

Maths: Topic Money

  • Discuss money with the children? What is money? Why do we need it? What types of money is there? i.e. paper and coins.
  • Show the children 1c 2c 5c 10c and 20c coins, if you have enough coins you can ask them to sort them into groups of the same. If not use this sheet for them to sort them into groups. Do both activities if you can. 
  • Complete Pages 104,105 and 106 of Busy at maths book. It is available online at CJ fallon. If you cant access this just email me .
  • Discuss with the children the differences in each coin and which one is worth the most/ least.

Wednesday:

Reading: Read and discuss Pages 30-31 of What a box

Writing: The children learn and practice their new tricky word: goes. The children come up with sentences orally for this word and they write down at least three of them. 

Oral language: Use the following question cards to initiate conversation with the child and practice conversation skills such as eye contact, turn taking etc.

Maths: 

  • Show the child each of the coins for them to name them. Complete coin rubbings of each coin. You just place the coin under a sheet of paper, and the children use a pencil or crayon to colour over the coin. Do both sides of the coin.
  • Discuss how we can add money just like we can add numbers. eg 2 + 2 is 4 and 2c + 2c is 4c . Give them some of the brown coins for them to add. ( only adding up to 10)
  • Page 107 of Busy at maths Book

Thursday:

Reading: Read and discuss Page 32 of what a box

Get the children to retell the story of The club House in their own words.

Writing:  Click the following link for the children to complete the worksheet. Here they are asked to draw a picture and write a simple sentence of what happened first, next and last in the story of the club house.

sequence activity

Maths:

  • Tell the children that there are no 3c, 4,c 6c, 7c coins etc. and if we want to make this money we have to use the brown coins and our maths.
  • Use 1c coins to get the children to make  3c, 4,c,5c, 6c, 7c and 8c, 10c
  • Page 108 Of Busy at Maths book

Friday: 

Reading: Read  and discuss Page 33 of What a box 

Worksheet:here the children complete the first box only before reading the story of What a box, the second box will be completed when we have read the story.  They draw what they think will happen in the story.

 

Dictation: Call out the following words for the children to use their sounds and write them themselves.

  1. born
  2. feet
  3. jar
  4. card
  5. soil
  6. moon
  7. quiz
  8. scarf

Maths:

  • Get the children to make up to 10c with various coins eg 9c, 4c, 5c, 10c etc
  • Complete Page 109 of Busy at Maths Book

Work 25th- 29th May

Hello everyone,

Another week down, I hope you are all staying safe and well. Many of you collected books on Wednesday so I am going to use these in my planning. It was great to see some friendly faces, even from a distance. I will also post a picture of the relevent page for anyone to use who has not collected books but most of the books are available to print online. Just email me and I will tell you how to access them.  Please continue to update me and send me your childs work on jamielee.gordon@stjosephsgorey.ie. Also if yo need anything or are having problems with the work just let me know.

Maths this week will be just catching up and revising bits of the book not done so we can move onto a new fresh topic next week.

Thanks,

Ms. Gordon

Monday: 

Writing: Talk about what the child di over the weekend. The child will write their news. Get the child to read it out for yoy.

Reading: Read and discuss Page 23 of “what a box” , available to access on edco learning.

Maths: Complete page 100 of Busy at maths Book (revision of data from last week) Available on Cj Fallon.

Gaeilge: Learn and practice the following words:

(doll)

(granny)

(dress)

(box)

(cute)

(pink)

(sitting)

Draw seven boxes on a page and ask the children to write the word and draw a picture to match the word on it.

Say taispeáin dom _______(show me) say one of the words and the child points to it.

Music: Ask the children to name any instruments that they can think of. Talk about how they are played? Do you blow it,pluck it, shake it or strike it?

Click on the following:

instruments

Ask the children to name one instrument that you strike, blow, pluck and shake. Then look at page 2 and talk about each instrumet and how you would play it.

Any problems just email me and I can send it to you.

Tuesday:

Reading: Read and discuss page 25 of what a box.

Writing: Learn and write the tricky word: would

The children come up with their own sentences and write down at least 3 of them.

Maths: Complete Page 103 of Busy at maths book. Instructions on page. available on cj fallon.

Gaeilge: Revise all new words. Complete Page 48 of Irish book. The children number the correct boxes when you call out the following:

  1. haon -Tá bronntanas ag Mamó. (Granny has a present)
  2. dó- Tá Lára agus Lusaí sa leaba. (Lara and Lucy are in bed)
  3. trí- Tá Lára agus Lúsaí sa seomra suite. (Lara and Lucy are in the sitting room)
  4. ceathair- Ta bábóg nua ag Lára (Lara has a new doll)

Dathaigh an pictiúr- colour the pictures

PE /SESE: Go on a walk in your local area to find something that meets each of the descriptions in the boxes on the following sheet.  Remind the children of their five senses: touch, taste,smell,sight and hearing and tell them they will be using each of these on their hunt today.

hunt

Wednesday: 

Reading: Read and discuss page 26 of What a box

Writing: Complete 1 page of ready to write workbook

Maths:  Complete two pages of Busy at maths book. ( Any incomplete pages up to page 103)  Do not go past page 103

Gaeilge: Revise New words 

Complete Page 49 of Irish Book.

Ceangail na deiseanna agus tarraing- join the lines and draw( call out each of the following and the child draws the right part_

  1. bróga Lára- Lara’s shoes
  2. gúna Lúsaí- Lucys dress
  3. and bosca- the box
  4. an chathaoir- the chai

Scriobh Bábóg nua- write bábóg nua

Dathaigh: Colour the foloowig call these out for the child and the complete

  1. Bróga Lara dubh- Lara’s shoes black
  2. Gúna lusaí bándearg- lucys shoes pink
  3. bosca dearg- red box
  4. chathaoir buí- yellow chair

SESE: Page 23 of small world work book. Talk about the meaning of the words old and modern. Discuss how we know of things are old or modern. Look at the pictures of the vehicles on page and 23 and ask the child to decide if they are old or modern and to write the correct word under each. Ask them the difference between the old and modern train, bike, airplane and car. Ask them do they think the old or modern ones are better.

Thursday:

Reading: Read and discuss Page 27 of what a box.

Writing Learn and write the tricky word:could
The children come up with their own sentences and write down at least 3 of them.

Oral language: What am I game.Read the following clues and the children guess what object you are talking about.

 

Maths: Complete two pages of Busy at maths book. ( Any incomplete pages up to page 103) Do not go past page 103

Religion: Say the hail Mary: Remid the child May is the month of Mary. Complete Page 63 of grow in love book.

Complete the following worksheet:

Mary worksheet

Friday:

Reading: Read and discuss Page 28 of what a box

Writing/ Dictation: Call out the followig words for the children to write downt. Try ot to help them too much and remind them to use their sounds:

  1. sand
  2. that
  3. this
  4. sang
  5. cash
  6. dish
  7. land
  8. crash

SESE: Ask the children what electricity is? Ask them why we need electricity? and what it would be like without electricity. Explain that electricity is a type of poer and it travels through wires that are plugged in.  Page 24 of Small world: Discuss each of the pictures on the page and what it is used for. Complete page 24 : instructions on page

Art:

Get the children to cut out face parts from magazines and news papers and create their own funny face using them. They can then draw in and colour the rest of the face.

SPHE: Talk about hand washing and how we wash our hands. Have the children wash their hands completing the following instructions.

Complete the following science experiment and discuss.

Complete the worksheet on handwashing and tal about when we should wash our hands.

HANDWASH

 

 

18th -22nd May

Hello again everyone,

Thank you for all the emails this week I have really enjoyed seeing the children’s work and the photos of them doing it.  It really brightens up my day , knowing that they are safe and well and enjoying doing their work. Please continue to update me or if you have not I am available for any questions or updates on jamielee.gordon@stjosephsgorey.ie.

It was great to hear that the daily schedule is working well, but please don’t feel obligated to do it this way and there is no pressure to do all the work, just do as much as you can.

Hopefully, you will have their books by Wednesday which will make it much easier for yourselves  from now on, so the end of the week I will be allowing that you have them so they will be used in my planning.

Kind Regards,

Ms Gordon

Monday:

Writing: Talk about about what they did and then the children write their news about what they did at the weekend. Get them to read it out for you.

Reading: Read page 18 of the book what a box. Lots of work on these new words. Get the children to read them for you.  Have a word hunt, where you call out words for the children and they point to them.

Maths: Topic Data

Give your child some lego, counters, coins, buttons or something similar in two different colours. Ask them to make one row of eight on one colour and a row of five objects in a different colour underneath.

Ask them the following questions:

  • How many objects are there in the top row?
  • How many objects are on the bottom row?
  • How many more are on the top row than the bottom row?
  • Which colour has the most?
  • Which group has the least?
  • How many objects are there altogether?
  • What could I do to make the two rows have the same amount?

You can now repeat this activity but change the numbers from five and eight to seven and four etc.

Gaeilge: Practice the following words.

(bedtime)8 o clock

(brushing)

(bedroom)

(bed)

bathroom

You could ask the children to go and find these things/ places in the house.

Say:  taispeáin dom_____(show me) and pick the word.

eg taispeáin dom scuab fiacla. And they have to show you their toothbrush etc

Music: Mr. Greggs Musical Madness -Recycled Bongo Fun

Watch the following video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3MuPfOO5f8

Make your own bongos using recycled materials.

Play some music on your Bongos. Make up your own, now try to play along with your favourite song.

Tuesday:

Writing: Learn and write the tricky word: their.

Explain that it means if something belongs to someone, Give them examples. That is their coat.  They are playing with their dog etc.

The children then come up with their own sentences and write them down. 3 minimum.

Reading: Read and discuss Page 19 of what a box:

Maths:  Complete the following worksheet

Pirates Themes Block Diagram

If you can not print you could draw out an easier version. The main thing is the children count the number of each object eg pirates hats they the must colour in one square for each of the pirate hats they find. (Above the pirate hat picture) It is best to stick to one colour for each object.

Then ask questions when completed: What was there most/ less of? How many pirate hats did you find? etc

Gaeilge: Go back over all the words from yesterday. Remember focloir.ie is a good tool if you are having difficulty with pronunciation.

The children are asked to make a picture dictionary: Draw six large squares on a sheet of paper, get the children to write and draw the following words in each of the boxes: leaba , fiacla, scuab fiacla, cathaoir agus seomra codlata

Art: This work is by the artist Piet Mondrian.

Kids Homeschool Art Lesson: Piet Mondrian

All you need is paper and the following colours: red, yellow, blue and black and you can use a rule. Mondrian only uses squares and rectangles in his work. Draw lots of lines in your black colour on the paper. They  need to go down and across the page. Then colour in some of the squares and rectangles in your blue red and yellow.

Wednesday: I am hoping you will have got your child’s books from today.

Writing: 1 page of ready to write book.

Reading: Read and discuss page 20 of what a box

Gaeilge: Revise all of the new words

Complete page 44 of their cheim ar cheim workbook

Here you call out the following sentences and the children put the write numbers in the right box

1 Tá Liam sa seomra folcha. (Liam is in the bathroom) The put number 1 in the correct picture

2 Tá Liam sa leaba. (Liam is in the bed) Number 2 in the box of this picture

3. Tá Liam sa seomra codlata( Liam is in the bedroom) Numner 3 on correct picture.

4. Tá mamaí ina sui ar an leaba ( Mam is sitting on the bed)

5. Tá Liam ar scoil. (Liam is in school)

6. Tá mamaí sa siopa( Mam is in the sop)

Colour the pictures

PE: Cosmic yoga

Children follow along with the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhYtcadR9nw

Religion: Explain to the children that May is the month of Mary when we pray and remember Mary, the mother of Jesus. Ask the children what they know about Mary and talk about her. Why was she so important? What kind of person was she? etc Say the prayer the hail Mary . click below

hail mary

Tell them we make a may alter to remember and pray to Mary. Ask them to think of our alter in school and ask them what we have on it and what we could put on an alter for Mary.

Complete Page 62 of grow in love workbook.

Thursday: 

Writing: Learn and write the tricky word should. Eg I should do some school work every day. Children come up with sentences for the word should and write at least three of them.

Reading: Read and discuss Page 21 of what a box.

Maths:  Page 101 of Busy at maths book

Gaeilge: Revise all new words

Page 45 of Irish work book

  • Ceangail na deiseanna: means Join the lines.
  • Call out the words for them to join them after you call them 1  scuab fiacla (they draw this now) 2 an leaba and 3 an leabhair
  • Meatsail means match
  • An scuab fiacla le seomra folcha (match the toothbrush to bathroom)
  • Meatsail an leaba le seomra codlata
  • Meatsail leabhar agus mamo

SESE:

  • Revise what they know about light and dark.
  • Complete page 3 of small world work book
  • Play the following game: Get any toy or teddy and call out directional instructions for your child to complete using the words over, under, beside,in, on top of , in front of.
  • Eg Put the teddy in the washing machine, pus the teddy in front of the television, put the teddy under the table etc.
  • Complete Page 12 of small word workbook

Friday

Oral Language: Name 5 things game: Click on the following email me if you cannot get it .

name five things

 

Reading: Read and discuss page 22 of what a box

Maths: Complete Page 102 of Busy at maths Workbook

SPHE: Discuss ways that we can stay healthy.

Complete the following and discuss each of them:

=staying healthy

SESE:

Page 22 of small world workbook

  • Talk about the top group of pictures: What is happening in the pictures? Who is in the picture? What equipment does a hairdresser use? Why does she need a special chair for the customer?
  • Get the children to talk about if they are in the right order. Get them decide what should come first, next and last and write the words beside the correct picture.
  • Look at the bottom set of the pictures and discuss: What is happening in the picture? What is the weather like? Why does the boy need an umbrella? What colour is the umbrella.
  • Get them to discuss the pictures and see if they are in right order, get them to put them in the correct order using first, next last.

If you need anything or can’t access anything please let me know . if you have time you could catch up on pages of Busy at maths workbook up to page 102

Thanks

Ms.Gordon

Work 11th-15th May

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all continuing to stay safe and well. Thanks to everyone who has been in contact with me and sending me the kids work. Its great to be in touch with you and them. Again if there is anything you need or would like to just show me their work I am available at jamielee.gordon@stjosephsgorey.ie

I would be delighted to hear from you. The work I am setting is a guideline please dont feel under pressure to do everything I understand how difficult it is so just do what you can. Every little bit helps. I have tried to break it down to a daily format so I am hoping this will be easier but feel free to do the work in a way that suits you.

Monday:

-News: Children write their news about what they did at the weekend.

-Reading: Go over words on page 2 and read Page 10 . These are available edco learning the book is what a box,  but I will also post them here . Talk about what happened on this page.

Maths- Topic time: Count to 12 with the children , look at the face of the clock and talk about it. Get them to name the different numbers and talk about the two hands and the differences between them.
Explain the small hand is the hour hand and the big one is the minute  hand.

Use or draw a blank clock template for the children to fill out the numbers in the right order. Repeat if needed.

Say the rhyme hickory dickory dock

-Gaeilge:

Say the words and get the child to repeat. Lots of practice of them. Focloir.ie has an option to listen to the word if you don’t know the pronunciation.
-SPHE – Talk about manners and what it means to have good manners and why manners are important. Discuss when we should use our manners. And then get the children to draw themselves saying the following :

Tuesday:

-Tricky word: right. Talk about the word and explain the difference between right and write. Ask the children to write the word a number of time’s. Get them to think of some sentences and write at least three sentences with the word right.
-Reading page 11 of what a box.

talk about what has happened on the page and what they think will happen next.
-Maths: look back at a clock and revise the two different hands again and which one is the minute and the hour hand.
get the children to make a clock and two hands don’t get them to stick the hands on as we will need to use it for their learning.

We will be only learning about reading the hours on the clock.
You use the clock to show the children different times and show them that the big hand will be at 12 when it is o clock and the smaller hour hand tells us what hour it is. Using the clock you show them different times: 2 o clock, 12 o clock, 6 o clock 9 0 clock.
now you call out times for them to make with their clock.
-Gaeilge: Go back over the words above: ask the children : an maith leat____? (Each of the words) this means do you like ____?
the children answer with: is maith liom if they like it and no maith liom is the don’t like it.

Music: Learn the song my grandfathers clock:

https://youtu.be/LNH7z8VlPGA

Wednesday:

– Handwriting book: 1 page

– Reading: Read and discuss page 12 of what a box :

-Gaeilge: revise all the words and question.
now practice : Cen sort clar ata ar an teilifis?  (what programme is on the television?) you can point to the different pictures of the words and the children say : Ta _____ ar suil ar an teilifis.

-Maths: revise calling out times and getting the children to make different times on the clock.
Draw out the clock faces or use the sheet below that is available on twinkl! You call out hour times and the children draw the hands for that time on the clock.
Play the game : What time is it Mr.Wolf

-Art: design make and decorate a watch using a toilet roll tube

Thursday:

– English : Tricky word : made : Ask the children to write the word a number of time’s. Get them to think of some sentences and write at least three sentences with the word right.

– Reading: Read and discuss page 13. Read back over the whole story.

-Maths: Revise work covered so far this week.
Repeat the same activity as yesterday with the children to draw the hands on the clock but today they are to write the time under the clock

Gaeilge: Revise work covered this week. Get the children to draw three blank  televisions  them to draw cartun, Nuacht and clar dulra on them.

Religion: Watch the video and talk about the story Noah’s Ark:

https://youtu.be/He-KXcGN9-c

P.E /SESE : Nature walk . bring  your child on a nature walk and see what they can find from the following list it. This can be printed off of twinkl.

Friday:

-Reading : Start the story the club house in the book what a box . This is peg 17 .

-Activity: the children talk about what they think will happen in the story and draw their prediction.

-Writing : Page of handwriting book

-Maths: revise all we have learned about clocks this week , repeat any of the activities that you think they need.

if you can access cj Fallon website Busy at maths book is available online ! The pages for time are 97 to 99 you can work on these if you can.
If not you can play the following board game:


the children must read the time of the clock that they land on.
SESE-  talk about your home and what type of house it is. Name the different rooms in the house and complete the following

-Science: make rice crispy buns and ask the following questions , this is all about how the chocolate changes when it heats and cools , you could also discuss how we change when we heat up and cool down and also how water changes when it heats or cools.

Again only do what you can and don’t worry if it’s not all done, there are some fun activities there that the kids will enjoy I would love to know how they get on.
lookimg forward to hearing from you

Ms.Gordon