Work 20th April – 1st May

Dear parents,
Firstly I would like to introduce myself. I am Ms. Gordon and as my maternity leave has come to an end, I will be your child’s class teacher. It is a strange way to have to speak to you all for the first time but hopefully I will get a chance to meet you in person in the near future. I hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Please find below a list of work for the next two weeks. It is best to divide the work out evenly over this time, especially when introducing the new sounds and words. The work below is a general guideline so please adapt it to suit your child. Please do not feel under pressure to complete all the activities, do what you can with your child.
If you have any questions or issues you can contact me on the following email address: cgordonstjosephs@gmail.com

English

Sounds:

  • Moving onto the next two Jolly Phonic sounds (please find these sounds attached at the end of this post)
  • Week 1 ‘th’ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw a picture of a word containing the ‘th’ sound e.g. thumb, thorn, tooth, path, etc. Write the word under the picture
  • Week 2 ‘qu’ – sing the song, say the sound, do the action. Draw a picture of a word containing the ‘qu’ sound e.g. queen, quilt, quad, etc. Write the word under the picture
  • Continue to revise all sounds completed to date. There are online activities on the Sound Like Phonics programme https://slp.cjfallon.ie/ . Go into Activity Book A or B and click on the sound you wish to revise and you will find videos, stories and games to accompany each sound. You can also access the Jolly Phonics songs on Youtube

Word Boxes

  • Week 1: Word box 8
  • Week 2: Word Box 9

Tricky Words (Remember these words cannot be sounded out)

  • Introduce the next two tricky words
  • Week 1: ‘only’ – Write out the tricky word three times. Put it into a sentence orally
  • Week 2: ‘old’ – Write out the tricky word three times. Put it into a sentence orally
  • Revise all tricky words (if your child is finding the tricky words hard to remember, just focus on for eg. the first list of tricky words 1-12 before moving on)

Reading

  • Week 1: Introduce your child to Little Book 10: ‘The Spaceship’. Over the next week get your child to practise reading the following new words from their new book: have, flag, said, they
  • Week 2: Read book 10 ( log onto www.edcolearning.ie , username: primaryedcobooks, password: edco2020, click on “Big Box Stories – “My Little Box”, The Spaceship page 91)
  • Continue to read books regularly to your child at home. Remember to get your child involved too; chat about the pictures, predict what they think is going to happen, question them on the story, etc.
  • Storyline Online is an excellent resource also where the children can listen to stories being read to them
  • Oxford Owl is another website the children may use to read simple ebooks (make sure to choose the right age group for them). Some of these ebooks are also audio books which they can listen to and follow the words (www.oxfordowl.co.uk)

Handwriting

  • Handwriting booklet: Complete the next two handwriting pages
  • Week 1: letter ‘r’ (Go straight down, then race on back. r has an arm, like a little rack)
  • Week 2: letter ‘n’ (Go down, hit the ground and your almost done, m has two humps, n has only one)
  • Practise writing your name regularly and neatly

Maths

  • You can access the main Busy at Maths book online and do the pages interactively with your child on the CJ Fallon website. It is a good idea to get your child to do these pages online first before they complete the pages based on these topics in their home/school links book. Please complete the following pages
  • Week 1: Interactively online : pages 93, 94, 95 and in their Busy at Maths home/school links pages 26 & 27
  • Week 2: Interactively online pages 96, 97, 98 and in their Busy at Maths home/school links page 28

Gaeilge (Optional)

  • You can also access their Céim ar Chéim Irish workbook online on the CJ Fallon website and look at the words/phrases on the pages on each of the topics
  • Topaic: Picnic – Céim ar Chéim page 48 & 49 online
  • Foclóir nua – picnic, úll, banana, cupán, ruga, plátaí, taephota
    Say and point to these new words in the picture. You could also get your child to find these items at home and label them in Irish
  • Other useful Irish resources available:
    – Cula4 have their own YouTube channel where the children can watch short videos in Irish based on different topics
    – RTE player have a category dedicated to cartoons in Irish
    – Futa Fata are also doing a ‘Sceal an Lae’ on their Facebook page every day. They also have a YouTube channel

SESE

  • Our Small World book can also be accessed online on the CJ Fallon website
  • Topic: People Who Help Us pages 41 and 42 . Complete these pages orally

P.E.

  • It is important to keep active during this time. Below are some online resources:
    – RTE Junior 10@10
    – Go Noodle
    – PE with Joe Wicks on Youtube (Mon-Fri at 9am)
    – Mindfulness/ Yoga for children www.cosmickids.com

 

When using the CJ Fallon website.  Go to www.cjfallon.ie and press click here. Select primary, Junior Infants and then choose the subject and book we use (Busy at Maths for Maths, Céim ar Chéim for Gaeilge and Small World for SESE).

Also encourage your child to complete colouring and cutting activities. Below are some more educational websites that will provide learning activities for your child:
www.enchantedlearning.com
www.starfall.com
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
https://ie.ixl.com/math/jr-infants
www.twinkl.ie

Remember get as much work as you are able to get done with your child, do not feel under any pressure to get all of the above work completed.

Stay safe and well,
Regards,
Ms. C. Gordon.