Ms. Hackett Senior Infants Work 4th – 8th May

Dear Parents/Guardians,

I have listed work below for this week. Please do not feel under pressure to complete all of it. I hope everyone is keeping safe and well. If you would like to update me on your child’s progress or need anything please email me at sarah.hackett@stjosephsgorey.ie

Please let the children know that I am missing them very much! Thank you all for your co-operation 😊

Kind Regards,
Sarah Hackett

English

  • Pick out items in a room and identify what letter each item starts with (E.g. Window – W, Door – D, Table – T)
  • Write ‘Our News’ with three sentences. (E.g. Today is Monday. It is sunny.)
  • Discuss what happens in a story and sequence the events. Use the following sentences (At the beginning of the story… Then in the middle of the story… At the end of the story)
  • Pick some words from ‘Fun on Friday’ and put them into sentences. (Words are in a picture below)
  • Access ‘Fun on Friday’ on the Edco Learning Website. I have put pictures of the book below if you cannot access it online. Read 2-3 pages each day.
  • New tricky words to practise reading and writing: because, want
  • Complete the activities listed below

Fun on Friday

 

 

Handwriting

  • Handwriting book p.56 – 57 (Write the Capital Letter ‘U’)
  • Practise writing all capital letters A-U. Think of words that begin with each letter

Rhyming Words

Look at the rhyming words below and identify which word in the pictures does not rhyme with the other words.

Finish the Sentences

SESE

  • In school we discussed the different types of bins that we can put rubbish into. Emphasise that there are different bins for different types of rubbish
  • Glass
  • Cans
  • Paper and Card
  • Plastic
  • Compost Bin
  • Clothing Materials

Read the story ‘The Messy Magpie’ below

  • Decide which bin the following items will go into
  • Draw a picture of more items that you can think of to put into each bin

Maths

  • Discuss the days of the week and the months of the year
  • Practise Counting 1-40
  • Count backwards from 20

Topic: Before and After

  • Ask the children what number comes before each number between 0 – 10 (What number is before 7? What number is before 3? What number is before 9?)
  • Busy at Maths Workbook p.110
  • Ask the children what number comes after each number between 0 – 10 (What number is after 6? What number is after 8? What number is after 4?)

Topic: Data

  • Name the different types of insects in the chart. How many different insects are there?
  • Count how many of each you can see and write it down.
  • Which has the largest amount of insects?
  • Which has the smallest amount of insects?

 

Gaeilge

  • RTE Player have cartoons in Irish which the children might enjoy
  • Ask the children to show you the following actions
  • Ag ithe – eating
  • Ag ól – drinking
  • Ag caint – talking
  • Ag scríobh – writing
  • Ag imirt peile – playing football
  • Ag léim – jumping
  • Ag rith – running
  • Ag siúl – walking
  • Ag caoineadh – crying
  • Ag gaire – Laughing
  • Ag snámh – swimming
  • Ag éisteacht – listening
  • Make a shopping list with the foods below

Religion

  • Grow in Love p. 62, 63
  • Discuss with the children that in May we celebrate Mary
  • In school we would fill our Holy Space with things to do with Mary. What things could these be? (Statue of Mary, Flowers, Bible, Rosary Beads, Holy Water, etc.)
  • Draw and design some flowers
  • See if they can remember any stories we have read with Mary (Birth of Jesus, When Angel Gabriel told her she was going to have a baby)

PE

  • ‘PE with Joe Wicks’ Monday to Friday (Access on Youtube Live at 9am)
  • Go to the ‘Go Noodle’ website to access dance routines and games