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.

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