Hello everyone,

Hope you all  had a good week and continue to keep safe and well. I bet the kids are delighted to be able to see grandparents and have parks open again and with the other easing of restrictions . They have all been so good throughout this so hopefully this will lift their spirits. It hasn’t been the easiest of time for them.

This week we will also focus on maths and English so you have more time to enjoy these simple things that we can now do again. Thanks for all the pictures of the great work last week, I would love if you could continue to send them or if you need anything, please contact me at jamielee.gordon@stjosephsgorey.ie

Talk soon,

Ms Gordon

Monday: 

Reading: Page 34 of What A Box : (Available on edco learning) Read these words numerous times. Word Hunt: You call out words for the children to find on the page. You could get them to call out the words for you to find.  Get them to put some of these words into sentences.

Writing: Get the children to write 3/4 sentences using words from Page 34 of What a box

Handwriting: Complete 1 Page of Handwriting Book

Maths:

• Revise the different coins that we learned last week.
• Get the children to pick seven  objects/toys/food for their shop. They must make price tags for their items but nothing cn cost more than 10c. Tell them everything should be a different price.
• Play shop with them, take in turns to be shopkeeper and customer. (they can only buy one or two things) If buying two things do the sum together to see how much it would cost. eg I want an orange for four cent and a pencil for two cent how much altogether? Have them give you the correct money needed.
• Complete Page 122 Of Busy at Maths Book (Available online at CJ Fallon)

Tuesday:

Reading: Read and discuss Pages 35-36. Talk about the pictures.

Writing: The children write and learn their new tricky word: does. The children come upwith sentences orally that contain this word and they write down three in their copies.

Rhyme:  Say and learn the follwing rhyme:

 

Maths:

• Repeat yesterdays shop activity but today nothing can cost more than 6c and they are able to buy three items.
• Questions: What is the dearest item in the shop? What is the most expensive? What costs 5c? etc
• Complete Page 123  Of Busy at maths Book

Wednesday:

Reading: Read and discuss Pages 37,38,39 . Talk about the pictures.

Story:

Read the story A monsters surprise to your child ( available for free on twinkl or you should be able to access it here) if not just email me .

monsters surprise story

• Talk about the story, ask them questions throughout and get them to retell the story in their own words.
• See can the children name any rhyming words from the story.

Activity: The children design and write their own Monster menu of what they might have at a monster party for starter, main course and dessert. Encorage their imagination.

Maths:

• Play the following game with the children: You will need dice and a game piece for each player (can be any small object) You roll the dice move that many spaces and count how much money is in the space you land on before you move. First person to reach the shop is the winner.
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• Complete Page 124 of Busy at Maths Book

Thursday:

Reading: Read and discuss Pages 40-41 . Talk about the pictures.

Writing: The children write and learn their new tricky word: made. The children come upwith sentences orally that contain this word and they write down three in their copies.

Activity: Remember  the story A monsters surprise from yesterday: iscuss words to describe the monster.  The children draw a picture of the moster from the story and write 5 words to describe him underneath it.

Maths: Topic: before/ in between/after

• Orally question the children: what number comes before 6? what number comes after 9? what number is in between 1 and 3? lots of variations of these
• write down the numbers 1-10 on sepearate sheets of paper. Mix them up and ask the children to arrange them in order.get the child to close their eyes and take a number away. They must tell you what is missing.
• Complete Pages 110 and 111 of Busy at maths Book.

 

Friday: 

Reading:Read and discuss Pages 42-43  . Talk about the pictures.

Dictation: Call out the list of the following words for your child to use their sounds to write down. Don’t give them any help except reminders to use their sounds.

1. sharp
2. coin
3. food
4. bee
5. farm
6. hand
7. rain
8. corn

Oral language: Dont say it Game : Get the children to describe the following things, but they are not allowed to say the things name: eg cat: its an animal, it has whiskers,it makes a meow sound, it likes to hunt mice.
Dog
shoes
chair
watch
purse/wallet
elephant
Jigsaw
drum

Maths:

• Get the children to pick 10 teddies, toys and get them to line them in a row. Ask them questions based on before after and in between. Example What toy is inbetween the car and the truck? what toy is after the teddy bear etc.
• No repeat this with numbers usig the sheets of numbers from yesterday.
• Complete Pages 1112 and 113 of Busy at Maths book