Ms. Connolly’s Junior Infants
June 8th- June 12th 2020
Big hello to all the amazing Junior Infants!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend! You are all doing such a brilliant job with learning from home. A big thank you to all the parents for all of the effort being made. I have left this weeks suggested activities below. As always, please don't feel under pressure to tick off all of the activities. Choose your favourite activities and have some fun with them! 
I am so happy to see the amazing pictures and videos being sent on Class Dojo and email!
Keep up the great work
Remember to check Class Dojo daily for extra ideas and stories.
If you have any questions send me a message on Class Dojo or send an email to:
sinead'connolly@warrenmountprimary.com
Take care everyone. I hope you all have a great week! Ms. Connolly
If your child works with Ms.Doherty, Ms. Lindon/ Ms. O'Rourke, Ms. Staunton, Mr. Cullen or Ms. DeForge
please check their page on the website for more home learning activities for your child.
This weeks theme is:
Fruit!
Monday:
Play:
Tricky word:
- Our tricky word this week is "here"
- Think of some sentences using the word ‘here’ for example: Here is some apples.
Story:
Handa’s Surprise
Reading activity:
- Have a look at the front cover of the book.
- The name of a story is also called the title of a story - ask your child what is the title of this story?
- A person who writes a story is called the author…can you find the author of this book from looking at the cover
- Try playing a game of ‘I spy’ using the front cover. For e.g. ‘I spy with my eye something beginning with the sound ‘e’ - elephant
History:
- Try to sequence the story of “Handa’s Surprise”
- Can you draw a picture for what happened during the beginning/ middle and end of the story?
Maths:
- Our topic this week is Combining
- Look at the sets in the pictures on p. 108 of Cracking Maths.
- Count the items in the circles. How many are in the first circle? The second circle? How many all together? Use your fingers to help :)
- Cracking Maths p108
- Maths Splash daily challenge.
Bunny Ears!
- This is a short activity that is great to do each day.
- Ask your child to get ready for ‘bunny ears’. (make a fist with one hand and place it on their head).
- You call out a number from 1-5 and ask them to show you that number of fingers. The trick is that (if they are able) they cannot look at their hand to do it!
- Once they have their answer, ask them to look at their hand and ask them to count and check if they were correct.
- For some of the children who are particularly good at maths and find this easy, you can ask them if they can think of another way to show you the number. So, for example for the number 4, they will firstly show you 4 fingers on one hand. When you ask them to show you another way they might use 2 hands and raise 2 fingers on each. When you ask again they might raise 1 finger on one hand and 3 fingers on another.
- This is a great short activity to do regularly.
Music:
- Way Up High in an Apple Tree
Irish:
- Bua na Cainte, do the following:
- Go to http://www.edco.ie/bua
- Password: trial, Username: trial
- Today’s lesson is Siopadóireacht - Ceacht 1
P.E.:
Tuesday:
Play:
Tricky word:
- Look for the word ‘here’ in books/ newspapers/ magazines!
Writing:
- Draw out this template on a sheet of paper.
- Re-read Handa’s Surprise -https://youtu.be/ocnRQi89nK8
- Where is the story set? Who is the main character? Sequence the story and draw some pictures
Geography:
- Draw a map of Handa’s house to Akeyo’s house.
- Fill in the fruits and animals she met along the way!
Maths:
- Look at the sets in the pictures on p. 109 of Cracking Maths.
- Count the items in the circles.
- How many are on one side? How many are on the other side?
- How many all together? Use your fingers to help :)
- Cracking Maths p109
- Maths Splash daily challenge.
Music:
Irish:
- Siopadóireacht - Ceacht 2
P.E:
Wednesday:
Play:
Tricky word:
- Tricky word cup game - what you need:
- 3 cups, paper, pen, small object (hair clip/ stone/ pasta piece)
- How to play:
- An adult/ older brother or sister will write tricky words and stick them to cups. (here, said/ they/ you/ the)
- Child closes their eyes.
- Adult/ sibling hides the random object under one cup and mixes the cups up.
- Child must guess which cup the object is under but only by saying the tricky word first e.g. “Is it under ‘you’?”
- If the child gets it right, they can be the one to hide the object next time.
Animation story:
Handa’s Surprise
Reading:
- Read the sentences and draw the picture.
- You don’t need to print out this sheet just read the words and draw the pictures on a separate page.
Science/ S.P.H.E:
- Fruit tasting - Using our five senses!
- Gather some fruit you have in your house.
- What does each fruit taste like? Sweet/ Sour/ Bitter?
- Draw a smiley face for the fruits you like
- Draw a sad face for the fruits you did not like
- Ms. Connolly loves strawberries because they taste sweet
- Ms. Kennedy loves raspberries because they taste sour
Maths:
- Look at the sets in the pictures on p. 110 of Cracking Maths.
- Count the items in the pictures. Add one more to each group. How many all together? Use your fingers to help :)
- Cracking Maths p110
- Maths Splash daily challenge.
Music:
- Strawberry Fruit Rhyme
Irish:
P.E:
Thursday:
Play:
Tricky word:
- Write out some Tricky words on post it’s/ paper using your favourite colour (said, they, you, all)
- With all the tricky words, put them into a bag. Close your eyes and dip your hand into the bag.
What tricky word did you get? Keep going to practice saying all of the tricky words out loud :)
Poem:
Reading:
- Read the sentences and draw the picture.
- You don’t need to print out this sheet just read the words and draw the pictures on a separate page.
Maths:
- Look at the fingers on p. 111 of Cracking Maths.
- Count the number of items in each set. Add one more to each. How many are there now? Write the new correct number.
- Cracking Maths p111
- Maths Splash daily challenge.
Irish:
Music/ P.E:
Friday:
Play:
- Guess the Fruit Game- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVE9pYdwX-I
Reading:
- Read the sentences and draw the picture.
- You don’t need to print out this sheet just read the words and draw the pictures on a separate page.
Tricky word:
- "Show me" game using flashcards in homework folder-
parent says show me “here", child points, etc.
Maths:
- Look at the sets in the pictures on p. 112 of Cracking Maths.
- Count the items in each box and write the numeral. How many are in both boxes put together? Draw the total number in the final box.
- Cracking Maths p112
Music:
Irish:
- Siopadóireacht - Ceacht 5
Art:
OR
- DIY - Make your own art using different types of fruit
P.E:
- Fruit and Veggie Hokey Pokey
I hope you all have a lovely week!