Ms.Tolan's Senior Infants June 15th-19th

Ms.Tolan's Senior Infants

♥♥♥Hello everyone!!♥♥♥

Another week of dedicated and wonderful work! But , don't forget to get out and play in that wonderful Summer sun this week! Knowing Ireland it won't last long!!

I'm so happy with of all the work and dedication over the last few weeks! You should , both parents and children, be very proud!

There is no pressure to cover all work documented

Phonics

CJ Fallon Sounds Like Phonicshas a great website. You can find it at this link: https://slp.cjfallon.ie/

Choose the Sounds Like Phonics C book and go to Unit 1: The Aquarium on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and Unit 2: The Doctor's Surgery on Friday

Monday: Double Consonants Revision

Tuesday: Hard and soft c and g: Hard and soft c

Wednesday: Hard and soft c and g: Hard and soft g

Thursday: Hard and soft c and g: Revision

Friday: Unit 2: The Doctor's Surgery: Vowel teams /ee/ sound ee ea

Blending

There are super online games, videos and activities for children to practice their blending of sounds.

Every day I will give children a1) blending practice video and a 2) word blending online game.

Monday​:

1. Revision of double consonants words blending video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbG2jyI8600&t=13s
2. Wellington’s Double consonant game : https://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/double-consonants-ff-ss.html

Tuesday :

1. Soft and Hard C blending video : ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qkBqxkwQJY
2. Help the Hedgehog reading and blending game – Phase 3 ( ch , sh , th , ng ) : https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/helpAHedgehog/index.html

Wednesday:

1. Soft and hard G blending video / activity : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_brHpLDrT8M
2. Soft C and Soft G Penalty Shoot out :http://www.eslphonicsworld.com/games/soft-c-g-games/soft-c-g-football-game.html

Rules : Pick your player and then press “ kick off”. A sentence is given with an initial sound missing , you must pick the word with the ending double consonant which makes sense. You must then try to score a goal!

Thursday:

1. Hard and Soft C and G blending video :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr52QtI1nCM
2. Hard and Soft C and G penalty shoot out game:http://www.eslphonicsworld.com/games/soft-c-g-games/hard-c-g-football-game.html

Friday:

1. ‘ee’ and ‘ea’ blending song :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PJGqbCeRU4&t=27s
2. Forest Phonics game – ‘ee’ sound : https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html

Dolch or sight words are words that are the most common words in the English language. Therefore, it is important for children to be thoroughly aware of these words for more fluid reading.

We asking asking parents to work on 5 each day with your child:

Monday: soon, made, run, gave, open

Tuesday: has, find, only, us, three

Wednesday: our, better, hold, buy, funny

Thursday: warm, ate, full, those, done

Friday: Revision of all list 9 dolch words.

Spellings

In their Spellbound book the children can complete pages 66, 67 and 68.

Monday : Exercise 1 - pg 66

Tuesday : Exercise 2 - pg 66

Wednesday : Exercise 3 - pg 67

Thursday : Exercise 4 - pg 67

Friday : Exercise 1 - pg 68

These are revision weeks in the workbook so there is no need to give a spelling test this week.

Maths

Every day in school we practice counting forwards and backwards to 20. Keep this up at home with your child.

• Count forwards from 1-20 and backwards from 20-1. Ask your child to stand up and sit down for each number, touch their head then their shoulders for each number or shoulders and knees. They should be used to doing this as we do it every day in school!
• Pick a different number to start and end each time. For example: start at 8 and count forwards to 18. Start at 15 and count backwards to 4. Keep the starting and ending numbers between 1 and 20.
• Number sequence: Parent says two numbers and the child says the next number. For example: 12, 13, ? 7, 6, ?

For maths this week we are doing some more work on money.

Here are some online games to work on money.

1. Monday: Match the Coins 5c http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19602/activity-105/index.html
2. Tuesday: Match the Coins 10c http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19602/activity-106/index.html
3. Wednesday: Counting Money http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19602/activity-107/index.html
4. Thursday: Select the Correct Coins (1c) http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19602/activity-108/index.html
5. Friday: Select the Correct Coins (mixed coins) http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19602/activity-109/index.html

If your child has their Cracking Maths book at home they can do pages 132-136 this week.

Monday: Page 132

Tuesday: Page 133

Wednesday: Page 134

Thursday: Page 135

Friday: Page 136

Gaeilge - Irish

Bua na Cainte is the interactive programme we use to teach Gaeilge in the classroom.

During the school closures, Edco has offered free access to Bua na Cainte for parents, however you will need a computer or laptop to install the software.

To access this excellent resource, do the following:

Go to http://www.edco.ie/bua

1. Click on the folder that matches the device you are installing it onto – mac or PC.
2. Choose Senior Infants and click on the setup icon to install it on your device. It takes about 15 minutes to install.
3. Once it is installed, you can open up the programme and enter the login details

Password: trial Username: trial

The children are very familiar with the characters and the layout so they should be able to navigate through it to find stories, lessons, games and songs.

If you have downloaded and installed Bua na Cainte on your computer you can access the following Irish lessons. If not, you can still teach the vocabulary and play some word games!

This week we are working on the theme 1) An Trá and 2) Mé féin

This week we are working on the theme Ócáidí Speisialta: An Trá (Special Occasions: The Beach)on Monday and Tuesday and Mé Féin (Myself) on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Monday:An TráCeacht 1 (Lesson 1) Click on the yellow speech bubble to watch a video, click on the green music note for a song and then click on the grey game controller for some games.

Tuesday:An TráCeacht 2 (Lesson 2) Click on the yellow speech bubble to watch a video, click on the green music note for a song and then click on the grey game controller for some games.

Wednesday:Mé Féin Ceacht 1 (Lesson 1) Click on the yellow speech bubble to watch a video (Comhrá 1.1) , click on the green music note for a song and then click on the grey game controller for a game (Tasc Éisteachta 1.1).

Thursday:Mé Féin Ceacht 1 (Lesson 1) Click on the yellow speech bubble to watch a video (Comhrá 1.2) , click on the green music note for a song and then click on the grey game controller for a game (Tasc Éisteachta 1.2).

Friday:Mé Féin Ceacht 2 (Lesson 2) Click on the yellow speech bubble to watch a video, click on the green music note for a song and then click on the grey game controller for some games.

The new words for An Tráare:

• An Trá (on traw) the beach
• Buicéad (book-aid) bucket
• Spád (spawd) spade
• Liathróid (lee-ah-rode) ball
• Caisleán (cash-lawn) castle
• Gaineamh (gone-yuv) sand
• Bád (bawd) boat
• Iasc (ee-usk) fish
• An ghrian(on gree-un) the sun
• Scamall (scom-ull) cloud
• Te (teh) hot
• Tirim (tir-um) dry
• Ag iascaireacht (egg ee-usk-ar-ockt) fishing
• Ag snámh (egg snawv) swimming
• Ag déanamh caisleáin (egg day-niv cash-lawn) making a sandcastle

The new words for Mé Féin are:

• Oisín (ush-een) Oisín (boy's name)
• Niamh (neev) Niamh (girl's name)
• Teidí (teddy) teddy
• Dineasár (deen-ah-sore) dinosaur
• Daidí (daddy) dad
• Mamaí (mammy) mam
• Garda (gar-da) guard/police officer
• Fear grinn (far green) clown
• Feirmeoir (fer-ih-more) farmer
• Dochtúir (duck-toor) doctor
• Múinteoir (moon-tore) teacher
• Siopadóir (shup-ah-door) shopkeeper
• Madra (mod-rah) dog
• Cearc (cyarck) hen
• Bó (bow) cow
• Coileach (cull-yock) rooster
• Capall (cop-ull) horse
• Muc (muck) pig
• Asal (oss-ull) donkey
• Caora (cuh-wair-ah) sheep

Resources:

• Here is PDF with some flashcards for the theme An Trá An Trá Flashcards.pdf
• Here is PDF with some flashcards for the theme Mé Féin Mé Féin Flashcards 1.pdf

Tips :

• It would be great to print the flashcards out if you can, or write these words (with pictures if you can) on paper / card and play some simple games in order to help the children remember the words.
• You could play a scavenger hunt with the flash cards and get them to go find it e.g. "Ba mhaith liom ..." (I would like...) and they must go find it
• Playing memory games with the flashcards are great too. Lay out 3 or 4 of the cards, let them memorise where they are, close their eyes and take away one. Ask “Cad atá imithe?”Cod a-taw im-ee-ha? (What is missing?) They must remember the missing word and answer “Tá ________ imithe!” Ask them to challenge you too!
• You could print or make 2 sets of the cards and play ‘Pairs’ with your child. Lay the cards out upside down. Turn a card over and say the word on it, turn another card over and say the word. If the 2 cards match you can keep them. If they don’t match, the cards are turned upside down again and it’s the next player’s turn. The trick is to remember which cards are where. The person with the most matching pairs at the end of the game wins.

You can play a guessing game with the flashcards. Hide a flashcard behind your back and get your child to guess what it is by asking “An __________ é? On _______ ay? If they are correct you can answer “Sea” Sh-ah , if they do not guess correctly you can answer “Ní hea” nee hah. You can also let your child hide the flashcard while you guess what it is!

SESE

This week we are learning all about Safari Animals of the Serengeti .

Small World Pages Based On Topic: Pg 54+55

Additional Worksheets and Activities :

• Create your own Safari Animal :Create your own Safari animal pdf
• Jungle animal worksheets:Jungle Animals Worksheets.pdf

Poems

Informational Videos :

10 Facts about the Serengeti:

Safari Animals ( short ):

Footage of Safari Animals:

National Geographic Kids : Safari Animals

Powerpoints

Guess the Safari Animal Game - Guess the Safari Animal

Songs :

Pinkfong Hakuna Matata Safari animal song

Walking in the Jungle

Big Book : Giraffes Can't Dance

Read aloud

Art

Choose from any of these arts and crafts options :

Drawing :

How to draw a lion:

How to draw a monkey

How to draw a giraffe :

How to draw all Safari Animals:

Painting :

https://funhandprintartblog.com/kids-collage-art-handprint-elephant-jungle-craft.html

https://www.craftymorning.com/paper-plate-monkey-kids-craft-idea/

https://www.craftymorning.com/lion-craft-kids-using-fork/

Construction :

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/55872/foam-cup-crafts-safari-animals

https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/crocodile-paper-plate-craft/

https://meaningfulmama.com/lion-puppet-paper-bag-craft-for-daniel-and-the-lions-den.html

https://www.craftykidsathome.com/bubble-wrap-giraffe-paintings/

https://funfamilycrafts.com/paper-plate-rhino/

PE

1. Monday : Joe Wicks Live @ 9:00 https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
2. Tuesday : Cosmic Kids – : Kickapoo The Kangaroo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGNHLzZhX6c
3. Wednesday : Go Noodle –Roar! Guided Dance : https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/roar?s=Channel&t=NTV:%20Noodle%20Television&sid=34&cs=ntv-noodle-television
4. Thursday : 10@10 , Episode 8 : https://rtejr.rte.ie/wp-content/blogs.dir/22/files/2018/01/10at10-Episode-8-English.mp4
5. Friday : Joe Wicks Live @ 9:00 https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Music

Out of the Ark have provided free access to their website during school closures. You can find it at this link https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/ This week we are going to try some songs from the ‘Just For Fun’section of the website

1. Monday: The Bonkers Song
2. Tuesday: Nursery Rhyme Nonsense
3. Wednesday: What A Flexible Body
4. Thursday: I Like Books!
5. Friday: The Chocolate Song