April 20 th – May 1 st

Good Morning Senior Infants,

I hope everybody had a lovely break and enjoyed the nice weather. Remember to look after yourself, and to keep safe and healthy during this very challenging time.

We have put together a range of suggested activities for the boys and girls to work on over the coming weeks. Thank you for your cooperation.

Ms. Joyce and Ms. Linehan

English

My News – Keep practicing handwriting. Making sure all letters are correctly formed and sized, both lower and uppercase.

Reading:

Stop that Dog Pgs 15 -19

Practice the next line of vocabulary from inside the cover

Revise all tricky words https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page?type=book&view=image&query=biff+chip selection of ebooks suitable for senior infants available here (registration required)

Move on to the ‘ar’ sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HYM9VXz9k – jolly phonics songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelN5uPPMpY – ar song from Alphablocks

https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants - ar worksheet

https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/20351/60 - Word wise Pgs 53,54,55 (Registration for Account needed)

Games - http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html (inital sounds game)

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sounds

https://www.abcya.com/grades/k/letters

Next list of spellings (wk 6,7)

Gaeilge

Siopadóireacht – Shopping Bua na Cainte workbook Pgs 47,48,49 Poem – Istigh sa Zú https://www.spraoicm.com/songs/2017/3/1/istigh-sa-z

FocalTá áthas ar na páistí – Taw aw-hiss ar na paw-

shteethe children are happy

Béar - BearEilifint - ElephantKangarú - Kangaroo sioráf Shur-off Giraffeleon loan LionMoncaí - Monkeytiogar tigger Tigernathair Na-hir

We are learning how to count animals as Gaeilge

Aon mhoncaí amháin, dhá mhoncaí, trí mhoncaí, ceithre mhoncaí, cúig mhoncaí

Aong tiogar amháin, dhá thíogar, trí thíogar, ceithre thíogar, cúig thíogar

Aon leon amháin, dhá leon, trí leon, ceithre leon

aon Ay-in OneDhá gaw TwoTrí tree ThreeCeithre Ceh-rah Fourcúig Coo-ig Five

Bua na Cainte available to download online https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2l9k7prhpldw0od/AACvW1YAwQfDlaeDnbWBc1X0a?dl=0 (Username and password ‘trial’

Other activities:

If printing is possible….1. Print and cut out these pictures. Face them down and as you turn them

over say the Irish word.

2. Place 5 pictures on a table face up. Tell your child “téigh a choladh” (tay-a-kula) (go to sleep). Take one picture away and say “dúisigh” (doo-shig) (wake up). Your child will try remember which one is missing and say the word aloud. Repeat and change up the pictures.

3. Pick one of the new words and act it out, the others must guess which word you have by saying ‘An _______ é? E.g. ‘ An bear é? ‘ Answer ‘Sea’ (sha) ‘Ní hea’ (Knee Ha)

Maths

Passage of time –

How long does it take you to – peel an orange? How long does it take for a car/cloud to go out of sight? How long does it take to run around the garden?

How many times can you – bounce a ball/skip/ hop on one in leg in 10/20/30 seconds

The number 10 Busy at Maths Pg. 86-92 10 activities – Make the number 10 using glitter, Make a necklace

out of 10 small objects, How many different ways can you make the number ten? (5 +5, 4+6 etc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXtkeDeDUNU Ten Green Bottles song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7KzI3n2Zk and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acZfmL4SUIc – story of ten songs https://www.abcya.com/games/number_match

https://www.abcya.com/games/counting_sorting_comparing

SESE

History Listen to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5rxfLRgXRE

Listen to the story of the Children of Lir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdTJjZ0W97E

Retell the story in your own words and pictures using the worksheet or something similar at home (If printing is possible or create something similar at home)

Geography/Science

How does a seed become a plant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkFPyue5X3Q

A Seed in Need https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxYazAokfDQ

The Little Plant poem by Kate Brown http://www.rainydaypoems.com/poems-for-kids/poems-teachers-ask-for/the-little-plant-by-kate-l-brown

Explore the grass in your garden – what did you find? What different materials were there? What different colour flowers are there? What different shaped leaves can you find? What colour are the leaves? What season do you think we are in?

If you went on a trip to the rainforest what animal would you like to see? Draw a picture of this animal and write some facts about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqEh7K9pFs8 Life cycle of a butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=O1S8WzwLPlM Using the worksheets below, cut and stick the different parts of the life

cycle of a butterfly and write what you know about the life cycle of a butterfly. (If printing is possible or create something similar at home)

Art

1. Using the outline butterfly template at the end of this document or on from home, cut and stick magazine/newspaper/coloured paper cuttings to make colourful wings for the Butterfly.

2. Using coloured paper, draw around the outline of your hand four times. Cut out your handprint. Make the butterfly’s body by drawing the number 8 and cutting out the outline of it. Decorate how you wish with a face and anything else you can find at home.

SPHE

Who are the special people in your life? What is it about them that makes them special and important to you? Fill in the worksheets below (If printing is possible or create something similar at home)

Music

Dabbledoo Music are offering free parental subscription giving full access to music, resources, songs and videos https://dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents-subscription-full-access

Other useful sites include GoNoodle, Zumba Kids, The Learning Station on Youtube

My special people

The people special to me are

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They are special because _________________________

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ai ee oa w ue sh j ck thGo up the ladders and down the snakes

You must correctly read the digraph or consonant blend you have landed on, before you can roll again.

You need:

1 x dice

Counter for each player (up to 4)

paper and pencil each

Rules

All players start on the arrow. Roll your dice to get a number and move your counter along, following the numbers

on the board in order. When a player lands on a digraph, all players must race to write a word containing

that digraph. The game ends when a player reaches the star at the top of the board. Count up how many words you had containing digraphs, did you get the most?