Senior Infants Ballyea NS

Suggested Work

Monday 25th May – Friday 29th May

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

I hope you are all keeping safe and well.

I am sending some suggested work for the week ahead. Please don’t feel under pressure to complete it. There is no obligation to finish it all, pick and choose what suits you and your current family life/situation.

Please contact me if you have any questions or queries. If you wish to share some of your child’s work with me, please send it via email to seniorinfantsballyeans@gmail.com

Kind regards,Maria Rynne

Monday 25 th May 2020 P.E. Joe Wicks daily P.E. lesson live on YouTube.

Can be completed at any stage throughout the day on YouTube at The Body Coach TV or follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?

list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl Or Try a Yoga lesson at Cosmic Kids Yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWowDC3x0hE

Word of the Day Obsessed- Simple Definition: ‘Thinking about

something all the time’- Please find the images for our word of

the day attached at the end of these pages.

English (Writing / Phonics)

Handwriting – Capital Letters ‘MNUJ’ (Revision)

Discuss when and why we use capital letters? Names and Places.

Can you play the 30 second challenge? Time 30 seconds and think of 5 words beginning with the capital M.

* Remember words like mat and mug don’t start with capital M.

Just Handwriting Workbook - page 49- Remember to complete your checklist

before starting to write or say our rhyme: “Chair in, feet down, back straight, don’t frown!”

Phonics Revision Booklet – short ‘oo’ sound- I will attach the necessary pages for

this week from the Phonics Revision Booklet at the bottom of these pages.

Just Phonics Workbook - page 44Gaeilge Daily Comhrá:

- Please find a sample conversation attached at the end of these pages.

Bua na Cainte – Amhrán Nua – Tá Teidí ag Marcaíocht- Please find the words of the new song

at the bottom of these pages. - Please find the Bua na Cainte video

that I have screen recorded on the main class blog page.

- It will be labelled ‘Bua na Cainte – Tá Teidí ag Marcaíocht – Monday 25th May’

Maths Mental maths warm-up. - Please find some simple ideas for

mental maths questions / ideas at the end of these pages, under our word of the day.

- Useful website for some mental maths challenges: https://ie.ixl.com/math/sr-infants/add-two-numbers-sums-up-to-10

This page is about adding 3 numbers together .

Warm up Activity: Display three sets of objects on the table (pasta shells/ small toys/ colours etc) Ask your child to count how many there are altogether . Provide lots of practice with three number sums using concrete materials. Arrange them in lots of different sets ie 2+3+2 /1+2+5/ 4+3+3 etc

Orally ask your child a number story ex. Emily has 3 apples, Darragh has 4 apples and Sadhbh has 2 apples....How many altogether? If this is difficult for your child, stick with two people number questions.

Practice adding 3 numbers orally but using the number line. Jim has 2 apples, John has 4 apples, Joe has 1 apple....ask your child to find out the answer by using the number line . (A large homemade number line would be useful.) Encourage them to start at zero, take 2 jumps for Jim, 4 more jumps for John and 1 more jump for Joe. Where do you land? (answer)

Make the number stories relevant to the child. Jack has 3 blue teddies, 4 green teddies and 2 orange teddies, how many has he altogether? Using the format above figure out the answer using the number line. Do plenty practice of oral sums.

It is good practice to get your child accustomed to using the number line as they will progress to a 100 square next year.

Action Maths - page 105English (Reading/Writing)

Collins Big Cat eBooks- Please follow the link below. - https://www.connect.collins.co.uk/school/

Portal.aspx- Yellow – ‘Rat-a-tat-tat’ pgs. 2-7 - Blue – ‘Mojo and Weeza and the Funny

Thing’ pgs. 2-7- Green – ‘Too Hot to Stop’ pgs. 2-11 - Orange – ‘The Titanic’ pgs. 2-11

Free Writing – Writing of Daily Diary

Tuesday 26 th May 2020 P.E. Joe Wicks daily P.E. lesson live on YouTube.

Can be completed at any stage throughout the day on YouTube at The Body Coach TV or follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

Word of the Day Carefree- Simple Definition: ‘Not worried about

anything’- Please find the images for our word of

the day attached at the end of these pages.

English (Phonics) Sound of the Day: Short ‘oo’ sound Phonics Revision Booklet - ‘oo’

- I will attach the necessary pages for this week from the Phonics Revision Booklet at the bottom of these pages.

Just Phonics Workbook - page 45 3 sentences for dictation attached below:

Adult reads out the 3 sentences and child writes them into their copy.

Gaeilge Daily Comhrá: attached at the end of these pages.

Practice Phrases: Cad a chonaic tú? (What did you see?) Chonaic mé___. (I saw a_____) Tarracóir, leoraí, carr, bus, rothar, veain,

eitleán (tractor/ lorry/car/ bus/ bicycle/ van/ aeroplane)

Bua na Cainte – Video Lesson - Please find Bua na Cainte video that I

have screen recorded on the main class blog page.

- It will be labelled ‘Bua na Cainte – Tuesday 26th May’

Bua na Cainte - lch. 49Maths Mental maths warm-up.

- Please find some simple ideas for mental maths questions / ideas at the end of these pages, under our word of the day.

- Useful website for some mental maths challenges: https://ie.ixl.com/math/sr-infants/add-two-numbers-sums-up-to-10

This page is about adding 3 numbers together and using a colour key.

Warm up Activity: Display three sets of objects on the table (pasta shells/ small toys/ colours etc) Ask your child to count how many there are altogether . Provide lots of practice with three number sums using concrete materials. Arrange them in lots of different sets ie 2+3+2 /1+2+5/ 4+3+3 etc

Orally ask your child a number story ex. Emily has 3 apples, Darragh has 4 apples and

Sadhbh has 2 apples....How many altogether? If this is difficult for your child, stick with two people number questions.

Practice adding 3 numbers orally but using the number line. Jim has 2 apples, John has 4 apples, Joe has 1 apple....ask your child to find out the answer by using the number line . (A large homemade number line would be useful.) Encourage them to start at zero, take 2 jumps for Jim, 4 more jumps for John and 1 more jump for Joe. Where do you land? (answer)

Make the number stories relevant to the child. Jack has 3 blue teddies, 4 green teddies and 2 orange teddies, how many has he altogether? Using the format above figure out the answer using the number line. Do plenty practice of oral sums.

It is good practice to get your child accustomed to using the number line as they will progress to a 100 square next year.

Revise colours with your child (the written word ie. Orange, red, green, blue etc) Encourage them to figure out the colour key themselves.

Action Maths - page 106English (Reading/Writing)

Collins Big Cat eBooks- Please follow the link below. - https://www.connect.collins.co.uk/school/

Portal.aspx- Yellow – ‘Rat-a-tat-tat’ pgs. 8-15- Blue – ‘Mojo and Weeza and the Funny

Thing’ pgs. 8-15- Green – ‘Too Hot to Stop’ pgs. 12-23- Orange – ‘The Titanic’ pgs. 12-23

Free Writing – Writing of Daily DiarySPHE Lesson: We can help

CORE CONCEPT: Children learn, through experience, to cooperatewith others and become aware of the needs of other people.

If your child does jobs at home discuss withthe children if it is working well and if

there are possible changes that could be made.

Develop the children’s responsibilitytowards others by discussing questions

such as:- What can I, as your parent/guardian, do or say tohelp?- What can the family do or say to help?- What can you do or say to help?

Use a range of relevant related issues.Example: how can responsibility towardsothers be shown when:- I spill someone’s drink- The playroom is getting a bit untidy- You notice your bin overflowing withplastic containers, paper, unfinished food- Brian’s (your friend) granny is very ill and sometimeshe doesn’t seem to be paying attention- A new child is joining your class- A friend’s pet has diedListen to the story: The Lion and the mousehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPybpc-xuG0Activity: Trace you hand 3 times on paper, Cut them out. Make ‘helping hands’. Draw different ways you can help out at home into each hand. Label them.Put them where you can see them to remind you to lend a hand.

Wednesday 27 th May 2020 P.E. Joe Wicks daily P.E. lesson live on YouTube.

Can be completed at any stage throughout the day on YouTube at The Body Coach TV or follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

Or Try a Yoga lesson at Cosmic Kids Yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCLW77sABTc

Word of the Day Cruel- Simple Definition: ‘Purposefully hurtful’

- Please find the images for our word of the day attached at the end of these pages.

English (Writing) Handwriting – Capital Letters ‘MNUJ’ (Revision)

Take the 30 second challenge. Think of 5 words that use a capital N.

Just Handwriting Workbook - page 50- Remember to complete your checklist

before starting to write or say our rhyme: “Chair in, feet down, back straight, don’t frown!”

Gaeilge Daily Comhrá: attached at the end of these pages.

Practice Phrases: Chuaigh _____ go dtí an siopa bréagán.

(_____ went to the toy shop) Bhí sé/sí ag siopadóireacht. (He/She was

shopping) Fuair sé/sí ____nua. (He/She got a new_____) Liathróid/cluiche/scútar (Ball/

game/scooter) Bua na Cainte – Video Lesson

- Please find Bua na Cainte video that I have screen recorded on the main class blog page.

- It will be labelled ‘Bua na Cainte – Wednesday 27th May’

Bua na Cainte - lch. 50Maths Mental maths warm-up.

- Please find some simple ideas for mental maths questions / ideas at the end of these pages, under our word of the day.

-This page is about position: above/below/left/right

Watch this video and join in to get familiar with left and right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZinb6rVozc Revise your left and right rhyme from

earlier in the month Draw a house on a big piece of paper. Ask

your child to:1. Draw a tree on the right hand side of the house2. Draw a flower on the left hand side of the

house3. Draw a car in the front of the house4. Draw a bird flying above the house Make 3 collections of items. Ask your

child to identify the left, the right and the middle items

Action Maths pg 107English (Reading/Writing)

Collins Big Cat eBooks- Please follow the link below. - https://www.connect.collins.co.uk/school/

Portal.aspx- Yellow – ‘Rebecca at the Funfair’ pgs. 2-7 - Blue – ‘Mojo and Weeza and the New Hat’

pgs. 2-7- Green – ‘Wellies’ pgs. 2-11 - Orange – ‘When Arthur Wouldn’t Sleep’

pgs. 2-11 Free Writing – Writing of Daily Diary Dictation: Adult calls out the next 3

sentences and your child writes them in their copy

S.E.S.E. Growing and changing: Warm up discussion: Look at clothes your child no longer wears, and something

they no longer use, e.g. dribbler, rattler. Discuss why they no longer use these. Develop appropriate language — fits/doesn’t fit, too big/small, grown out of/not big enough.

Discuss how the children feel about growing up. What is good about being bigger? Would they like to be babies again? Why? Why not? What do they like doing with babies or watching babies do?

Discuss how the children themselves have changed since they were babies. What changes do they think will happen to them between now and when they are adults?

Discuss memories — Christmas, birthdays, holidays, first day at school, first visit to dentist etc.

When children look carefully at photos of themselves when they were younger, ask them to consider how they have changed and how, in some ways, they have stayed the same.

Draw pictures of what has stayed the same in child’s life and what has changed since they were babies

Look at parents/ guardian’s evidence of his/her past and share with the children, e.g. photo, clothes, toys etc.

What a Wonderful World – page 49 Additional Activity: Make a clothes book.

Pages attached below marked Wednesday SESE Activity

Thursday 28 th May 2020 P.E. Joe Wicks daily P.E. lesson live on YouTube.

Can be completed at any stage throughout the day on YouTube at The Body Coach TV or follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

Word of the Day Tolerate- Simple Definition: ‘Put up with things that

you don’t like’- Please find the images for our word of

the day attached at the end of these pages.

Gaeilge Daily Comhrá: attached at the end of these pages.

Practice Phrases: Dia duit.(Hello) Dia’s Muire duit. (Hello) Conas atá tú?(How are you?) Tá mé go maith,go raibh maith agat. (I’m

good, thank you) Tabhair dom cluiche, más é do thoil é.

(Can I have a game, please) Seo duit cluiche.(Here’s a game) Go raibh maith agat.(Thank you) Fáilte romhat.(You’re welcome) An maith leat é? (Do you like it?) Is breá liom é.(I really like it) Cé mhéad?(How much?) Deich euro.(Ten euro) Seo duit an t-airgead. (Here is the

money) Slán leat.(Good bye) Slán. (Goodbye) Bua na Cainte – Video Lesson

- Please find Bua na Cainte video that I

have screen recorded on the main class blog page.

- It will be labelled ‘Bua na Cainte – Thursday 28th May’

- Additional Activity: Set up your own shop at home with a shopkeeper and a customer and practice the comhrá above.

Maths Mental maths warm-up. - Please find some simple ideas for

mental maths questions / ideas at the end of these pages, under our word of the day.

This page is about measures: weight. The children need lots of concrete experience with the mass of

a variety of objects. The range of objects should include small/large heavy objects ex: stones and books, and small/large light objects ex: a pencil, empty boxes, a large sponge and plastic bottles.

Ask the children to guess which objects are heavy/ light. Encourage your child to predict before testing. Example questions: (A balance or scales is useful for checking answers) (Use

household objects) Which is heavier a pencil or a sheet of paper? Which is lighter a big empty box or a bottle of water? Etc Which is heavier a spoon or a sponge? Make a heavy and light display table at home. Action Maths page 108 Additional Activity: Sorting heavy and

light objects –Sheets attached below Heavy or light quiz: https://ie.ixl.com/math/sr-infants/light-and-heavy

English (Reading/Writing /Phonics)

Sound of the day – ‘oo’ Just Phonics Workbook - page 46

- Revision Collins Big Cat eBooks

- Please follow the link below. - https://www.connect.collins.co.uk/school/

Portal.aspx- Yellow – ‘Rebecca at the Funfair’ pgs. 8-15- Blue – ‘Mojo and Weeza and the Funny

Thing’ pgs. 8-15- Green – ‘Too Hot to Stop’ pgs. 12-23- Orange – ‘The Titanic’ pgs. 12-23

Free Writing – Writing of Daily Diary

Music Dabbledoo: Free one month subscription for parents.

https://dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents Once registered with Dabbledoo, they will send

weekly content for you to do: This week infants are going on a musical treasure hunt.

Try and learn the song attached below, all about growing up (Growing up song)

SESE Living ThingsRelated Work/Additional work:

Go on a Nature Walk: Point to objects along the way and ask children if they are living or non-living. How do they know? On return home , let children cut pictures of living and non-living things from magazines and sort them into sets.

How many different types of animals can children spot on their walk?

What is the biggest/smallest? Using a bug catcher (jar), investigate the characteristics of

some minibeasts. Look out for animal homes — e.g. nests, under stones and

leaves for minibeasts. Go on a minibeast hunt. Have children predict where they might find minibeasts — on

leaves/flowers, in grass, under/on trees, near/on a wall etc. Check these out.

Examine and identify the minibeasts. Note how they move. Is there any evidence about what they eat? Go on a spider hunt. Find a dew-covered web. Can they find

the spider? Are there any insects trapped in the web? Using a bug catcher(Jar), let the children examine the spider

and note its physical characteristics. Encourage children to always return creatures safely to their

natural environment. Investigate a tree using the senses........Have children examine

the bark and leaves using magnifying glasses. Take bark rubbings. Collect leaves and seeds from different

trees. Have children sort them into sets according to shape, colour,

texture and size. Make leaf rubbings What a Wonderful World - page 50 Additional Activity: Related to Wednesday’s

lesson Growing and changing: Growing up My

Timeline

Friday 29 th May 2020 P.E. Joe Wicks daily P.E. lesson live on YouTube.

Can be completed at any stage throughout the

day on YouTube at The Body Coach TV or follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

Or Try a Yoga Lesson at Cosmic Kids Yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzw-Oir8UPw

Word of the Day Sulk- Simple Definition: ‘Be quiet and grumpy,

and mope about’- Please find the images for our word of

the day attached at the end of these pages.

English (Handwriting / Phonics)

Handwriting – Capital D Take the 30 second challenge and try and

think of 5 places that start with D? Ask an adult to time you.

Just Handwriting Workbook – page 51- Remember to complete your checklist

before starting to write or say our rhyme: “Chair in, feet down, back straight, don’t frown!”

Sound of the day – long ‘oo’ & short ‘oo’ sound

Just Phonics Workbook – Page 47 (Revision) Write as many long ‘oo’ & short ‘oo’ words

that you can remember (without looking!!!) Additional Activity: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html Well done on the great work all week. Here is a

little phonics game to revise your ‘oo’ words. Open up the website, click Phase three, then

click the ‘oo’ yellow button to the far right. Click Play.

Put all the coins with real words into the treasure chest.

Gaeilge Daily Comhrá Revise all the practice phrases covered this

week. Revise ‘Istigh sa Zú’ covered last week.

- Please find video of ‘Istigh sa Zú’ in the main class blog page.

- It will be labelled: ‘Bua na Cainte – Istigh sa Zú – Monday 18th May

Maths Mental maths warm-up. - Please find some simple ideas for

mental maths questions / ideas at the end of these pages, under our word of the day.

Friday Maths Sheet: Attached below Maths Spatial awareness sheet

Revise yesterday’s work and the words heavy/light

https://ie.ixl.com/math/sr-infants/light-and-heavy English (Reading/Writing)

Collins Big Cat eBooks- Please follow the link below. - https://www.connect.collins.co.uk/school/

Portal.aspx- Yellow – Re-read ‘Rat-a-tat-tat’ &

‘Rebecca at the Funfair’ - Blue – Re-read ‘Mojo and Weeza and

theFunny Thing’ & ‘Mojo and Weeza and the New Hat’

- Green – Re-read ‘Too Hot to Stop’ & ‘Wellies’

- Orange – Re-read ‘The Titanic’ & ‘When Arthur Wouldn’t Sleep’

Free Writing – Writing of Daily DiaryArt The Curious Garden

Listen To the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHmN-wXykU

Using old magazines/ coloured paper/ wool/pipe cleaners design a garden. (I’m trying to think of activities with items you might have at home example : You can use empty cereal boxes/ empty toilet roll holder/ shiny sweet papers/ newspaper/ tinfoil/ paper bun cases)What might you find in a garden? Plants/trees/animals....what is the weather like?

Draw/cut out and stick/ make things for the garden and stick them onto a big piece of paper

Here is an example of a butter fly made from an empty toilet paper roll, to add to your garden.

You may have gone on the garden walkabout on Thursday and had a look for some bugs. Why not make a collection of bugs:

Alternatively if you can not access art materials suggested above, design a real garden!! Go on a garden walk and collect real materials: real grass, twigs, flowers, leaves etc When you have gathered all your items, stick them onto paper/card and design a nice picture.

Monday 25th May 2020

Tuesday 26th May 2020

Wednesday 27th May 2020

Thursday 28th May 2020

Friday 29th May 2020

Gaeilge - Resources

Comhrá

Dia Duit!Dia is Muire duit.

Cé tusa?Is mise ______. (Child’s name)

Conas atá tú?Tá mé go maith go raibh maith agat.

Cén saghas lae é?Tá an lá ______. (fuar, te, tirim, gaofar, scamallch)

Cad atá ort?Tá ______ orm. (bríste, stocaí, t-léine, sciorta, gúna, geansaí, cóta, hata)

Amhrán – Tá Teidí ag Marcaíocht

Tá teidí ag marcaíocht. (Teddy is riding the horse)Tá teidí ag marcaíocht.(Teddy is riding the horse)

Hé hó mo Dhaidí ó.Tá teidí ag marcaíocht.

(ag imirt peile, ag seinm ceoil, ag díol, ag ceannach, ag damhsa, ag canadh)

(playing football/ playing music/ selling/ buying/ dancing/ singing)

Practice counting in twos

while doing jumping jacks.

Table Tennis!Pretend you are both

holding a racket. Start counting at any number and pass the

next number back using your racket.

Practice doubling single numbers.

E.g. 2+2,3+3. 4+4

Practice doing the Story of numbers

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 3 + 0 = 32 + 1 = 31 + 2 = 30 + 3 = 3

Simple addition sums e.g. 2 plus 3,

5 and 4.Remind the children to lock in the bigger number and count on, like we do in

school!

Throw two dice; add the two numbers that you rolled

together.

Count backwards

starting at any number you like.

Count forwards and backwards as gaeilge;

A haon, a dó, a trí, a ceathair, a cúig, a sé, a seacht, a hocht, a naoi,

a deich.

Get all members of your family to line

up in order of height, age, birthdays

(whose birthday comes first in the

year etc.).

Simple number stories; E.g. ‘If I

have 8 sweets and I give 4 to Mary, how

many will I have left?

Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th May 2020 – Phonics Revision Booklet (not sent home in folder)

Read the following words with your child. Each set of words is focusing on a particular blend / digraph covered over the course of the year.

Revision of short ‘oo’ sound (e.g. book)

look bookcook hoodfoot wood

stood hookgood took

Tuesday 26th May:

Dictation:Zip up the big red bag.Tom did not fix his van yet.I put six buns in the tin box.

Wednesday 27th May:

Dictation:Bob did not tax his van yet.I met the men Zig and Zag.I did not win the big cup yet.

Wednesday 27th May: SESE: Additional Activity (2 Pages)

Maths: Additional Activity: Thursday 28 th May (3 Pages attached)

Thursday: Song for music:

Thursday: SESE: Additional Activity

Friday’s Maths sheet: Maths Spatial Awareness: