English 11 th -15 th May

Phonics: the sounds we are learning this week are “th” and “qu”. Monday and Tuesday: “th” sound please use “Sounds Like Phonics” for an interactive

phonic resource: https://slp.cjfallon.ie/ It will take you to this page, where you will click on Primary, Junior Infants, Gaeilge, Sounds

Like Phonics, Online Interactives:

This will lead you to this page, where you will click on Activity Book B:

Then click on Unit 1 The Park

That will take you to this page, which will allow you to access interactive resources for “th”.

I would advise doing the activities in the following order: introduction to the sound animation, mouth position, sound discrimination (sounds & words), sorting sounds, blending sounds and reading activity.

Thursday and Friday : “qu” sound please use “Sounds Make Words” for an interactive phonic resource: https://www.folensonline.ie/

It will take you to this page, where you will search for “Sounds Make Words Junior Infants” in the search bar:

This will lead you to this page, where you will click on “Sounds Make Words Junior Infants” resources:

Then click on sound tab and pick the sound “qu”:

Click on the “qu” portfolio, which will allow you to access interactive resources for “qu”.

I would advise doing the activities in the following order: sound introduction, letter formation, word practice and rhyme.

Reading:

Practice bending sounds together and read tricky words. Revise your four new sight words: where, what, his, her. Also revise the new vocabulary in your core reader

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Continue to practice reading your core reader “A Camping Trip”. And find tricky words in it.

Writing:

Continue to practice letter formation correctly (an app called Pocket Phonics is excellent). For written tasks I will post up pictures from Sounds Make Words and Starlight textbooks on

Seesaw.