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Junior InfantsWeekly outline of Work.
Monday 22nd February- Friday 26th February.
Please keep an eye on Microsoft Teams for updates throughout the week.
MONDAYPlease note: This week in Scoil Ghobnatan, our theme is self-care and mental health. We are having a Mental Health Awareness Day on Friday 26th February.
1.Gaeilge/ Irish An Seomra Spraoi (The play room)Voice recordings of Irish lessons are available on Microsoft Teams ‘Irish Action Rhyme’ Amhrán/Song: ‘Táim ag Súgradh’ Foclóir/Vocabulary2.Jolly Phonics Please see Microsoft Teams for video 'Introduction to sound ‘l’ ( Please remember your child is not saying the name of the sound. He/she is only saying the sound that the letter makes.)
Revise each sound in the Sound bag. New sound for week: ‘l’ Cut out the ‘l’ sound and put it into the ‘Sounds bag’ along with the
sounds that we have already learnt in school Encourage your child to think of words which begin with
the ‘l’ sound e.g. lion, lamb, leaf, lemon, lighthouse
Action: Pretend to lick a lollipop, and say l, l, l, l
Jolly Phonics /l/ - Sound, Song, Vocabulary and Blending - YouTube (Jolly Phonics ‘l’ sound, song, vocabulary, blending).
3.Tricky Words Please see Microsoft Teams for introduction of ‘all’ video and activity on tricky words (These words need to be learnt as a sight word i.e., when your child sees these words, he/she needs to say these words immediately. These words cannot be sounded out.)
Revise all words learnt to date in the Tricky Word Bag. ‘I, the, he, she, me, we, be, was, to, do, are’
New word ‘all’. Cut out the word ‘all’ and put it into the Tricky Word Bag. Encourage your child to look at and say this word without
sounding it out. Think of different sentences with the word ‘all’ e.g. ‘We are all having so much fun!’….. ‘All the boys and girls are in school today!’ etc.
Extra optional Tricky word activity: (Jan Richardson and Jack Hartmann ‘all’ sight word song)
Jan Richardson Sight Words | Level E | All | Jack Hartmann - YouTube
4.Blending Folder:
Please see Microsoft Teams for video on Blending and Segmenting Words.
Pg. 1 Words: snip, pin Blend (run the sounds together): s-n-i-p Segment word
(stretch it out) s-n-i-p Blend (run the sounds together): p-i-n Segment word
(stretch it out) p-i-n Encourage your child to use the sounds from their Sound Bag to
make the words ‘snip’ and ‘pin’.
5.Nursery Rhyme: Continue to revise nursery rhymes. Which rhyme was about a black sheep, three bags of wool, the master, the dame and the little boy? Are there any words that sound alike in the rhyme? Wool and full, dame and lane. These words rhyme.
6. Cracking Maths pg. 51 -2 D Shapes : Colour the rectangle green. Colour the circle red.
See Microsoft Teams Powerpoint Presentation ‘2D Shapes-Circle and Rectangle’
A circle is a curved shape, It has no corners. It is very good at rolling because it has no corners. Encourage your child to think of objects that are circles.e.g. cookies, plates, wheels etc.
A rectangle has 4 sides (Two long sides and 2 short sides), 4 corners, it cannot roll because its corners stop it from doing so.
Encourage your child to think of objects that are rectangles e.g., doors, windows, books etc.
Please see Microsoft Teams for PowerPoint on ‘Shape Songs ‘‘I’m a little triangle’ and ‘I’m a little circle’ (Sing to the tune of ‘I’m a Little Tea Pot’. We have also put in the shape songs for the square and triangle.
7. Just Handwriting:p.g 4(Practice copy) Write the letter d Draw a picture for the letter ‘d’See Microsoft Teams for handwriting video on the formation of the letter d.
When we are forming the letter ‘d’ we say ‘up, around like a ‘c’, up to the top, down and a
tail’. d Remember …..
Encourage your child to practice writing the letter in the air first using their ‘Peter Pointer Finger’.
If you have play doh at home, your child can use it to make the letter ‘d’.
Continue to encourage your child to hold his/her pencil properly ‘Between Tommy Thumb and Peter Pointer with Middle Man/Toby Tall helping! Ruby Ring and Baby Small go to sleep! Hold down the page with the hand not being used.
8. Pre Reading-Activity Book P.g. 48 (Mrs Browne’s Class.)
Discuss who the people in the picture are and what their jobs are? Show them the way. Begin at the arrow. (Finger trace activity) Complete activity with pencil. Colour the pictures.
Pg. 68 (Ms. Weafer’s Class) Look at the big flag. Which little flag is the same? Colour the big flag
and the same little flag using different colours!
Well-being Activity: Try this yoga activity! Cosmic Kids Yoga - On the Farm
TUESDAY1.Gaeilge/Irish An Seomra Spraoi (The play room) Voice recordings of Irish lessons are available on Microsoft Teams
Amhrán/Song: ‘Táim ag Súgradh’ Vocabulary/Foclóir: Scéal 1/Story 1: Listen to the first part of the story
2.Jolly Phonics Please see Microsoft Teams for videos for the sound ‘l’
Revise all sounds in the sounds bag. Focus on the ‘l’ sound. Look at the pictures on the ‘l’ page of your child’s Sound Booklet.
Say them together e.g. lion, lamb, leaf, lemon, lighthouse …. Can you hear the ‘l’ sound?
3.T ricky Words Please see Microsoft Teams for introduction of ‘all’ video and activity on tricky words
Revise all Tricky Words in the Tricky Word bag: ‘I, the, he, she, me, we, be, was, to, do, are’
Continue to focus on new tricky word: ‘all’ Encourage your child to look at and say the word ‘all’ without
sounding it out. Think of more sentences with the word ‘all’ e.g. ‘They are all smiling in the photo...Sarah likes all of the animals...All of the leaves are green on the tree. etc.
4.Blending Folder: (Please read note at front of this folder)Pg. 1 Words: snip, pin
Blend (run the sounds together): s-n-i-p Segment word (stretch it out) s-n-i-p
Blend (run the sounds together): p-i-n Segment word (stretch it out) p-i-n
Encourage your child to use the sounds from their Sound Bag to make the words ‘snip’ and ‘pin’.
5.Nursery Rhyme: We will revisit the rhyme ‘’Baa Baa Black Sheep’ this week. Share read ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ with your child. Maybe you could pick out simple words like baa, and, sir, the with your child. Encourage
him/her to sound (blend) some of these words b-a-a, a-n-d, s-i-r. Look at the tricky word ‘the’ and say it. He/she can colour in these words.
6. Just Handwriting Pg. 14 Writing the letter g. See Microsoft Teams for a learning Video handwriting lesson on the formation of the letter g.
When we are forming the letter ‘d’ we say g‘up, around like a ‘c’, up down and a tail.
Look at the pictures on the page. Is there a picture that begins with the ‘g’ sound? It important we touch the two lines (like we did when making ‘c‘)
then we go up, down to the bottom and a tail when we are writing the letter ‘g’.
Encourage your child to practice writing the letter in the air first using their ‘Peter Pointer Finger’.
If you have play doh at home, your child can use it to make the letter ‘g’.
7 .Cracking Maths pg. 52: Colour the shapes with round (curved sides yellow. Colour the shapes that are not round red.)Please see Microsoft Teams for PowerPoint Presentation on ‘Properties of 2D Shapes’.
Continue to question your child about each of the shapes. Question them as to how many sides and corners they have? Question them as to whether they can roll? Why? Why not?
Continue to ask your child to identify these shapes in the home environment e.g., Picture Frame (square), TV (rectangle) Pizza (Circle) etc.
8.Small WorldMrs. Browne’s Class: Small World pg. 26 Winter. - In winter, it is cold. Sometimes it even snows. Circle the clothes you wear in winter to keep warm.
(a) Revise PowerPoint Presentation ‘All about Winter’. Focus on Winter Weather and discuss the need to keep warm. Clothes which are suitable for winter. Clothes which would not be suitable for winter etc. (b) Have a look at the link below from Sesame Street ’Bert is all dressed up for Winter’. Sesame Street: Bert is All Dressed Up for Winter(c) Complete Small World page 26. Winter.
Ms. Weafer’s Class: Small World pg. 43 ‘Now and then’. Classroom in the past and in the present.
Talk about schools long ago and how they have changed e.g. there were no interactive whiteboards, computers etc. Talk about when you were in school and what the classroom looked like. Compare school life with your own and the children’s now today. What has changed or has stayed the same since you were in school?
Look at the two photographs on pg.43. What has changed? What
has stayed the same? Do you think school is more enjoyable now? Why? What do you enjoy most about school?
Have a look at schools in Ireland in the 1950s and discuss the similarities and differences between then and now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTzU7tGqYw
Well-being Activity: Click on the link below for a workout break:Rainbow Yoga Yoga For All Ages! Yoga With Adriene🌈 🌈
WEDNESDAY1.Gaeilge/Irish An Seomra Spraoi (The play room) Voice recordings of Irish lessons are available on Teams
Amhrán/Song ‘Táim ag súgradh’ Vocabulary/Foclóir Scéal 1/Story 1: Listen to the first part of the story again.
2. Jolly Phonics: Please see Microsoft Teams for videos for the sound ‘l’
Revise each sound in the Sound Bag. Look at words e words beginning with ‘l’ which were
in our sound's booklet e.g. lion, lamb, leaf, lemon, lighthouse etc. Encourage your child to put some of the sounds from sound
bag together and try to make some short words e.g. let, land, lamp, log
Where is the ‘l’ sound? Is it at the beginning, middle or end of the word?
Encourage your child to air trace the correct formation of the letter ‘l’ using his/her Peter Pointer finger. We say ‘ when making the letter ‘l’
Focus on ‘l’ sound. Can your child remember the jolly phonics ‘l’ song and action?
Jolly Phonics /l/ - Sound, Song, Vocabulary and Blending - YouTube (Jolly Phonics ‘l’ sound, song, vocabulary, blending).
3.Tricky Words Please see Microsoft Teams for introduction of ‘all’ video and activity on tricky words SPIN the wheel and read the tricky words on Teams.
Revise all Tricky Words in the Tricky Word bag : ‘I, the, he, she, me, we, be, was, to, do, are’
Continue to focus on new tricky word: ‘all’ Continue to encourage your child to think of more sentences which
have the word ‘all’ in them.
4.Blending Folder: Blending Folder: (Please read note at front of this folder)
Pg. 1 Words: spit, nip Blend (run the sounds together): s-p-i-t Segment word
(stretch it out) s-p-i-t Blend (run the sounds together): n-i-p Segment word
(stretch it out) n-i-p Encourage your child to use the sounds from their Sound Bag to
make the words ‘spit’ and ‘nip’.
5.Nursery Rhyme: Share read ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ with your child. Maybe you could pick out simple words like baa, and, sir, the with your child. Encourage him/her to sound (blend) some of these words b-a-a, a-n-d, s-i-r. Look at the tricky word ‘the’ and say it. He/she can colour in these words. .
6. Cracking Maths pg. 53: What Shapes have been used to make this toy?Please see Microsoft Teams for PowerPoint Presentation on ‘Magic Shapes’.
Continue to question your child about each of the shapes. Question them as to how many sides and corners they have? Question them as to whether they can roll? Why? Why not?
Continue to ask your child to identify these shapes in the home environment e.g., Picture Frame (square), TV (rectangle) Pizza (Circle) etc.
7.Just Handwriting Pg. 15 Writing the letter g. See Microsoft Teams for a learning Video handwriting lesson on the formation of the letter g.
When we are forming the letter ‘d’ we say g‘up, around like a ‘c’, up down and a tail.
Look at the pictures on the page. Is there a picture that begins with the ‘g’ sound? It important we touch the two lines (like we did when making ‘c‘)
then we go up, down to the bottom and a tail when we are writing the letter ‘g’.
Encourage your child to practice writing the letter in the air first using their ‘Peter Pointer Finger’.
If you have play doh at home, your child can use it to make the letter ‘g’.
8. Sounds Make Words page 48 (l) Say the ‘l’ words. Write the letter ‘l’. Draw a ‘l’ word. Colour the pictures with the ‘l’ sound.
Well-being Activity: Unwind and click link below:Joe Wicks Active 8 Minute Workout with Izzy
THURSDAY 1.Gaeilge/Irish: An Seomra Spraoi (The play room) Voice recordings of Irish lessons are available on Teams
Amhrán/Song ‘Táim ag súgradh’ Vocabulary/Foclóir
Scéal 1/Story 1: Listen to the first part of the story Céim ar Chéim pg. 38
Please go to Microsoft Teams and the teacher will explain and talk through this activity. You will find it under ‘Written activity page 38- Leathanach 38’
2.Jolly PhonicsPlease see Microsoft Teams for videos for the sound ‘l ’
Revise all sounds in the sounds in sound bag. Put some sounds together to make words e.g p-u-t, s-u-n, t-a-p, d-o-
g Focus on ‘l’ sound. Can you think of any words with ‘l’ sound at the
beginning? Can you think of any words where ‘l’ sound is at the end? E.g. girl,
sandal, shovel, nail etc. Continue to encourage your child to air trace the correct formation
of the letter ‘l’ using his/her Peter Pointer finger.We say when making the letter ‘l’
3.Tricky WordsPlease see Microsoft Teams for introduction of ‘all’ video and activity on tricky words SPIN the wheel and read the tricky words.
Revise all Tricky Words in the Tricky Word bag : ‘I, the, he, she, me, we, be, was, to, do, are’
Continue to focus on new tricky word: ‘all’ Continue to encourage your child to think of more sentences with
the word ‘all’.
4.Blending Folder: :Pg. 1 Words: spit, nip
Blend (run the sounds together): s-p-i-t Segment word (stretch it out) s-p-i-t
Blend (run the sounds together): n-i-p Segment word (stretch it out) n-i-p
Encourage your child to use the sounds from their Sound Bag to make the words ‘spit’ and ‘nip’.
5. Nursery Rhyme: Share read ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ with your child. Maybe you could pick out simple words like baa, and, sir, the with your child. Encourage him/her to sound (blend) some of these words b-a-a, a-n-d, s-i-r. Look at the tricky word ‘the’ and say it. He/she can colour in these words.
6. Oral MathsSee Microsoft Teams for a Learning Video called ‘Numbers 1-4).
(Revise Formations of numbers 1-4)1: Start at the top and down we run, that’s the way we make a 1.
2: Around and back on a railroad track, two, two, two!3: Around the tree, around the tree, that's the way we make a three!4: Down and over, down some more! That’s the way we make a four!
Counting game: Encourage your child to count to 10. (Each time you hear the number 4 do not say it! Pick an action e.g., put your hands on your head, clap your
hands, touch the floor etc)7. Just Handwriting:p.g 4(Practice copy) Write the letter d Draw a picture for the letter ‘d’
See Microsoft Teams for handwriting video on the formation
of the letter d When we are forming the letter ‘d’ we
say g‘up, around like a ‘c’, up down and a tail.
Encourage your child to practice writing the letter in the air first using their ‘Peter Pointer Finger’.
If you have play doh at home, your child can use it to make the letter ‘d’.
Continue to encourage your child to hold his/her pencil properly ‘Between Tommy Thumb and Peter Pointer with Middle Man/Toby Tall helping! Ruby Ring and Baby Small go to sleep! Hold down the page with the hand not being used.
8.English Oral Language: Theme: School: My Classroom Please see Microsoft Teams for videos of the lesson ‘My Classroom’- Poster and story, Label activity and poem
Video 1: Encourage your child to look at the video and listen to the story.
Video 2: Encourage your child to look at the video and take part in the labelling activity
Label the words in the poster. Pause the video and look for more words to label in the poster.
Listen to the poem at the end of the video and ask your child what was the poem about
9..Grow in Love ‘At Home’ pg. 33 Jesus teaches us Read and write the words.Our lesson this week is: Theme 5: Jesus. Week 3: Jesus teaches usTo access the online material log on to: www.growinlove.ie with the following details: Email: [email protected] Password: growinlove In this website there is a recording of a story called ‘Jesus teaches us’ and a song called ‘Quiet and Still’ which the children love singing in school.(If your child wishes he/she may complete the ‘In school’ pg. 32 Jesus taught the people). Help the people find their way to Jesus.
Well-being Activity: Click on link for some Go Noodle fun.Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Pop See Ko
FRIDAYToday is Mental Health Awareness Day. There is no homework today so enjoy your well-deserved break 😊
We would like you to go on a wellness walk with your family if you can. The focus of the walk is to chat about what you are grateful for. Try to identify something you can see, touch, smell, hear and feel on your walk. Take a look at the scavenger hunt below.
Send in a picture to your teacher on what you are grateful for. Enjoy and remember ‘There is something good in every day’ 😊
OTHER POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES
1. Have fun drawing Shape people e.g., Tracey Triangle (Made from all triangles) or Ronnie Rectangle (Made from all rectangles) or Cindy Circle (Made from all circles) or Sammy Square (Made from all squares) or Draw a shape person using all four shapes!
2. Rhyme of the week:’ Getting along at school’Please see Microsoft Teams for a recording of this rhyme
Getting along at schoolI like you, you like me,
We must treat each other nicely.Helping and sharing,
Being kind too,Getting along is the thing to do!
We can learn a lot each and every day,
When we are nice to one another at work and play!
3.Grow in Love Dear Parents. It would be wonderful if you had a look at what your child would have been learning in ‘Grow in Love’ at this time. By following the link below, you will be able to see fantastic engaging videos, art ideas and music that go with each lesson. To access the online material, log on to: www.growinlove.ie with the following details: Email: [email protected] Password: growinlove Junior Infants: Theme 5: Jesus. Week 3: Jesus teaches us.Grow in Love pg. 32: Jesus taught the people. Help the people find their way to Jesus..
If you need to contact us at any time or if we can offer assistance in any way, please send us an email at any time and we will get back to you [email protected] [email protected] Other possible maths resources which may be useful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcl8uB2AWM0 Shapes Are All Around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUfqgRtvaYQ Shapes Song https://youtu.be/P8LAEWxXpuk 2D Shapes That I Know song.
Other possible phonics and tricky words resources which may be useful
Geraldine learns the /l/ sound - YouTube (Geraldine the Giraffe learns the ‘l’ sound)
Learn letter "l" with the Alphablocks Magic Words | CBeebies - YouTube (AlphaBlocks the letter l)
The all Song - YouTube (Miss Molly ‘all’ song) Learn Sight Word 'all' | Tricky Word 'all' for Preschool - YouTube (ESL kids world
‘all’ sentences)
