Ms. Brennan’s Junior Infants & Senior Infants

Reading

Reading Zone Activity Book

Pre Reading Activity Book

Pg 76- Read and colour the correct sign for each picture.

Pg 77- Unscramble the letters and make your own word.

Pg 78 and 79- Sound out each word and write.

Just Handwriting : 

Complete at your leisure

Please log onto Folensonline-

Type Reading Zone into the search bar. 

Select Reading Zone for Junior Infants. 

You should find the ebooks- Finn Jumps In!, Little Zack, Look Out Kitty!, No 

Finn! No! , Teddy Is Lost! and The Big Box. These books are great to help 

your child revise all the vocabulary from the Junior Infant readers.

Extra Reading– Oxford readers are available in ebook form on the oxford owl website. You have to register on this site but at the moment some of the books are available to view for free. Start at Oxford Reading Tree level 1 and level 1+ (this is what I would be starting the class with if we were at school)

Continue on to the next level- level 2, if you feel your child is ready.

Tricky Words- 

Please find attached a sheet based on the Tricky words.

Tick the words your child knows.

Bingo- call out the word and ask your child to colour it in or cover it with a counter.

Pages 63  and 64

Complete other pages at your leisure.

Complete at your leisure

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Gaeilge

Revision; Ceacht 5 Ócáidí Spéisialta, Breithlá ( Special Ocassion Birthday)

Start at the beginning of the book and complete any pages that are unfinished.

Please find attached some activity sheets to help with maths revision.

Busy At Maths Home School Links -complete at your leisure ( if you have this book at home with you)

Bun Go Barr- This is available to view on the CJ Fallon website

Revise the vocabulary on pg 18 and 19 in Bun go Barr Bunchéim A

Cárta (card), cáca (cake), coinnle (candles), criospaí (crisps), fear an phoist (postman) criáin (candles), háta (hat), ispíní (sausages), brioscaí (biscuits), bainne (milk), balún (balloons), bronntanas (presents)

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Reading

Reading Zone Activity Book

Pre Reading Activity Book

Pages 72 and 73  (revision of middle sounds)

Pages 74 and 74 (revision – missing letters)

Just Handwriting :

Complete at your leisure

Please log onto Folensonline-

Type Reading Zone into the search bar.

Select Reading Zone for Junior Infants.

You should find the ebooks- Finn Jumps In!, Little Zack, Look Out Kitty!, No

Finn! No! , Teddy Is Lost! and The Big Box. These books are great to help

your child revise all the vocabulary from the Junior Infant readers.

Extra Reading– Oxford readers are available in ebook form on the oxford owl website. You have to register on this site but at the moment some of the books are available to view for free. Start at Oxford Reading Tree level 1 and level 1+ (this is what I would be starting the class with if we were at school)

Continue on to the next level- level 2, if you feel your child is ready.

Tricky Words- .

Using the list I sent, continue practicing these words with your child.

Pick 5 more words from the list- ask your child to put each word into a sentence- give them an example if they find it difficult at first. (this is an oral language activity)

Practice writing the 5 words you have picked from the list.

Write short sentences for each of these 5 words, read them to your child, ask your child to read them after you. Point to a word in the sentence, ask your child what the word is. Get your child to copy and write the sentences in their copy or on a piece of paper.

61 to 62

Complete at your leisure

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Vertical Addition

Analysis of Number

Revision- Ar Scoil (at school) Ceacht 4 (lesson 4)

Activity

Place 4 lego bricks on a table in a vertical line. Place another lego brick to the right of this set.

As your child questions such as:

How many bricks are in the 1^st/2^nd set?

How many bricks are there altogether?

How many more bricks are in the bigger set?

What numeral will we write under the bigger/smaller set?

What do four and one make? (yes 4 and 1 make 5 or 1 and 4 make 5)

Use the same lego bricks to show the story of five- three and two make five, two and three make five, one and four make five, four and one make five, five and zero  make five, zero and five make five.

Busy At Maths Home School Links -complete at your leisure ( if you have this book at home with you)

Bun Go Barr- This is available to view on the CJ Fallon website

Revise the vocabulary on pg 14 and 15 in Bun go Barr Bunchéim A

Péint (paint), scuab (brush), páipéar (paper), ag péinteáil (painting), lón (lunch), mála scoile(school bag), leabhar (book), criáin (crayon),peann luaidhe(pencil), úll agus banana (apple and banana), ag caoineadh (crying), ag titim (falling)

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Draw a picture of your favourite animal.

Look for some pictures of your favourite animal in old magazines/papers- cut them out and stick them onto some paper.

Find out 3 facts about your favourite animal such as

·         What your favourite animal likes to eat and drink.

·         Where your favourite animal lives and sleeps.

·         How many legs has your favourite animal, does it have a tail, does it have whiskers?

·         What sound does your favourite animal make?

Write a sentence about your favourite animal.

Reading

Reading Zone Activity Book

Pre Reading Activity Book

Page 69 (revision of initial sounds)

Pages 70 and 71 (revision of final sounds)

Just Handwriting :

Complete at your leisure

Please log onto Folensonline-

Type Reading Zone into the search bar.

Select Reading Zone for Junior Infants.

You should find the ebooks- Finn Jumps In!, Little Zack, Look Out Kitty!, No

Finn! No! , Teddy Is Lost! and The Big Box. These books are great to help

your child revise all the vocabulary from the Junior Infant readers.

Extra Reading– Oxford readers are available in ebook form on the oxford owl website. You have to register on this site but at the moment some of the books are available to view for free. Start at Oxford Reading Tree level 1 and level 1+ (this is what I would be starting the class with if we were at school)

Tricky Words- .

Using the list I sent, continue practicing these words with your child.

Pick 5 more words from the list- ask your child to put each word into a sentence- give them an example if they find it difficult at first. (this is an oral language activity)

Practice writing the 5 words you have picked from the list.

Write short sentences for each of these 5 words, read them to your child, ask your child to read them after you. Point to a word in the sentence, ask your child what the word is. Get your child to copy and write the sentences in their copy or on a piece of paper.

Pg 58 to 60

Complete at your leisure

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Revision- Sa Bhaile (at home)

Activity

Place numeral cards 0-5 on a table in random order- you can write the numerals on pieces of cardboard/paper/post-it notes. Ask your child to arrange the numbers in order from 0-5. Now ask him/her some of the following,

-which number comes just after 2/3/4, etc.?

-which number comes before 1/2/3, etc.?

-which number comes between 2 and 4? And so on.

Bun Go Barr- This is available to view on the CJ Fallon website

Revise the vocabulary on pg 10 and 11 in Bun go Barr Bunchéim A

Carr (car), rothar (bike), scátaí (skates), suí- sá (see- saw), ag gaire (laughing), ag caoineadh (crying), ag rothaíocht (cycling), ag scátáil (skating), teidí (teddy), seilide (snail), srón (nose), rón (seal)

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Please find attached some fun activities you can do with your child out in the garden or while you are out on a walk.

Reader : Splash

Reading Zone Activity Book

Pre Reading Activity Book

Letter qu page 64 and 65

Just Handwriting :

Letter q pg 16

Revision: start on pg 10 and complete any unfinished work as far pg 12

Other activities:

Practice writing letters qu in sand, make qu out of playdough, write qu with chalk on a blackboard or outside.

Look for ‘qu’ words in your own story books at home.

Play ‘word tennis’- take it in turns with your child to list words beginning with a ‘qu’ sound. The game is over when a player cannot come up with another word.

Play ‘Odd One Out’- say a list of words beginning with the ‘qu’ sound, except one. Have your child identify the odd one out.

Call out letters and ask your child to write down the letters they hear. For example, call out letter s, letter s says ‘ssss’, and your child writes down the letter s on a piece of paper. This activity helps to revise the letter names, the sounds they make and also the correct formation of the letters.

Free writing: give your child some paper or a copy and get them to write letters, words, or draw pictures.

Splash: using the reader Splash, ask your child to pick their favourite page from the story. Ask your child to read their favourite page and then to pick a sentence and write it on a piece of paper. Make sure when your child is writing that they start with a capital letter, they keep all the small letters and all the tall letters the same size, that they keep a finger space between each word and each sentence finishes with a full stop.

Splash : Revision ; read pages 11 to 15

(If your child hasn’t this book home with them, it is available to view on the website folensonline.ie)

Ask your child to pick out certain words on each page, e.g. show me the word splashes, show me the word water etc.

Look at the pictures on each page, discuss the pictures, ask your child questions about what they see in the pictures. Looking at the pictures, play the game ‘I spy with my little eye something beginning with…’

Extra Reading- Oxford readers are available in ebook form on the oxford owl website. You have to register on this site but at the moment some of the books are available to view for free. Start at Oxford Reading Tree level 1 and level 1+ (this is what I would be starting the class with if we were at school)

Tricky Words- please find attached the first 20 Tricky Words. These words are sight words and have to be learned. Print off the document and cut up the words into small flash cards or write the words onto card. Show each word to your child, say the word, ask your child to repeat the word. Play simple games to help your child  with these words e.g. place four words in a row, say each word with your child, ask your child to close their eyes, take a word away, ask your child to identify the word which is missing.

Practice writing these words.

Pg 48 to 50

If your child has this book at home please continue working through it. There are some nice pencil control and handwriting activities, spot the difference and complete the picture activities. There are also some nice stories and colouring activities to complete at you leisure.

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Exposing your child to real coins is the best way to teach him/her money. There is nothing better than hands on experience

Activity

You will need 2 plates or containers and a selection of 1c coins.

For example, place 3 1c coins on one plate and 2 1c coins on the other plate.

Ask your child questions such as,

What is the total amount on the plate on the left?

What is the total amount on the plate on the right?

What is the total amount if we add the coins on the 2 plates altogether?

Combining coins can be confusing for children- make sure they look at the numeral on the coin before they add up each set. Sometimes drawing the correct amount of dots to match the numeral on the coin and then add up all the dots, helps some to grasp the concept of combining.

Dear Parents and Students,

I hope you are all keeping well and had a lovely Bank Holiday! Thank you to everyone who sent me some beautiful pictures and examples of the work you have been doing at home! It’s lovely to hear from you! Here is some work and activities for this week coming. As always, these are just suggested activities, so take your time and do what you can! Keep reading, go outside, enjoy playing with your toys and help out at home!

Take care,

Deirdre Brennan.

deirdrebrennanschool@gmail.com

Reader : Splash

Reading Zone Activity Book

Revision: pg 32 (match each sound to the correct picture).

Pg 33 (ring the correct sound for each picture)

Pg 50 (read each word and colour the correct picture)

Just Handwriting : pages 60 and 61  (based on letter x )

Other activities:

Make letter x out of play dough.

Write letter x in sand.

If you have chalk, write letter x outside on the ground (if you’re allowed!!)

Paint letter x

Free writing: give your child some paper or a copy and get them to write letters, words, or draw pictures.

Splash : read pages 21-24

(If your child hasn’t this book home with them, it is available to view on the website folensonline.ie)

Ask your child to pick out certain words on each page, e.g. show me the word splashes, show me the word water etc.

Look at the pictures on each page, discuss the pictures, ask your child questions about what they see in the pictures. Looking at the pictures, play the game ‘I spy with my little eye something beginning with…’

Pg 44

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Exposing your child to real coins is the best way to teach him/her money. There is nothing better than hands on experience

Suggested activities

Activity 1- Matching Coins

Collect as many 1c, 2c, and 5c coins as you can. Place them in a pile in the centre of the table. Give your child 3 boxes/cups/plastic cups etc. using post-it notes label one box 1c, another box 2c and the last box 5c. ak your child to sort the coins into the correct boxes.

Activity 2- The feely Bag

Place some 1c, 2c, and 5c coins into a bag. You and your child should not be able to see the coins. Ask him/her to feel about in the bag and pick a coin. S/he must guess what value each coin is before placing it in the correct box as used in activity 1.

Activity 3- Shopping

Set up a small shop. Label some items with 1c, 2c, and 5c price tags. Give your child a selection of coins. They must give you the correct coin for the item they buy in the shop!

Gather around a water table/ basin of water. Ask your child why do some things float/sink.

Explain to your child that whether an item floats or sinks depends on its density- how tightly packed together the material inside it is. A boat is very heavy but hollow, so it is not dense and can float. A marble is small and dense so it sinks.

Using the attached worksheet, have your child predict what will happen when you put an item in the water and then try it out!

Reader : Splash

Reading Zone Activity Book

Just Handwriting : pages 22 and 23  (based on letter y )

Other activities:

Make letter y out of play dough.

Write letter y in sand.

Look through old magazines and cut out pictures of objects beginning with letter y.

Find objects in your house beginning with letter y.

Free writing: give your child some paper or a copy and get them to write letters, words, or draw pictures.

Splash : read pages 16 to 20

(If your child hasn’t this book home with them, it is available to view on the website folensonline.ie)

Ask your child to pick out certain words on each page, e.g. show me the word splashes, show me the word water etc.

Look at the pictures on each page, discuss the pictures, ask your child questions about what they see in the pictures. Looking at the pictures, play the game ‘I spy with my little eye something beginning with…’

Complete pages 30-33

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The best and most effective way to teach capacity is to allow your child fill and empty a range of containers that are to hand in the home. This can be done while working/cooking in the kitchen or at bath time. Use the mathematical language associated with capacity- How much? How much more is needed? Full/empty, holds more/holds less.

Suggested activities

Give your child a number of bottles/ containers of different sizes. Get them to put them in order of size, ask them which they think will hold more/ less. Fill these containers with water. Using a measuring jug, pour the contents of each container into the jug and mark it. Compare each measurement to see if the children were right in their estimations.

Encourage your child to collect a selection of containers i.e. eggcup,  bowl, cup, saucepan, bucket.

Encourage your child to estimate how much water each container might hold i.e. How many cups of water does the saucepan hold, how many cups of water does the bucket hold? How many eggcups will I need to fill the cup. This activity can also be completed using sand if you want to take it outdoors!

Draw a picture of your favourite water activity e.g. swimming, fishing, jumping in puddles etc.

See attached folder for activities based on water