05/05/2020

Dear Parents, Guardians and Children,

I hope every family enjoyed the Bank holiday weekend. This week is a short week. Our theme this week is Hansel and Gretel. I have made a general plan below of how we can link it into some of the subjects. Most people should have the story at home. If you do not have it, I’ll include a powerpoint version too.

Happy 6th Birthday Paige! She will celebrate on the 9th May.

If you have any tech issues or questions about the course work, feel free to email missroweonline@gmail.com .

I hope you all stay safe and well for the week ahead and I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Aisling Rowe

1. Irish 28. Ag campáil Téamaí: An Aimsir, Caitheamh Aimsire Vocabulary – an ghrian ag taitneamh (the sun is shining), ag campáil (camping), Tá sé dorcha ( It is dark), réaltaí (stars), an spéir (sky), an t-uisce (water), ag snámh (swimming), an choill (the forest)

Please refer to CJfallon website and create a free account. 0https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/20360/52• CJFallon link to workbook (Céim ar Chéim B) pages 58 & 59; 58: Cuir tic sa bhosca ceart agus abair. Dathaigh na pictiúir. 59: Treoraigh Mamaí, Daidí, Liam agus Fífí go dtí an loch.

Complete orally as you do not have the workbooks.

2. English Junior Infants

New sound (oi ) as in foil, soil. This is a digraph (a combination of two letters representing one sound).

(a) Read the oi story and ask the following questions: Who has a boat? What happened the boat?

(b) Jolly Phonics songs: Play the song for the children and get them to do the actions and learn the words of the song. The song for /oi/ is at 11:06. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HYM9VXz9k&t=3s

Get your child to read the following words and they are only allowed say /oi/ not /o/ and /i/ separately! They will need a bit of help to decode. Stretch out the sounds with them cloud, gradually getting faster at sounding out the words.

COMPLETE oi PAGES BLUE SOUND COPY FROM HOMEWORK FOLDER .

(c) Get the child to form the letters with their finger in the air with their fingers, on the table, on the back of their hands, etc, before writing them on paper. If you had a whiteboard or a chalkboard, they could practice on those first and write a word that has /oi/ in it. i.e. “soil, foil, join”. Children could make the letters with playdough, in sand/flour, on sand paper, in rice, with lollipop sticks/match sticks, anything that’s sensory etc. Spend the week on the sound /oi/ and revise the other sounds covered. Get children to draw pictures of things starting with /oi/, label them and write simple sentences. You could have the words written on a separate page and the children could copy them.

Some videos you may find useful:

Alphablocks: oi https://youtu.be/VB-qfTX-gF0 Kids vs phonics https://youtu.be/01EO7QgWyxU Blending https://youtu.be/zZRXJdQhkhM

(d) Storytime: Read the famous fairytale- Hansel and Gretel. Talk about the elements of a story. Characters, setting

(e) Reading -‘Over the Moon’ series available free using this link - https://content.yudu.com/web/1yssw/0A224cw/OTMJnrInfsFReader8/html/index.html?refUrl=https%253A%252F%252Fcontent.yudu.com%252Fweb%252F1yssw%252F0A224cw%252FOTMJnrInfsFReader8%252Findex.html&page=1

Complete the story “Cat Rescue”. Ask children open and closed questions like above.

Let the children read this aloud independently. Say the phrase “Chop it up” or “If in doubt, sound it out”. Sound out the words together if needed. Give them hints if they are stuck on words.

- They all should have a Core reader 1 and 2 in their hw folder. For anyone who was absent. All Core Readers are available on this link. https://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources .

Click: Primary. Junior Infants. English. Rainbow stage 1. Access Core Reader 3 Fun at the park: Online book. Read “A Walk in the park” pg 9-16Continue to practice Core readers 1 & 2. Practice word sheets.

Revise: sunny day look at New Sight Words: bag having fun moreBoard Games posted on the class page. Other games for sight words include bingo, tic tac toe, fly swatters, hopscotch, memory cards, treasure (word) hunt.

Word Families: Practice reading. Rhyming word families Revision of –at, -an Interactive games https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/ Timer Challenge. Set timer for a minute and see how many /at/ words can you write. 3. Maths

Number story of 5. Ways to make 5. Show using real items. Eg. 5 spoons0+5=51+4=5 2+3=53+2=54+1=5

5+0=5

BUSY AT MATHS HOMEWORK BOOK. COMPLETE PG 34, 35, 36

Data- graphs- Pictograms

Counting groups and recording the information on a graph. Count the sweets on the house and colour the correct amount of boxes.

4. Science- Materials- Hansel and Gretel- The witches house is made of sweets. Sorting materials. Stone, glass, bricks, wood, plastic. Find items around the house. Which material would be the best to build a house instead of sweets?

5. GeographyRescue: Hansel & Gretel. Create map to help Hansel and Gretel to get home include Hansel and Gretel's house, the witch's house, a forest, pebbles and path.

Samples below.

6. HistoryHomes past and present. Comparing and contrasting. New and old. See Homes in the past. See powerpoint.

7. Art Junk Art. Use recycled materials to create a house like the witches’ house made of sweets and treats. Draw lollypops, candy canes, lemon drops, bulls eyes etc and stick them of the house to decorate.

8. MusicSing and perform: There was a crooked man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqyUOlz_6i4

Add instruments if you have any. You could use something simple. A glass and spoon would be perfect.9. DramaRe-enact a scene from Hansel and Gretel.

10. SPHEStaying safe. Stranger danger. Learn two key rules: Never go anywhere with a stranger. Never take anything from a stranger

11.Religion Pg 52, 53 Mass, Thank you for

12. PE- Striking skill. Tennis, baseball, hurling. Last week was Active Home Week. Continue with any of these brilliant activities.

Irish Heart Foundation- Let’s Get Active At Homehttps://irishheart.ie/publications/lets-get-active-week-5/ Skipping

Movement DiceActive 100Active Alphabet Top 10 BeanbagAnimal Moves

Top 10 Balloon Ideas for Physical ActivityTry as many of these as possible.

Thank you to all the parents who have been to contact. If you have any work related queries please feel free to email me at: missroweonline@gmail.com or even if your child would like to send me a few lines to say how they are doing, that would be great. No pressure! I will be monitoring the emails from 10-12 o’clock next week should you wish to contact me.Kind regards, Aisling Rowe