Room 9 Term 3, Week 1 ideas for senior infants

Hi girls!
Hope you are all well and you enjoyed your Easter. I hope you all enjoyed lots of yummy chocolate- I know I did. I sent you all a little card in the post, I hope you all received it ok.

I saw the lovely photographs some of you sent to the school website. I see the wonderful activities you have been up to- gardening, posting letters, colouring, tuning in to RTE homeschool and lots more. All of us teachers love to see your wonderful photos so keep them coming!

I know that you all have been keeping very busy and I am very proud of you all.
I have listed some activities that you might like to do for the coming week. As always, try as much as you like this is just a guide.

I miss you all so much and I look forward to seeing you.

Stay safe and don’t forget to keep washing your hands!

Ms. Frances Horan

Term 3, Week 1 Monday April 20th – Friday April 24th
Each day try to read something. It could be a book, a magazine, a poster, a letter, a note or a label. It is so important that we keep up our reading when we are not at school.
Listening to stories and being read to is a lovely way to spend our time at home. If you come across any books you love be sure to bring them in to school when we are back, you know how much I love storytime!
Here are some other activities you might like to do while at home.

Monday 20th April 2020

English – News - Write as much as you can about your Easter holidays. Draw some pictures and add labels. Don’t worry about perfect spelling, sound the words out as best as you can and I bet you will do a fantastic job. Ask someone at home to help you if you get completely stuck on a word. Read what you have written aloud for someone at home or even for your teddies. Remember to keep any work that you do and I will look at it when we get back to school. I will have lots and lots of lovely stickers waiting for you all.

Maths –Time : Use a clock at home to practice the time. Just focus on the time on the hour, 1 o’clock to 12 o’clock. This little video is helpful.

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

What time do you get up at? What time do you go to bed at? What time do you have your lunch? What time do you eat your dinner?
You could play “What time is it Mr. Wolf?” with your family at home.

Tuesday 21st April 2020

English – Phonics – qu, ou, ue, Can you find things in your house with these sounds? Practice writing words with these sounds.

Maths – Number 10 – Count forwards and backwards to 10. Count 10 things inside, count 10 things outside. Count up and down to 10 using your fingers. Draw groups of 10, you can draw anything you like 10 love hearts/10 dolls/10 rainbows etc.
Here is a funny little video on the number 10.

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

Wednesday 22nd April 2020
English – Handwriting Hh, Aa, Practice writing these letters lots and lots of times as perfectly as you can. Check your own work and pick the letters that you think you wrote the best. Give yourself some correct ticks!!

Phonics – er, ar oi, Can you find things in your house with these sounds? Practice writing words with these sounds.

Maths – Number 10 – make groups of 10 things using materials you have at home, 10 legos, 10 blocks, 10 straws, 10 lollipop sticks etc. Practice writing the number 10.

Thursday 23rd April 2020

English – Writing – Make a thank you card or draw a picture with labels for one of the frontline staff to say thank you for all their wonderful work. It could be a shopworker, a nurse, a doctor, a garda, a postperson, a delivery person or anyone that you know who is helping people. If it is possible you could give the card or picture to that person.

Maths – Number 10 – adding to 10. How many different ways can you make 10? use lego/ lollipop sticks to help you. 1+9=10, 0+10=10 etc.
Check do you have all the sums that are in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7KzI3n2Zk

Friday 24th April 2020
English – handwriting -Tt, Yy As before practice handwriting these letters as perfectly as you can. Check your work and pick the best ones.

Maths – Number 10 – Paint or Draw a ten picture. Decorate it as best as you can. Take a picture of your work and send it to the school website.

Other subject ideas for the week:

Religion: Prayers- Practice saying the Hail Mary and the Our Father. Be kind to others and use your very best manners at all times. Do something nice for someone each day.

S.E.S.E.: Focus on the Local Natural Environment- Investigate the areas close to your home. See what you might be able to find and collect in the areas near to your home. You might find, stones, flowers, sand, pebbles etc. Don’t forget to use gloves and wash your hands after! Draw pictures of what you found.

Floating and sinking – Gather some materials around your house and see which ones float and which ones sink. You could do this one in the bath or with a basin and some water.
Draw a picture of the thinks that floated and the things that sunk.

Gaeilge – Use the Irish words and phrases that you know, when you can. Watch a programme on TG4. https://www.cula4.com/ga/.

P.E. : Ball games, Practice throwing, catching and kicking outside if you can.
Have a dance along to this song! When I hear this song it reminds me of you all singing it at lunch time in our class (and I couldn’t stop dancing!) Luke and I will be dancing to it at home too. Enjoy!

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

I will be in touch with you all again very soon.