Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and enjoying the time at home. Below is some work for the coming week. As I mentioned previously, please don’t feel under pressure to get everything done.
As per other classes, I am asking that you send on some samples of work on Wednesdays and Fridays via email to gfitzgibbonnickerns@gmail.com.
Examples of work you could send are
- photos of written work completed
- name of a book read
- a screen shot of any work completed online
- an image of maths task completed, e.g. shape hunt
- I’d also love to see any art activities, lego creations etc.
If you have any questions or need anything at all please get in touch.
Kind Regards,
Miss Fitzgibbon.
Senior Infants
English
- Continue with the sounds book, revising sounds and blending words on the blending pages.
- Parent can call out one or two words a day and child can try their best to write the word.
- Continue practising writing in the green writing copy.
- Write their “news” one / two days.
- Spend a few minutes playing phonics games on one of the websites listed
- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
- http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg
- https://www.starfall.com/h/
- There are plenty of free ebooks on https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/. Look in the ebook library on this website.
- Here’s a link to a story called “ A Tale of Two Feathers’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGH1sZkG1_s.
- Ask your child to retell the story in their own words.
- If you like you can ask questions such as these to check understanding of the story and practise some oral language skills!
- What colour is the feather Otis finds?
- What type of bird is Otis?
- Why did Otis and Kia never get to meet?
- Why do you think the world looks so different for Kia at night time?
- Children can draw a picture of their favourite part of the story with a sentence/ two underneath explaining why.
Maths
Revising 3-D Shapes
Your child needs to know the names of shapes; cube, cuboid, cylinder or sphere. S/he needs to know some of the mathematical language associated with 3-D shapes- names of boxes/cartons/packets, etc. that are similar in shape to those mentioned, shapes that can/can’t roll, corner, straight edge, flat face, curved face, etc.
Children can sometimes get mixed up between 3-D and 2-D shapes. I often remind them that 3-D shapes are fat shapes, and 2-D shapes are flat shapes.
3D Shapes
Point out to your child some shapes around the house in the shape of a cube, cuboid, cylinder, or sphere. See if they can count how many corners, how many flat faces, and how many curved faces.
Cube- A cube has six flat faces, which are all the same size. It has eight corners e.g. dice, Oxo cube, ice cubes, boxes etc.
Cuboid- A cuboid has six flat faces, but not all faces are the same size. It has eight corners e.g. cereal packets, shoeboxes, books.
Sphere- A sphere is round in shape, it has only one curved face and no corners. E.g. footballs, tennis balls, basketballs, marbles, moon, sun, and other planets.
Cylinder- A cylinder has one round face and two flat circular ends. E.g. tins of beans/peas, Pringles box, packet of mints.
Breaking/making shapes
Give your child a cereal packet/Pringles box/shoebox or any other box to hand in the shape of a cube, cuboid /cylinder. Ask him to carefully cut along the edges to highlight the different faces on the shapes.
Shape hunt
Set your child the task of finding objects in the house that are in the shape of a cube, cuboid, cylinder or sphere. They can record their findings by drawing pictures of what they find on a sheet divided into 4, with a section for each shape.
Activity: Can it roll?
Examine what shapes can /cannot roll. Ask questions such as “Why do you think the cereal won’t roll?”, “Why won’t the tin of beans roll when it’s upright?”, “How might you make the tin of beans roll?”
Gaeilge
Look at the video on torthaí (fruit) as Gaeilge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OF8CWk5Fpk
Repeat the following after the voice in the video.
- úll ( apple)
- banana (banana)
- oráiste (orange)
- fíonchaora (grapes)
- sú talún (strawberry)
- piorra (pear)
Phrases to practise
Ar mhaith leat ____ (Would you like a_____)
Ba mhaith liom ___ (I would like a _____)
Science
The story above is about Otis the Owl. Here is an interesting video about owls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13yxEVwdUbw
Draw and label an owl.
Discuss animals that are nocturnal (come out at night) like owls versus animals that come out during the day (diurnal).
First Class
English
Continue with spelling booklet.
Spend a few minutes playing phonics games on one of the websites listed
- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
- http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg
- https://www.starfall.com/h/
- There are plenty of free ebooks on https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/. Look in the ebook library on this website.
Here’s a link to a story called “ A Tale of Two Feathers” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGH1sZkG1_s.
Ask your child to retell the story in their own words.
Activity 1. Here’s some vocabulary from the story. Find the words in the story. Put these words into a sentence:
shiny
feather
dropped
returned
delicious
stripy
exhausted
mysterious
Activity 2: Answer the following questions
- What word is used to describe the night at the beginning of the story
- clear
- starry
- cloudy
- What is Otis doing when he finds the blue feather?
- Find three describing words (adjectives) in the story.
- Write “daytime” or “night-time” beside each bird to say when we see them in the story
- Billy Blue Tit
- Candace Corncrake
- Bertie Bullfinch
- Why do you think the world looks so different to Kia at night-time?
Activity 3: Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story. Describe in a few sentences why it is your favourite part.
Maths:
Continue with Master Your Maths.
Revising 3-D Shapes
Your child needs to know the names of shapes; cube, cuboid, cylinder or sphere. S/he needs to know some of the mathematical language associated with 3-D shapes- names of boxes/cartons/packets, etc. that are similar in shape to those mentioned, shapes that can/can’t roll, corner, straight edge, flat face, curved face, etc.
Children can sometimes get mixed up between 3-D and 2-D shapes. I often remind them that 3-D shapes are fat shapes, and 2-D shapes are flat shapes.
3D Shapes
Point out to your child some shapes around the house in the shape of a cube, cuboid, cylinder, or sphere. See if they can count how many corners, how many flat faces, and how many curved faces.
Cube- A cube has six flat faces, which are all the same size. It has eight corners e.g. dice, Oxo cube, ice cubes, boxes etc.
Cuboid- A cuboid has six flat faces, but not all faces are the same size. It has eight corners e.g. cereal packets, shoeboxes, books.
Sphere- A sphere is round in shape, it has only one curved face and no corners. E.g. footballs, tennis balls, basketballs, marbles, moon, sun, and other planets.
Cylinder- A cylinder has one round face and two flat circular ends. E.g. tins of beans/peas, Pringles box, packet of mints.
Breaking/making shapes
Give your child a cereal packet/Pringles box/shoebox or any other box to hand in the shape of a cube, cuboid /cylinder. Ask him to carefully cut along the edges to highlight the different faces on the shapes.
Shape hunt
Set your child the task of finding objects in the house that are in the shape of a cube, cuboid, cylinder or sphere. They can record their findings by drawing pictures of what they find on a sheet divided into 4, with a section for each shape.
Activity: Can it roll/ stack?
Examine what shapes can /cannot roll, and which shapes can/cannot stack Ask questions such as : “Why do you think the cereal won’t roll?”, “Why won’t the tin of beans roll when it’s upright?”, “How might you make the tin of beans roll?” “What is the only shape that can roll and stack?”
Gaeilge
Look at the video on torthaí (fruit) as Gaeilge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OF8CWk5Fpk
Repeat the following after the voice in the video. After listening to the video a few times, try muting the video and listing the words as they come up!
Draw and label:
úll ( apple)
banana (banana)
oráiste (orange)
fíonchaora (grapes)
sú talún (strawberry)
piorra (pear)
Phrases to practise
Ar mhaith leat ____ (Would you like a_____)
Ba mhaith liom ___ (I would like a _____)
Science
The story above is about Otis the Owl. Here is an interesting video about owls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13yxEVwdUbw
Discuss animals that are nocturnal (come out at night) like owls versus animals that come out during the day (diurnal).
- If your child likes they can write a short report about Owls. 5/6 sentences is plenty. Include a title, what owls look like, what they eat, and some other interesting facts!