Junior Infants Work Pack June 2nd – 12th

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We hope you are all keeping well and are enjoying the sunny spells! Here is the next two weeks of work for Home Learning starting on Tuesday 4th June. (Monday is a Bank Holiday) You will see that we have set out the work in daily task form and split it into two weeks. This is just a suggestion and may not suit you at home. Feel free to swap activities around during the week if you need to!

We understand that motivation levels may be dropping at home so just do what you can. Remember, teachers love to see photos of the children’s work and send praise and feedback! This may help the hard workers to keep going!

If you managed to collect your child’s school books then you can use these to support your child’s learning. We have suggested some pages to complete each day from Ready to Write and Cracking Maths. You are welcome to continue at your own pace through the Cracking Maths Home Book as we will not be setting work from that book. You can fill in your copy books too which will save paper at home! (My News, SESE, Handwriting and Maths)

We have attached some optional worksheets if you were unable to collect the books or would like more options at home. 

Week 1 – 2nd of June

You will see some activities based on Michael Rosen’s story, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. If you don’t have a copy of the book at home, it is available on YouTube. We think this is a fun version! https://youtu.be/0gyI6ykDwds 

Useful weblinks for this week:

 Letter w https://youtu.be/quiLJ1H_bdQ 

Tuesday 2nd June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter v: complete page 59 in your Ready to Write Book or use the optional sheet below.

Don’t forget to practice writing your name this week too! Capital letter to start followed by all lower case.

    • Phonics/Reading – Pick out 5 sounds from your sound bag. Can you name the sound and give a word that starts with that sound?

Over the coming weeks your child might like to complete the following pages in their Jolly phonics workbook pages 42 44 46 47. The last 2 pages may a little challenge for those who would like to try!

 Combine sets of objects with totals up to 5 using lego, crayons, blocks etc.

Ask your child to make a set of 3, 4 etc and ask how many will there be if I add 1 or 2 more? 

e.g  Say ‘I had 2 I added 3 more and then I had 5 altogether’. 

‘I have 1 crayon and 3 pieces of lego, how many do I have altogether?’

  • Gaeilge Word of the Day – Uachtar Reoite ( say ook – ta- row – tah) Ice cream. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

  • SESE – Go on a Summer Walk! (weather permitting!) Use your senses to describe your walk. Draw pictures in your copy when you get home! (or use optional worksheet below)
    • What can you see? 
    • What can you hear?
    • What can you smell?
    • What can you feel?

Wednesday 3rd June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter v: practise the letter v into handwriting copy or onto a blank sheet. Use lots of different colours! 
    • Phonics/Reading – How many ‘at’ words can you make? Can you write them?
    • Rhyme – Oh Mister Sun https://youtu.be/hlzvrEfyL2Y 
  • Maths – Revision of work from Monday. 

Use lots of concrete materials to practice making sets of 5. 

Use language such as how many are there altogether, this makes… etc.

  • Gaeilge  Word of the Day – Seacláid (shock – loyd)  chocolate. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

  • SESE – Bears

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/search-results/?q=bears

Collect some Bear Facts 

o    Bears are large mammals, very strong and powerful. Most of them are omnivores (they eat everything!) except for Polar Bears which are Carnivores (they only eat meat).

o    There are 8 species of bears in the world. Polar Bears, Black bears, Brown Bears (or Grizzlies), Asiatic Bears (also called Moon Bears), Spectacled Bears, Sloth Bears, Panda Bears and Sun Bears.

o    6 of the 8 bear species are listed as ‘Endangered – at risk of extinction’ and the most endangered of all is the Panda

o    Draw some pictures of Bears into your copy!

Thursday 4th June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter w: complete page 61 in your Ready to Write Book or use the optional sheet below.
    • Phonics/Reading – Pick out 5 sounds from your sound bag. Can you name the sound and give a word that starts with that sound?
    • Rhyme – Oh Mister Sun https://youtu.be/hlzvrEfyL2Y 
  • Maths – Addition/Combining in Cracking Maths pages 103 and 104
  • Gaeilge  Word of the Day – líreacán (leer – a – kawn)  lollipop. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

  • Art – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

After reading/watching the story, be creative and draw/paint colour a picture of a bear. 

Make your own binoculars ( can use empty toilet rolls and string)

Friday 5th June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter w: practise the letter w into your handwriting copy or onto a blank sheet. Use lots of different colours! 
    • Phonics/Reading – How many ‘an’ words can you make? Can you write them?
    • Rhyme – Oh Mister Sun https://youtu.be/hlzvrEfyL2Y 
  • Maths use of concrete objects to practice addition of 2 numbers. 

Cracking Maths pages 105 and 106

  • Gaeilge  Word of the Day – bríoscaí (briss – kee)   biscuits. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ – Drama game

Name 5 areas in a room in the house or the garden. Give each area a name – Snowy Mountain, Grassy Meadow, Forest, Mud and the centre of the garden/room Bear Cave. 

Tell the children the actions for each area – 

o    Snowy Mountain – Stand and shiver, rub their arms and say brrrr

o    Grassy Meadow – Have a stretch and slowly lie down on the floor and imagine they are looking up at the sky on a warm sunny day

o    Forest – Stand up and using arms and fingers make a twisted tree shape

o    Mud – Bend down and put your hands into imaginary mud, then slap your hands on your legs and say Urgh

o    Bear Cave – Take four tiptoe steps, then cover your face with your hands and peep through your fingers and say “We’re not scared” and then say “Argghhhh”

Call out the areas in different orders, the children go to that area and do the action. 

Week 2 – 8th of June

This week, you will see some activities based on Julia Robinson’s story, What The Ladybird Heard. If you don’t have a copy of the book at home, it is available on YouTube. https://youtu.be/Lckjqm91LCk 

Useful weblinks for this week:

                                    Letter e https://youtu.be/vcV7-jl6744 

Monday 8th June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter z: complete page 63 in your Ready to Write Book or use the optional sheet below.

Draw a picture of your news or a Summer picture in your news copy or on a page and write a short caption too. Eg Today is Monday/ It is sunny.

    • Phonics/Reading – How many ‘in’ words can you make? Can you write them?
    • Rhyme – Revise ‘Humpty Dumpty’. What are the rhyming words?
    • Story – What the Ladybird Heard – Identify and discuss the rhyming words
  • Maths Once again this week we will be working on the addition of 2 numbers. (repetition is key!)

Make sets of objects and see how many you have altogether. 

You could even use outdoor chalk to draw sets or use flowers, twigs to make sets.

  • Gaeilge Word of the day – Siopa (Shup-a) Shop. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

  • SESE – Minibeasts

Go on a minibeast hunt, you can use a checklist or draw pictures of what you find in your copy. 

Where to look:

o    Look under large stones for millipedes 

o    Look closely on leaves for ladybirds

o    After it has rained can you see any slugs and snails?

o    Lots of creepy crawlies live in shrubs and trees, lay a piece of kitchen towel or an old white pillow case on the ground and shake the tree/shrub. You may be surprised at what you find. 

Tuesday 9th June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter z: practise the letter z in your handwriting copy or onto a blank sheet. Use lots of different colours! 
    • Phonics/Reading – Pick out 5 sounds from your sound bag. Can you name the sound and give a word that starts with that sound?
    • Rhyme – Revise ‘Jack and Jill’. What are the rhyming words?
  • Maths Cracking Maths – addition pages 107 and 108
  • Gaeilge Word of the day – Siopa Bia  (Shup-a – Bee – a)  Food shop. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

  • Art – Here are a couple of ideas! You might like to pick one to do this week.
  • Find a small rock/stone and decorate it to make a ladybird or bug.

https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/806988826957496522/

Wednesday 10th June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter e: complete page 64 in your Ready to Write Book or use the optional sheet below.
    • Phonics/Reading – How many ‘et’ words can you make? Can you write them?
    • Rhyme – Revise ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’. What are the rhyming words?
  • Maths Addition – Cracking Maths pages 109 and 110
  • Gaeilge Word of the Day – Siopa Éadai  (Shup-a – Ay – dee)  Clothes shop. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

  • Drama – Drama game

Choose a page from the story of What the Ladybird Heard. Pick a character without telling anyone who you have picked and speak like you are that character e.g Lanky Len “I have a plan we can sneak in this way, I am very thin.” or The Prize Cow “ I have won many prizes, I live in a shed.”

Take turns pretending to be a character in the story. This can be done through speaking and you can then change it to mime by acting like the animal/person without making a sound. 

           

Thursday 11th June

  • English
    • Handwriting – letter e: practise the letter e in your handwriting copy or onto a blank sheet. Use lots of different colours! 
    • Phonics/Reading – Pick out 5 sounds from your sound bag. Can you name the sound and give a word that starts with that sound?
    • Rhyme – Revise ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. What are the rhyming words?
  • Maths Addition – Cracking Maths pages 111 and 112
  • Gaeilge Word of the Day – Siopa Breágán (Shup-a – bray – gawn)  Toy Shop. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

Draw a Summer picture in your copy!

Friday 12th June

  • English
    • Handwriting – complete a pre writing pattern/letter page in your handwriting book or practise your letters on a sheet/whiteboard/chalkboard
    • Phonics/Reading – How many ‘en’ words can you make? Can you write them?
    • Rhyme – Revise ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’. What are the rhyming words?
  • Maths- Revise Weight – light and heavy. Cracking Maths pages 94 and 95.
  • Gaeilge Word of the Day – Scoil (Skull)  school. 

Use this word as much as you can throughout the week.

  • SESE

The Ladybird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUazqh63kE

Find three facts about the ladybird. 

           Draw a picture of a Ladybird and feel free to send us your pictures.