Ms. Connolly’s Junior Infants
June 15th- June 19th 2020
Big hello to all the amazing Junior Infants!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend! You are all doing such a brilliant job with learning from home. I have left this weeks suggested activities below. As always, please don't feel under pressure to tick off all of the activities. Choose your favourite activities and have some fun with them! 
I am so happy to see the amazing pictures and videos being sent on Class Dojo and email!
Keep up the great work
Remember to check Class Dojo daily for extra ideas and stories.
If you have any questions send me a message on Class Dojo or send an email to:
sinead'connolly@warrenmountprimary.com
Take care everyone. I hope you all have a great week! Ms. Connolly
If your child works with Ms.Doherty, Ms. Lindon/ Ms. O'Rourke, Ms. Staunton, Mr. Cullen or Ms. DeForge
please check their page on the website for more home learning activities for your child.
This weeks theme is:
Summer!
Monday:
Play:
Tricky Word:
- We have finished all of our tricky words! Well done 😊 We will practice and revise all of our words for the next two weeks.
- Tricky word revision
Story:
Fun in the Sun
Reading activity:
- Have a look at the front cover of the book.
- The name of a story is also called the title of a story - ask your child what is the title of this story?
- A person who writes a story is called the author…can you find the author of this book from looking at the cover
- Try playing a game of ‘I spy’ using the front cover. For e.g. ‘I spy with my eye something beginning with the sound ‘d’- dog
History:
- Try to sequence the story of “Fun in the Sun”
- Can you draw a picture for what happened during the beginning/ middle and end of the story?
- Who are the characters in the story?
Maths:
- Our topic this week is Combining
- Look at the sets in the pictures on p. 113 of Cracking Maths.
- Count the candles on the cakes. How many are on the first cake? The second cake? How many all together? Use your fingers to help :)
- Cracking Maths p113
Bunny Ears!
- This is a short activity that is great to do each day.
- Ask your child to get ready for ‘bunny ears’. (make a fist with one hand and place it on their head).
- You call out a number from 1-5 and ask them to show you that number of fingers. The trick is that (if they are able) they cannot look at their hand to do it!
- Once they have their answer, ask them to look at their hand and ask them to count and check if they were correct.
- For some of the children who are particularly good at maths and find this easy, you can ask them if they can think of another way to show you the number. So, for example for the number 4, they will firstly show you 4 fingers on one hand. When you ask them to show you another way they might use 2 hands and raise 2 fingers on each. When you ask again they might raise 1 finger on one hand and 3 fingers on another.
- This is a great short activity to do regularly.
Music:
Irish:
- Bua na Cainte, do the following:
- Go to http://www.edco.ie/bua
- Password: trial, Username: trial
- Today’s lesson is Siopadóireacht ceacht 6
P.E:
Tuesday:
Play:
Tricky Word:
- Tricky word revision game ideas- play from start to 1.20 minutes
Writing/ Phonics:
- Choose the correct missing sound for the following summer words.
Geography:
- Rainbow scavenger hunt; Look for the following items in your home/ garden/ the park.
Maths:
- Look at the flowers in the pictures on p. 114 of Cracking Maths.
- Draw the total number of petals on the flowers. How many all together? Use your fingers to help :)
- Cracking Maths p114
Music:
Irish:
P.E:
- Calypso the Flamingo Yoga
Wednesday:
Play:
Tricky word:
Tricky word cup game:
What you need:
- 3 cups, paper, pen, small object (hair/ stone/ pasta piece
How to play:
- An adult/ older brother or sister will write tricky words and stick them to cups. (said/ they/ you/ the)
- Child closes their eyes.
- Adult/ sibling hides the random object under one cup and mixes the cups up.
- Child must guess which cup the object is under but only by saying the tricky word first e.g. “Is it under ‘they’?”
- If the child gets it right, they can be the one to hide the object next time.
Phonics:
- Choose the correct beginning sound for the following summer words.
Science:
Maths:
- Look at the sets in the pictures on p. 115 of Cracking Maths.
- Count the dots on the butterflies. How many all together? Match the butterflies that have the same number of dots on each wing.
- Cracking Maths p115
Music:
Irish:
P.E:
Thursday:
Play:
Tricky word:
- Tricky word revision game ideas- play from 1.20 minutes to 1.56 minutes
Phonics:
- Choose the correct beginning sound for the following summer words.
Poem:
Maths:
- Look at the fingers on p. 116 of Cracking Maths.
- Match the elephants that have the same numbers on their ears. Colour the elephants with the same amounts. How many altogether?
- Cracking Maths p116
Irish:
Music/P.E:
Friday:
Play:
Tricky word:
- Tricky word revision game ideas- play from 1.56 minutes to end
Reading:
- Read the short CVC words. Find the rhyming words that match.
Maths:
- Look at the sets in the pictures on p. 117 of Cracking Maths.
- Add at the numbers on each elephant’s ears, how many altogether? Match the elephants to the correct bucket.
- Cracking Maths p 117
Music:
Irish:
Art:
P.E:
- Yoga for kids- the Sun Salutation