Senior Infants Literacy remote learning Assumption Junior School

Senior Infants Literacy remote learning Assumption Junior School Week 1 March 30 th – Apr 3 rd Week 2 April 6 th – April 10 th

• Children: We hope you are all healthy and safe at home. Your teachers wish we were all still in school and miss you. • Parents/Guardians: Since you are now qualified teachers we wish you the best of luck in your new career! The senior infant team have set as much work as we can that your children can do independently however they will need help reading and figuring out some of the tasks / instructions. Enjoy this time working and teaching your children as it will all return to normal soon (we hope!). • Please note work is planned for over two weeks • Week 1 – March 30 th – April 3 rd • Week 2 - April 6 th – April 10 th

Students you will need: - A copy book to record all your work. - Pens, pencils, colours, rubber. - An adult to help sometimes! - A computer / tablet / phone for some activities.

Phonics Phonic sound for week 1 Phonic sound for week 2 Task 1 Write a list of 6 or more ‘ur’ words. Task 2 Put 4 of these words into sentences Task 3 www. phonicsplay. co. uk Click on ‘dragon’s den’ game. Click on ‘phase 2’ resources and ‘revise all phase 2’ and play Task 1 Write a list of 6 or more ‘ck’ words. Task 2 Put 4 of these words into sentences Task 3 www. phonicsplay. co. uk Click on ‘buried treasure’ game. Click on ‘phase 2’ resources and ‘+ck’ You can also select ‘enter your own words’ for another game if you want! If you have any issues with the phonics play website Username: march 20 Password: home However you should be able to use it without signing in or subscribing. Extra You can also revise the diagraphs: Week 1 ‘ue’, ‘oa’ Week 2 ‘ie’, ‘ai’ (what sound do they make and list words with these sounds)

Handwriting Some writing reminders…. . • When you are writing please remember all the handwriting rules. Tall letters tall, hanging down letters. Use capital letters correctly. Do not forget full stops. Spaces in between your words. • If you see your child forming a letter incorrectly please show them how to write it correctly. Example of a common mistake: Forming b like a 6. The letter ‘d’ does not start at the top but with a ‘c’. • Try to encourage you child to sound out words before looking for help.

Short independent writing activities Week 1 • Write the alphabet and circle all the tall letters in blue. Circle all the hanging down letters in red. • Write a ridiculous shopping list for your mother. • Write an apology letter from Goldilocks to the three bears. Week 2 • How many words can you write in 3 minutes. • Write an acrostic poem using your name. • Draw 6 pictures to show what happens in Jack and the Beanstalk (week 2).

Capital letters Make a table for your child like the below from A –Z in their copy or on a big sheet of paper. Over the next 2 weeks fill it in! Letter Girl’s name Boy’s name Place A Anna Arthur America B C D E F G - Parents - Please practice writing the all capital letters. We did not get to finish covering the writing all of these in school. So help your child recognise and correctly form of all capital letters.

Reading Read every day. Try to have 10 to 40 mins reading time set aside everyday. It really is so important. The length of time depends on your child’s level of interest. If your child is not that interested, start with a small amount of time and try to build it up. Just read every day it really is so important no matter the length of time. Reading with your child apart from improving their general reading skills will also help them develop their oral language skills and ability to express what is happening. Things parents can do. - Ask questions, - Encourage them to use expression. - Make sure your child heeds punctuation marks, such as commas, full stops etc. . This will help to improve fluency. - Talk about the setting, the characters, the problem, the solution present in all stories. - Look up the author online and find out information about who wrote the book. - Record information about stories read in their copies by writing simple sentences, or drawing pictures to re-tell the story.

Week 1 • Pick a book from your library at home that you love reading. In your copy write the title, author, illustrator and characters. Write 3 sentences about the story and include why you like this book/story. • Roy the Zebra (online story). It has before and after reading discussion options which you can do with your child. If you have a printer, there is a reading certificate your child can fill out and stick into their copy after reading each chapter. If you do not have a printer just record that you read chapter one and two in your copy and draw a picture from each chapter in your copy. • https: //www. roythezebra. com/guided-reading-story. html • Please read chapter one and two only this week. Week 2 • Pick a book from your library at home that you do not like. In your copy write the title, author, illustrator and characters. Write 3 sentences about the story and include why you do not like this book/story. • Read chapters three and four only this week. Complete all the before and after discussions as you work through the story. Print out and complete the reading certificate. If you do not have a printer just record that you read chapter three and four in your copy and draw a picture from each chapter in your copy. • https: //www. roythezebra. com/guided-reading-story. html

Extra • As you know we were covering fairytales. We are not sure what you have read so here are some suggestions of fairytales you can read. Do you know all of these ones? Retell the story if you know it and read it / watch it if you never heard it before. Hansel and Gretel, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, The Princess and the Pea, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Rumpelstiltskin.

Oral Language Week 1 Focus on the question words. When? What? Why? Where? How? Who? 1) Write the 6 question words on 6 cards. Pick a card and ask a question. 2) Interview someone at home or someone on skype/facetime and ask them questions using the questions words only! Show the person you are talking to one of the question words card and they must ask you a question. Or Look up below website and follow the question word instructions https: //www. scoilnet. ie/uploads/resources/22839/22562. pdf Week 2 1) We were teaching the children about adjectives. Pick a random selection of books and just look at pictures and encourage your child to describe things in the pictures. You are not reading these books but using the pictures. 2) Come up with 20 words and put an adjective in front of them. Example: a ____ dog / a ____ car / a ____ house / a ____ dress

Week 1: Poetry Learn this poem and record it on your tablet / parents phone. Use plenty of expression. Watch it back. Could you do it better? How? If you are friends online with anyone in the class send it to them and ask them to send you their recording. Goldilocks and the Three Bears Performed by (you) There are 3 bears, out in the woods, They took a long walk, just like they should. Along came a girl, in a pretty pink dress Who walked straight in and made a BIG MESS She ate their food, and sat in their chairs, She even broke little baby bear’s. And then upstairs guess what they saw? Goldilocks asleep in a bed “GET OUT” is what they said!

Week 2: Poetry Learn this poem and record it on your tablet / parents phone. Use plenty of expression. Watch it back. Could you do it better? How? If you are friends online with anyone in the class send it to them and ask them to send you their recording. Jack and the Beanstalk Performed by (You) Jack and the beanstalk, Jack and the beanstalk, growing up high. Looking for a giant, Looking for a giant up in the sky. Climbing back down, Climbing back down quick, quick. Gimme that axe, that axe I have a problem to fix fix”

Week 1: Days of the week Write and finish these sentences in your copy On Monday I went………………… On Tuesday I ate………… On Wednesday I saw…………… On Thursday I went ……………… On Friday my dad…………… On Saturday my mum………………… On Sunday I saw …………… Months of the Year https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=5 en. DRr. Wy. Xaw

Week 2: Days of the week Practice writing the seven days of the week. How well can you spell them now? Months of the Year My birthday is in (month). My mother’s birthday is in (month). My father’s birthday is in (month). Write other important dates / anniversaries / celebrations that you celebrate in your house. Try to come up with one for every month.

Easter Activities • Draw and design an Easter egg in your copy. • Write an ‘Easter’ acrostic poem. • Make an Easter mobile. Hanger and hang differently design eggs on it. You do most of the work but ask your family to make some eggs for the mobile too. https: //wordville. com/Reading. Comp/ES 5 Funny. Bunny. html • This is a poem and a comprehension task. Your child will need help with this. This is a parent-child one-one activity. • Using your procedural writing knowledge write 4 sentences of ‘how to eat an Easter egg’ in your copy using First…. Next…. . Then…. . Last…. .

• Well done you have completed your first literacy remote learning pack!