Dear Parents,We hope that you and your families are well.During this time of unprecedented and uncertain times, some of you may be at home and searching for useful work to keep your children on track. Others may be juggling childcare, work etc. We are very much aware of the pressures and demands of family life and that no two situations will be the same. Whether your time is limited or unlimited, whether you have access to tablet/laptop and wifi or not, please know that reading a little and talking to your children every day will be the single most beneficial thing to them. So whatever you use from the suggested list below, please read with your child (picture books, library books, graded readers if you have them) as often as possible.

Phonics - sh, th and ch Read the sentences, highlight the /ch/, /th/ or /sh/ words and draw a picture.ch

Chuck is a chimp.He does not eat chips.He does not eat chilli.

Sh

This is Stella the shark.She can see a ship.She should not rush to it.She would give them a shock.

th

Thelma is sad.The thorn cut her thumb.She has a cloth to clean it.

Ask your child to write the following words:

Rich much chinSuch chop chipDish shop fishCash ship shinThin with thisBath moth shedShut pinch bench

Get your child to act as the teacher – highlight the missing capital letters and full stops.

the old man cut the grasstom ran down the hill

mam only has three seedswe will plant more trees

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

The above link will allow you to access oxford reading tree eBooks. If you check the back of your child’s library book you will know which level is appropriate for them.

Please continue to revise all sight words and sounds in your hardback copy.You can put the words into silly sentences for your child to read.

The following is a link to the literacy scheme your child is using in school. Please do not let your child go into any of the other units for the moment. Some of this unit has been covered by your child in class. Much of it can be done independently. https://www.gillexplore.ie/products?Thype=1&SubjectList=0&LevelList=0&AutoLogin=1

1. Click on: all titles - pick primary titles

2. Scroll down and click on: Over the Moon skills book for Senior Infants.

3. all chapters tab

- pick unit 7

all resource types tab Click on:

-Fiction reader eBook-Non-fiction reader eBook-Genre reader eBook

Your child can listen to these books being read to them.

all resource types tab Click on:

Oral Language and interactive resources

1. Oral language poster - Children can listen to the conversation about the garden centre

2. Interactive poem - Children can listen to the poem and talk to you about it.

3. Balloon Pop interactive activity – help your child to read these words. They can play independently if they can read them.

4. The rest of the games they are best played with an adult or older sibling but can be played by the child on their own.

Other activities you child can engage with

Tongue Twister (have fun saying this tongue twister in different voices. Discuss the word ‘dainty’.)

David drew a dainty daffodil

Write about spring

- Flowers in spring- Animals in spring- Weather in spring

Free writingMake a list of fruit seeds and vegetable seeds you would find in the garden centre.

MathsCounting Activities

Count to 20 – sit and stand ( sit on 1, stand on 2, sit on 3, stand on 4 etc)

Count to 20 – tap head and shoulders ( tap head on 1, shoulders on 2 etc)

Count to 20 – sit and stand (but say the number in your head when you stand so 1,., 3, . 5)

Count to 20 -head and shoulders (but say number in your head when you tap head so 2..4..6)

Topic – Money

The following activities have been organised bearing in mind that some children and parents may not have access to wifi.

Activity 1 – sorting coins

Use a selection of 1c, 2c and 5c coins. Ask children to sort them according to their value so a bundle of 1c coins, a bundle of 2c coins etc results. Later add some 10c coins and 20c coins. Discuss the coins and monsy during activity.

Suggested questions – Which coin is the smallest/largest?

Which coins are the same colour?

Can you see the value written on the coin?

Which of these two coins is worth more?

How many 1c coins would you swap for 5c coin ? etc

Activity 2 – coin rubbings

Place a coin under a page and hold at each side of coin over the page. Rub over the coin with a crayon or colouring pencil. The imprint of the coin should transfer to the page.

Activity 3 – My Shop

Children to draw 5 or 6 items and label them with prices (try at the moment to keep it to full coin values (eg 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c). Play shop with the shopping list

Suggested questions – How much is the lollipop?

I have 5c. is this enough to buy the flower?

Which coin would you use to buy the pencil?

Activity 4 – Value of coins

Swap coins for coins of equivalent value.

Suggested questions – How many 1c coins can you swap for one 5c coin? etc

What other coins could you swap for 5c?

Activity 5 – Counting money

Count money, firstly with just 1c coins, then 1 and 2c coins and gradually add in the other coins. As your child progresses, it may be useful to point out the skill of beginning with the larger coin and then adding the smaller ones. (Some children will figure this out themselves, for others it is a learned skill).

Activity 6 – Draw money in your purse

7c

6c 6c6c

Draw boxes (similar to above) with a total written in it. Your child adds coins to the box to the value. You may need to remind your child what values coins have (some children may suggest a 3c coin)

Activity 7 – Adding money

Add two coins at a time- in written format this time. Where activity 5 used concrete materials ( the coins), now we are counting the values without the coins

2c + 2c =

5c +2c =

The above activities are based on pages 110 -112 of operation maths book. If you do have wifi access for your child, these pages may be useful as a visual as you go through the activities.

To get access to this ebook, log on to edcolearning.ie and login using username primaryedcobooks and password edco2020. This will load the bookshelf. Search for and click on the yellow Operation Maths Senior Infants (NOT the at home book). This will open the ebook and you can check the pages 110 – 112.

The following two websites also have some interactive learning activities for money.

1.Planet maths

Go to website folensonline.ie Fill in your details and add Prim20 in the box for roll number An email will be sent immediately to your account to activate On the website click on Planet maths senior infants – resources In the search box, put in “Money” and 4 activities for money should come up

2 ixl maths.ie

On the website, click on “at home learning with ixl” Click on resources for Families Click on comprehensive curriculum – maths, English Click on senior infants, maths – 170skills Go to the heading money which has activities S1 – S10

This gives access to ten activities to help in the identification of coins, coin values and counting money.

Irish Activities 

https://www.cula4.com/ga/feach/player/?pid=6142017456001&teideal=Dot&series=Dot&dlft=7

Art

Use materials you have available to create a Spring themed picture.

Music

Google Vivaldi – four seasons and try to identify the spring music