A must-watch!! 😁

Hello everyone and welcome to the last week of online learning for the year. You are officially graduated after this week and can call yourselves Senior Infants! Congratulations everybody and well done to all. You have worked tremendously hard throughout the year and especially over the last couple of months when it's been really hard. Give your mammies and daddies a big hug and tell them well done too, I bet they have been super teachers!
You can keep this week totally fun and just stick to the activities, while also enjoying the freedom/lifted restrictions. However, I know some parents are still holding on to a bit of routine so I will post some suggested work too.

** I'm also going to leave a link to lots of helpful resources that might be of use to you over the summer holidays**
https://padlet.com/mskeogh/bgqx13slivel6d7c

Handwriting

Book - page 64

Optional practice

Suggested words for Dictation:

Suggested story: While we can't hug. I thought this one might be nice, as restrictions are slowly being lifted, it is difficult for children to understand why it is important to still keep their distance.

Maths:

1. Revise adding within 5, or within 10 if you wish. Use concrete materials to help; fruit, toys, coins etc.
2. Busy work - page 40 of your book

There are a couple of pages in the book that I have not assigned, as I think they are not fitting for the times we are living in. They are really to chat about your typical week ie. dancing on Mondays, swimming on Tuesdays etc. However, feel free to complete. You could fill in each box one day at a time and ask your child what they did on that day.

You will need:

• Paints
• Washing up liquid/bubble solution
  
• Water
  
• A straw
• Paper
  

Hi everyone, and welcome back to more fun online learning. I can't wait for you to see all of the fun things we are getting up to this week. But first, I want to show you what work I'd like you to do.

Handwriting

Suggested words for dictation:

Can you make an array like this 1-10 using items from your home?

Or what about this?

What did I take away in each of these?

 Hello again everyone! Today's experiment requires minimal resources. We will be making our own Lava Lamps, how cool! The super thing about these is you can choose your own colour by changing the food colouring. I really hope you enjoy it, and have FUN!!

You will need:

• Water
• Oil
• Food colouring
• A clear container ie. a glass
• 1 Alka-Seltzer

Extension - add some drops of red food colouring and then some blue, what do you think will happen? Try some other mixtures!

Don't forget to send on pictures and videos!!!  :)

The procedural writing is just an option you could do at the end, you may also like to do it orally to test memory!

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the blog. This week will be a little different in terms of layout and content, as outlined in the email sent to you last week.

For the next three weeks, we will be posting a small amount of suggested work for the week, and some fun educational activities for you to enjoy at home. All will be posted on Mondays, so that you can plan out the content according to your family's situation and needs at the moment.

English:

1. I suggest that you continue to practice your reading on www.connect.collins.co.uk.
   
2. Sounds, tricky words, word lists
3. Handwriting (see more below)
4. At least one piece of writing following the Writing Workshop format. It could be your news, your favourite cartoon character, your dream holiday etc.
5. Dictation (see more below)
6. Read a story - if you don't have access to books, youtube have lots.

Suggested Writing Workshop template

Suggested words for dictation:

           Page 30                            Page 31                            Page 32

Butterfly life Cycle
Today we will do an art activity based on the life cycle of a butterfly. Many of us know what butterflies are, but do we know where they come from? Watch the powerpoint video below to learn more and then get ready for some creativity! Enjoy :)

You will need:

• A paper plate
• Paper/card
• Scissors
• A ruler
• Glue
• A leaf
• Pasta pieces
• Grains of rice
• Colours/pencils

This is the list needed for my lesson, you can make your own version with what you have in your house! In fact, I have posted some other versions below!
** Click into images to see in full**

Hi everyone, and a very happy Friday to you all. I hope you had a great week. Here are some fabulous pictures of work that went on this week. Well done to all!

Maths:
Revision - Money
As said before, money is a bit of an abstract concept so there is no harm in spending another day or two at this.

1. Revision video - making an amount using the least about of coins ie. making 3c with a 2c and 1c rather than using all 1c coins.
2. Busy work - Busy at Maths pages 37 & 38. You could treat these as assessment pages if you'd like to see your child's understanding. **Click into images to see in full. **

English:

1. Practice your reader online, sounds, tricky words, word lists etc.
   
2. Dictation 1-8
3. Handwriting - pages 58 & 59, the letter s.

On a normal school day we would generally just do one page, so don't be worried if your child is finding this tiring, just let them do the second one. I would generally also ask the children to do ONE line, then we wait until everyone is finished, and move on to the next line and stop again. Try this if you are finding it difficult to keep them focused. A quick counting/jumping exercise could be a good break in between each line. Also, block the second page if you intend on doing both pages. There is nothing worse than a constant reminder of how far you have to go!
   4. Blending - a continuation from the words from last week. Read the sentence and find the matching picture. Don't forget to point to the words.

Gaeilge:
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 4
Suggested busy pages - lch 39 agus 40.

o Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a good week.
Just to let you know that there is a lovely maths challenge up on our Home School Liaison page (linked below) if you would like to do this with your kids, it's a fun one to do in your own time. Learning through play/fun will be the idea starting from next week.
https://www.olvinfants.com/home-school-liaison.html
English:

1. Practice your reader online, sounds, tricky words, word lists etc.
2. Handwriting revision pages 34 & 35 - I have also added a warm up video to help your child prepare for writing, as I have had some feedback from parents about it being difficult to get them to write.
   
3. Writing Workshop

• Mini Lesson (see below)
• Independent work
• Shared Session

Maths:
Empty sets
Make/find things that are empty.
Busy work: Busy At Maths page 28 & 29.

Gaeilge
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 4
Cómhrá (conversation)
You could recreate this setting at home and play shop why using the phrases.
Dia duit.
Dia is muire dhuit (hello)
Tabhair dom ______. (Give me a _______).
Seo duit _______. (Here is a ________).
Go raibh maith agat. (Thank you).
Fáitle romhat. (You're welcome).
Seo dhuit an t-airgead. (Here is the money.)
Slán. (Goodbye).

In addition, with all the madness going on in the world, I thought this story, Same Difference, would be nice to show your child if you are having some conversations with them at the moment. Fast forward to 1 minute to start the story. Enjoy!

Hi everyone, welcome back to the blog for another day of learning.
Maths:
Game: Ms. Brooks is back this week again with another brilliant game for you!
Busy Work: Busy at Maths pages 26 & 27 - Count, add, write/draw.

Gaeilge:
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 2
An bhfuil ______ sa siopa? (Is there a ________ in the shop?)
Tá/Níl _______ sa siopa. (________ is/is not in the shop.)

1. Cómhrá 2.2
2. Dán (poem)
3. Amhráin (song)

Hi everybody, I hope you all enjoyed the weekend and got plenty of Vitamin D!
Lots of you enjoyed my pictures and videos of the pet lamb so I thought I would give you an update! She is back on the farm with a few weeks and growing big and strong! I can't believe how big she is after getting and it makes me wonder how tall all of the children in room 2 have gotten! I hope we don't have to make the doors taller for you when you return to school. Here are some pictures of her and her little friends, and a video of her drinking her milk!

Maths:

1. Word problems: Read the following to your child  and see if they can work out the problem. 

• Ms O'Shea had 5 sweets. Antoni gave her 2 more. How many did she have then?
• A bus had 2 people on it. Then, Annabelle and Lucia hopped on. How many were on the bus then?
• 6 children were at the playground. Another 3 joined them. How many were there then?
• Wiktor had 5 lollipops. He gave 2 to  Amelia. How many lollipops did Wiktor have left? (subtraction - challenge, not expected to find this as easy)

   2. Busy at Maths pg. 25 - count, colour and write

Gaeilge:
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 1
Cad atá sa siopa? (What's in the shop)?
Tá _______ sa siopa. (_________ is in the shop).

1. Cómhrá 1.2 & 1.2
   
2. Amhráin