Literacy

Talking and Listening: 

• Read together daily.  Talk about the ‘author’ (writes the story) and ‘illustrator’ (draws the pictures)
• Recite 2 nursery rhymes, sing the ‘days of the week’ song and talk about the date. 
• Talk about animals and their babies (see attachment for animals and their young)

Phonics: 

• Practise Jolly Phonics taught to date 
• Introduce new sound ‘th (three, thread, thing, think)
• Complete the worksheets to reinforce the letter sound ‘th.’  Colour the cheeky clowns sticking out their tongues, making the ‘thhh’ sound, sort for pictures that begin with ‘th,’ draw something with the ‘th’ sound, can you fing ‘th?’.
• For more online support with sounds please click the following link and scroll down the page for video on learning the letter sound, correct formation and blending  https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/jolly-phonics/
• Alphablocks Fun: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nhsyn/alphablocks-series-3-13-thing
• Blending – Read the words. Colour them correctly and Match each label to the correct picture. (*suggestion – complete 2/3 words daily* This is a skill which needs a lot of reinforcement. Try little and often!)

Tricky Words/Key Words: 

• Practise Tricky Words taught to date and introduce 2 new tricky words from the second ‘Home Learning Pack if your child is secure with previous tricky words taught.
• Worksheet to reinforce the tricky word 'into' 
• Play a phonics or tricky word game. 

Writing

• Write your name and practise correct letter formation for ‘th’. 
• Write the tricky words that you can read.
• ‘Have a Go’ sentences.

MY-ON

Log into MY-ON and click the audio button to listen to a story.  Complete this week’s MY ON project ‘Year 1 Animals and their Babies.’ Can you get a grown up to help you type a review on one of the books?

Mental Maths 

• Orally count forwards to 20 and count backwards from 10 
• Mental Maths recall of number before/after/1 more within 15 

REVISION OF NUMBER TO 15

• Form the numbers 0-15 correctly 
• Use the number line to recognise numbers within 15 
• Worksheets to support number to 15 – How many? and write the numbers that comes before and after. Remember correct number formation!

ADDITION TO 10

• Continue to reinforce the concept of addition. Read the number sentence correctly e.g. 2+3=5 - two add three equals five
• Worksheets to support addition – Cut and Stick and Write the Sums. (*suggestion – complete 2/3 number sentences daily* This is a concept which needs a lot of reinforcement. Try little and often!)

WEIGHT 

• Recognise HEAVY and LIGHT
• Recognise HEAVIER and LIGHTER

MATHLETICS: Well done to everyone on their Mathletics achievements this week!

Remember to log on and complete some of the activities.  Can you reach 1000 points?

WAU

Mother and Baby Animals

• Name and match mother and baby animals. Use the attachment to create a matching game. If you do not have a printer, perhaps you could draw a mother animal and their baby. An adult could help you write the names beside your drawing.

• Say your daily prayers.
• Log into Grow in Love www.growinlove.ie - 

USERNAME: trial@growinlove.ie   PASSWORD: growinlove 

• Click: Junior Infants - Theme 8 Water 1. Water is Wonderful
• Talk about the simple ways that we can save water.

• Try some ‘Disney Workout’ moves from some of our favourite characters?
• Core NI 11am daily on Instagram OR
• Joe Wicks, The Bodycoach 9am daily on his YouTube channel AND
• Enjoy the beautiful outdoor weather 

Music

Baby Animal Song (*YouTube links require adult supervision at all times)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRp6i0SkUKE

Art and Craft   

• Draw a picture of mummy and baby animal.

Drama

• Continue with the Vet’s Role Play area in your home and discuss ways in which we can look after animals.

Create your OWN Time Capsule

We hope you enjoyed created some things last week for your time capsule. This week we suggest you

• Take a photograph of you and your family. Have you a photograph of you wearing your school uniform? Maybe you could put that into your Time Capsule?
• Ask you parents or grandparents to write you a letter that you can read when you are older.

You can make a little scarp book or store the pages in a box – you can decide in your special place!