Talking and Listening: 

• Read together daily.  Talk about the ‘author’ and ‘illustrator’
• Recite 2 nursery rhymes, sing the ‘days of the week’ song and talk about the date. 
• Talk about your favourite Teddy Bear.       Maybe your mummy or daddy will talk to you (or show you) their favourite teddy bear.

Phonics: 

• Practise Jolly Phonics taught to date 
• Blending – Use your sounds to read the words and write them under the correct picture (This is a skill which needs a lot of reinforcement.  Try little and often!)
• Use your sounds to write the vowel sounds.

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 ‘all’
• Play Pack H Literacy game. 

Writing

• Continue to write your name and the phonics/tricky words that you can read.
• Worksheet - Finish the sentence ‘The boy has a book.’

Reading

• Read the speed sounds, green word and red words in ‘Ditty 3:a man and a dog’
• Once you complete ‘all’ worksheet, read the 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 Picnic.’ 

Mental Maths 

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

INTRODUCTION TO SUBTRACTION

• Continue to reinforce the process of taking away using practical materials e.g. pasta, toy animals etc and talk about the process.
• Sing rhymes which involve taking away -       5 Speckled frogs, 5 Little Monkeys, 5 Little ducks.
• Worksheets to support subtraction –‘Put on 5/6 counters’ (use pasta or coins for this practical activity) ‘How many left?’

CAPACITY

• Talk about ‘full,’ ‘half full’ and ‘empty.’ Use empty containers to help you fill and pour whilst exploring capacity. Fill cups, teapots, buckets etc and pour from one to another. Click https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/ and view lesson 4 ‘Measure capacity’

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: Bears

• Compare old and new teddy bears (see attachment)

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

USERNAME: trial@growinlove.ie   PASSWORD: growinlove 

• Click: Junior Infants - Theme 9 We give Thanks (2. At Mass We Give Thanks)

VIRTUAL SPORTS DAY

Wednesday 17th June @ 10am.

Good luck boys and girls!!

• Try some ‘Disney Workout 4’ moves from some of our favourite characters?

Music

• Teddy Bear's Picnic Sing-A-Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_jNgirWeQY

Art and Craft   

• Draw your favourite teddy bear
• Design a Father’s Day card for your daddy or granda.

Drama

• Teddy Bears Picnic role play. 

• Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Size Sorting Activity

• During June, we plan for a Teddy Bears Picnic in An Creagan. We would love if you could organise your own Teddy Bear’s Picnic. If the weather is dry, you could plan a picnic outdoors. If you choose to have your picnic indoors, you could create a little den under a table.  Remember to have FUN!!