Reading
One of the most important activities your child can do during this time is to make sure to read at least once a day.
The children can read online or any books that they have at home.
A great range of books are available online at Oxford Owl.
Using the "My Class Login" option (at the top of the page)
User name: msbyrne Username: mslivingston
Password: Byrne2020 Password: Livingston2020
I recommend the Oxford Reading Tree Series (available on Oxford Owl) for Senior Infants. They are similar to the books the children have read in school and will help them to continue to read independently.
Encourage the children to keep a log of all the books they have read (something like the reading log below would be ideal). They can even rate the book on how much they liked it. I would love to see all the reading they have done when we are back in school
To further develop your child's comprehension skills, ask simple questions after reading to check they understand what they have read.
Reading log:
The children can read online or any books that they have at home.
A great range of books are available online at Oxford Owl.
Using the "My Class Login" option (at the top of the page)
User name: msbyrne Username: mslivingston
Password: Byrne2020 Password: Livingston2020
I recommend the Oxford Reading Tree Series (available on Oxford Owl) for Senior Infants. They are similar to the books the children have read in school and will help them to continue to read independently.
Encourage the children to keep a log of all the books they have read (something like the reading log below would be ideal). They can even rate the book on how much they liked it. I would love to see all the reading they have done when we are back in school
To further develop your child's comprehension skills, ask simple questions after reading to check they understand what they have read.
Reading log:
| my_reading_log.pdf |
Listening to stories is also an important part of Senior Infants day.
- Popular fairy tales are available to listen to here:
- David Walliams, a popular children's author, will be reading a free audio story everyday online for children at 11am, available here. This weeks stories are from his series, The World's Worst Children :-)
Oral Language and Writing
A short piece of writing is more productive for Senior Infants than expecting them to write a story or pages of writing at this stage of their learning.
Below are suggestions of writing activities that can be completed everyday to be beneficial for your child's learning. Each activity can be completed in a copy/ notebook or on pieces of paper that can be stapled together.
Week Starting Monday 30th April 2020:
Monday:
Tuesday:
We have started exploring word families recently in Senior Infants. It would be very beneficial for your child to continue practising these word families. Some children may need to repeat a word family for a few days before moving on to the next one
**There is a helpful guide to word families at the end of this webpage: try and let the children make words on their own first before showing them the ones on the guide**
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Capital Letters: We have been exploring capital letters and learned all about when to use them and how to form them.
Parents guide:
Below are suggestions of writing activities that can be completed everyday to be beneficial for your child's learning. Each activity can be completed in a copy/ notebook or on pieces of paper that can be stapled together.
Week Starting Monday 30th April 2020:
Monday:
- The sounds of the alphabet a to z
- Call out each of the 26 sounds (mixing up the order will be more beneficial) to see can the child remember how to form each letter properly.
- Ask the child can the tell you three things/ people's names/ places that start with that sound.
- The child can attempt to write some words for each sound (spelling isn't important- the focus of this activity is to see can they use their sounds to make words)
Tuesday:
We have started exploring word families recently in Senior Infants. It would be very beneficial for your child to continue practising these word families. Some children may need to repeat a word family for a few days before moving on to the next one
**There is a helpful guide to word families at the end of this webpage: try and let the children make words on their own first before showing them the ones on the guide**
- Word family: at ( for example cat, bat, that etc.)
- Ask the child to write as many at words as they can and then to read the words they have written.
- Ask the child to put the words into a sentence for you. You could even work together to make a rhyming story: the sillier the better!
- If the child is comfortable with a range of at words; ask them to write 2 or 3 sentences using a different at word in each sentence.
Wednesday:
- Word family: ap ( for example map, lap, apple etc.)
- Ask the child to write as many ap words as they can and then to read the words they have written.
- Ask the child to put the words into a sentence for you. You could even work together to make a rhyming story: the sillier the better!
- If the child is comfortable with a range of ap words; ask them to write 2 or 3 sentences using a different ap word in each sentence.
Thursday:
- Word family: an ( for example can, man, Anna etc.)
- Ask the child to write as many an words as they can and then to read the words they have written.
- Ask the child to put the words into a sentence for you. You could even work together to make a rhyming story: the sillier the better!
- If the child is comfortable with a range of an words; ask them to write 2 or 3 sentences using a different an word in each sentence.
Friday:
Capital Letters: We have been exploring capital letters and learned all about when to use them and how to form them.
- Discuss with your child when they should use capital letters
- start of a sentence
- a person's name
- a place
- a title of a film/ book/ poem
- when using the letter I
- days of the week/ months of the year
- Similar to the lowercase letters on Monday, call out each sound of the alphabet (A to Z) and ask your child to write them down.
- Ask them to name a person/place they know to match each sound.
Parents guide:
| parents_guide-_alphabet_and_word_families.pdf |