Suggested Work for 25th - 29th May

Monday
Reading: Now that you have your own book it’s time to revise Finn’s Dream to practice fluency and
               expression. Read aloud to someone at home.
               Let’s begin by reading Pages 1, 2
               Look for the yellow set of flashcards in your folder.
               Read the new words from page 1 and 2

               Now you have your own little CJFallon Rainbow reading library at home you can revise all                   the books you were trying to read on line. It is a good idea to read a story again to 
               practice fluency and expression. Start at the very beginning at the pink level and read
               through the graded series. Don’t forget to get Mam or Dad, to sign your reading log in your
               folder so we can see how well you are getting on.

               Remember you can read all titles from the cjfallon Rainbow series on my.cjfallon.ie
               Click here and filter to your required title.
               Select primary / First Class/ English / Rainbow Stage 1 - Select ebook  

              Click here to print or download your reading log.
              Click here for Pip and Rags word search 1 and word search 2
              Click on the level below to read or download the flashcards for each of the leveled readers.
                   Pink Level    Red Level   Yellow Level   Blue Level   Green Level   Orange Level  

Writing: Look at the Orange Finn’s Dream workbook we have put together for you and do the first
             worksheet. Write the missing words into the sentences. 
               
Phonics: Click here, select Sounds Like Phonics Activity Book B. 
              Make a vowel man appear.
              Do the interactive activities in Unit 3 The School  - Long a
              The long a says the name of the letter
                 - Introduction to the sound animation.
                 - Sorting long and short vowel sounds.
Tuesday
Reading: Revise Finn’s Dream Pages 3, 4
               Look for the yellow set of flashcards in your folder.
               Read the new words from page 1 to page 4
               Continue reading from your Rainbow Library and fill in your reading log.

Writing: Unscramble these sentences and write them in your copy.
             Click here to view or download your writing page.

Phonics: Click here, select Sounds Like Phonics Activity Book B. 
              Do the interactive activities in Unit 3 The School  - Long a 
              The long a says the name of the letter
                 - long and short 'a' spelling
Wednesday
Reading: Revise Finn’s Dream Pages 5, 6
               Look for the yellow set of flashcards in your folder.
               Read the new words from page 1 to 6
               Continue reading from your Rainbow Library and fill in your reading log.

Writing: Look at the Orange Finn’s Dream workbook we have put together for you and do the second
             worksheet. Write the missing words into Kitty’s Tree House story.

Phonics: Click here, select Sounds Like Phonics Activity Book B. 
              Do the interactive activities in Unit 3 The School  - Long a 
              The long a says the name of the letter
                 - Find the phonogram  -ake
Thursday
Wednesday
Reading: Revise Finn’s Dream Pages 7, 8
               Look for the yellow set of flashcards in your folder.
               Read the new words from page 1 to 7
               Continue reading from your Rainbow Library and fill in your reading log.

Writing: Write about a walk in the park with your puppy. Use as many action words as you can.
             Don’t forget about your doggy tail endings s, ed and ing .
             Click here to view or download your writing page.

Phonics: Click here, select Sounds Like Phonics Activity Book B. 
              Do the interactive activities in Unit 3 The School  - Long a 
              The long a says the name of the letter
                 - Find the phonogram  -ame
Friday
Reading: Revise Finn’s Dream Pages 9, 10
               Look for the yellow set of flashcards in your folder.
               Read the new words from page 1 to 10
               Continue reading from your Rainbow Library and fill in your reading log.

Writing: Click here to download Finn’s Dream wordsearch

Phonics: Click here, select Sounds Like Phonics Activity Book B. 
              Do the interactive activities in Unit 3 The School  - Long a 
              The long a says the name of the letter
                 - Sorting ake and ame words
There are spellings and other activities on your class teachers' page.
“You learn to read by reading – so read every day.”
All children can also choose other books they would like to read on oxfordowl. It is important to enjoy reading. Choose books that are easy to read and books that interest you.

All children should do one or two of the activities based on the story in the corresponding workbook.
You can access The Green Genie, Two Little Frogs, Finn’s Dream and the activity books on www.folensonline.ie

You can access the other stories on www.oxfordowl.co.uk
The instructions on how to access these websites are on your class teacher’s pages.

Before you start reading, see if you can figure out the new words using some of the strategies we have learned in class:
  • Use phonics to sound out the word
  • y at the end of a word sounds like i or e.
  • 2 vowels out walking – the first one does the talking
  • Magic e
  • Look at the common endings

Your teacher has put up lots of ideas on what to do before, during and after reading a story. Use some of these ideas.

The following resources are also extremely beneficial as well as books you may have at home.  The most important thing is that your child continues to read regularly. ​
It would be a good idea to practise writing as often as possible.
  • Write a few sentences each day.
  • Remember to put a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop at the end of a sentence.
  • Use capital letters for the names of people and places and for the days and months.
  • Make sure you do good handwriting – put your writing sitting on the line, leave a finger space, use tall and small letters as appropriate and remember some letters go down under the line.