Senior Infants 25th – 29th MayHello to my stay at home superstars! I’m so proud of you all.

The following are some suggestions for this week. Please feel under no pressure, pick and choose activities that suit you. Have some fun!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayLiteracy;

Writing based on a picture;

Below I have attached 3 different pictures which can be used as writing prompts. Let you child pick one of the pictures

and then write 3-5 sentences all about it!

What did you see? What colours do you see? Are

there people in the picture?

Literacy; Phonics;

Make your name using household

items, have a look at my one below. Ms. McKenna =

M = think of something that

starts with the “M” sounds…. Milk!

Have a go

Literacy;Handwriting;

Practice writing the lowercase and

uppercase; mM, nN, oO, pP

Practice writing words with these letters.

Literacy;Report;

Lion Fact Sheet Match the fact to the correct box. Page 104 Over the Moon

Literacy;Tricky Word x 3;

Use your best handwriting to write each of these Tricky

Words 3 times!goes, does, made,

their

Maths;Revise the number 7;

Practice writing the number 7. Count 7 things

inside, and 7 things outside. Count up and down to 7 using your

Maths;Capacity

Play with different containers (cups/

egg cup/ bowl/ bottles) in water and have some

Maths;Capacity

Investigate! Choose two containers ( one tall and thin, another short and

thick). Fill both with water and discuss.

Maths;Capacity

Outdoor Race Time!

Fill a basin of water at the Start Line. At

Maths;Analysis of numberLet your child spend 10 minutes on IXL Maths activities.

Senior Infants 25th – 29th Mayfingers. Draw 7 bird/ butterflies in the sky.

fun. If you have any food colouring,

add it into the water to make it more exciting. Explore some

questions: Which can hold the most water/ which holds

the least?

Which do you think can hold the most water? Use a jug to measure which holds the most. Did they guess right or did the answer surprise

you?

the End Line place a smaller container for

each participant.

Using a cup/ jug the runners

must try use the water from the

basin to fill their own container. The first with a full container

wins.Other Activities:

Gaeilge: Launch the poster Ar an trá (On the beach). Click on the button ‘Scéal’. Play the story for your child once a day so that your child becomes familiar with the language. Listen to the ‘amhrán’ and the ‘dán’ also.

Tá an ghrian ag taitneamh. (The sun is shining)Tá me an-té. (I’m very hot)

Bain díot do gheansaí. (Take off your jumper)

Senior Infants 25th – 29th MayNíl mé té anois. (I’m not hot now).

Tá mé fuar. (I’m cold)Cuir ort do gheansaí. (Put on your jumper)

Níl mé fuar anois. (I’m not cold now).https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/

Pick one picture and write 3-5 sentences about it.Try to let your child come up with the sentences and help them with spellings when needed.

Senior Infants 25th – 29th May

MS = Milk, Sugar

MC = Money, Cup

KENNA = Knitting, envelope, nutella, notebook and an apple