Work for School Closure - Ms. Kavanagh & Ms. Mahoney

School Closure Activities for Junior Infants
Dear parents/guardians,
Firstly, we hope that everyone enjoys their long weekend. We hope you all stay safe and healthy and are well rested on our return to school. 
Below we have listed some activities for your child to do each day. Everything is already in your child’s homework folder. It is really important that you do these activities so that we can cover the curriculum in Junior Infants. Junior Infants learn best by constant repetition and revision. (It may seem repetitive to you but this is how they consolidate and retain their learning.) Some activities are practical and some are written. This is how the children learn in school.
Websites/apps to use daily:
LITERACY
- Starfall.com
-Jolly Phonics app
-Alphablocks (you tube)
-Helpmykidlearn.ie
-scoilnet.ie
-abcya.com/grades/k
-oxfordowl.co.uk
-crickweb.co.uk/earlyyears
-global.cbeebies.com
-literactive.com
-readingeggs.co.uk OR eggy words app (TRICKY WORDS)
-thisreadingmama.com has lots of books to download for infants

NUMERACY
- topmarks.co.uk
-abcya.com/games/number_match
-abcya.com/games/counting_fish
-abcya.com/games/counting_sorting_comparing
Ideas to introduce a new tricky word:
- Write it in rainbow colours on paper
- Write it in flour
- Make the word using cereal
-Paint the word
- Cover the word and see if your child can write it without seeing it
Wednesday 18th March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
-Learn the Tricky Word ‘some’
- Handwriting book- 2 lines of letter ‘o’
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Blue sound copy- letter ‘x’
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Write numbers 1-5 on flashcards and order them, then make a set of 1,2,3,4,5
-Pick a website
Thursday 19th March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
- Revise ‘some’ 
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Handwriting book- 2 lines of letter ‘o’
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Make a pattern using household items e.g. cutlery
- Pick a website

Friday 20th March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
-Revise ‘some’
- Handwriting book- 2 lines of letter ‘a’
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Blue sound copy- letter ‘ai’
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Number 5 formation using paint, crayons, markers, stones, flour, shaving foam etc.
Rhyme to teach number 5- Down and around then a flag on high, that’s the way we make a 5
-Pick a website
Monday 23rd March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
-Learn the Tricky Word ‘said’
- Handwriting book- 2 lines of letter ‘a’
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Number 5 formation
- Pick a website

Tuesday 24th March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
-Revise the Tricky Word ‘said’
- Handwriting- 2 lines of letter ‘d’
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Blue sound copy- letter ‘oa’
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Order numbers 1-5 and makes sets for each number
-Pick a website
Wednesday 25th March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
-Learn the Tricky Word ‘here’
- Handwriting- 2 lines of letter ‘d’
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Make a pattern using household items
- Pick a website

Thursday 26th March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
-Learn the Tricky Word ‘here’
- Handwriting- 2 lines of letter ‘g’
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Blue sound copy- letter ‘ie’
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Number 5 formation
-Pick a website
Friday 27th March:
-Shared Reading- any book from home
- Revise Tricky Words
-Learn the Tricky Word ‘here’
- Handwriting- 2 lines of letter ‘g’
-Blending Sheet
- Jolly Phonic sound revision
- Maths
Count from 1-10 forwards and backwards
Number 5 formation
-Pick a website