September Photo's - Sarah's Class

Some photo's from our first Aistear Theme - At Home!

The children took on different roles as mammies, daddies, children and babies and worked together to build and create their own homes.

The children are all settling in really well and making lots of new friendships!

Homework 07th - 11th October

Hi all,

The homework this week will take a different format. 

When we teach phonics we teach in phases. We have completed phase one which includes the sounds: s, a, t, i, p, n. 

This week is a review week where we revise the sounds completed in phase one and practice blending. 

For homework the children have received flashcards with s,a, t, i, p, n. 

There are different activities for you to do with your child with these flashcards. I have listed them below and their is a sheet in your child's folder that explains the activities.

1. Revise the sounds by asking your child to identify the sound on each flashcard

2. Play a matching game. Turn the cards upside down and the child pulls two cards. They say the letter sounds and if they match they can keep the cards and if not they put them back. The children have played this game in school already so they can teach you how it works!

3. Make words with the cards. Put the cards together to make words e.g s-a-t = sat. The children can say each sound and blend the sounds together to read the word. Try to make as many different words as possible.

4. Use the card as a prompt to find things in the house that begin with s,a, t, i, p, n. 

As well as the activities above you can revise the sounds with your child by watching the jolly phonics video that is attached in a previous blog post.

Homework will return to the previous format next week when we start our next phase of letter sounds!

If there are any questions about homework let me or Christine know.

Thanks,
Sarah

Homework 30th September - 4th October

Hi Everyone, 

We hope you had a lovely weekend! 

Here is the homework for the week: 

1. Sound and Tricky Word Worksheet - Our new sounds for the week are 'p' and 'n'.

Use this worksheet to practice the songs, rhymes and formations for the different sounds.

2. 'Sounds Like Phonics' - Our sounds this week are 'p' (p. 26, 27) and 'n' (p. 44, 45). Please complete both pages by Friday. The children may find the final activity for each sound difficult as we have not worked on blending yet. If they struggle with this do not worry as we will be covering it later in the year!

Today we learned all about the 'p' sound.

We will be learning the sound 'n' later on in the week. 

Use your magic eyes to find some 'p' and n' objects in the pictures below! 

3. Tricky words - Our tricky word this week is she. Try and think about all the sentences we say every day using the word 'she'! 

4.  Oral Language Page: The School - The children will be learning all about School over the next two weeks. Take a look at the page about 'school' and have a chat about the words and the picture. 

Homework will be collected on Friday morning so please ensure the folders are in their bags for collection on Friday. 

Any issues or problems with the homework, please let Sarah or Christine know and we can adapt and change as necessary.

Jolly Phonics Songs

Hi all,

I realised after posting the videos with the homework that they weren't working!
Here is a link to all the Jolly Phonics sounds in alphabetical order. The children will only know the songs that we have done so far. 

Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0&t=334s

Homework 23rd - 27th September

Hi Everyone, 

We hope you had a great weekend! Thank you all for completing the homework so well and for sending all the folders back into school on Friday, much appreciated! 

Here is the homework for the week: 

1. Sound and Tricky Word Worksheet - Our new sounds for the week are 't' and 'i'.
Please colour in the pictures and practice the sounds and letter formations with them throughout the week. 

Today we learned all about the 't' sound. 

We will be learning the sound 'i' later on in the week. 

Use your magic eyes to find some 't' and 'i' objects in the pictures below! 

2. Tricky words - Our tricky word this week is he. Try and think about all the sentences we say every day using the word 'he'! 

3. Could everyone also send in a baby photo of their child in their homework folders. We will be learning about how we grow up and change in different ways so we will use this pictures for comparison and as a talking point! Write your child's name on the back in case they get mixed up.

Homework will be collected on Friday morning so please ensure the folders are in their bags for collection on Friday. 

Sarah's Junior Infant First Day Pics!

Junior Infant Weekly Homework! 16th - 20th September

Happy Monday Everybody! 

We have sent home homework folders today and the children will have these for the week. The children will learn two sounds each week as well as one tricky word.

Here is the homework for the week: 

1. Sound and Tricky Word Worksheet - This sheet is to help the children learn their weekly sounds using rhymes and pictures. Please colour in the pictures and practice the sounds and letter formations with them throughout the week. 

Today we learned all about the 's' sound. 

Take a look at our song for the 's' sound. 

We will be learning the sound 'a' later on in the week. 

Here is the song for the 'a' sound. 

Use your magic eyes to find some 's' and 'a' objects in the pictures below! 

2. Tricky words - These are words that we can't sound out so we have to learn them by sight. Our tricky word this week is the. Try and think about all the sentences we say every day using the word 'the'! 

Homework will be collected on Friday morning so please ensure the folders are in their bags for collection on Friday. 

Any issues or problems with the homework, please let Sarah (belmayneetsarahm@gmail.com) or Christine (belmayneetchristine@gmail.com) know and we can adapt and change as necessary.