Showing posts with label Homework. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Homework. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 June 2016

No Homework

Hi folks,

No homework again this week! All class teachers have been asked to finish homework for the year while we wind down. I would be keen however for the Junior Infants to keep up the reading practice for the last couple of weeks. As of next Monday (13th) I'll send home our final Wonderland reader. There will be no more written homework for the year. I'll also put a few Sails readers into the children's folders for you to practice with them at your own discretion. 

Thanks a million,
Julie

Monday, 30 May 2016

No homework 30th May - 1st June

There won't be any homework this week as it's a short week. Sinéad has asked all teachers to ease up on the homework from now until the end of the year. So for the remainder of June there will not be any written homework, just some reading practice. This week however there is no homework at all.

Monday, 23 May 2016

Homework to complete Monday 23rd – 27th May 2016

Homework to complete Monday 23rd – 27th May 2016

Handwriting: Finish last 5 pages of handwriting book.

Sounds: Practice flashcards of single and double sounds. Cut them up if you wish! Assessment will take place next week on all sounds covered this year. Please do not focus on the letter name, but rather on the sound it makes.

Dolch 2: Practice all Dolch 2 words for assessment next week. The Dolch words are high frequency words, the words we see most often in texts. These words are sight words and need to be recognised instantly rather than reading by blending. A lot of these words like “here” cannot be blended by sounding out individual sounds.

Sails reader: Practice reading book. Apologies, I didn't get a chance to put books in today. Will do tomorrow.

*Please have homework folders in every day as we’ll be doing Sails reading practice. Thanks!

Monday, 16 May 2016

Homework 16th - 20th May

Monday: Handwriting - letter z; Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from class reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (pancakes, are, buns, bag); Read pages 10 & 11 and answer comprehension questions orally.

Tuesday: Handwriting - page with revision of letters c, o, a; Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from class reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (fall, Winchilla, will, get); Read pages 12 & 13 and answer comprehension questions orally.

Wednesday: Sound book - 'ou'. Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from class reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (But, make); Read pages 14 & 15 and answer comprehension questions orally.

Thursday: Maths number practice sheet. Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from class reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (too, big); Read page 16 and answer comprehension questions orally.

This week I have put a list of Dolch 1 words into all children's folders. Next week they will be assessed on their knowledge of Dolch 1, so if you could revise over all words this week that would be great. We've been going over them in class recently as well. Please practice Sails readers too at some stage over the course of the week.

Could all parents ensure their child's homework folder is in their bag on Tuesday and Wednesday? Parent volunteers will be coming in to do some reading practice with the kids. We'll need their Sails readers. Thanks!



Monday, 9 May 2016

Homework for week 9th - 13th May 2016

Monday: Handwriting - letter w; Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from new reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (Where, grass); Read pages 2 & 3 and answer comprehension questions orally.

Tuesday - Handwring - letter x, Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from new reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (Burger, ice cream, milk); Read pages 4 & 5 and answer comprehension questions orally.

Wednesday: New sound - 'qu' in sound book; Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from new reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (No new words - revise all words so far this week); Read pages 6 & 7 and answer comprehension questions orally.

Thursday - Maths sheet; Cut up and practice today's flashcard words from new reader 'Gg is Too Big!' (there, Now, box, It, in, box); Read pages 8 & 9 and answer comprehension questions orally.

*Over the course of the week please read Sails reader and practice current Dolch list. If anybody would like more Sails readers just email me. I have plenty in the classroom for extra reading practice.

Also, just a reminder about the 15 Euro for the school tour for those of you that have yet to pay. Thanks!

Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Homework

Wednesday: Handwriting - letter v. Finish 'The Picnic' reader. We will begin our new reader next week.

Thursday: Maths 'weight' worksheet and Sails reader.

Monday, 25 April 2016

Homework 25th - 29th April

Monday: Handwriting book letter 'f' and The Picnic read pg. 11 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words The, milk, is, on, the, table. Please sign when completed. Dolch list needs to be practiced as well. 

Tuesday: Handwriting book letter 'j' and The Picnic read pg. 12 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words The, cake, is, on, the, table. Please sign when completed. Dolch list needs to be practiced too.

Wednesday: Sounds book - Write and draw 'th' words and The Picnic read pg. 13 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words The, ice cream, is, on, the, table. Please sign when completed. Practice Dolch list also.

Thursday: Maths sheet and The Picnic read pg. 14 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words Everything, is, on, the, table. Please sign when completed. Practice Dolch list.

New Sails reader should be practiced also. I'll switch it at the end of the week. If you feel your child could do with an extra Sails reader please email me and this can be arranged. I'll pop the Sails readers into their bags in the morning. A few children have not returned readers from last week. I'd appreciate if you could bring them in tomorrow. Thanks!

*I have put a note about our school tour in the homework folders. Please read! 

Monday, 18 April 2016

Homework week 18th - 22nd April

Homework for this week is below. 


Last week we started our class reader, The Picnic. Every child in the class has a book in their homework folder and a booklet outlining reading homework for each night. PLEASE SIGN to confirm that your child has done the reading homework. Thanks!

Every night they will be asked to read one page, and answer questions (orally) based on that page. I have also included a sheet of flashcard words which can be used to re-enforce the new words in the reader. It is best if these are cut up, and practiced according to whichever words feature on the page assigned for homework that night. We will be practicing these words in class too, and I will be listening to their reading as well. 

Each child will also have a Sails reader in their folder which is switched on a weekly basis. Please focus on The Picnic first. The Sails reader is for additional reading practice, so if there is time children can then read their Sails reader. If reading both exceeds 15 - 20 minutes of homework time, please just stick to reading The Picnic. 


Monday: Handwriting book letter 'p' and The Picnic read pg. 7 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words GG, has, the, table. Please sign when completed. Dolch list needs to be practiced as well. 

Tuesday: Handwriting book letter 'k' and The Picnic read pg. 8 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words Orin, has, the, cake. Please sign when completed. Dolch list needs to be practiced too.

Wednesday: Sounds book - Write and draw 'sh' words and The Picnic read pg. 9 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words Ella, has, the, ice cream. Please sign when completed. Practice Dolch list also.

Thursday: Maths sheet and The Picnic read pg. 10 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words GG, has, the, milk. Please sign when completed. Practice Dolch list.


If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

*Sails readers will be put into their folders tomorrow (Tuesday) for additional reading practice. 

Monday, 11 April 2016

Homework for week 11th - 15th April 2016

Homework for this week is below. 


Please note that we are starting our class reader, The Picnic. Every child in the class has a book in their homework folder and a booklet outlining reading homework for each night. 

Every night they will be asked to read one page, and answer questions (orally) based on that page. I have also included a sheet of flashcard words which can be used to re-enforce the new words in the reader. It is best if these are cut up, and practiced according to whichever words feature on the page assigned for homework that night. We will be practicing these words in class too, and I will be listening to their reading as well. 

Each child will also have a Sails reader in their folder which is switched on a weekly basis. Please focus on The Picnic first. The Sails reader is for additional reading practice, so if there is time children can then read their Sails reader. If reading both exceeds 15 - 20 minutes of homework time, please just stick to reading The Picnic. 


Monday: Handwriting book letter 't' and The Picnic read pg. 2 - 3 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words Here, is, the, cake. Please sign when completed. Dolch list needs to be practiced as well. 

Tuesday: Handwriting book letter 'b' and The Picnic read pg. 4 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words Here, is, the, ice-cream. Please sign when completed. Dolch list needs to be practiced too.

Wednesday: Sounds book - Write and draw 'ch' words and The Picnic read pg. 5 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words Here, is, the, milk. Please sign when completed. Practice Dolch list also.

Thursday: Maths sheet and The Picnic read pg. 6 and answer assigned comprehension questions. Cut up and practice flashcard words Here, is, the, table. Please sign when completed. Practice Dolch list.



If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

*Sails readers will be put into their folders tomorrow (Tuesday) for additional reading practice.

Monday, 4 April 2016

Homework for week 4th - 8th April 2016

Welcome back everyone! Homework is as follows...

Monday: 
1. Sails reader. The children should use their knowledge of blending/ combining sounds to make words, as well as recognition of Dolch words (sight words) to decode the sentences. There is a lot of repetition in these books, which helps them become familiar with words. The pictures can help them with reading comprehension too. At the back of the book there are sample questions you can ask your child too. I'll swap the books weekly.

2. Next marked page in handwriting book. 

Tuesday:
1. Sails reader.

2. Marked page in handwriting book. 

Wednesday:
1. Dolch words. These are words where the sounds can't be easily blended to make a word. The children need to know these words by sight. The children will work on the Dolch lists at their own ability. FYI our school plan states that by the end of Junior Infants children should be fully confident and familiar with at Dolch lists 1 and 2. 

2. New sound 'ng' in sounds book.

Thursday:
1. Dolch list.

2. Maths worksheet (Will be put in their folder tomorrow, Tuesday!)


*Next week we will be starting our first guided reader - The Picnic. 

Monday, 14 March 2016

No Homework

There will be no homework this week as it's a short week. Homework will resume after the Easter break. Thanks!

Monday, 7 March 2016

Homework for week 7th - 11th March

Homework for the week!

Monday - Handwriting: Letter 's' and reading CVC word lists/ reader.

Tuesday - Handwriting: Letter 'e' and reading CVC word lists/ reader.

Wednesday - 5 mins on Dolch List and 'OO' sound in My Sounds Booklet (cool, moon, food, zoo etc. as opposed to book, good, wool etc. last week)

Thursday - 5 mins on Dolch List and Maths worksheet.

Thanks to those who brought in gluesticks last week. Just a reminder, could I ask that every parent purchases three more gluesticks for their child? We use glue on a regular basis and have used up all the sticks that were bought at the beginning of the year... Thanks a million!

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Homework for the week 29th Feb. - March 4th

Homework for the week!

Monday - No homework

Tuesday - Handwriting letter 'h'. Work on blending sounds word list too. Please note that there are only three booklets of words in total (for the moment). When all three booklets have been ticked off, the child can focus on assigned reading book. I am giving out basic reading books to any child who can confidently blend sounds, and who knows all words on Dolch 1. There is no pressure to race through lists. Every child should work at their own pace.

Wednesday - 5 mins on Dolch List and 'oo' sound in My Sounds Booklet (book, look, cook, wool etc. as opposed to school, pool)

Thursday - 5 mins on Dolch List and Maths worksheet.

Just to let everyone know, the school printer has been broken for the last few days! For anyone waiting on a new Dolch List, I will give them out tomorrow as the printer has been fixed this afternoon.

One last thing. All of the children have used up the gluesticks bought at the beginning of the year. Could I ask that every parent purchases three more gluesticks for their child? We use glue on a regular basis. Thanks a million!

Monday, 29 February 2016

No homework tonight!

Hello everyone,

Much to the children's delight (and probably yours too :-) ), we have won a NO HOMEWORK PASS for tonight. The kids have been trying really hard to recycle their rubbish in class. Everyday they are asked to bring home leftover lunches, wrappers and containers in their lunchbags/ lunchboxes. They also know that they're only supposed to put paper, cardboard, tissue and washed out milk cartons into our bin. Every day some of the senior students on the Green Schools Committee check our bins. The boys and girls have improved so much at recycling and last week for the first time we got 5 'green cards' in a row (instead of black!) Because of this we won a night off homework. Homework will resume as normal tomorrow.

Also, just a reminder that we're off school tomorrow at 12pm as there is staff in-service training. 

Thanks!

Monday, 22 February 2016

Homework for week 22nd - 26th Feb. 2016

I hope everyone had a nice week!

Homework is as follows:

Monday: Handwriting letter 'n' and 5 minutes on blending word lists/ reading.

Tuesday: Handwriting letter 'm' and 5 minutes on blending word lists/ reading.

Wednesday: This week we are revising all our double letter sounds 'ai', 'oa', 'ie', 'ee', 'or' instead of beginning a new one. We won't be using the Phonics workbook this week for homework. Instead I have included a revision worksheet. Don't forget each sound has a song too. Sing along at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjJYB07aSU 
Please practice Dolch words tonight too!

Thursday: Maths worksheet and 5 minutes on Dolch words. 

I have also included a handout in the folders with some useful tips for parents on how to bring Maths into everyday life.

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Homework correcting

Just a little note about homework correcting! I take up all the homework folders on a Friday and check/ correct all the week's work at once as well as giving new word booklets/ word lists if needed. I find this saves time during the week. I have noticed that if I correct the homework each day during school-time it takes about 15/ 20 minutes. I prefer to spend this time listening to the children's reading.

Monday, 8 February 2016

Homework for week 8th - 12th February

Homework for the week!

Monday: Handwriting page letter 'y' and 5 minutes on blending sounds word booklet. PLEASE TICK THE WORDS once they are known. I will give out a new booklet once all of the words have been ticked. Every child should work at their own pace. 

Tuesday: Handwriting page letter 'r' and 5 minutes on blending sounds word booklet. Once again, please tick the words off once your child can blend all the individual sounds and say the word. 

Wednesday: 'or' page in My Sounds Booklet. Practice writing 'or' and draw a few pictures of words containing 'or' like fork, horn, corn etc. Also, 5 minutes on Dolch words. Tick off words that are known!

Thursday: New Maths page in folder (2D shapes) and 5 minutes on Dolch list. 

Sunday, 31 January 2016

Homework for week 1st - 5th Feb 2016

Homework for the week!

Monday: Handwriting page letter 'g' and 5 minutes on three letter word booklet. PLEASE TICK THE WORDS once they are known. I will give out a new booklet once all of the words have been ticked. Every child should work at their own pace. 

Tuesday: Handwriting page letter 'u' and 5 minutes on three letter word booklet. Once again, please tick the words off once your child can blend all the individual sounds and say the word. 

Wednesday: 'ee' page in My Sounds Booklet. Practice writing 'ee' and draw a few pictures of words containing 'ee' like tree, bee etc. Also, 5 minutes on Dolch words. Tick off words that are known!

Thursday: New Maths page in folder (number formation 1 - 3) and 5 minutes on Dolch list. 

Here are some rhymes we have been practicing for writing the numbers 1 - 3 correctly:
1 - "A downwards stroke, my that's fun. Now I've made the number 1!"
2 - "Half a heart says I love you. Add a line. Now I've made the number 2!"
3 - "Around the tree, around the tree, that's the way you make a three!"

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Homework for the week 25th - 29th Jan

Hi everyone,

As I was out on Monday and Tuesday, there will only be two days of homework this week.

Wednesday: 'ie' page in My Sounds Booklet (It has been dated).Practice writing 'ie' and draw a few pictures of words containing 'ie' like tie, pie, lie etc. Also, 5 minutes on word booklit. Please tick the words off once your child can blend all the individual sounds and say the word. Once the booklit has been completed I will give your child a new set of words.

Thursday: New Maths page in folder (patterns) and 5 minutes on Dolch list. Once again PLEASE TICK off words that your child can recognise.

Homework should take no longer than 15 minutes. 

Thank you!



Monday, 18 January 2016

Homework 18th - 22nd January

Homework for the week!

Monday: Handwriting page letter 'a' and 5 minutes on three letter word booklet. PLEASE TICK THE WORDS once they are known. I will give out a new booklet once all of the words have been ticked. Every child should work at their own pace. 

Tuesday: Handwriting page letter 'd' and 5 minutes on three letter word booklet. Once again, please tick the words off once your child can blend all the individual sounds and say the word. 

Wednesday: 'oa' page in My Sounds Booklet. Practice writing 'oa' and draw a few pictures of words containing 'oa' like boat, coat etc. Also, 5 minutes on Dolch words. Tick off words that are known!

Thursday: New Maths page in folder and 5 minutes on Dolch list. 

Homework should take no longer than 15 minutes.