_ot word family

Meet the _ot family! The _ot family is made up of words who have "ot" hiding at the end, like pot, got etc.

We can also say they are words that rhyme with ot!

Can you think of more words that are part of the _ot family?

Listen for the _ot words in this story.

Can you make these _ot words?

Sight Words 3

We have learned ten more sight words.

To introduce each word I read a story which contains the word on each page.

You can read these stories with your children. Ask your child to find the words they know.
Some stories are a pdf file from mothershubbard.com, others are in powerpoint.

and

blue

come

for

here

in

is

it

look

me

Our Visit to Clondalkin Library

We went to visit the library on Thursday. We walked there with the help of teacher, Ms. Currivan and Ms. O'Flaherty. We made sure to be very careful and to stay on the path.

We were so happy to visit the library. We have a library in our classroom but the library in Clondalkin is much bigger. We walked upstairs to the children's area. There were so many books!

The library assistant told us a little bit about her job. She looks after the books and puts them back on the shelves. She also told us how we can join the library. When you have a library card you can bring books home. When you are finished with them you can return them and get a new one. The best part is it's free to join!

You can join the library by clicking here.

We had a look around and took out some books that looked good. We sat down and had a little read. Some of us also listened to a book through earphones!

When we came back to class we drew things we saw in the library such as books, DVDs, computers and the librarian.

We would love to come back to the library again soon!

Super Sentences

We love writing sentences! We use a lot of the sight words we know to make sentences. Have a look at some of our wonderful writing.

I jump up.

We can play.

The big red cat.

I go in the car.

Look at the dog.

Wonderful Writing - i, l, t

When we write we sit properly in our chairs with our two feet flat on the ground. We hold the crayon in our writing hand and we hold our other hand flat on the copy so it does not move when we are writing.

We learned to write the letter i.

You start in the middle, go straight down to the line with a kick and do a tiny dot on top.

We learned to write the letter l.

You start at the top, go straight down, down, down to the line with a kick.

We learned to write the letter t.

You start at the top, go straight down, down, down to the line with a kick and cross it near the top.

_in word family

Meet the _in family! The _in family is made up of words who have "in" hiding at the end, like bin, tin etc.

We can also say they are words that rhyme with in!

Can you think of more words that are part of the _in family?

Take a look at this video to learn more about _in words.

_at word family

Meet the _at family! The _at family is made up of words who have "at" hiding at the end, like hat, mat etc.

We can also say they are words that rhyme with at!

Can you think of more words that are part of the _at family?

Take a look at this video to learn more about _at words.

Here is a song about _at words.

People Who Help Us

We have been learning all about people who help us.

We learned a lot about the doctor. We read Doctor Daisy and Doctor Hoof. We set up a doctor's surgery during Aistear time. We also learned about the nurse's job and the receptionist's job.

We drew pictures of doctor's and their tools.

One day the garda came to visit and we learned all about her job - you can find out more here.

We  about the firefighters, where they work, what they drive and what they do. We read the story George's Dragon at the Fire Station. We drew pictures of the firefighters.

We also learned about many other jobs. We played a game during morning activities where we matched workers to the tools they need for their job.

We matched them on a worksheet too.

In the writing box we had pictures of lots of workers. We picked a card and drew the worker and wrote the name of the job. Here are some of our drawings and writing.

We made a data chart - What I would like to be when I grow up. We could choose the doctor, the garda, the teacher, the lollipop person or the firefighter. It was close for a while! Can you see which job is most popular?

Ladybird, Ladybird

We learned the rhyme Ladybird, Ladybird.

We made ladybirds using paper, crayons and scissors. Teacher had to staple the wings on. We painted ladybirds using paper bowls and paint.

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home

Your house is on fire, your children are gone

All except one, her name is Ann,

She hid under the frying pan.

We sequenced ladybirds based on how many spots they had. We ordered them 1 - 4.

This girl brought in a ladybird she made! Isn't it beautiful?

Awesome Aistear in April

We had some new activities for Aistear from April 13th - May 8th.

Doctor's Surgery Role-Play

We pretended to be doctors, nurses, patients and the receptionist.

Cutting and Fine Motor Skills

We sequenced ladybirds from 1-4. We created ladybirds and their wings. We matched pictures to the letter that starts the word.

Building Block Construction

We pretended to be builders. We built a city.

Painting

We had a painting table for the three weeks. We did free painting. This means we could paint whatever we liked! We really concentrated on washing our brushes and making sure our brush was clean when we wanted to change colour. We got very good at that.

Weight

We had a station where we explored heavy and light. We sorted objects into sets of heavy and light. We compared using our hands first. We used a balance for the second two weeks.

A Visit from a Garda

On Tuesday Garda Maedhbh came to visit our class. She works in Clondalkin. She told us the garda's biggest job is to keep everyone safe. We are so lucky to have fantastic gardaí like Maedhbh.

She showed us some of the things she uses in her job - the garda ID and badge, the garda hat, the garda jacket, the stab-proof vest, the handcuffs, the asp, the pepper spray and the notebook.

After she left we wrote the garda in our copies and drew a picture of Garda Maedhbh and some of the things she showed us.

Thanks for visiting Garda Maedhbh! Next time we see you we'll give you a big smile and a wave!