Why not try the Waterford Library Reading Challenge this week:

If you enjoyed playing the other games, feel free to continue playing them.

For blends and vowel combinations:

• Help a Hedgehog: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/helpAHedgehog/index.html

• Forest Phonics: http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html

• Constanent Blend Photoshoot: https://www.education.com/game/blends-photoshoot/

Hit the Button Maths Frame: Fishing Game Coconut Multiples

Additional resources for children who attend English language classes with Mrs. Keoghan/Mrs .Power

Level One (Children who are new to the English language):

Suggested Vocabulary:

Animals: dog, cat, fish, rabbit, cow, sheep, duck, chicken, horse, tiger, elephant, monkey, giraffe, zebra, lion, shark, bird etc.

Plants: tree, leaf, plant, flower, grass

Months of the Year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Animals:

How many farm animals can you name? (cow, pig, sheep, hen etc.)

How many wild/zoo animals can you name? (lion, tiger, elephant etc.)

How many pets can you name? (dog, cat, rabbit, goldfish etc.)

Can you find any animals in your books at home?

What animals can you see?

You can watch the animals in Dublin Zoo: https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animals-webcams

Old McDonald has a farm song

Suggested Vocabulary:

Animals: Dog, cat, fish, hamster, rabbit, cow, sheep, duck, pig, horse, hen, foal, calf, lamb, duckling, piglet, lion, tiger, elephant, monkey, giraffe, zebra, gorilla, snake, ostrich, crocodile, shark, dolphin, turtle, jellyfish, bird, seal.

Plants: Tree, bud, leaf, stem, plant, flower, grass, roots, petal, trunk, bark, branches.

Months of the Year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Animals:

Can you name ten farm animals? (cow, pig, sheep etc.)

Can you name ten wild/zoo animals? (lion, tiger, elephant, monkey)

Can you name five pets? (cat, dog, goldfish, rabbit, snake etc.)

Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow (song)

Game: Which animal am I?

Describe an animal and Mum or Dad has to guess who you are

e.g: I am a wild animal.

I am grey.

I have a trunk.

Who am I?

Draw a pet you would like to have and give it a name

Watch the animals live at: https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animals-webcams

Plants:

Draw a flower and colour it in

Label the flower: roots, stem, leaves, petals

Draw a tree and label it: roots, trunk, buds, leaves, branches, bark.

Look outside; can you see any flowers?

What colours are they?

What is your favourite flower?

Game: I spy with my little eye something beginning with a/b/c/d or any other letter of the alphabet.

Revise:

Days of the Week

Months of the Year

Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)

Counting from 1-20

Listen to a story on https://www.oxfordowl.com

Level Three (Children with a good grasp of English):

Suggested Vocabulary:

Animals: rabbit, spider, cat, dog, goldfish, hamster, guinea pig, crab, dolphin, seal, shark, turtle, starfish, sea lion, seahorse, whale, walrus, lobster, hippo, gorilla, lion, bear, monkey, crocodile, zebra, parrot, giraffe, snake, elephant, tiger, sheepdog, hen, duck, horse, pig, goose, goat, cockerel, sheep, cow, pet, farm, jungle, ocean, carnivorous, herbivorous, common, rare, extinct.

Plants: daisy, tulip, petal, daffodil, snowdrop, crocus, primrose, trunk, twigs, branches, leaves, buds, petals, roots, stem.

Animals:

Can you write a paragraph describing what pet you would like?

How would you take care of your pet?

Don’t forget to give your pet a name.

Pick an animal-do you know where it lives?

Is it in the ocean/farm/jungle or is it a pet?

Can you think of ten animals that live in the jungle/ocean/farm?

What animals are carnivorous (eat meat)/ herbivorous (eat plants)?

Look up some animals that are rare and nearly extinct.

Plants:

Can you draw a tree and label it? Trunk, twigs, branches, bark, roots, leaves.

Can you draw a flower and label it? Petals, stem, leaves, roots, leaves.

Log onto: https://www.topmarks.co.ukspellingsandgrammar for some fun ways to practise your spellings and grammar.

Improve your fluency by reading aloud from your favourite book. Read a paragraph a few times. Listen to stories on www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenes https://stories.audible.com