Dr Seuss

This week we are going to watch Seussical the Musical so in preparation we having listened to some of his books being read aloud and some cartoons while staing inside on our lunchtimes due to the wet weather we have at the moment.

Here is a lovely cartoon of Horton Hears a Who. It is 25 minutes long so a nice length for lunchtime, it has some lovely songs in it.




Here is Cat in the Hat read by Justin Bieber




Yertle the Turtle

Bucket Filling

We are creating a happy board in our class. The children share happy stories from the yard and these are displayed on our "Happy Board" on a post it. We are hoping to fill our board and then start to fill a bucket full of Happy stories and events.

Here is a story we listened to about being a Bucket Filler.

Two vowels

Today we are learning about the sound ai. We are also learning about what happens when 2 vowels meet in a word. Here is a lovely song we listened to, the words of this song are at the end of the post.



We also listened to a song on starfall and there was a game at the end, we will play the game later today.

When Two Vowels Go Walking

When two vowels go walking
The first one does the talking
In "boat" you hear the "o" and not the "a"

In "meat" you hear the "e"
The "a" sits quietly
The second vowel you see but you don't say

But...
Shh!

Just the two of us together
In "train" and "pail" and "rain"
The "a" speaks up; the "i" does not
But...
Shh! Let me explain

When two vowels go walking
The first one does the talking
In "brain" you hear the "a" but not the "i"

In "soap" the "o" is clear
The "a" you never hear
In "say" you say the "a" and not the "y"

But...
Shh! Isn't it neat?
But...
Shh! It can't be beat!
But...
Shh! It's such a dream!

Don't mean to boast
But here's a toast
We're quite a team!

When two vowels go walking
The first one does the talking
I'm sorry, number two, it's such a shame

Although it gives you pain
The rule is very plain
When two vowels walk
The first one says its name!

But...
Shh!

Yes, when two vowels walk
The first one says its name!

The Ugly Duckling

This week we enjoyed watching the Story of the Ugly Duckling and learning the song. We learned that it is important to be kind to everyone.

from gimmiethe prize (youtube)

There Once Was an Ugly Duckling

There once was an ugly ducklingWith feathers all stubby and brownAnd the other birds in so many words saidGet out of town, get out, get out, get out of town
And he went with a quackAnd a waddle and a quackIn a flurry of eiderdownThat poor little ugly ducklingWent wandering far and near
And at every place they said to his faceNow get out of here, get out, get out, get out of hereAnd he went with a quackAnd a waddle and a quackAnd a very unhappy tear
All through the wintertime he hid himself awayAshamed to show his face, afraid of what others might sayAll through the winter in his lonely clump of wheatTill a flock of swans spied him there and very soon agreed
You’re a very fine swan indeedSwan? Me, a swan? Go on, you’re a swanTake a look at yourself in the lake and you’ll seeAnd he looked and he saw and he saidIt's me, I am a swan, whee
I’m not such an ugly ducklingNo feathers all stubby and brownFor in fact these birds in so many words saidThe best in town, the best, the best, the best in town
Not a quack, not a quackNot a waddle or a quackBut a glide and a whistleAnd a snowy white backAnd a head so noble and highSay, "Who’s an ugly duckling?" Not I

The Number One

We listened to Sian's story of the number one.

Using the back of our finger we dragged the snail down to make the number 1.

We then played a counting game to find the flower pot that has only 1 flower in it.

The Bubble Game. We had to find the bubble with the number one in them, the other bubbles had straight lines, curvy lines in them to try and catch us out.

Catch the Snails.

This was the last game we played. The snails were sliding around trying to run away from us, but we caught them all. We only caught snails with a number on their back.

The we went to more.starfall.com and played the number one video.

Letter C Writing Stations

We had lots of fun using the whiteboard, playdough, the interactive whiteboard and rainbow writing to make the letter C today.

Hallowe'en

Skeleton Dance

Love this song for Hallowe'en and learning about parts of the body.




Making Hallowe'en pictures using 2-D shapes

We started by painting the orange background, left to dry and then glued shapes to create a witch picture.

Sorting

These pictures should have been posted back in September :-)

Scroll down to find a link to an online sorting game.

Colour Sorting Game

Music in the Classroom

We are very lucky to be going to Music in the Classroom in Leisureland, Galway in January. We are busy learning songs and moves. It's great fun!
Here are the actions to the songs we are learning.




We are also learning about music and the orchestra. We will get to see the RTE orchestra and conductor Gearoid Grant at the concert.

2-D Shapes

We are learning about shapes.
We learnt about squares, triangles, circles and rectangles. We can count the sides of a shape to find out what it is. We watched these videos. We hope you like them.








We went hunting for shapes in this game