More about Owl Babies in Senior infants

Today we wrote a little bit about the Owl Babies and practised re-telling the story in our own words - have a look at how we got on!!!!

Making sentences in Junior Infants

 Some very clever children made up their own sentences using their names!! The thinking caps are well and truly on now!

Word bingo in Junior infants

We have great fun playing word Bingo.  We are very quiet and use grat concentration and then we get to shout BINGO when all our words are covered.

Owl Babies in Senior Infants

We love the story of the Owl Babies. by Martin Waddell. We know the story really well by now and each day we have been doing different literacy activities based on the story. We can name the author and illustrator. We learned what the 'blurb' meant and made up our own blurb for the book. We can name the characters and talk about the setting of the story. We can answer who, what, when, where, why and how questions about the story. We can re-tell the story again in our own words and can sequence the events of the story in the correct order. We can pick out our favourite characters in the story and say why we like them (Bill was certainly the most popular character in our class!!!). What a clever bunch we are!! We have also learned about owls in general. Here are some interesting things that we have learned about owls...

1. Owls nest in farm buildings as well as churches, sheds and natural holes in trees.

2. Owls can not move their eyes but they can move their heads almost right around.
3.Owls use their excellent sight and hearing to hunt for food.

4.Owls swallow their food whole and then spit out the bones and fur. This is called a pellet.

5.The Snowy owl is not nocturnal.

6. Owls have three eyelids – one for blinking, one for sleeping and one for keeping the eye clean.

7.Baby owls are called owlets.

8.Owls eat mice, rats, small birds and frogs.

9. Owls catch their prey with their talons.



The Twits in First Class

Teacher read The Twits to us during September. We really loved it and enjoyed hearing about all the tricks that Mr. and Mrs. Twit played on each other, especially the worm spaghetti that Mr. Twit ate!! We made Mr. Twit beards and had great fun pretending to be him. Check us out wearing them.

Junior infant reading time, Room 1

Reading and being read to is very important for younger children. Everyday we choose one book from the library and we spend five minutes, uninterupted flicking through a story and looking at the pictures.

Instructions-Making sandwiches in First class