Access information below to support your child's learning at home during semester 2 of Primary Infants 2.
Primary Infants 2 - Semester 2
IN THIS UNIT CHILDREN WILL COVER:
- farm animals vocabulary
- have/has got
- I love ... ; So do I. / I don't.
THEY WILL PRACTISE:
- talking about animals
- talking about food they love
- agreeing and disagreeing
- recognising and tracing key farm animal words
YOU CAN PRACTISE WITH YOUR CHILD AT HOME IN DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU CAN:
- Point at pictures in unit 7 and ask "What's this?" "It's a spider."
- Talk about food/animals you and they like or love e.g. "I like oranges." "So do I. / I don't."
- Think of an animal, describe it and ask them to guess it e.g. "It's got short legs and a long tail. It's small and green." Ask them to think of an animal and describe it for you to guess.
- Write out the key words from unit 7 and ask your child to identify them and draw a picture of the word.
TRY THESE LINKS:
Farm animals find the pairs game
Farm animals flashcards (use these to play card games)
IN THIS UNIT CHILDREN WILL COVER:
- places in a town
- revision and extension of prepositions
- revision of How many ... ? There is ... / There are ...
- regular plural nouns and common irregular plurals e.g. children, men, women
THEY WILL PRACTISE:
- describing places in a town
- describing the position of people / things
- asking questions about the position of people / things
- recognising and tracing key town words
YOU CAN PRACTISE WITH YOUR CHILD AT HOME IN DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU CAN:
- Point to pictures in unit 8 and ask "What's this?" "It's a (shop)." "Where's the (hospital)?" "It's (in front of) (the school)."
- Ask questions about places in Bucharest, e.g. "Where can you eat and drink?" "Where can you watch a film?"
- Point to different objects in the room and ask where they are e.g. "Where's the TV?" "It's next to the bookcase."
- Write out the key words from unit 8 and ask your child to identify them and draw a picture of the word.
TRY THESE LINKS:
Places flashcards (use these to play card games)
In this unit children will cover:
- clothes vocabulary
- I've got... / He's/She's got...
- I'm/You're/He's/She's/They're wearing...
They will practise:
- talking about clothes and accessories
- saying what they and other people are wearing
- recognising and tracing key clothes words
You can practise with your child at home in different ways. You can:
- Point to pictures in unit 9 and ask "What's this?" "It's a shirt."
- Point to different characters in the book and ask "What's he/she wearing?"
- Ask them to talk about what they and other family members are wearing.
- Ask them to talk about their favourite clothes e.g. "My favourite T-shirt is green." Encourage them to use adjectives when they describe clothes e.g. beautiful, nice, short, long, big, small, etc.
- Describe a boy or girl from p65 and ask them to guess which one you are describing. Swap roles.
- Write out the key words from unit 9 and ask your child to identify them and draw a picture of the word.
Try these links:
Clothes flashcards (use these to play card games)
In this unit children will cover:
- hobbies and sports vocabulary
- I like / love / don't like ...ing.
They will practise:
- talking about hobbies and sports
- saying what they like, love and don't like doing
- recognising and tracing key hobbies/sports words
You can practise with your child at home in different ways. You can:
- Point to characters on page 72 and ask "Does Simon like ...ing?" "Yes, he does. No, he doesn't."
- Ask them to talk about their favourite sports and hobbies.
- Mime a sport or a hobby and ask them to guess what it is. Swap roles.
- Write out the key words from unit 10 and ask your child to identify them and draw a picture of the word.
Try these links:
Free time activities flashcards (use these to play card games)
Sports mixer game (you might need to help your child with the reading)
In this unit children will cover:
- party food vocabulary
- object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
- offering and requesting: "Would you like ... ?", "Can I have ... ?", "Here you are.", "Yes, please. / No, thank you.", "I'd like a/some ...", "What would you like to drink/eat?"
They will practise:
- talking about party food
- reading and talking about birthday parties
- making offers and responding appropriately
- ordering from a menu
- recognising and tracing key party food words
You can practise with your child at home in different ways. You can:
- Point to foods in unit 11 and ask them to say the words.
- Ask them to talk about their favourite foods and about the foods they don't like.
- Ask them to imagine that they are in a restaurant and role play a dialogue using the phrases "Would you like ... ?", "Can I have ... ?", "Here you are.", "Yes, please. / No, thank you.", "I'd like a/some ...", "What would you like to drink/eat?"
- Write out the key words from unit 11 and ask your child to identify them and draw a picture of the word.
Try these links:
Food flashcards (use these to play card games)
In this unit children will cover:
- holiday vocabulary
- revision of present continuous for present actions
- questions with 'want to'
They will practise:
- saying what people are doing at the present moment
- saying what they want to do and what other people want to do
- talking about what they like doing on holiday
- recognising and tracing key holiday words
You can practise with your child at home in different ways. You can:
- Point to the pictures on page 84 and ask them to say the words.
- Point to the characters on page 85 and ask them to say what they are doing.
- Ask them to talk about their favourite holiday places and what they like doing.
- Take turns asking and answering "Do you want to go to Brasov/Sinaia/Constanta, etc. ?" "Yes, I do. / No, I don't."
- Write out the key words from unit 12 and ask your child to identify them and draw a picture of the word.