Teacher’s Planning and Resource Book – Junior Infants
Expected Learning Strand
Element
Learning Outcome (WILF)
Reading
Exploring and Using
8. Response and author’s intent
Through appropriately playful learning experiences, children should be able to…
Discuss and share thoughts and opinions on texts in a range of genres across the curriculum.
Consider and discuss author’s intent.
Supporting the Learning Learning Experiences
Genre story Ella’s Adventures in Africa – Report
• Discuss and share thoughts and opinions on the information in the text during pair and group chat.
• Explore and discuss the components and structure of the report: classifying and describing.
• Discuss the reasons why authors write reports.
• Talk about the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts and allow the children to share their thoughts and opinions (TRB).
Understanding 5. Phonics, word recognition and word study
Recognise, name and sound all lower- and upper- case letters and common letter patterns, displaying some word identification strategies when reading instructional and independent-level texts.
Phonics • Recognise, name and sound the letters x, qu. • Identify objects and pictures beginning with the target sound. • Generate words beginning with the target sound. Sight Words • Recognise the high-frequency words: he, be. • Colour the shape of the word, trace and write the word. • Find and colour the word. • Colour the letters to make the word.
