Teacher’s Planning and Resource Book – Junior Infants
Expected Learning Strand
Reading
Element Understanding
Learning Outcome (WILF)
5. Phonics, word recognition and word study
Through appropriately playful learning experiences, children should be able to…
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.
Supporting the Learning Learning Experiences
Phonemic Awareness • Identify and write the final sound in a word. Sight Words • Recognise the high-frequency words: come, some. • Colour the shape, trace and write the word. • Find and colour the word. • Read the word in a sentence.
Exploring and Using
9. Comprehension
Recall, discuss and sequence significant details and identify key points of information in text.
Draw on background knowledge as well as a range of comprehension strategies to engage with and create meaning when working with a range of texts independently or collaboratively.
Comprehension strategy ‘Questioning’ using the picture book Mog and the V.E.T.
• Explore the comprehension strategy ‘Questioning’ using the Clouds of Wonder strategy.
• Ask questions about events and characters in Mog and the V.E.T.: ‘I wonder why…’ (Teacher will fill the questions in on the cloud templates).
• Find answers to the questions in the text and illustrations by making connections and inferences about characters and events during and after reading.
