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45 mins

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My First Days at School

Children look at pictures of a school day and talk about things that feel new when starting school. They point to new places and people. They say what helps a new child and draw one new thing.

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1 Look and Wonder
2 Talk and Learn
3 What Is New?
4 Draw It in Your Copy
5 What We Found
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Interactive slideshow

1 - Look and Wonder ~5 mins

Look at the picture.

What do you notice?

What is this place?

What is new when a child starts school?

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2 - Talk and Learn ~6 mins

Look at the pictures.

Listen for the words new and help.

Say each word back.

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3 - What Is New? ~11 mins

Look at each picture.

What is new about this for a child at school?

What could help a new child here?

Who can come up and point to the new thing?

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4 - Draw It in Your Copy ~7 mins

COPYBOOK MOMENT

In your copy, draw one new thing about school.

An empty box labelled One new thing at school (a copybook page)

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5 - What We Found ~5 mins

a bright open door into a classroom with sunlight on the floor — **new** not done or used before

a small primary school building with a yard and a gate — **school** the place where we learn together

a teacher kneeling to help a small child with a coat zip — **help** when someone shows you the way or makes a job easier

What is new when a child starts school?

What helps a new child at school?

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Pupil practice · Activity Sheet

Module 1 · Our New School

Lesson 1 · My First Days at School

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My First Days at School

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1 - Look and Wonder ~5 mins

2 - Talk and Learn ~6 mins

3 - What Is New? ~11 mins

4 - Draw It in Your Copy ~7 mins

5 - What We Found ~5 mins

That was a sample lesson from SEE for Junior Infants

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