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http://launchpadtoys.com/
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Rachel Riordan
Resource type: Game, Audio / Video, App/Software
This is an a free app, called 'Toontastic', available from the App Store for use on iPads with ios6 or higher. It enables pupils aged 6--9 develop and record their own swashbuckling stories. There are a range of stories, in cartoon format, to choose from. Story types include aliens and pirates, amongst others. The children move their cartoon characters and record their narratives.
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- become increasingly explicit in relation to people, places, times, processes and events by adding elaborative detail to what he/she describes and narrates
Suggestions for use: Use on iPad in station teaching or with children working in pairs
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Jennifer Watson
Resource type: Guide/Notes, Lesson Plan
We have hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices. Find the perfect one for your classroom.
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: For use with all age group within the English/Literacy curriculum.
https://www.literacyshed.com/the-story-starter-shed.html
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Máire Carey
Resource type: Tool, Other, Primary Source
A list of sentences to begin any story
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English5-6
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- English
Strand: Writing
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- engage in the writing of one piece over a period
- experience varied and consistent oral language activity as part of the pre-writing process
- explore the possibilities of syntax and sentence structure in reading and writing
- help others with editing their writing
- observe the conventions of grammar, punctuation and spelling in his/her writing
- observe the teacher improving writing
- use dictionaries and thesauruses to extend and develop vocabulary and spelling
- write fluently and relevantly in other areas of the curriculum
- write for a sustained length of time
Suggestions for use: creative writing
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/15740/15398.docx
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Barry Moyles
Resource type: Other
A word document that contains three simple books. It includes HF words and some encourages phonic development.
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Englishin
How it maps to the curriculum
- in
- English
Strand: Reading
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- build up a sight vocabulary of common words from personal experience, from experience of environmental print, and from books read
- encounter early reading through collaborative reading of large-format books and language-experience material
- engage in shared reading activities
- experience the reading process being modelled
Suggestions for use: Early reading material for junior infants or learning support pupils from senior Infants or 1st class.
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/iwr...s-handwriting-game/id307025309?mt=8
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Lisa Brady
Resource type: App/Software
iwritewords teaches children handwriting skills while playing a fun and entertaining game
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Englishin
How it maps to the curriculum
- in
- English
Strand: Writing
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- learn to form and name individual letters using various materials
- write and draw
Suggestions for use: organise 4 literary stations, one of which has ipads - allow children to explore this handwriting game through the app at this station
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/15738/15396.docx
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Cathy ODwyer
Resource type: Other
A pack I made up to accompany Charlotte's Web by E.B.White
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Reading
Suggestions for use: Use it to accompany Charlotte's Web.
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/15733/15391.doc
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Aoife Murphy
Resource type: Other
Picture cards to help a child who doesn't speak English to communicate
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Englishin
How it maps to the curriculum
- in
- English
Suggestions for use: Use to help a child who doesn't speak English or is non verbal to communicate.
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/15742/15400.doc
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Kate Lyons
Resource type: Guide/Notes, Tool
sequencing, pig in the pond, literacy
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Reading
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- read aloud to share a text with an audience
Suggestions for use: sequencing
https://padlet.com/
Added:17 Aug 2015
Contributor: Hilary Parkinson
Resource type: App/Software
Its on online writing tool that is fantastic for collaborative writing strategies. Basically; it is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device
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English5-6
EnglishJC
Supplementary ResourcesJC
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- English
Strand: Writing
Suggestions for use: Use Padlet for brainstorming, collaborating ideas or set Padlet up so students can work on project work together.
- JC
- English
Strand: Other Websites for English
Suggestions for use: Use Padlet for brainstorming, collaborating ideas or set Padlet up so students can work on project work together.
Key Skills:
- Being Creative
- Communicating
- Managing Information and Thinking
- Staying Well
- Working with Others
- Managing Myself
- JC
- Supplementary Resources
Strand: Useful Websites
http://www.tinytap.it/
Added:18 Aug 2015
Contributor: Aoife Barron
Resource type: Game
TinyTap is a social platform which empowers families, teachers and students to learn from each other by creating their own personalized learning apps. Kids can easily create and play fun, interactive games from everyday photos and images, enjoy making games for younger kids, and/or use the app to create games for a class activity.
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: This app could be used with an infant class to take pictures&make up questions and stories based on the pictures. It is ideal for language development.
