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https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/pir...treasure-hunt-eight/id392208108?...
Added:21 Jul 2015
Contributor: Niamh Reilly
Resource type: Game
This is a an app providing a variety of problem solving opportunities for the children. As you help Pirate Jack to find the hidden treasure you take part in mathematical and literacy based tasks: shapes, spelling, addition sums, sequencing, and time problems, etc. It is great for the variety it offers and encouraging the children to adapt from one type of skill to another.
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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:
- engage in personal reading
- find information and share it with others
- perform simple information retrieval tasks
Suggestions for use: Problem solving. This is great as pair work. The children must read through a series of clues based on questions relating to maths and literacy. It provides a different option from reading their class readers and also to reinforce different strands covered in maths. They can work at their own pace and when they finish they get a real sense of achievement from it.
http://fountasandpinnellleveledbooks.com
Added:21 Jul 2015
Contributor: Mary Ryan
Resource type: Reference
This is a frequently updated online list that contains nearly 5 0 , 000 books submitted by over 300 publishers. Every book is reviewed and leveled by Fountas & Pinnell and their team. It would be of great benefit to school introducing the Lift Off to Literacy initiative. It would give you a level for books that might not already be leveled but that you may like to use.
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Reading
Suggestions for use: Use as a reference guide when choosing books for Lift Off to Literacy or Guided Reading
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/what-am-i-riddles/id651468818?mt=8
Added:21 Jul 2015
Contributor: Yvonne McQuaid
Resource type: App/Software
Great app for reading and oral language, with a little game after each riddle.
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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:
- engage in shared reading activities
Suggestions for use: As a whole class activity or individual activity during literacy hour/station teaching
http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/index.html
Added:21 Jul 2015
Contributor: Evelyn Quin
Resource type: App/Software
Into the Book website offers teachers guides/ lesson plans to comprehension strategies of prior knowledge, making connections, visualising, inferring, summarising, evaluating, synthesizing and using strategies together. It also has a pupils section where they can undertake the activities.
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Reading
Strand unit: Developing Cognitive Ability through Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- continue to develop a range of comprehension strategies to deal with narrative, expository and representational reading material
- continue to use information technology to increase motivation to read and to enhance reading development
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/14800/14439.docx
Added:21 Jul 2015
Contributor: Catriona Dalton
Resource type: Tool
This is a visual cue that will help children with SEN who have difficulty with decoding words whilst reading.
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Reading
Strand unit: Developing Cognitive Ability through Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- read books independently
- read short books in one sitting to experience success in reading
- use a knowledge of printing conventions as an aid to expression and comprehension
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/14793/14432.pptx
Added:21 Jul 2015
Contributor: Paul Kenny
Resource type: Game, Lesson Plan
a compound word game for 2nd,3rd,4th class to be used in conjunction or at the end of a lesson.
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English3-4
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/14805/14444.docx
Added:22 Jul 2015
Contributor: Ruth O Malley
Resource type: Guide/Notes, Lesson Plan
Cartoon formation using the app Toontastic
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Writing
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- choose to write for himself/herself only
- decide the quality of presentation in relation to the purpose and audience of a piece of writing
- develop his/her ability to write using information technology
- engage with the writing of one piece over a period
- give sequence to ideas and events in stories
- learn to revise and re-draft writing
http://www.fireworksenglish.ie/faqs
Added:21 Jul 2015
Contributor: Marie Sharkey
Resource type: Primary Source
An interactive Reading resource and support
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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:
- develop reading skills through engaging with reading material appropriate to his/her stage of development
http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents...theshow/episodes/word-on-the-street
Added:22 Jul 2015
Contributor: Karl Meehan
Resource type: Audio / Video
Help expand children's vocabulary with these fun videos from Sesame Street. Watch and listen to some very famous faces explain the meaning of some familiar and unfamiliar words. A larger variety of these videos are also available on Youtube.
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Englishin1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- choose appropriate words to name and describe things and events
- experiment with descriptive words to add elaborative detail
Suggestions for use: Suitable as part of a whole class lesson. These videos could be used as a stimulus to initiate a class discussion.
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- experiment with more elaborate vocabulary and sentence structure in order to extend and explore meaning
Suggestions for use: Create a word wall in the classroom containing all the words from these videos.
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/
Added:22 Jul 2015
Contributor: Karl Meehan
Resource type: Game, Audio / Video
Expand and develop children's vocabulary. Choose a category from the vast amount of topics on offer. Simply place the cursor over the pictures to hear the word or make it more challenging by playing the interactive game where children must listen to the word and select the corresponding picture.
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Englishin1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- choose appropriate words to name and describe things and events
- experiment with descriptive words to add elaborative detail
Suggestions for use: Ideal for use on the IWB as part of a whole class lesson.
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- experiment with more elaborate vocabulary and sentence structure in order to extend and explore meaning
