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http://www.spellingcity.com/teachers-overview.html
Added:13 Jul 2015
Contributor: Padraichin Nic Aonghusa
Resource type: Assessment, Simulation, App/Software
Literacy and spelling development
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English1-23-4
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Writing
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- experience an abundance of oral language activity when preparing a writing task
- spell correctly a range of familiar, important and regularly occurring words, and use a variety of sources as aids to spelling
- spell words in a recognisable way based on an awareness of the most common spelling strings and patterns
- use approximate spelling as an interim measure in mastering the conventions of spelling
Strand: Writing
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- learn to write with increasing grammatical accuracy through the process of revision and editing
- use a range of aids and strategies, including the use of approximate spelling, to improve his/her command of spelling
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/14479/14117.ppt
Added:13 Jul 2015
Contributor: Brian Quinn
Resource type: Presentation, Simulation
Stills from 'March of the Penguins' - used to teach report writing - sequence the parts of the film, group under headings.
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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:
- observe the teacher modelling different writing genres
- re-read his/her writing for pleasure
- use personal reading as a stimulus to writing
http://www.spinandspell.com
Added:13 Jul 2015
Contributor: Ciara Cronin
Resource type: Game
A variety of pictures are presented, when the mouse is hovered over the picture, there is an audio of what the word is, Children are then given an opportunity to input how they think the word is spelled.
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: To further consolidate previous learned words and to learn new spellings in an interactive way.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/.../06/keyboarding-games-for-kids.html
Added:13 Jul 2015
Contributor: Roisin Buckley
Resource type: Tool
selection of free online typing games, to improve touch typing skills of children
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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
- write fluently and relevantly in other areas of the curriculum
- write for a sustained length of time
- write independently through a process of drafting, revising, editing and publishing
- write regularly on chosen topics
Suggestions for use: to aid SEN children with difficulty writing in improving their ability to write independantly
http://www.gynzy.com/teachers/publi.../language-arts/sentence-completion/
Added:13 Jul 2015
Contributor: Fiona Burke
Resource type: Assessment, Game
Cloze procedure interactive game. Children read the sentence and choose one word from four to complete the sentence.
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: This can be used on the IWB by the teacher or as an individual activity. The children read the sentences and choose the correct word.
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/dyslexia-quest/id448166369?mt=8
Added:12 Jul 2015
Contributor: Séamus MacCárthaigh
Resource type: Other
This is an app for young people with dyslexia, unfortunately confined to iOS platforms. Dyslexia Quest consists of six games that develop learning abilities and can email results to teachers and/or parents. It talks users through difficulties and shows where improvements can be made. Suitable for children from 7-10
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English3-45-6
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:
- discuss different possible solutions to problems
- discuss issues that directly affect his/her life
- discuss what he/she knows of a particular topic or process as a basis for encountering new concepts
- justify personal likes and dislikes
- listen to a presentation and discuss and decide which are the most important questions to ask
Suggestions for use: Dyslexia Quest helps point parents in the right direction since it serves as a basic skills screener to identify strengths and weaknesses.
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- use a discussion of the familiar as the basis of a more formal or objective grasp of a topic or concept
- use the basic key questions and checking questions as a means of extending knowledge
Suggestions for use: Dyslexia Quest helps point parents in the right direction since it serves as a basic skills screener to identify strengths and weaknesses.
https://www.literacyshed.com/the-inspiration-shed.html
Added:12 Jul 2015
Contributor: cclaire McDonagh
Resource type: Guide/Notes, Audio / Video
Inspiration for story writing. Short video clips to watch to encourage and inspire story writing. Videos can also be used to work on comprehension strategies such as inferencing, predicting, questioning. Notes under videos to give ideas of how to use them.
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Writing
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- choose topics to write about
- experience a classroom environment that encourages writing
- experience how a story structure is organised by reading and listening to fiction
- explore different genres
- observe the teacher as he/she models writing stories
- write regularly for different audiences
Suggestions for use: Oral language - discussion of stories beginning, middle and end. Re- tell the story using descriptive langauge. Write own stories based on the videos
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/spl...-language-universe/id457526530?mt=8
Added:12 Jul 2015
Contributor: Karl Meehan
Resource type: Game
(iPad) Develop pupil's listening and language skills with this interactive App. Children must listen to a range of instructions and complete the corresponding task. The lite version is free and enables the user to complete a substantial amount of activities.
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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:
- experience, recognise and observe simple commands
- hear, repeat and elaborate words, phrases and sentences modelled by the teacher
Suggestions for use: Suitable for individual or pair work on ipad/tablet.
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- experience challenging vocabulary and sentence structure from the teacher
http://aliceinwonderland150.com/
Added:10 Jul 2015
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Guide/Notes
Website developed by the publishers, Macmillan, to mark 150 years since they published Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Contains biographical notes on the author as well as the illustrator John Tenniel and gives considerable detail on the colour of Alice's dress. Also looks at the real character behind Alice and gives an account of the Cheshire Cat.
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Reading
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- engage in talk about books
- experience a shared response to fiction through the use of a class novel
Suggestions for use: This resources is aimed more at the teacher to give some interesting background to the book. Some of the material here can be used in class. the site itself would work well on the IWB.
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/14356/13994.pdf
Added:10 Jul 2015
Contributor: Michelle Ruth Doherty
Resource type: Assessment
Can be used as an assessment tool after a lesson teaching when to use capital letters
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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:
- learn to write with increasing grammatical accuracy through the process of revision and editing
- write in a legible joined script with confidence and fluency
Suggestions for use: After a lesson on capital letters, this worksheet could be used as an assessment tool
