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http://resources.woodlands-junior.k...h.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#caps
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: Lisa Mc Cullough
Resource type: Demonstration, Guide/Notes
An excellent resource to teach grammar and punctuation in a fun and interactive way
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: Grammar and Punctuation
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/riddle/
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: Karl Meehan
Resource type: Guide/Notes, Tool
Riddles are an excellent way of making poetry more fun. Be creative and use your imagination to compose your own riddle poem with the help of this online guide.
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English3-45-6
How it maps to the curriculum
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 an appreciation of how the intended audience should influence the nature of a piece of writing
- develop an awareness of the difference between written language and oral language
- develop his/her ability to write using information technology
- learn to revise and re-draft writing
- learn to use a wider range of punctuation marks with greater accuracy as part of the revision and editing process
- learn to use questions as a mechanism for expanding and developing a story
- learn to write with increasing grammatical accuracy through the process of revision and editing
Suggestions for use: Suitable as a demonstration of how to write riddle poems on the IWB. Ideal for assisting in individual or pair work.
Strand: Writing
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- analyse different interpretations of poems in writing
- write about the relationship between poems and personal experience
- write stories and poems
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/writing/story_plan/read/1/
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: Catriona Kenny
Resource type: Game, Guide/Notes
This web page clearly details the main components of story writing – Introduction, structure, style, setting, characters and how to be a good story writer. It has the further options of a quiz and an interactive game which reinforces the description of the main story writing components.
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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:
- develop an awareness of the difference between written language and oral language
- engage with the writing of one piece over a period
- experience varied and consistent oral language activity as a preparation for writing
- give sequence to ideas and events in stories
- learn to write with increasing grammatical accuracy through the process of revision and editing
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/abcmatch/
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: Karl Meehan
Resource type: Game
Match initial letters with the corresponding picture in this fun interactive game. Children must use their memory skills to remember where the cards are. Contains three increasingly difficult levels.
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Englishin
How it maps to the curriculum
- in
- English
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- discuss different possible solutions to simple problems
- provide further information in response to the teacher's prompting
- show understanding of text
Suggestions for use: Ideal as part of a whole class lesson on the IWB.
http://www.sesamestreet.org
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: Mary Curtin
Resource type: App/Software
a website suitable for younger children incorporating literacy, numeracy, science, sphe, music, early learning activities
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Englishin
How it maps to the curriculum
- in
- English
Suggestions for use: Early Learning Activities for younger children particularly in areas of Numeracy and Literacy
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: Deirdre Mary OHagan
Resource type: Audio / Video
A lovely collection of short videos of stories suitable for infant classes.
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Englishin
http://www.primarygames.com/langart..._medium=banner&utm_campaign=640x250
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: niamh o mahony
Resource type:
Vocabulary game, guessing a word by picking different letters with a certain amount of chances/lives
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English3-45-6
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk
Added:9 Jul 2015
Contributor: Catherine Mulcahy
Resource type: Primary Source
This is a website that offers free educational resources to children. parents and teachers. It covers all the main holidays and themes throughout the school year.
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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:
- draw and write stories and poems
- express feelings in writing
- express in writing likes and dislikes about events and characters in stories and poems
- write about experiences
Suggestions for use: Templates are available for children for story writing.
https://www.scoilnet.ie/uploads/resources/14201/13839.pdf
Added:7 Jul 2015
Contributor: Lorraine Connolly
Resource type: Lesson Plan
This lesson outlines how one might use a tablet to create a movie/visual story based on the well-known story, Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:
This resource should enable a child to:
- create and sustain imaginary contexts through improvisational drama
- create and tell stories to the class or group, and retell them after questioning, comparing the versions
- discuss favourite moments, important events and exciting characters in a story, play or poem
- dramatise stories
- express feelings and attitudes through improvisational drama
- express reactions to events and characters in stories
Suggestions for use: This resource could be used in a follow-up lesson on traditional tales/ narrative writing. It offers children the opportunity to express their imaginative interpretation of a well known story using a digital media.
http://margdteachingposters.weebly.com/
Added:7 Jul 2015
Contributor: Sara Fitzgerald
Resource type: Other
Presentations and Posters to support the Teaching of Literacy and Numeracy
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