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"Language is learned through hearing it, being
part of it,
and by using it".
M. Mc Kensie (1979)
A phonics poster is available
below to go with each of these loop card games
Phonics loop cards are
available above to go with each of these posters
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Figures of Speech #14 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Ailments and Illnesses (27.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #13 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Feelings and Emotions (27KB) |
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Figures of Speech #12 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Mind (25.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #11B -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Body (47KB) |
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Figures of Speech #11A -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Body (39.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #10 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Insects (26KB) |
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Figures of Speech #9 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Fish (26KB) |
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Figures of Speech #8 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Birds (28.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #7 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Animals (34.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #6 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Trees and Flowers (27.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #5 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Life and Death (27.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #4 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Time (29KB) |
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Figures of Speech #3 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Weather (27KB) |
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Figures of Speech #2 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Elements (26KB) |
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Figures of Speech #1 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Colours (26.5KB) |
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2nd Class Book Report - (156KB)
(Source: Trystan Russell) |
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Book of the Week - .jpeg image for a "book of the Week" in the classroom (99.9KB)
(Source: Trystan Russell) |
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Phonics #1 - presentation getting pupils to read common CVC words
(Source: Trystan Russell) |
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Phonics #2 - presentation getting pupils to read common CVC words
(Source: Trystan Russell) |
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Sunny Street Friends - vocabulary list from this first class reader (25KB) |
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Books, Books, Books - flashcards for the story "Books, Books, Books" from the first class reader "Books, Books, Books" (50.6KB) |
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Pigs Can Fly - flashcards for the story "Pigs Can Fly" from the first class reader "Books, Books, Books" (63.8KB) |
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A Dark And Spooky Night - flashcards for the story "A Dark and Spooky Night" from the first class reader "Books, Books, Books" (55.9KB) |
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Ring Ring - flashcards for the story "Ring Ring" from the first class reader "Sunny Street Friends" (47KB) |
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Spooky Monster - flashcards for the story "Spooky Monster" from the first class reader "Sunny Street Friends" (58.4KB) |
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Sleepyhead - flashcards for the story "Sleepyhead" from the first class reader "Sunny Street Friends" (62.3KB) |
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Freckle Face - flashcards for the story "Freckle Face" from the second class reader "Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (37KB) |
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Betty's Banger - flashcards for the story "Betty's Banger" from the second class reader "Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (39.8KB) |
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Custard Custard - flashcards for the story "Custard Custard" from the second class reader "Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (34.8KB) |
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Aesop's Fables - flashcards for the story "Aesop's Fables" from the second class reader "Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (34.8KB) |
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All Alone - flashcards for the story "All Alone" from the second class reader "Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (37KB) |
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Alphabet Letters - alphabet strip with letters (30KB)
(Source: blackandgold2009) |
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Alphabet Pictures - alphabet strip with pictures as prompts (160KB)
(Source: blackandgold2009) |
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Diary of a Writer - flashcards for the story "Diary of a Writer" from the second class reader "More Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (28.7KB) |
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Androcles and the Lion - a simple retelling of the classic story (23KB)
(Source: Toni Buckley) |
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The Little Match Girl - a simple retelling of the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen: see the cloze exercise below in the writing section to accompany this resource (22.5KB)
(Source: Toni Buckley) |
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Excerpt from "Matilda" - a short extract, in the form of a dialogue, between Matilda and her father. Suitable for Reader's Theatre in the classroom (24.5KB)
(Source: Toni Buckley) |
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The Salmon of Knowledge - flashcards for the story "The Salmon of Knowledge" from the second class reader "More Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (32.3KB) |
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A Perfect Day - flashcards for the story "A Perfect Day" from the second class reader "More Sunny Street Fiction Favourites" (36.1KB) |
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Excerpt from Matilda - dialogue extract from the Roald Dahl novel "Matilda", good for getting pupils familiar with "Readers' Theatre" (24.5KB) (Source:
Mairéad Russell) |
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Winter
Word Wall - vocabulary associated with Winter on one sheet
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"Disappointed Vowels" - Phonics -aw and -au Sound - resource showing the difference between the -aw and -au sound (110KB) (Source:
Gemma Denny) |
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Past and Passed - short story showing the difference between these two words(27.5KB) (Source:
Gemma Denny) |
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Phonics -ea Sound - short story to get pupils
to recognise the ea=e sound (23.5KB) (Source:
Gemma Denny) |
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Sunny Street - word list for First Class
Reader No. 2: "Books, Books, Books" (Source
A. Mc Auliffe) (54.5KB)
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Sunny Street - word list for senior infant
book 1 Please and Thank You Stories (Source
A. Mc Auliffe) (27.5KB)
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Sunny Street - word list for 1st class book 1 "Sunny
Street Friends" (Source
A. Mc Auliffe) (42.5KB)
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Sunny Street Fiction
Favourites - vocabulary list from the first reader for Rang
II (25.5KB) |
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High Frequency Word List #2
- a list of 148 high frequency words that pupils should know
(56KB) |
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High Frequency Word List #2 Test
- a test on the above list of 148 high frequency words that
pupils should know (85.5KB) |
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Reading Record Cover - print
two to a page, cut and paste onto the cover of the pupil's
reading record ( an A4 piece of card folded in two). Place the
reading record list below inside (35KB) |
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Reading at Home - Newsletter for parents emphasising the importance of reading at
home (88KB) |
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Sunny Street More Fiction
Favourites - vocabulary list from the second reader for Rang
II (25.5KB) |
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Patricia's Misfortune -
story for senior classes focussing on words ending in -tion, -sion
and -cian (28KB) |
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Sunday Tribune Recommended
Authors - a list of recommended authors for children in
different age groups (33.5KB) |
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Books to Read - sheet for
pupils to record what books they plan to read
(Source
A. Mc Auliffe) (31.5KB) |
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Miscue Analysis Chart -
sheet to help analyse miscues in reading
(Source
A. Mc Auliffe) (38.5KB) |
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Five Finger Test -
Photocopiable bookmark to determine the difficulty level of a
book
(Source
A. Mc Auliffe) (81.7KB) |
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"The Best Thing in the World"
- Illustrated story containing all 220 Dolch List words (152KB) |
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Reading List - list of books
suitable for the 5th/6th class library (317KB) |
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Library
Card (Source: Mags Mc Carthy)
(21KB) |
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Library Scavenger Hunt - three activities to do in the
school library (47.5KB) |
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Reading Record - for parents
to sign after listening to supplementary readers (35KB) |
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Book Donation Labels -
Encourage Sixth class pupils to donate a book to the school
library as a gift to the school on their departure. One of these labels is
attached to the book donation (28.5KB) |
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Booklet for six week "Reading Buddy" programme between an older
and a younger pupil (511KB) |
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Battle of the authors questionnaire - J. K. Rowling Vs
Jacqueline Wilson (29KB) |
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Favourite Book Questionnaire
(72.5KB) |
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Newsletter with tips for parents on how to encourage their
children to read. (Junior Classes) (189KB) |
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Newsletter with tips for parents on how to encourage their
children to read. (Senior Classes) (150KB) |
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Reading Buddies
form - each buddy fills out a form of favourites (46.5KB) |
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Dolch Sight
Vocabulary - lists A - D of the dolch words (100KB) |
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We Love Reading
- poster (68KB) |
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Book Cover - redesign the cover of your favourite book
(23.5KB) |
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Book Report
Folders - sign (36KB) |
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The following worksheets are suitable for 3rd/4th
class, each based on a separate theme. They are suitable for
supplementary writing material. They can also be used
as work for the early finishers.
Other Class Novels we use in our school:
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"Under the Hawthorn
Tree" by Marita Conlon-McKenna
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"Wildflower Girl"
by Marita Conlon-McKenna |
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"Fields of Home"
by Marita Conlon-McKenna |
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"Danny the Champion
of the World" by Roald Dahl
(DVD) |
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"Goodnight, Mr. Tom"
by Michele Magorian
(DVD)
(SCH) |
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"Wreck of the
Zanzibar" by Michael Morpurgo
(SCH) |
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"Bill's New Frock"
by Ann Fine |
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"Stig of the Dump"
by Clive King
(SCH) |
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"Krindlekrax" by
Philip Ridley
(SCH) |
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"The Snow Maze"
by Jan Mark (SCH) |
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"The Sheep Pig"
by Dick King-Smith
(DVD) (SCH) |
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"Artemis Fowl"
by Eoin Colfer |
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"Thomas and the
Tinners" by Jill Paton Walsh
(SCH) |
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"The Suitcase Kid"
by Jacqueline Wilson
(SCH) |
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"Clockwork" by
Philip Pullman
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"War Game" by
Michael Foreman
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"The Boy in the
Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyne |
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"The Ice Man: The Antarctic Adventures
of Tom Crean" by Michael Smith |
(DVD) indicates novels that have been made into a
film. Always interesting to view after completion of the book. Book Vs
Film discussion/comparison is worthwhile.
(SCH) indicates Scholastic "Read and Respond"
teacher's resource book that is available. Usually has good discussion
topics and photocopiable worksheets. Search Scholastic website
HERE. Scholastic also has Read and
Respond books for other books that can be used as class novels. The only
problem is that they don't have any Irish novels with Read and Respond
teacher's books.
See
Links section for links to author websites.
Seomra Ranga
does not maintain any of the web sites provided as links so it assumes
no responsibility for their contents, nor does any link constitute an
endorsement of any other site, its sponsor or its contents. These links
are just suggestions of websites that teachers may wish to visit to
compliment their classroom teaching. Ultimately, it is the
responsibility of each individual teacher or school to determine whether
the links provided are suitable for children to visit.
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LCF English Zone - stories, phonics, games, grammar (subscription site) |
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Literactive - Teaching Children to Read - providing reading material and activities |
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Fizzy Funny Fuzzy - poetry for kids by Gareth Lancaster - you can read or listen to poetry and rate the poems you like |
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Poetry Zone - poems by Roger Stephens, site also has videos of poems being read with animations, teacher resources for teaching poetry also included |
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Giggle Poetry - poetry to read for fun |
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Kids Spell - use the online spelling lists or create your own and use them to play the online games |
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Sara Says - some literacy lesson plans, ideas and articles (however there are a lot of links to Amazon enticing you to buy books) |
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Storynory - free audio books for kids |
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Jolly Phonics Presentations
- three presentations available to download: presentation to
give to parents, presentation to give to other teachers,
presentation on Jolly Grammar to give to other teachers |
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Phonics International -
structured programme for the teaching of phonics. Some free
resources on the site, others must be purchased |
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ICT Literacy
Games |
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Literacy Resources - a
Teachnet project from John Farrell |
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Phingertip Fonics - Fruit
Machine type interface teaches phonics using CVC words, rimes,
onsets and sets of Dolch words |
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Mrs
Perkins Dolch Words - resources using the Dolch word lists |
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Spelling Bee - a spelling
programme for all age groups to be played online |
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Best Books 4 Ever -
children's book review site run by children |
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CVC Phonics Flashcards - excellent resource to print and
laminate from the Sparklebox website (.pdf file) |
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Online Story Books - excellent list
of interactive online story books |
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Wordpool - Children's book
site for parents, teachers and children |
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Mes-English - free printable
phonics, worksheets and games |
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Phonics International |
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Jolly Learning - including
Jolly Phonics, which many schools operate as the school phonics
scheme |
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The Poetry Zone |
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Children's Poetry Bookshelf |
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Children's
Poetry Archive - poets reading their own poems |
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Giggle
Poetry - fun poetry for children |
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ICDL - International Children's Digital Library - read
online books |
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Exam Support Primary English
- video learning packs for primary English for sale (see online
demos) |
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Vocabulary - vocabulary building online games like
wordsearch, crosswords, hangmouse, quizzes, match game and
unscramble |
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Write-A-Book.ie - Web Site from Blackrock Education
Centre. It has all the tips you'll need for taking part in the
project or just for general ideas for English writing. |
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Cool-Reads - excellent website which contains reviews of
books for 10-15 year olds by children in that age group. |
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Kidsreads.com - website of reviews and activities on
children's literature |
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Children's Literature - Resources for teachers. A page of
links to children's literature websites. |
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ABC Alphabet and Phonemic Awareness - goes through each
letter of the alphabet for infants. |
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How the alphabet got its order - interactive movie. |
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Left to Right - how we read and write - short interactive
movie. |
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Vowels Save the Day - short
interactive movie. |
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Silent e -
short interactive movie. |
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Sh - short
activity based on the diagraph -sh. |
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Wh - short
activity based on the diagraph -wh. |
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Th
- short activity based on the diagraph -th. |
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Ch
- short activity based on the diagraph -ch |
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Chunk That Word - short
activity on how to break up an unknown word. |
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The Lone Vowel - short
activities on vowels. |
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When Two Vowels Go Walking - short movie on the double
vowel. |
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Y Can Be a Vowel
- short movie on y as a vowel. |
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Learning To Read - Zac the Rat and other tales. |
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It's Fun to Read - Tongue Twisters |
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It's Fun to Read - Poetry |
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It's Fun to Read - Music |
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It's Fun to Read - Poetry |
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It's Fun to Read - Magic |
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It's Fun to Read - All About Me |
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A Rhyme a Week - Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy |
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Writing Fun - teaching the
different genres of writing |
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Read, Write, Think - resources for the teaching of
literacy including educational links on the web |
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BBC - Skillswise |
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ABC's of the Writing Process |
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Bird Print Writing Process |
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RIF -
Reading is Fundamental |
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Book Adventure |
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Setanta Book Club |
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Children's
Literature - resources for teachers |
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CLWG - Children's Literature Web Guide |
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Children's Literature Index -
library of teaching
resources for children's literature |
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60 Ways to
Practise Spelling |
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Teacher 2 B
- English teaching strategies |
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Reading Rockets - reading, comprehension and language
arts teaching strategies |
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Teach-nology
- creative writing teaching theme |
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Writers-in-Schools Scheme - Poetry Ireland - invite an
author into your school/classroom. |
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Telling Tales:
Margaret Brownie (Claire Publications, Colchester, 1999) ISBN 1
871098 51 3
Re-looking
at popular fables with older children and using the fable for
exploring different genres of writing. |
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Blueprints
Primary English - The Writing Book: Pie Corbett (Stanley
Thornes Publishers, Cheltenham, 1994) ISBN 0-7487-1709-9
98
Copymasters to help with different forms of writing. |
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Developing Language in the Primary Classroom:
Sarah Tann (Cassell, London, 1991) ISBN: 0-304-31983-X paperback.
0-304-31986-4 hardback. |
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Learning About Language – Issues for Primary School Teachers:
Alison Sealey (OUP, Buckingham, 1996) ISBN: 0 335 19203 3
paperback. |
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Twenty Steps Towards Language Development: Dympna Daly and Pat
Scanlan (ed.s) (District XV INTO/Drumcondra Teachers’ Centre, 1988) |
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Teaching Talking and Learning in Key Stage One: Kate Norman
(National Curriculum Council, 1990) ISBN: 1 872676 16 2 |
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Teaching Language and Literacy in the Early Years: Diane Godwin
and Margaret Perkins (David Fulton Publishers, London, 1998) ISBN:
1-85346-529-1 |
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Listening Skills – Key Stage 1: Sandy Rickerby & Sue
Lambert(Questions Publishing Co., Birmingham, 1994) ISBN: 1 898149
34 8 |
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Listening Skills – Key Stage 2: Sandy Rickerby & Sue Lambert
(Questions Publishing Co., Birmingham, 1996) ISBN: 1 898149 46 1 |
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Fingers, Feet and Fun- New and
traditional action rhymes and stories: Delphine Evans (Beaver Books,
London, 1984) ISBN: 0 09 947690 8 |
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The Puffin Book
of Tongue Twisters to Tangle Tonsils and Jerk the Jaw -
collected by Mark Cohen (Puffin Books, Middlesex, 1984) ISBN
0-14-031676-D |
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Mind Maps For
Kids: The Shortcut to Success at School - Tony Buzan (Thorsons
Books, London, 2003) ISBN 0-00-715133-0
This
illustrates the mind map method to plan for everything from
writing on school subjects to sorting out that bedroom. |
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Quick,
Let's Get Out Of Here - Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake
(Puffin Books, London, 1983) ISBN 0-14-031784-8
A book of
poetry I've read to almost every class I've taught and no matter
what age, they all loved it. |
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Please Mrs.
Butler - Allan Ahlberg (Puffin Books, London, 1983) ISBN
0-14-031494-6
A book of
poetry all about school. |
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Digging For
China - selected and arranged by John O' Leary (Folens,
Dublin, 1986)
A collection of
poetry (with exercises) for fifth and sixth classes. |
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Dirty Beasts
- Roald Dahl (Puffin Books, London, 1984) ISBN 0-14-050435-4
Funny and
irreverent verse about beasts. |
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Revolting Rhymes
- Roald Dahl (Puffin Books, London, 1982) ISBN 0-14-050423-0
Nursery
Rhymes told in verse with a twist. |
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The Key Stage 2
Poetry Pack - Alan Peat (Questions Publishing Co,
Birmingham, 2000) ISBN 1-84190-044-3 |
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Teach Speech -
Oral Presentation Strategies - Loretta Brandt Minn (Good
Apple, Carthage IL, 1982) ISBN 0-86653-058-4 |
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Creativity For
Kids Through Writing - Bob Stanish (Good Apple, Carthage IL,
1983) ISBN 0-86653-118-1 |
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The Write
Approach - A Written Language Programme - Graeme Beals
(Claire Publications, Colchester, 1993) ISBN 1 871098 13 0 |
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