Oral Language

Shake A Phrase App

by admin on 04/04/2013

Shake a Phrase AppShake a Phrase is a language app for the development of reading, vocabulary, grammar and writing. The app presents the content under five different themes – Animals, Fairytale, Monsters, Sports and Shake Starter. Using these themes, there are three sections to the app – Shake It, Story Starter and Quiz Me. [click to continue…]

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Property Language

by admin on 30/01/2013

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This resource has flashcards with vocabulary connected with buying and selling property. Whether you are talking about property for maths or oral language, these flashcards will act as a visual reminder.

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The Months

by admin on 17/01/2013

This is a Powerpoint presentation of the Sara Coleridge poem, “The Months”. It is very suitable for this time of year and it’s also good for teaching about the months and seasonal changes to junior and middle classes.

Source: Marie Uí Chearbhaill

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What Floor?

by admin on 02/12/2012

Nice Powerpoint presentation to help infant pupils with learning the numbers 1-5. It is really an activity that integrates other curricular strands also: it can be used for learning numbers in maths, oral language in English and oral language in Gaeilge.

Source: Fiona Mahon

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Word of the Day

by admin on 28/08/2012

Teachers all know how important it is to develop the oral and written language of pupils. This resource is a header to place in a prominent position in the classroom, under which can be recorded new or interesting words which are discovered during the day. These could be recorded in a copy or personal dictionary or the teacher could encourage pupils to use them in an oral sentence during the day. [click to continue…]

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Ghosts of the Faithful Departed

January 21, 2012

I recently saw a feature on the RTÉ programme Nationwide on the work of the photographer David Creedon, and especially about one of his latest projects, the photographing of images of a forgotten Ireland, culminating in the publication of his widely acclaimed book, Ghosts of the Faithful Departed. It’s a wonderful hardback book which I [...]

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Recession Vocabulary

January 12, 2012

In a recent survey conducted by iReach Market Research and reported by RTÉ, it was found that 90% of children were using recession vocabulary. Words like recession, unemployment, credit crunch and redundancy have entered the conversational vocabulary of children. This resource is not aimed at focussing on the “doom and gloom”, but facing the reality [...]

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Word Reversals 03

August 9, 2011

This is an oral language activity that can be done with pupils in middle and senior class standards. On each card are the names of four everyday objects, which may have a loose connection. The purpose of the activity is to help develop the working memory of the pupils, while at the same time encouraging [...]

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Word Reversals 02

July 18, 2011

This is an oral language activity that can be done with pupils from first/second class upwards. On each card are the names of three everyday objects, which may have a loose connection. The purpose of the activity is to help develop the working memory of the pupils, while at the same time encouraging them to [...]

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Word Reversals 01

July 18, 2011

This is an oral language activity that can be done with pupils from first/second class upwards. On each card are the names of three everyday objects, which may have a loose connection. The purpose of the activity is to help develop the working memory of the pupils, while at the same time encouraging them to [...]

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The Feelings Game 02

July 11, 2011

This is an oral language activity for pupils in middle and senior classes. On each card is written the beginning of a sentence with a feelings word in it. The purpose of the activity is for the pupils to finish the sentence giving an appropriate situation when they felt this feeling. The more you do [...]

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The Feelings Game 01

July 11, 2011

This is an oral language activity for pupils in middle and senior classes. On each card is written the beginning of a sentence with a feelings word in it. The purpose of the activity is for the pupils to finish the sentence giving an appropriate situation when they felt this feeling. The more you do [...]

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Talk About 02

July 10, 2011

This is an oral language activity that can be done with pupils from about first class upwards (unless the teacher reads the topics on the card for the infant classes). On each card is written a topic. The purpose of the activity is for the pupils to talk about the topic for as long as [...]

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Talk About 01

July 10, 2011

This is an oral language activity that can be done with pupils from about first class upwards (unless the teacher reads the topics on the card for the infant classes). On each card is written a topic. The purpose of the activity is for the pupils to talk about the topic for as long as [...]

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The Object Lesson 03

July 7, 2011

This is an oral language activity that can be done with pupils from second class upwards. On each card is the name of an everyday object. The purpose of the activity is for the pupils to describe the object on the card to the class without mentioning the name of the object. The more you [...]

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