by admin | Oct 16, 2013 | 1st/2nd, Hallowe'en, Infants, Léitheoireacht
I was asked to make these seasonal sentence builder activities available “as Gaeilge”. They feature cats, bats and hats, are suitable for pupils who are starting on the road to reading as Gaeilge. It teaches left to right orientation, capital letters and...
by admin | Oct 16, 2013 | AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants, Reading
These seasonal sentence builder activities, featuring ghosts, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on the road to reading. It teaches left to right orientation, capital letters and full stops. They are also reinforcing numbers 1-3...
by admin | Oct 16, 2013 | Hallowe'en, Reading
This is a Hallowe’en-themed guide to scary stories for children compiled by South Dublin Libraries. It contains a list of twenty books that are suitable for the Hallowe’en season. The usual array of seasonal creatures feature in the list – ghosts,...
by admin | Oct 15, 2013 | Maths, Powerpoint
Eight rounds of six questions, a tie-break round, answers to all questions and maths jokes at the end of each round on 145 Powerpoint slides. All questions are roughly based on the primary school mathematics curriculum. I’ve attempted to provide a variety of questions...
by admin | Oct 15, 2013 | Competitions
Smarty Cat Games is a Gaeilge resource which consists of ten games covering each of the ten themes of Curaclam na Gaeilge. They have now developed a new Gaeilge resource – An Cat Cainteach (The Chatty Cat). This ball contains 21 questions and actions to help...
by admin | Oct 14, 2013 | Book Reviews
Title: Storm Clouds – New friends. Old differences Author: Brian Gallagher Publisher: O’Brien Published : 2nd September 2013 Main characters: Emma, Dylan, Maeve, Sammy, Sammy’s Da, Aunt Nan, Uncle Jim. Themes: Troubles in Northern...
by admin | Oct 14, 2013 | 1st/2nd, Hallowe'en, Infants, Poetry, Powerpoint
“Fat Old Witch” is a Hallowe’en-themed poem by Leland Jacobs on one Powerpoint slide. Suitable for junior classes. Source: Anna Uí Fhaoileáin (.ppt file 77.5KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Oct 13, 2013 | Hallowe'en, Infants
Seasonal door signs for the infant classrooms in Gaelscoileanna. (all files are .pdf) Naíonáin Shóisearacha: Download File Naíonáin Shinsearacha: Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Oct 13, 2013 | Hallowe'en, Infants
Seasonal door signs for the infant classrooms in Gaelscoileanna. (all files are .pdf) Naíonáin Shóisearacha: Download File Naíonáin Shinsearacha: Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Oct 13, 2013 | AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants
These seasonal sentence builder activities, featuring cats, bats and hats, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on the road to reading. It teaches left to right orientation, capital letters and full stops. They are also reinforcing...
by admin | Oct 13, 2013 | Hallowe'en
This is a handy, bookmark-sized, resource for pupils who are doing some literacy work on the theme of Hallowe’en in the classroom. It gives a list of Hallowe’en creatures, which is not meant to be an exhaustive list, and could be used for oral language or written...
by admin | Oct 13, 2013 | Hallowe'en
This is a handy, bookmark-sized, resource for pupils who are doing some literacy work on the theme of Hallowe’en in the classroom. It gives a selection of descriptive vocabulary associated with Hallowe’en and could be used for oral language or written...
by admin | Oct 12, 2013 | Apps, Technology
I was only recently made aware of the Guided Access function within the iOS settings on iPhone/iPod and iPad. This function allows the parent/teacher to lock the device on a single app and allows you to control which functions are available. We have recently begun to...
by admin | Oct 12, 2013 | Apps
The Sort it Out app is a great app for getting pupils, especially younger pupils or those with special educational needs, to sort out a variety of objects in a fun and interesting way. In each section of the app, the pupil is presented with a range of objects at the...
by admin | Oct 10, 2013 | Guest Post
Like many teachers, I kept one eye on Pinterest over the summer months for new ideas for my classroom. One that kept grabbing my attention was that of the ‘exit ticket’. It appeared in many formats, such as post-it notes and grids, but the one I decided to use was the...
