by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Back to School, Music
“Getting to Know You” is a well-known song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I” and I taught it to classes for many years. It’s very appropriate to teach in school as it is sung by Anna, the new teacher, in the...
by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Léitheoireacht
Leabharmharc chun spéis a chothú sa léitheoireacht, leis an frása “Táim ag Léamh”. Má tá na leabharmhairc ró-mhór duit, cuir dhá bhileog le chéile nuair atá tú ag priontáil iad. (comhad .pdf 175KB) Íoslódáil an Comhad… RegisterThis content is for members only...
by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
Printable bookmarks with the motto “It’s Time to Read!” Bookmarks are a good incentive for reading for pleasure. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print two pages per page. (.pdf file 166KB)...
by admin | Jul 7, 2012 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Music
I recently asked on the Seomra Ranga Facebook Page for suggestions of classroom songs/rhymes to the tune of “Frere Jacques”. I got plenty of suggestions from teachers. I also came across some others on the internet. These are the ones that we gathered in...
by admin | Jul 5, 2012 | Bibliography, Infants, Poetry, Teaching News
I accidentally came across this book of rhymes on the internet while looking for something else. There are 24 pages of rhymes, songs, nursery rhymes, hello and goodbye rhymes, fingerplays, action rhymes and lap rhymes. It comes from the Henrico County Public Libraries...
by admin | Jul 5, 2012 | Rang I
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 28: Na Pictiúir; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Teaching News
I wrote a Blog Post some time ago about how, after being challenged by Pam Moran and Ira Socol at the ICT in Education Conference in Tipperary to make a change in our classrooms to make the space more conducive to learning, I created a new Learning Space in my...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Rang I
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 29: Ag an mBus; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Technology
I’m doing the NCTE summer course on Scratch Programming and Numeracy in Senior Primary Classes this week. I’d heard and read a lot about Scratch over the years but knew virtually nothing about how to work it or how it could be used in the classroom....
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Rang I
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 31: An Sú; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Number
This resource (subtraction doubles) is a handy bookmark size to keep in a maths book/copy to remind pupils of the set of tables that they are learning in any particular week. There are two bookmarks on a page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Rang I
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 32: Ainmhithe Feirme; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Technology
Some months ago, infant teacher Mary Jo Bell wrote a Guest Post on this blog about Infants and ICT which was well received at the time. Mary Jo has now teamed up with the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) to produce a great video demonstrating the...
by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Teaching News
The INTO has reported that the Education Amendment Act 2012 has been passed by the Oireachtas and signed by the President. As well as a number of other issues, the Act allows the DES and Teaching Council to exchange data in order to compile lists of registered and...
by admin | Jul 1, 2012 | Resources Websites
The Literacy Shed is a new website that has been online only a couple of weeks but it is getting great reviews from many in the online education community and is building up a large following. The reason is that it is providing great inspiration, ideas and...
