by admin | Jul 11, 2011 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Oral Work, SPHE
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...
by admin | Jul 10, 2011 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Oral Work
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...
by admin | Jul 7, 2011 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Oral Work
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...
by admin | Jul 7, 2011 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Oral Work
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...
by admin | Jul 7, 2011 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Oral Work
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...
by admin | Jul 5, 2011 | Website
Teachers are used to writing reports at this time of the year, so I thought it would be an opportune time to look back over the year on Seomra Ranga. It’s hard to believe that the site is almost four years old and it’s safe to say that this has been the...
by admin | Jul 4, 2011 | 5th/6th, Drama-, History, Oral Work
This is an oral language game that can be tied in with a unit of work on war in history. In each set, there are eight cards with the name of an occupation written on them. The idea is that you explain to pupils that there has been an outbreak of war in your...
by admin | Jun 30, 2011 | 5th/6th, History
I recently found these in some old roll books in school, some dating back to the 1870’s. I’m not sure, but I’m presuming that they are old-style school reports. They appear to be for pupils in 5th and 6th class. Again, I’m not sure when exactly...
by admin | Jun 25, 2011 | Resources Websites, Technology
For those of you who were at the CESI conference in Portlaoise in February, you will remember Tom Barrett who gave the keynote address on the Saturday morning. He spoke broadly about the idea of crowdsourcing content with teachers and asked each teacher to use a...
by admin | Jun 23, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology, Video
I must admit that I’d never heard of a Godwit before, so when I received an email from Willie McSweeney from Scoil Iosaef Naofa, an all boys’ school in Cobh, Co. Cork, my first reaction was that this was yet another spam email amongst the hundreds of other that...
by admin | Jun 23, 2011 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Number
Division tables test containing 120 division tables including all combinations from ÷0 to ÷10, jumbled up on one A4 sheet. (.pdf file 15.5KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Jun 19, 2011 | Resources Websites
Mr. Thorne Does Phonics is a website of phonics resources for junior classes in the primary school. What is unusual about these resources, however, is that they are all made up of videos. The website is the creation of Christopher Thorne, a primary school teacher...
by admin | Jun 18, 2011 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Phonics, Phonics
A series of 21 posters of the most common rimes used as word endings. They can be used individually as headers for collections of words that end with each rime, or they can be used with onset posters/flashcards to make words. (.pdf file 2.01MB) Download File…...
by admin | Jun 16, 2011 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Phonics, Phonics
A series of 27 posters of the most common consonant blends used as onsets. They can be used individually as headers for collections of words that begin with each onset, or they can be used with rime posters/flashcards to make words. (.pdf file 2.89MB) Download...
by admin | Jun 15, 2011 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Lined Pages, Scríbhneoireacht, Summer, Writing
A4 portrait aligned lined page with a decorative floral border suitable for presenting seasonal written material. (.pdf file 109KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
