by admin | Mar 9, 2012 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Oral Work, Powerpoint, Reading
“Call my Bluff” is a Powerpoint game aimed at 4th – 6th class for practising dictionary skills. It is ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard. On each slide, pupils are presented with a difficult word that they probably have not come across...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
Printable bookmarks with the motto “Books are Amazing!” 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 222KB)...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Free
This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the Michael Morpurgo novel “War Horse”. These could be done orally, they could be used as comprehension questions or they could be used as a quiz at the end of reading the novel. A wordsearch based on...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Guest Post
Reading for pleasure – it’s a no-brainer, really, isn’t it? It’s so obvious that it’s a really great thing to encourage children to read, I nearly feel a bit sheepish saying it. It’s like motherhood and apple pie. Who could be against it? (Bang-bang, you’re dead. When...
by admin | Feb 26, 2012 | Oral Work, SPHE
Getting pupils to work in groups is a great methodology to take advantage of in the classroom. However, in order for it to be most effective, it is helpful to allocate pupils a role to play in the group discussion, otherwise the usual confident pupils may take over,...
