by admin | Jul 8, 2019 | Reading, Resource Packs
Dolch words are a list of 220 “service words” developed in the 1940s by William Dolch. They consist of a series of sets of words which are considered to be vocabulary which occurs most frequently in children’s reading material. There are eleven sets in this pack with...
by admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Book Reviews
Nicola Colton has put a Dublin spin on the well known fairytale ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. Fiona is the little girl in this story with a sick Granny. Fiona must go to the Moore Street market. She must buy the ingredients her Granny needs to make ‘a special witches...
by admin | Jun 25, 2019 | Book Reviews
“Race the Atlantic Wind” by Oisín Mc Gann is a novel about a sixteen year old girl Maggie living with her aunt and uncle on the island of Newfoundland. Her uncle has just come back from World War 1, when their small island becomes the setting for the...
by admin | Jun 16, 2019 | Book Reviews
My Little Album of Dublin is a beautifully illustrated English and Irish Word Book by Juliette Saumande. The young reader is brought on a visual adventure to explore the exciting sites that Dublin City has to offer. From vibrant O’ Connell Street to the animal antics...
by admin | May 24, 2019 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English, Writing
In this, the seventh and final resource in our “Figures of Speech” poster series, the focus is on Onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is a literary device which is commonly used in creative writing and poetry. This pack contains fifteen posters illustrating some examples of...
