Saol Faoi Shráid
“Saol Faoi Shráid” is an animated children’s TV series created by TV production company Meangadh Fíbín for TG4. It is broadcast every weekday on TG4’s young people’s slot Cúla 4 and some of the series is also available to view at any time on the TG4 Player at www.tg4.tv The series is aimed at 3-6 year olds and follows the adventures of brother and sister duo, Ribín & Glibín, aliens from the centre of the earth. read more…
CESI Annual Conference 2016
It’s that time of year again when anticipation in educational technology circles in Ireland is building towards the annual conference of the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) which will be held on Saturday February 27th. The theme of this year’s conference is “Our Digital Strategy – Making IT Matter“. read more…
My Reading Journal
This is a journal designed to encourage children in 3rd to 6th classes to read regularly. There is a page for each week including a space for book title, weekly reading goal, a read-o-meter to record the total hours spent reading, and a space for each day (Monday – Thursday, and one box for weekend reading) where parents can sign when reading is completed and children can note new words or questions.
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Peg Cloze 01
This peg literacy resource is aimed at pupils in middle classes or SEN pupils. It is made up of cloze sentences with one word missing. The pack contains 20 cards – on the left hand side of each card is a cat-themed sentence with a word missing. The pupil has to use a clothes peg to identify on the right hand side of the card which word would best suit the sentence.
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Which is the Longest/Shortest?
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or pupils with speech and language difficulties. Its aim is to encourage oral language, especially sentence structure. The focus is also on the concept of longest/shortest. The teacher can start with the question at the top of each card: “Which Is The Longest? / Which Is The Shortest?” This could be followed up with questions like “How Do You Know?” Questioning will encourage inference and deduction from the context.
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Long & Short Sorting
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or pupils with speech and language difficulties. Categorisation is an important skill for younger/SEN pupils to develop. This resource aims to develop categorisation skills as well as to encourage oral language. This sorting activity focuses on the concept of the difference between long and short.
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Book Review: Gulliver
I read the book “Gulliver” which is a kids story based on a classic book written by Jonathan Swift. This story which has been retold by Mary Webb. The story is about a man called Gulliver who gets stranded on the island of Lilliput. The people living on the island are very small so Gulliver is a giant to them but he becomes their prisoner. read more…
Notation Board Matching 03
This resource is aimed at pupils in middle classes or SEN pupils. It assumes an understanding of the representation of number on a notation board. It focuses on hundreds, tens and units. Its aim is to assess whether pupils can match the number with the associated notation board.
Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut up the images into 12 separate cards. Cut up the number cards on page 3.
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Sentence Strips 06
This resource is aimed at pupils in first to third classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assist with the understanding of both sentence structure and reading for meaning. These sentences focus somewhat on personal pronouns and colours.
Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut out the five sentence strips and the corresponding words, which are colour co-ordinated to assist with matching. Place velcro in each of the boxes on the sentence strips
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Sentence Strips 05
This resource is aimed at pupils in first to third classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assist with the understanding of both sentence structure and reading for meaning. These sentences focus somewhat on personal pronouns and colours.
Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut out the five sentence strips and the corresponding words, which are colour co-ordinated to assist with matching. Place velcro in each of the boxes on the sentence strips
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