Dear Zoo Word-Picture Match
This resource is based on the picture book “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell. It features animal characters from the story. The resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with vocabulary development and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to match the correct phrase to each of the animals from the story.
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Dear Zoo Odd One Out Words Pack
This resource is based on the picture book “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell. It features words of animal characters from the story. The resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination, word identification and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which word is different in each row and say in why it is different. There are six odd-one-out sets in the pack. The pages could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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Dear Zoo Maths Sentence Builders: Frogs
This resource is based on the picture book “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell. This maths sentence builder activity, featuring frogs from the story, is suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. It deals with the addition of the numbers 0 to 3.
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Dear Zoo Odd One Out Pack
This resource is based on the picture book “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell. It features animal characters from the story. The resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and say in what way it is different. There are six odd-one-out sets in the pack. The pages could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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Dear Zoo Sentence Builders
Sentence builder activities are great for infant pupils as well as pupils with learning difficulties or special educational needs. They help to develop vocabulary, sentence structure and left to right orientation. This resource is based on the picture book “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell. It features sentences based on the picture book.
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Minister’s Book Rental Scheme Is Penalising Schools – INTO
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) has said that the new Book Rental Scheme, as proposed by Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn, is penalising schools that have struggled and made sacrifices to set up book rental schemes in the past. The General Secretary of the INTO, Sheila Nunan, said that the Minister’s proposal is completely unacceptable and called it “nothing more than a slap in the face to schools”. read more…
Designing A Book
Many teachers will be involved with writing books with their pupils for the Write-A-Book Project which is organised through many of the Education Centres around the country. Sometimes, a lot of work can go into the story element of the book with the result that the design element of the book can be neglected. It is just as important that pupils put a lot of thought and effort into the design and overall look of their book.
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Lined Page #86
A4 portrait-aligned lined page with a decorative toothpaste border suitable for presenting written material, perhaps especially for SPHE work on care for teeth.
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Odd One Out 11
This resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and say in what way it is different. The page could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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Odd One Out 10
This resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and say in what way it is different. The page could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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