Outstanding Resource for Phonics
http://www.readingbear.org/ Added: 06 Jul 2016 Contributor: Maria Collins Resource type: ToolReading Bear is a fun way to learn to read. The resource has over 1,200 vocabulary items and 50 presentations covering all the main phonics rules. All free and nonprofit! Videos to guide pupils in saying words with visual connections to help pupils remember the words and see the words meaning. The resource also has quiz options, for pupils to assess pupils. Their motto is "We sound it out âyou learn to read."
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Strand: Oral Language
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- experience, recognise and observe simple commands
- hear, repeat and elaborate words, phrases and sentences modelled by the teacher
Suggestions for use: Use interactive video animations within your lesson by projecting onto whiteboard. Play the animation, highlight the emphasis on each pronunciation of each letter in the word. Allow the pupils to practice saying the words slowly emphasizing each letter. Test afterwards to check pupils memory and ability to sound out words one after each other. Complete the quiz options.
Initial Sound Cards - Š 2016 Sight Words
http://www.sightwords.com/phonemic-...s/beginning-sounds/mark-the-misfit/ Added: 01 Nov 2016 Contributor: Karl Meehan Resource type: Assessment / GameLook at five different pictures and pick out the one that begins with a different sound. This activity assists in developing children's vocabulary as well as their ability to differentiate between initial sounds in words.
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Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: Best used with small groups or for one-to-one instruction. This activity could be used for independent work, whereby the pupil places a counter on the odd one out. The teacher can assess the child's progress after the activity has been completed.
Phonics Sounds - Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-c/load.htm?filter=abc Added: 10 Aug 2016 Contributor: claire thomas Resource type: Audio / VideoPupils will to name, identify and create a word beginning with the letter with this fun animation. The animation is student friendly.
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Strand: Reading
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- learn to recognise and name the letters of the alphabet
Suggestions for use: Use animation on the whiteboard for recapping on all phonic sounds
Phonics Missing Letter - Magic "e"
http://www.softschools.com/language...ts/phonics/games/magic_e_sounds.jsp Added: 14 Jul 2016 Contributor: Ciara Hickey Resource type:An interactive animation whereby words are missing a letter. The picture is the clue. The letters to choose from are the vowels at the side of the screen. Click on the correct letter and click next to check your spellings.
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Strand: Oral Language
Suggestions for use: Project the animation onto the whiteboard and engage the class by repeating the word and the sounds. If your class are stuck, use the alphabet flashcards attached to related resources below to guide your students to the correct answer in a way that they will remember as they needed to preserver with the spelling.
ABC Match
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/abcmatch/ Added: 09 Jul 2015 Contributor: Karl Meehan Resource type: GameMatch initial letters with the corresponding picture in this fun interactive game. Children must use their memory skills to remember where the cards are. Contains three increasingly difficult levels.
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Strand: Oral Language
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- discuss different possible solutions to simple problems
- provide further information in response to the teacher's prompting
- show understanding of text
Suggestions for use: Ideal as part of a whole class lesson on the IWB.
Forest Phonics
http://ictgames.com/forestPhonics/forestPhonicsOnline/index.html Added: 03 Aug 2015 Contributor: Alan McLoughlin Resource type: Game / App/softwareForest Phonics is an online spelling and phonics game. It is suitable for Junior and Senior infants children who are familiar with Jolly Phonics. It is also suitable for EAL children. It can be played on a computer or IWB and is also available as an App for the ipad.
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Strand: Oral Language
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- experience, recognise and observe simple commands
- hear, repeat and elaborate words, phrases and sentences modelled by the teacher
Suggestions for use: Can be played on the IWB with the whole class where the children actively participate, or on a laptop and ipad in smaller groups.