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You can use this in class a writing stimulus for a story about a book that came to life. Lots of description to start with describing the boring, grey room, before the book opens and the room is transformed by the butterflies.

This can be adapted by the children. Other animals could come out of the book - what would happen if lions and tigers came out of the book into the classroom? What would happen if fish came out? - have to scoop them up quickly and put them into a tank, etc.

The possibilities are endless.

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A cloud maker and his apprentice grandson are busy making clouds but everything doesn't happen as it should. As things don't go according to plan, the pair of them learn that good ideas come from happy accidents.

- Write instructions for 'How to make clouds.' Use imperatives.
- Write dialogue between the two.
- Invent ways in which other natural phenomena are made e.g lightning, thunder, etc
- Write a news report detailing what people saw in the sky, perhaps interview the cloud maker for explanation.

Cross curricular link with Science and or Geography - use this as a jumping off point to your weather topic. Can children explain why this is not right? Link with Water cycle animation in the Non-Literacy Shed.

Make sure you go cloud spotting out side - can the children find shapes in the sky? Perhaps use similes and metaphors to describe them e.g. a cloud chasing another like a puppy across the sky.

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A cloud maker and his apprentice grandson are busy making clouds but everything doesn't happen as it should. As things don't go according to plan, the pair of them learn that good ideas come from happy accidents. - Write instructions for 'How to make clouds.' Use imperatives. - Write dialogue between the two.

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Caterpillar Shoes narration

There was a caterpillar. He had a lot of feet.
All he did was eat and walk, and eat and walk, and eat.
On every pair of feet, a pair of tiny shoes he wore
(They stopped his little feet from getting really, really sore).

Then, one day, he didn't want to eat, or walk, at all,
And, suddenly, his shoes felt rather tight, and rather small.
He had a quite surprising urge to find them all new feet,
So he set off through the woods at once, wondering who he'd meet.

He found a friendly woodlouse, underneath some logs.
Caterpillar asked, "Perhaps you'd like my wooden clogs?"
Woodlouse said, "I love them!" and, "I think I'll do a jig!"
Caterpillar said farewell, then set off, up a twig.

He walked beneath a spider, dangling from above.
Caterpillar called, "I bet my slippers you would LOVE!"
Spider said, "I would! They'll keep my feet as warm as toast!"
Caterpillar thought they were the ones he'd miss the most.

He was startled by an earthworm, as it woke up from a snooze.
Caterpillar said, "That worm does not need any shoes!"

He wandered past a grasshopper, doing little jumps.
Caterpillar yelled, "I've got some bouncy new sports pumps!"
Grasshopper said, "Cool, dude! These will help me get some air!"
Caterpillar watched him jumping here, there - everywhere!

He bumbled by a beetle with a black and polished shell.
Caterpillar said, "My party shoes would suit you well."
Beetle answered, "Thanks! They're hard and shiny, just like me!"
Caterpillar buffed them up, and said, "I quite agree!"
He crawled right past a stick insect - but didn't even see,
Because it was so camouflaged, it looked just like a tree.

He spied a tiny snail, and its sliming foot was bare.
Caterpillar said, "I'd love it if you took a pair!"
But snails have just one foot (although they'd really quite like two);
Snail said, "Wow! I'm going to RUN!" - but he only took one shoe.

And so, just one last shoe remained - just one, all on its own.
Caterpillar took it off. It sat there, all alone.
He felt quite sad - he didn't want to waste the shoe, you see -
Then there, upon the leaf, he spied a tiny, lonely flea.

Caterpillar asked him, "Would you like a place to live?
I have one shoe left over, and I've got this urge to give."
Flea jumped in and looked around. "This shoe's so BIG! Hooray!"
There's tons of room for me, and all my friends can come and stay!"

At last the shoes had found new feet - and one had made a home.
Caterpillar said, "I think it's time to stop my roam."
So, straight away, he climbed a stalk, then dangled from a leaf.
He wove himself a silk cocoon, and sighed with great relief.

A few weeks later, out he popped. He said at once, "Oh MY!"
For while he'd slept he'd turned into a great big BUTTERFLY!
He knew that, from this moment, he'd like doing different things -
Instead of walking everywhere, he'd fly about, with wings!

And as he fluttered up and up, into the sky of blue,
He looked down at the woods, and saw some old friends passing through.
Butterfly was full of joy, because he knew the shoes
Were making more feet happy - and it didn't matter whose.

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Caterpillar Ordering is an interactive ordering and sequencing numbers game, which would complement a minibeasts topic in the classroom.

This maths game has different levels which can be matched to mathematical ability level.

The drag and drop activities help children to order numbers, beginning at a basic level and progressing to more challenging exercises ordering decimal and negative numbers. The sequencing activities help children to recognise number sequences and reinforce their knowledge of multiples.

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Home School Hub is back to help keep everyone busy and engaged with learning over the new lockdown. It will air every weekday, for two hours from 10am on RTÉ2 starting this Monday, 11 January.

To help teachers, parents and pupils plan ahead here is a short note on what is coming up every day and you can click on the links to see the activity and resources to go with each lesson in English and Irish.
Monday
In this Irish class Múinteoir Clíona visits a fortune teller and learns all about China.
Gaeilge
Tuesday
Home School Hub 10am
Múinteoir Ray teaches us about how to investigate historical artifacts in History Class.
History
Stair

Múineann Múinteoir John ceol agus Gaeilge dúinn. Foghlaimaíonn muid amhrán simplí darbh ainm "Insan Fhásach"
Gaeilge

Múinteoir Clíona teaches us art, history and geography. We learn about life in Ireland since the 1950s, the local natural environment and about creating in fabric and fibre.
Art
Ealaín

Home School Hub 11am
Múinteoir Ray teaches us about energy in Science Class. We learn how energy is transferred or stored in our toys.
Science - energy
Eolaíocht - fuinneamh

Múinteoir John teaches us about myths and legends in History Class. We explore Tír na n-óg and the legend of Fionn mac Cumhaill.
History
Stair

Múinteoir Clíona teaches us about 'Area' today in Maths Class. We will learn the easy way to find out the area of a circle.
Maths - area
Mata - achar
Wednesday
Múinteoir Clíona teaches us how to make a nest in Art Class. You will see how to make your very own nest in time for Easter!

Home School Hub 11am
Múinteoir Ray teaches us about Me Fein in a Gaeilge lesson.
Gaeilge

There are lots of great things about surfing the net, you can learn so much. But we need to be careful too, and know what websites to trust. In this lesson Múinteoir John teaches us how to be webwise when on the internet.
SPHE - Internet safety
Sábháilteacht Idirlín

Thursday
Can you name three female women scientists? We'll learn about some today! Múinteoir Clíona teaches us about stereotypes in science and about some amazing Irish women in science in history.
Plus learn about Marie Curie here

Friday

Home School Hub 10am
Múinteoir Ray talks to us about feelings and emotions.
Feelings
Mothuchain

Múinteoir Clíona teaches 3D maps.
Geography - 3D map

Home School Hub 11am
Múinteoir Ray teaches us about narrative writing.
English - writing narrative
Béarla - insint scríofa

Múinteoir John teaches us about water and the water cycle.
Geography
Tíreolaíocht

And in today's' Gaeilge class, Múinteoir Clíona introduces us to "saol laethúil" (everyday life).
Gaeilge
Make sure to tune in all week. The Irish Sign Language version airs at 1pm with a daily show on RTÉjr.
And in the afternoon we have After School Hub on RTÉ2 from 3.20pm. Keep an eye on RTÉ.ie/learn for more over the coming weeks.

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When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for things to do. So I decided to post a draw-along video every Tuesday and Thursday that parents could watch with their kids and, hopefully, make some nice pictures. They have proved very popular, garnering millions of views across the world. On 21 May 2020 we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 participants drew a whale with me. From September 2020 lockdown gradually began to ease and kids started going back to school, so I decided to move the #DrawWithRob video slot to Saturdays at 10am BST/GMT so that kids can join in with my Saturday Art Club.

Here are all of the videos (scroll down the page). Feel free to watch and share them with anybody and everybody. I'd love to see the results, so please send me your pictures on social media using the hashtag #DrawWithRob. I am @RobBiddulph on Twitter, @rbiddulph on Instagram and robbiddulphauthor on Facebook.
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I'm delighted to say that DRAW WITH ROB is now an incredible activity book series (every page features perforated edges so you can easily tear out and display your art). The first book is a Sunday Times number one bestseller and the winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award 2020. It is available to order here. The second book, Draw With Rob at Christmas, is also a bestseller and was the WHSmith Book of the Month for November 2020. It is available to order here.

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FITNESS MONOPOLY

THE GAME OF

On your turn:1. Roll the dice2. Move your game piece that many spaces3. Do that activity for 30 seconds4. To see an example of the exercise, click on the + above it5. Wait until your next turn.The first one to get to the GOAL is the winner!

DRAG THE GAME PIECES

USE THE DICE!

Jumping Jacks

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Burpees

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Twisting Lunges

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GOAL

Use this Timer for the excersises

Created By: Marlee Corcoran

What is your favourite animal? Move around acting like that animal for 10 seconds!

Shout out 3 fruits and vegetables that you like to eat

TWEET TWEET! Move back 3 spaces

WATER BREAK! Skip your next turn

Do your best dance moves for 10 seconds!

You've been working really hard! Take an extra turn!!

What is your favourite sport to play? Do a move from that sport for 10 seconds

Shout out 1 food that fits into each of the Canada's Food Guide Categories:

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Book Creator is a simple tool for creating awesome digital books. Create your own teaching resources or have your students take the reins.

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Book Creator is a simple tool for creating awesome digital books. Create your own teaching resources or have your students take the reins.

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Book Creator is a simple tool for creating awesome digital books. Create your own teaching resources or have your students take the reins.

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Book Creator is a simple tool for creating awesome digital books. Create your own teaching resources or have your students take the reins.

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Because emotional regulation is not part of a standard educational curriculum, it's often up to educators to come up with their own tools for teaching children skills for mindfulness and meditation.

What do these terms mean, and how can adults talk about them at an age-appropriate level? This guide includes resources and activities for teaching children about emotional regulation and meditation.

Teaching Kids About Emotional Regulation

Emotional regulation is a person's ability to monitor and moderate an emotion or set of emotions, according to the American Psychological Association. The APA says two types of regulation are implicit and explicit regulation:
EXPLICIT EMOTIONAL REGULATION
is conscious monitoring of feelings, and includes:
IMPLICIT EMOTIONAL REGULATION
is an unconscious practice that tempers the intensity of or extent to which an emotional response occurs.

Emotional regulation can happen before a feeling occurs, while a feeling is actively developing, or after it has occurred and been processed.

Being able to identify and understand feelings are the first steps to regulating emotions, an ability that children will continue to develop throughout their lives. Emotional regulation helps kids develop independence, self-discipline, interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.

Emotional regulation also helps children understand the meaning of their relationships with others, build mental resilience and form their identities.

Resources for Teaching Emotional Regulation

Feelings and Emotions, Sesame Street: A YouTube playlist of videos from the television series where characters help each other identify and discuss their emotions. This playlist is also available in Spanish.

Self-Regulation in Young Children, Raising Children Network: A comprehensive framework for identifying and addressing a child's need for emotional regulation skills and behavioral strategies depending on their age.

Emotional regulation often involves pausing for a moment of self-reflection to identify and address one's feelings, evaluate the relevance to the situation at hand, and choose how best to move forward in resolving the emotion. One way to practice self-reflection is through meditation. Meditation helps a person become aware of their emotions and mindful of how to compassionately address their feelings.

Teaching Kids About Mindfulness and Meditation

Meditation is the practice of concentration to improve mental clarity, mindfulness and awareness. A tradition embedded in many spiritual and religious practices, meditation has a long history of individual and community wellness practices.

Meditating is commonly practiced by resting quietly and listening to a guided thought process from another person or an audio recording. Other meditative practices include repetitive breathing techniques, body movement and chanting.

There are many types of meditation to serve a variety of purposes and age groups. According to HealthyChildren.Org, age is also a factor in determining how long people should meditate each day:
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
A few minutes per day
GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN
3-10 minutes twice a day
TEENS AND ADULTS
5-45 minutes per day or more

Meditation can bring attention to the qualities associated with mindfulness: attentiveness, calmness and awareness of thoughts, feelings and emotions. Movement-based meditation can be a helpful alternative for children who have learning disabilities or difficulty sitting still.

For children, learning to use meditation can help with emotional regulation and behavioral awareness. Children of any age can learn to meditate individually or in a group.

Resources for Teaching Meditation

Traumatic Experiences, Sesame Street: A playlist of selected videos from the popular television series where characters teach each other meditative skills in a kid-friendly format, including breathing, counting and other exercises for calming emotions. These videos are also available translated into Spanish.

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Minecraft is all the rage. No wonder it's getting easier to find Minecraft-inspired educational and writing activities to motivate your children!

Our last set of Minecraft writing prompts was so popular, we promised to come up with more. Now you can capture your reluctant writer's interest with six new Minecraft writing prompts that encourage descriptive, narrative, and informative writing.

1. If You Build It

Use your imagination to design a Minecraft building such as a shop, cave dwelling, mansion, or theater. What will you design? How will you persuade others to come to your building? Make a list of 6-10 reasons why people will love this place.

2. Minecraft Scenario

After a terrifying shipwreck, you find yourself on a beach. You don't know where you are, and it will soon be dark. What will you do?

3. Avatar Adventures

Write a story about your Minecraft avatar. How did you arrive in your world? What are some of your goals? Who are your allies?

You have been hired to build an enclosure for a Minecraft zoo. Choose a mob to live in your enclosure, and describe the enclosure you will build for them.

5. Tools of the Trade

Describe three Minecraft tools and explain how you like to use them.

6. Dear Grandma

Your grandma has never seen Minecraft, and she has asked you to help her understand it. Write a letter in which you explain what Minecraft is and why you enjoy playing the game.
Did you enjoy these writing ideas? If so, be sure to check back each week for more Writing Prompt Wednesdays!

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Little Writers- The Tracing App for Kids

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Letter tracing app which includes lowercase letters, uppercase letters numbers, shapes, and words. We use it in pre-school and kindergarten to supplement pre-writing and writing skill instruction.

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this is a great app. my son has autism and he has a very difficult time imitating people writing or tracing letters, lines, or shapes. however he understood the concept of this app and follows the tracing very well. he gets a big smile on his face when he finishes a shape or word. he's proud of himself and i'm proud of him too :)

only problem: my son is left handed and for the letter "o" he would like to make the stroke clockwise instead of counterclockwise, but the app marks that as "incorrect" and makes him restart tracing the letter. It'd be great if there can be a "left handed option" here but "o" is the only letter that my son consistently would get "wrong." the stroke also affects letters like b, d, p, g but i dont know if theres a preferred way leftys write those letters that might be different from rightys. (im a righty and my son is a very inexperienced lefty so i dont know much about leftys)

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little writer - the tracing app for kids

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‎Little Writer - The Tracing App for Kids

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‎"I have tried them all and this is my and my kids favorite tracing app bar none!" Endorsed by tens of thousands of satisfied parents, teachers, and kids the world over. Little Writer is a tracing app that's done just right. Little Writer is super fun and so easy to use that your kids will think...

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Make Comic Strips Online

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Create Your Own Comic Strips Online with MakeBeliefsComix

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We Offer Support and Resources.

From Richard Byrne, editor of Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week -- ''Creating Comics for Comfort'' -- Living in Maine and father of two school-age children, Richard wrote the following item for teachers and students dealing with the terrible tragedy of the recent mass shootings in that state. He thought this an appropriate time to review and use Social and Emotional Learning resources, such as those offered by MakeBeliefsComix.com.

Make Beliefs Comix offers a library of fantastic, free ebooks for SEL. The library hosted by Make Beliefs Comix contains fillable PDFs that you can download for free. The latest addition to that library is 50+ Ways to Talk to Yourself and Find Healing. And for something a bit lighter, take a look at Pet Words: Conversations With Your Animal Friends.

"Here's a video overview of the Make Beliefs Comix ebooks and here's one about how to create comic strips on the Make Beliefs Comix website."

For many LGBTQ+ kids, especially when they're figuring things out, finding accepting spaces online can sometimes feel safer. Seek out creative opportunities and modes of self-expression, with this section in Make Beliefs Comix.

READ ABOUT US IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!

ARTICLE #1: (click on the link below)
MakeBeliefsComix encourages students to create their own visual pandemic diary.

ARTICLE #2: (click on the link below)
One easy way to start playing with ideas is through the free, online tool at MakeBeliefsComix.com.

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Create Comics Online, it's Fun & Free at MakeBeliefsComix!

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Create comics online at MakeBeliefsComix. A fun way educators & parents can empower students to express ideas and stories in comix!

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Vooks - Storybooks brought to life with beautiful animation!

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Vooks is an entire library of kids storybooks brought to life with beautiful animation, read-aloud narration, engaging music and sound, and read-along text.

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Epic! is the Leading Digital Library for Kids 12 & Under.

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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Therapeutic hand exercises (not games) to improve fine motor skills. Activities take full advantage of the multi-touch interface to help build strength, control, and dexterity.

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The Dexteria Family of Apps for Occupational Therapy and Education | iPad Apps for Fine Motor Skills, Autism, and Dyslexia

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The Dexteria family of apps for occupational therapy are favorites of OTs, teachers, and parents using iOS devices (the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch) as therapeutic tools.

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This is such a fun project and all you need is egg cartons and a bit of glue!

I find myself hunting in the shops for egg cartons with interesting shapes just to make these, all egg cartons are not made the same!

MATERIALS: Egg cartons, scissors, glue (PVA or hot glue) and paint if you want to decorate your faces.

DIRECTIONS: Cut your egg carton 'head' shapes from the lids of the egg cartons. Little kids will need help cutting through the egg cartons but bigger kids should be able to manage it themselves.

Cut all your different facial features, think eyes, noses, mouths, eye brows and even moustaches!

Begin to assemble your faces and glue them in position.

You can either leave your head plain or decorate the with paint.

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This e-book includes 20 awesome art & craft projects to make at home using items from from your household recycling and a few simple craft supplies. The book includes a selection of art projects, DIY toys and fun crafts, there is something for everyone.

SHOP our fun kids craft kits and get creative at home!

SHOP our fun kids craft tutorial e-books.

SHOP our fun kids hair clips.

There are no bows or princesses here, we have COOL dinosaurs, robots, pirates and more!

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This is such a fun project and all you need is egg cartons and a bit of glue! I find myself hunting in the shops for egg cartons with interesting shapes just to make these, all egg cartons are not made the same!

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Camper Van Fun. Practise reading all of chapter 1-Camper van fun. You can email me a recording if you like (if you are not using See Saw).

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Seaimpín na dtáblaí.
Dé Luain :Page 16

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Have some fun practising your tables here. What is your best score?

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QR CODE

Scan this on mobiles and tablets to quickly open this web page.

Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games, which are against the clock, challenge and develop mental maths skills. An untimed, practise mode is available in our Hit the Button app along with lots more extra features.

The activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help students to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

AGE

6-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Times Tables Division Number Bonds Doubles Halves Square Numbers

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Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb!

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Seaimpín na dtáblaí : Dé Máirt. Page 16

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Seampín na dtáblaí: Dé Céadaoin: Page 16

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Seampín na dtáblaí: Dé Déardaoin. Page 16.

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Name each item. Write the first letter for each.

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Ah obair Liom . Page 40

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Camper van fun: Page 6

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Camper van fun: Page 7

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Camper Van fun: Page 8

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Ag obair liom. Page 41.Name the items and match them with the correct letter.

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Ag obair Liom. Page 42. Name the items and match to the correct letter sound.

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Ag scríobh liom c. Page 21. Write the letters and say the words at the bottom of the page.

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Ag obair Liom. Page 21. Words at the bottom of the page.
Seacht-seven
Seacláid-chocolate
Seilide-snail
Sneachta-snow
Scian-knife
Sleamhnán-slide
Sé- he or the number six
Sean-old
Ag seasamh-standing.

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Ag obair Liom :Page 21
Please use the words from this page to make sentences. You can write them in your purple writing copy. Please see translation of words in yesterday's audio of page 21.
Examples:
Is maith liom seacláid.
Chonaic mé seilide.
Bhí sneachta sa ghairdín.