These are simple resources to introduce the topic of St. Valentines Day in Irish. This resource contains three activities: Heart Emojis: This s a nice simple task where students match the heart emoji to the feeling it represents. This is lovely for reinforcing the idea of ‘AR’ and also for revision of ‘móthúcháin’ Matching Cards: WIth this resource I have attached two files. One bank and one filled it. Sometimes my students like to wrote their own vocabulary down so they can write the phonetic pronounciation below. These are great for teaching the initial vocabulary, then asking the students to chop everything up and have a go at matching it themselves. There are so many games you can play with cards like these and they are a class favourite for my younger year groups for acquiring new vocabulary. Fill in the Blanks: I don’t think it needs explaining. Great for a plenary. Challenge the students by asking them to do it without their notes. PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE.PDF’s ONLY!!! Happy Valentine’s Day! Be sure to check out my other Valentine’s Day resources:)

This wee booklet is good for vocabulary acquisition. Rather than giving students list of vocabulary and getting them to use it or just learn it, i like to scaffold for my less able pupils. I generally find with these tasks their retention is better. I then use these. I love using these type of activities for starters and plenaries too when we’re progressing to full sentences or fully written pieces. The .PDF contains: One sheet of fruit pictures where students can look up vocab or you can provide it. One sheet of vegetables pictures where students can look up vocab or you can provide it. Fill in the gaps using the vocab. A word search Translation activity. (I divide my class and let more able work by themselves and I scaffold with less able) A game of X’s and 0’s. There are 4 games. These are great to test their knowledge and fun too. Any issues email claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com and i’ll resolve them within 24 hours. Bain taitneamh as!

Wee booklet for scrúdúbéíl about Fadhbanna Sóisialta (Social Problems) I found this on line when I first started teaching and now I’ve finally managed to put it all together for people to use with their students. The author of this document is clearly incredible to share this and the credit they deserve is immense!

UPDATED 2020 This booklet is an excellent resource for your Irish classroom this St. Patrick’s day. Ideal for Junior Cert / GCSE classes, the story of St. Patrick is told in simple Irish. The story is followed by tasks (Vocab, comprehension, & writing) based on the story. The story is free in my store so please make sure you downlad! Please note this is a .pdf resource only. Bain taitneamh as:) Claddagh Classrooms

UPDATED 2020 Simple display cards to get your room and your students in the festive Irish spirit. My students love St. Patrick’s Day and the display is nice when surrounded by students work. Alternatively use the activity attached also. I use these as a game first to introduce the vocabulary to my students. They are placed around my room and students are given a list of St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary in English. They then have to find the Irish equivalent. It’s nice to watch students discover the vocabulary themselves as opposed to looking at a PowerPoint and writing everything down in a vocabulary book. Once the lesson is finished they can go onto a display board. Please note this is a .pdf only:) Bain taitneamh as:)

This wee booklet is good for vocabulary acquisition. Rather than giving students list of vocabulary and getting them to use it or just learn it, I like to scaffold for my less able pupils. I generally find with these tasks their retention is better. I then use these. I love using these type of activities for starters and plenaries too when we’re progressing to full sentences or fully written pieces. The .PDF contains: Two sheets sheet of farm animal portraits pictures where students can look up vocab or you can provide it. Unscramble activity using the new vocabulary. A fill in the gaps activity A word search A counting task using animal pictures (This also revises rules of bunuimhreacha neamhpearsanta) Any issues email claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com and I’ll resolve them within 24 hours. Bain taitneamh as!

These are wee little cards that i print back to back, laminate and give them to my pupils. I expect that they try to use them when they’re communicating with me in lessons and I always have rewards on hand when they do. I love that they fit into their pencil cases and are with the students no matter what lesson they’re in. I find them so effective! Bain taitneamh as:)

The wee booklet contains: List of useful phrases List of common questioning words List of irregular verbs and responses. Great reference for students for their oral exams. Any issues, let me know at claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com Bain taitneamh as

Translation and word search exercise. Perfect for starter/plenary/homework exercise. Bain taitneamh as:)

This wee lovely contains a list of common questions that students can prep for their scrúdúbéil (Speaking assessment). This is the first of 2 booklets. This one contains questions on the following topics: Mé Féin Mo Theaghlach Mo Theach Mo Scoil Caitheamh Aimsire Mo Cheantar Laethanta Saoire There are just over 120 questions. Any issues please email:) Claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com

Word search for your lessons this Easter. This is a lovely simple task that goes very well with our Easter Display resource. Claddagh Classrooms

A reference sheet to aid students learning how to tell the time as Gaeilge. I usually stick these to my tables with my knowledge organisers and find it very useful.