Reading and Writing
Resources
Moderate GLD
www.ncca.ie
The website of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). See links below
http://www.ncca.ie/SEN/ncca_launch.htm
The section of the NCCA website that contains the online Guidelines for Teachers of Students with
General Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncca.ie/en/Curriculum_and_Assessment/Inclusion/Special_Educational_Needs/Download_Special_E
ducational_Needs_Guidelines/
Another link to the guidelines which allows you to download each booklet
http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/P_Mild_Comm.pdf
Direct link to the booklet for the Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities –
Mild – Communication and Language - Primary
http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/P_Mod_Comm.pdf
Direct link to the booklet for the Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities –
Moderate – Communication and Language - Primary
http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/P_Sev_Comm.pdf
Direct link to the booklet for the Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities –
Severe and Profound GLD – Communication and Language - Primary
www.ncca.ie/level2toolkit
Information and Resources on the new Junior Certificate level 2
http://www.sess.ie/search/node/strands
Information on the STRANDS publication by the Curriculum Development Unit of Mary Immaculate
College which aims to equip primary teachers and special education teachers with a wide range of
instructional strategies that can be used to facilitate participation and learning among children with Down
syndrome and general learning disabilities.
www.down-syndrome.org
Down Syndrome Educational International: Checklists and Teaching Resources
Down Syndrome Education Online offers comprehensive information about Down syndrome, including
articles, books and scientific papers
http://www.dseinternational.org/en-gb/
Available through this site is the new ‘Reading and Language Intervention for Children with Down
Syndrome’ which is an evidence-based program designed to teach reading and language skills to
children with Down syndrome.
Special Education Support Service, c/o Cork Education Support Centre, The Rectory, Western Road, Cork
Tel: 1850 200 884 - Email: info@sess.ie
http://wwwedit.wmin.ac.uk/psychology/pp/children.htm
This site gives free access to the of the Pragmatics Profile of Every Day Communication Skills which
contains two separate interview forms – each of them taking full account of the increasing variety of
complexity of the different communicative and social setting that children encounter as they grow older
and enter formal education. The interview schedules contain useful prompts for parental questionnaires.
http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/send/b00209601/send-materials-advanced
British Training materials for teaching pupils with SEND
http://www.complexneeds.org.uk/
Training materials for teachers of learners with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties
http://www.advanced-training.org.uk/
Advanced training materials for autism; dyslexia; speech, language and communication; emotional,
social and behavioural difficulties; moderate learning difficulties
http://www.roythezebra.com/index.html
Guided reading and reading games with Roy the Zebra. The site contains number of interactive games,
stories and resources that have been developed to help emerging readers learn to read. The site can be
used at school or at home. The resources are freely accessible.
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/
Learn English Kids has lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to have fun
and learn English too. There is also a section for teenagers, teachers and parents.
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/index.html
This site has lots of free resources for young children particularly in the area of literacy and math. There
are also links to ideas for teaching sight words which may be helpful.
http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html
This site contains lessons and resources for 30 rhymes and 24 books, including Rosie’s Walk, The
Gingerbread Man, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm
This site deals with teaching the words on the Dolch list. There are plenty of resources free to download
such as Dolch words, and Dolch phrases. There are also many games and activities to support the
teaching of the Dolch words.
www.dolchword.net
Lots of free games and printables for the Dolch words
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html
This site has many educational games that are designed to help children develop early reading and
language skills.
http://www.spellingcity.com/
This site has a number of games to teach spellings from the Dolch list to subject vocabulary
http://oxfordowl.co.uk/
This free site has 250 ebooks to help with children’s reading and learning. There are also math
resources.
http://myonlinereading.com/index.php
This site also has online books for children to read. These are categorised into themes and also
indicates the age level.
http://www.freeprintable.com/free-printables/literacy-games
This site has, as it says, free printable games. Some may be more useful than others.
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/boardgames
This site allows you to create boardgames and other printables
http://www.communication4all.co.uk/HomePage.htm
This site also has free board games that you can download. Some are based on favourite/familiar books
such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
www.johnandgwyn.co.uk
All the resources on this website are free for use in schools
Free Probe sheets can be generated with anything from 4 to 24 words on them – teachers can select the
words an individual or a class needs to focus on. Teachers just type the words/ sounds/ letters/ number
facts into preformatted spreadsheets which you download from the website. The words are then
duplicated randomly into the rest of the sheet.
www.snip-newsletter.co.uk
This is a precision teaching package and can be downloaded free. It contains lists of word to be learnt as
sight vocabulary, it is more appropriate for older pupils. The word lists include essential curriculum words
plus irregular words that often confuse students.
The emphasis is on increasing fluency with daily practice of 5 minutes recommended.
The reading aloud of word lists is timed
http://www.literacyshed.com/
A range of literacy resources, categorised into “sheds” e.g. the Fantasy Shed, The Inspiration Shed, The
Picture Book Shed.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/english-language-games/
Online vocabulary games for English. Other languages are also available.
http://www.literacyconnections.com/OralLanguage.php
This site has games and activities for developing oral language, sight vocabulary and more.