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Curaclam na Bunscoile: Aonad 2Strand Unit: Reading: responding to textObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Hear the teacher model a response to poems• Respond to poetry and fiction through discussion, writing, drama and the visual arts• Relate personal experience to the ideas and emotions conveyed in the text• Continue to share response to an ever increasing variety of texts with the wider communityof readers• Develop individuality as a reader by experiencing success and the enhancement of selfesteemthrough readingStrand Unit: Writing: developing emotional and imaginative life through writingObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Express in writing reactions to the experiences of others• Write stories and poems• Express and analyse his/her reactions to poems• Analyse different interpretations of poems in writing• Write about the relationship between poems and personal experienceMathematicsStrand: DataStrand Unit: Representing and interpreting dataObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Read and interpret pictograms, single and multiple bar charts and simple pie chartsSPHEStrand: MyselfStrand Unit: Self-identitySelf-awarenessObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Recognise and appreciate that each person is a unique individual and that this individualityis expressed in many different ways• Reflect on his/her experiences and the reasons for taking different courses of actionDeveloping self-confidenceObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Develop further the ability to express personal opinions, thoughts and ideas and listen to,respect, think about and comment critically and constructively on the views of others• Enhance skills to improve learning• Take increasing personal responsibility for himself/herself• Become more independent and autonomous98