Requests, questions and interactions

Stage 1

Junior and senior infants

Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to

Stage 2

First and second classes

Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to

Stage 3

Third and fourth classes

Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to

Stage 4

Fifth and sixth classes

Through appropriately engaging learning experiences, children should be able to

Express personal needs, opinions and preferences, and make requests with confidence.

Ask and answer a variety of open and closed questions Closed questions
Closed questions are lower-order questions that have a narrow focus and require short, factual answers e.g. who, what, where and when. They are used to elicit specific information. to seek help, get information, develop understanding, clarify and extend thinking.

• Riachtanais, tuairimí agus roghanna pearsanta a chur in iúl agus iarratais a dhéanamh go muiníneach.

  (TF7, C1)

Express personal needs, opinions and preferences, explaining and justifying their perspective.

• Riachtanais, tuairimí agus roghanna pearsanta a chur in iúl agus a ndearcadh a mhíniú agus a chosaint.

  Riachtanais, tuairimí, agus roghanna pearsanta a chur in iúl agus iarratais a dhéanamh go neamhspléach agus go muiníneach.

  Réimse ceisteanna a chur agus a fhreagairt, idir oscailte, dhúnta agus treoir cheisteanna, ar mhaithe le cuspóirí éagsúla.

  (TF7, C3 + 4)

Ask and answer a variety of questions – open, closed, leading, rhetorical – for a range of purposes, such as exploring and discussing texts; clarifying and extending thinking; comparing views and opinions; interviewing, speculating, arguing and persuading.

Select how and when it is appropriate to ask and answer a wide range of question types; open, closed, leading and rhetorical, for an increasing range of complex purposes.