Olympics
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths, MSS1/E2.3, MSS1/E2.4, MSS1/E3.3
Free tags: Olympics
Context: Sport
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
This resource uses the 2012 Olympics cycling road race as a theme and focuses on dates and time. Learners use a calendar to find a day and date, extract information from a table, add times to blank clock faces and carry out simple calculations. There is also a road map of the race with questions to answer.
Fully mapped to E2-E3 Functional Maths
Literacy: Ww/E2.2, Functional English - reading, Rt/E2.1, Rw/E2.1, Rw/E2.4, Ws/E2.1, Wt/E2.1, Functional English - writing
Free tags: Olympics
Context: History, Sport
Level: E2
Resource type: Reading comprehension
A topical reading exercise aimed at Entry 2 but would suit mixed ability groups from E1-E3. Based on a simplified text about the history of the Olympic Games.
Includes general comprehension and true/false questions; a ‘missing vowels’ exercise and alphabetical ordering. Fully mapped to the E2 Functional English criteria and the adult literacy curriculum.
Literacy: Functional English - reading
Numeracy: Functional Maths
ICT: Using ICT, Finding and selecting information
Free tags: Olympics
Context: Sport
Resource type: ICT task sheet, Investigation or project, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E1, E2
This uses the Olympic games 2012 as a focus.The main emphasis is maths / numeracy but ICT and English reading skills are also covered.
Learners will read dates by looking at a calendar and marking on when the Olympics start and finish (including the Paralympics), read times that the football events start and finish and put these on a clockface, and read prices of tickets of a match that they choose. There are also questions on shapes, number, money and doubling.
ICT: Entry 3 ICT
Free tags: Olympics
Context: Sport
Level: E3
Resource type: ICT task sheet
Provides topical practice in formatting text, line spacing, etc. – plus students must add their own paragraph of information.
