MSS1/E3.3
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: General literacy / English, Homophones, homographs & confusables, Functional English - reading, Functional English - writing
Numeracy: MSS1/E2.3, MSS1/E3.3
Free tags: Autumn, Equality and Diversity, Guy Fawkes
Context: History, Leisure Travel Tourism
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
This resource was created for Adult Literacy Entry 3 Learners but can be used with mixed ability groups from E2 – L1. It includes reading comprehension and related exercises covering many curriculum areas, based on the Guy Fawkes Night theme.
The first section is a comprehension based on the history of Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night. The text is suitable for E3-L2. Questions cover general comprehension, punctuation, homophones/spellings, proper nouns, alphabetical order and dictionary work.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - data handling, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, HD1/E2.1, MSS1/E2.4, HD1/E3.1, MSS1/E3.3
Context: Hairdressing & Beauty therapy
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A set of exercises to practise timings in a salon. Ideal for, and fully mapped to, embedding Entry Level Functional Maths.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - data handling, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, HD1/E2.1, MSS1/E3.3
Context: Art Film Media Music TV
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A very practical and useful E2-E3 Functional Maths resource for extracting information from lists and tables, recording information in a table, and completing simple calculations with time (programme length).
Numeracy: Functional Maths, N1/E2.3, HD1/E2.1, MSS1/E2.2, HD1/E3.1, MSS1/E3.3
Context: Hairdressing & Beauty therapy
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A Functional Maths project for Entry 2/3 students. It requires students to read and interpret information from a hair salon appointment book. To use add, subtract and multiply; calculate stock and cost of services. Students must use the given appointment book throughout the whole project as well as show their working out and check their answers. It is a good introduction to the Functional Skills requirements of using all the information given rather than treating each question as a separate entity.
Literacy: Rt/E2.3, Rt/E3.7, Rw/E1.1, Rw/E3.4
Numeracy: MSS1/E3.3, MSS1/L1.2, MSS1/L1.3
General: Generic resources for literacy, numeracy and beyond
Context: Art Film Media Music TV
Resource type: Hands-on / practical activity, Reading comprehension, Sort or match cards
Level: E1, E2, E3, L1
A multi-functional resource for Literacy or Numeracy. Sample TV listings by day, programme, start and end times, channel and genre. Use for alphabetic or numeric sorting, skimming and scanning exercises, literacy social sight vocabulary for days of the week, numeracy exercises for calculating time, etc. This resource contains some sample exercise questions to use which can be developed further according to need. I laminated the sheets and then cut up into days so lower level learners can move the elements around. Higher level learners can work from the whole page sheets as well.
Numeracy: MSS1/E3.1, MSS1/E3.3, MSS1/L1.2, MSS1/L1.3
Literacy: Writing, Rt/E3.5, Rt/E3.7
Context: Hairdressing & Beauty therapy
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: E3, L1
A great set of literacy and numeracy resources based on making appointments. Includes blank and filled appointment sheets, treatment price list (with accompanying questions) and a short writing activity. Ideal for working with money and time. Also involves scanning text.
Numeracy: MSS1/E3.3
ESOL: ESOL Rw/E1.1a
Level: E1, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Substantial practice with reading times (to nearest 5 minutes) and then drawing the hands correctly on blank clock faces. Although listed under numeracy this also makes ideal key word reading practice for Entry 1 ESOL.
Numeracy: MSS1/E3.3, MSS1/L1.3
Context: Art Film Media Music TV
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Provides practice working with time at E3/L1. Use the TV guide to complete the clocks (start and finish times) and calculate the length of each programme.
