AN N1/E3.1 place value <1000, odd / even, count in 10s /100s

Working in a charity shop is a practical set of tasks covering place value (writing cheques; counting up in 5s, 10s, 20s; adding up money) comes complete with paper money, paying-in slips and blank cheques.

An adaptable fill-in chart that can be used from E2-L2.

A fabulous way to provide a real life slant on odd and even numbers. Cards to sort and a fill-in worksheet. Also ideal for Functional Maths.

A bumper pack of 8 worksheets with something for everyone from E2 (odd and even numbers, multiples of two) through to Level 1.

Fabulous word and number cloud activities for E1 (maths words), E2 (odd even nos. and 2D shapes) and E3 (recognise, sort and and order metric measures). With instructions, extension ideas and answer sheets. Ideal for display (and annotation) on a smartboard.
Wordle is a brilliant on-line, completely free word cloud creator.
See our blog articles for more Wordle teaching and learning ideas:

Statistics investigation that involves extracting information from tables; tallies and general number practice based on past World Cup statistics and a Feb 2007 England and Australia match.

Premier League numeracy. Makes a great beginning of term activity for mixed ability (E3-L2) groups – especially if the group includes some footie fans!
With lots of questions about the 2007 Premier League table. Covers a range of number elements inc. fractions, tables, percentages and formulae. A small research question is also included that requires learner to find the latest league table.

A quick and easy-to-prepare game for Level 1 learners (can adapt for E3) that reinforces this important concept.

Mixed entry level number exercises. 4 very useful work sheets: counting forwards and backwards in two & tens (2 sheets), number bonds to ten, and mixed everyday addition and subtraction problems (inc. money problems).

Two different sets of 7 header cards (omit the thousands and millions cards for Entry Level learners) plus digit cards. With instructions and teaching ideas. Great for demonstrating what happens when a number is multiplied by 10.