Sort or match cards
Literacy: Rs/E3.1, Rs/E3.2, Rs/L1.1, Rs/L2.1
Free tags: adjectives, adverbs, Noiuns, verbs
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Game, Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Cards to help students recognise what nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
They can then play the bingo game or use highlighter pens to identify the different parts of speech in a text.
Pre-entry: Rw/M6.1, Rw/M6.2, Rw/M7.3, Rw/M8.3
Literacy: Rs/E1.1, Rs/E2.2, Rs/E2.3, Rw/E1.1, Ww/E1.2
ESOL: ESOL Rs/E1.1a, ESOL Rs/E2.1b, ESOL Rs/E2.1c, ESOL Rw/E1.1a, ESOL Ww/E1.2b
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Flash cards, Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Level: M6, M7, M8, E1, E2
Set of four graduated activities for preEntry up to Entry Level 2 ideal for mixed ability literacy and ESOL groups. Colour word cards provided.
Match identical pictures (Milestones 6-7)
Match or write colour words to pictures (Milestone 8 – Entry 1)
Simple cloze activity (E1-E2)
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, Money
Resource type: Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E1, E2, E3, L1
The package contains a range of worksheets and activities for E1-L1 Functional Maths.
- A card match activity. Match the correct word, number and image.
- Shopping receipts. The students decide what coins could be used to pay for the total amount on the receipt. The higher level students also add the prices together first to find the total.
- Addition worksheets – differentiated for various level. Students add different amounts of money together.
- Celebrity shopping pack.
Literacy: Ww/E2.2, Ww/E3.2, Rw/E2.2, Rw/E3.5
ESOL: ESOL Rw/E3.5a, ESOL Ww/E3.1a
Context: Catering Food Nutrition, Sport
Resource type: Sort or match cards
Level: E2, E3
This is a resource for teaching compound words to mixed ability groups. There are five different word match activities and two help sheets.
I use the first two activities, sports and food, with E1-2 learners. Depending on their ability you can either give the learners both topics at once or give them one at a time to make the activity easier. For very low level students I’d give the learners one topic at a time and a help sheet.
Literacy: Ww/E2.2, Ww/E3.2, Prefixes, suffixes & plurals, Rw/E2.2, Rw/E3.1, Rw/L1.3, Ww/L1.1
ESOL: ESOL Rw/E2.3a, ESOL Rw/E3.1a, ESOL Rw/E3.5a, ESOL Rw/L1.1a, ESOL Rw/L1.3a, ESOL Ww/E2.1b, ESOL Ww/E3.1a, ESOL Ww/L1.1a
Level: E2, E3, L1
Resource type: Flash cards, Sort or match cards
Root word family cards are two sets of flash cards that can be used to visualise the concept of root words to entry level and L1 students.
The entry level cards contain a number of root words and their word families, with a picture representation of each word. The level one sheet contains a higher level of vocabulary and the pictures have been removed.
Lesson Ideas
- The cards could be given to the students to group into word families.
Literacy: Recognise and understand a range of words, Apply strategies to spell correctly, Prefixes, suffixes & plurals
ESOL: ESOL Reading: word focus (vocabulary, word recognition, phonics), ESOL Writing: word focus (spelling and handwriting)
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Sort or match cards
This is a set of ‘shun’ suffix word cards to accompany the “Which suffix -cian -ssion, sion or tion?” resource (see below).
Print the sheets onto card or have them laminated, then cut up the individual root word cards for learners to sort under the correct headings.
Literacy: Functional English - speaking, listening & communication, Wt/L1.4, Wt/L2.5, Functional English - writing
Context: Employment skills & Public services
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Discussion points, Interactive presentation, Sort or match cards
A powerpoint to spark discussion and introduce the topic of formal and informal language and choosing which is appropriate for different social and work situations. Aimed at E3-L1 Functional English learners.
The PPT can be used with the word match up game, which gets learners thinking about the difference between formal and informal language. Laminate the page and cut up into individual word cards.
Literacy: Rw/L1.1, Rw/L1.3, Rw/L2.2
Resource type: Interactive presentation, Interactive whiteboard, Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1, L2
This resource explores the differences between synonyms, antonyms and acronyms.
It includes an introductory PPT, a sorting activity with synonym cards, a Smart Notebook activity for interactive whiteboards, an antonym work sheet, and a synonym writing exercise.
I have found this a great resource for encouraging learners to explore a greater range of vocabulary, use dictionary and thesuarus skills, improve spelling and encourage descriptive
Literacy: Functional English - reading, Rt/L1.3, Rt/L2.3
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Sort or match cards
Level: L1, L2
Two resources, one for L1 and one for L2. Both resources include the same 12 short paragraphs. Each paragraph has four points – but which one is the main point?
Designed to be a group activity or a matching exercise this was adapted from an online resource at http://www.softschools.com/ because I didn’t have computer access for my groups and wanted to encourage group discussion. The learner has to read each short paragraph and decide which of four statements describes the main point.
Literacy: Ww/E3.2, Prefixes, suffixes & plurals, Ww/L1.1
ESOL: ESOL Ww/E2.1b, ESOL Ww/E3.1a, ESOL Ww/L1.1a, ESOL Ww/L1.1b
Level: E2, E3, L1
Resource type: Handout or guide, Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Visual colour-coded resource, explaining the main plural spelling rules. Created for E2/E3 learners, but could also be useful for all visual learners working between E2-L2.
Includes: colour-coded fact sheet, blank table, worksheet and flash cards to cut out and laminate. Could be used for a number of different activities.
