Warm-up
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English
ESOL: General ESOL
Context: Health and safety
Resource type: Bingo, lotto or Pelmanism, Discussion points, Lesson plan, Listening and/or speaking activity, Warm-up, Wordsearch, Worksheet or assignment, Writing frame, Writing prompts
Level: E1, E2
Worksheets and tasks around the theme of emergencies. Written for ESOL but also suitable for adult literacy and Functionakl English.
The worksheets and tasks include reading for information, preparing and practising an emergency phone call, speaking and writing about an emergency situation. The material is set in an Irish context so some of the vocabulary is specific e.g. ‘garda’ is a police officer and ‘gardai’ is police.
Numeracy: N1/E2.1, N1/E3.1
Free tags: alphabet
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Game, Warm-up
Place value starter based on an Open University course activity.
Useful as a carousel activity at the start of a lesson. Could be adapted for E2 by using 2 boxes rather than three. You may want to laminate the second page.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Resource type: Discussion points, Teaching idea, Warm-up
Level: E1, E2, E3, L1
I have found that many numeracy students get scared when you mention terms like percentages or fractions. I therefore developed this introductory activity for my new level 1 numeracy students. They are mostly young parents who were disengaged at school and have no mathematics qualifications.
Numeracy: Perimeter area volume, Length weight capacity temperature scales, MSS1/L1.7
Free tags: Follow me game
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Game, Revision material, Warm-up
This worked well as a bit of revision on measuring for a mixed class E2-L2. Also makes a good warm-up activity.
I’ve used different colours for easier and harder answers, so you can differentiate when you give the cards out (blue ones are supposed to be a bit easier, red ones a bit harder, and purple in between).
Literacy: Rw/E2.3, Rw/E3.3, Rw/L1.1, Rw/L2.2
Resource type: Game, Warm-up
Level: E2, E3, L1, L2
Fun and fast paced team game for any group from E2 to L2. The focus is on looking up words quickly and accurately. Full instructions included. Easily differentiated for different groups.
Makes a great warm up exercise.
Numeracy: N2/L1.9, HD1/L1.3, N1/L1.7, N2/L1.1, N2/L1.10, HD1/L1.4, N2/L1.2, N1/L1.8, N2/L1.3, N1/L1.9, N1/L1.1, N1/L1.3
Resource type: Revision material, Warm-up
Level: L1
Five wonderful sets of multiple choice revision questions covering Level 1 ratio, mean & range, fractions, percentages, and number (mostly place value & rounding). Each set consists of 9 cards and is individually mapped to the numeracy curriculum.
Cut up into cards and use as required. Use individual sets for targeted revision or mix with other sets of cards for general revision.
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/E1.1, MSS1/E2.1
Resource type: Game, Warm-up
Level: E1, E2, E3
‘I have…Who has?’ is a fast-paced coin counting game that has been adapted from a game on Super Teacher Worksheets
For the game to work correctly all of the worksheets need to be distributed to your students so some students may get more than one card.
Literacy: General literacy / English, Recognise and understand a range of words
Resource type: Interactive presentation, Quiz, Warm-up
Level: E1, E2, E3, L1, L2
A starter activity for age 16+ . Guaranteed to engage and enthuse learners from Entry Level 1 to Level 2. Students should make a note of each of the new words and then decide which one (out of 9) has not been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
It can prompt discussions on the words and learners can give their opinion on what they may mean.
Numeracy: Fractions, N2/L1.2
Resource type: Tarsia jigsaw, Warm-up
Level: E3, L1
A 16 piece jigsaw puzzle where the triangular pieces form a parallelogram. Learners to match up questions on fractions of money to the correct answers. Use for revision or as a warm-up activity.
Whatever their original format, all Tarsia jigsaws can also be printed out as flashcards / dominoes.
You will need Tarsia Formulator in order to use this resource.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/L2.2
Context: Art Film Media Music TV
Level: L2
Resource type: Warm-up
A challenging warm-up for Level 2 students. Create flow charts and calculate with units of time.
