Domino game (Numeracy curriculum - N1/E3.3) Thanks
to
John
Heath.
I have used dominos with good results: Mix the
dominos face down; teacher and student/s take
seven dominos each; teacher lays first domino
down - use the number at each end of the domino
to calculate addition or subtraction. The next
player lays down a domino and fresh calculations
are generated by using the end numbers on the
dominos for addition/subtraction/multiplication
as necessary.
Word of the week (Literacy curriculum - Ww/L1.1) Thanks to Sandie Stratford.
My Level 1 and 2 students are thoroughly enjoying
word of the week where I teach one word each
week which people commonly find problematic.
I use the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method.
We have begun with exercise and separate.
Teaching
inspirations -
Times tables
Name that number! (Numeracy curriculum - N1/L1.5) Thanks
to
Dave
Robinson.
This is a good game for a group. The first student
should ask, for example, 2 times 3 equals what?
They then select another student for the answer.
If they get it right, that student asks the next
question. If someone gets it wrong the first
student picks someone else. I allow students
to use a times table chart during this exercise
as the purpose of it is for students to "know" the
answer. This exercise may be used with the other
three basic functions.
(Literacy curriculum - SLr/L1.1)
In a group select and listen to a famous person
from the BBC archives. These regularly updated
archives feature audio of famous people such
as Alfred Hitchcock, Virginia Woolf and Bob Marley.
Discuss beforehand students' knowledge of the
person and after listening to the clip(s) what
extra information they have learnt.
