NCETM ESOL/Maths Focus Group - July 2008 Resources/Action Plan (Summary of what everyone plans to do)

Using resources with ESOL Maths learners

Name/Organisation / Resource name/description / What aspect of maths is this resource to be used for? / How will it benefit ESOL learners? / How did it go?
Carol Howett –
LASALS / Division / L1 National Qualification Level.
Division – Language & remainders / Mean
Fractions
Aspects of Maths
Calculations with division.
Chan Manek – RoundhillCommunity College LALS / Multiplication Grid Block
Multiplication Table
1/20 1 - 12 / Multiply
Counting
/ Easy to use.
Charles Aylward –
LALS / Shopping Mags (Laminated) / Showing best buys
-Discounts
-Buy one get one free
-Buy any two for £ / Relate to real life examples as an activity.
Elaine M. Smith –
APEX / Number
Scrabble / Checking basic Maths knowledge and underpinning skills. / Takes their Maths skills out of the worksheet ‘comfort zone’. Works on mental arithmetic ability.
Elaine M. Smith –
APEX / Percentages, decimals and fractions, card matching task. / To be able to convert freely between %, decimals and fractions. To see the equivalents, to be able order all the above? / Working out discounts on items, VAT rates, working out salary deductions etc.
Elaine M. Smith –
APEX / Language of Maths referring especially to 2D + 3D shapes and positional vocabulary. / Checking understanding of shape and space vocabulary. Looking at proportions of 2D and 3D shapes. Sorting shapes by Xm criteria. / Identifying 3D + 2D shapes in everyday items.
Fatima Tilly – LoughboroughCollege and RegentCollege / Supermarket offers/leaflet. / Shopping working/shopping on a low budget. Adding/taking away and understanding money. / Numbers/counting
Plan own shopping
Understand:
- special offers.
-half price etc.
-read numbers
-decimal points etc.
James Randall –
CHCC/Sir Jonathan North – LASALS / / GCSE Maths / (Teacher Training)
Widen tutors knowledge to use package.
James Randall – / / GCSE Maths / Homework on-line
Jit Sanghera-Dhillon –SouthLeicsCollege / House prices
Laminates / Large numbers, ordering / Build confidence, in use and understanding.
Order and familiarity of large numbers.
Judith Winter – LALS / Vocabulary for place value template. / Teaching language of place value. / Visual aid when discussing big numbers.
Nanda Kotecha –
LASALS / Who wants to be a millionaire – which I will use and upload on the website with other resources that I have created. / Questions can be created on any topic in Maths and also as an assessment at regular intervals. / Whole group interaction and hence creates a good atmosphere. Also a fun activity where learning takes place.
Nick Devonport –
LeicesterCollege / Adapt and produce handout/resource based on session 2/3 on page 18/19 in Maths4Life Topic based learning. / MSS
Handling Data
Number / Group work
Differentiated exercise.
Revision.
Olivia Smith –
LALS / Activities promoting/practising use of language, description and comprehension. An initial ‘course’ to introduce learners to the year – both learning and teaching styles, importance of language in Maths etc. – aim to break down initial barriers. / Introduction that will hopefully impact the whole year positively. / Help to break down initial barriers (language, confidence, fear) and build learning skills.
Sangita M. Kanabar – Loughborough
College. / Fractions. / Learn how to use fractions with ESOL learners. / To make it easier for learners to add, subtract fractions.
Sue Mirams - LALS / Shopping
Reductions Mag / Percentages. / Vocabulary comparing different ways of understanding reductions.
Jim Tyrrell – LASALS / Bracketing
Handout / Calculating Brackets
First - BODMAS / Understanding longer calculations.
Changing words into formulae.
Jim Tyrrell – LASALS / Fraction
Decimal
Percentage
Laminates / Simplifying
Changing
Comparing
Equivalences / Aid understanding of terms and methods.
Jyoti Gadhok –LeicesterCollege / Adapt and produce resources based on session 2 of (Topic based teaching)
Maths4Life - The restaurant / MSS
Handling Data
Number / Group work and individual work

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