I am an experienced functional skills and GCSE maths teacher. I teach mainly adults. I also teach apprentices so I have a wide variety of resources from whole class teaching to my workbooks which were originally developed for work with apprentice who come to my classes on a roll on roll off basis - lessons with apprentices are very exam focused trying to prepare them for exams as quickly as possibly. I enjoy a problem solving approach and like to develop resource suitable for adults.
I am an experienced functional skills and GCSE maths teacher. I teach mainly adults. I also teach apprentices so I have a wide variety of resources from whole class teaching to my workbooks which were originally developed for work with apprentice who come to my classes on a roll on roll off basis - lessons with apprentices are very exam focused trying to prepare them for exams as quickly as possibly. I enjoy a problem solving approach and like to develop resource suitable for adults.
This is a suggested topic outline and summary SOW for the reformed functional skills at L1 and L2. Information has been taken from the new specifications so it covers all topics in an easy to plan way.
Please look out for each of thee topics in a workbook coming over the next few months fully aligned to the new reformed functional skills. The workbooks will never cost more than £3 and bundles will be available,
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This is a lesson on rounding to include a basic PPT with a booklet to accompany the PPT with activities inclusive and answers. Learner feedback is that is is a very enjoyable lesson. The PPT can be easily adapted. Everything you nee for an excellent lesson on rounding.
The following are included:
A recap activity for the previous lesson on place value
A lesson plan including curriculum links
A PPT with explanations and embedded video
Problem solving tasks to show when the rules don't apply.
A Tarsia,
A set of dominoes
A treasure hunt style activity to find the answers to a joke
A mystery activity.
Homework multiple choice questions linked to every day life
Answers to all activities
More lessons available on my shop let's get functional. Look out for term one bundle ideal for September thoroughly planned lessons linked to each other with plans, starters, plenaries and answers.
This resource includes everything needed for coverage of substitution into formula, area and perimeter, volume and surface area for L1 and L2 reformed functional skills curriculum for functional skills maths. Also included briefly is SDT and DMV. I have combined all these topics due to having to fit more topics into the same amount of teaching weeks. This lessons takes approx 4 hours to deliver and meets he reformed functional skills maths standards for 2019 onwards. Included is a workbook with accompanying Power point with explanations and full answers. As always tried and tested in my classes.
The learning outcomes covered are to be able to:
Accurately substitute into formula
Solve problems involving substitution in formula
Calculate the area of quadrilaterals, circles and triangles
Calculate the perimeter of quadrilaterals and circles
Calculate volume and surface area of 3 dimensional shapes including cuboids, cylinders and cones.
For many other resources including a comprehensive L2 calculator and non calculator revision guide for the reformed functional skills maths search jonesk5.
Here is the link to the revision guide
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/functional-skills-maths-l2-revision-guide-reformed-functional-skills-2019-12238849
This is a revision activity aimed at adult learners. There are 5 suspects and 5 clues. You need to answer the clues to name the culprit. A twist on the ever popular murder mysteries. Fractions, percentages, ratio, and calculations with time. Encourages problem solving . Answers included. Word document for easy editing. Can be used as a handout or I laminate the clues and put them around the room and have clue stations.
Look out for further resources in the series.....
Functional skills maths level 2 revision. Practice paper.
So you want to go to Florida.
Task one and Two:
Plan the cost of the trip, extract information from tables and calculate average cost for flights. Work out visa costs including % discounts and convert currency £ to $ see how much you need to take.
Task Three: Use the park map and work out the distance between your favourite rides using the stated scale. The work out the tie it will take you to get round the park and convert between Km and miles to figure out our speed then put all the information in a timetable and show a timeline of your day. Extension activity included working out how long you would need to work for to pay for the trip. Very engaging activity my learners really enjoy this paper.
One worked solution included although there are more than one correct solutions - my students are always surprising me!
As with all my resources WORD document.
This is a whole outstanding lesson on substitute into formula. Includes more than you need for a single lesson could be made to cover 2 lessons.
The Learning objectives are to be able to Derive formula and substitute into formula.
(Note there is no re-arranging formula).
Includes:
Pre-Starter of a revision grid of maths questions (also good for homework). Answers included.
Hook included in PPT how did maths help win the war? Picture of Bletchly park and the Enigima machine. Interesting talking point to leave on the board. Really good around armistice day. British values and E&D link. Commented on by Ofsted.
Starter linked to hook: Crack the secret war time code (by substituting numbers for letters) - Intro to topic. Answers included.
Simple PPT including explanation and real life examples and ABCD questions for use with mini whiteboards to check understanding. Includes video link to show how to substitute and answers to some of the other activities.
Crime style activity putting into practice with problem solving
Tarsia in a pdf for easy printing
Dominoes again PDF for easy printing
Extension Questions
L2 functional skills past paper questions on substitute into formula
Lastly an answer hunt plenary if you have time! ( could be used as the starter to the next lesson)
Really great lesson for converting between fractions decimals and percentages with a calculator. Written for Ofsted week. Lesson centres around prime ministers under the current queen. lots of great E&D and BV embedded. Promotes some very interesting discussion especially with adult learners, not had anyone name all the primes ministers yet!
Includes a starter where your can print and laminate the pictures of the prime ministers (or show on board if preferred) then have the learners create a table of names, number of years served and political party includes reading for information (embedding English)- if anything like my learners they need the practice.
Includes 31 page work booklet which accompanies the PPT with resources and activities included. Catchphrase and code breaker. I have also tagged probability onto this lesson as it was a 2.5 hr lesson, so there is enough to do to cover 2 shorter lessons easy enough to split up. All answers included on PPT for peer marking and or self assessment. FDP conversion dominoes included.
I hope your learners enjoy this lesson as much as mine do it has been very successful this year. I recommend printing the resources in a booklet.
GCSE maths lesson covering the following objectives:
1) Collect like terms including indices to simplify equations.
2) Simplify algebraic expressions by adding and subtracting like terms.
3)Expand and Factorise linear expressions
Includes a basic power point and workbook. Answers included on the PPT.
This lesson objectives are:
Be able to:
Simplify Fractions
Find fractions of amounts
Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide with fractions. Convert between different types of fractions
Included are a starter, basic power point which includes how to add, subtract, multiply,divide fractions, find fractions of amounts and conversion between mixed numbers and improper fractions. 24 page workpack and answers are all on the PPT. Also included homework with answers.
Please see my shop lets get functional for loads more maths resources.
Here is a workbook and power point which includes answers for the topic of probability. It covers the new reformed functional skills maths specification. Also includes an exam question for practice.
Coverage includes
Be able to:
Use the vocabulary of probability to discuss the likelihood of events
Express the likelihood of an event using fractions, and on a scale of 0 to 1
Identify the range of possible outcomes of combined events and record using diagrams or tables including two-way tables
Use equally likely outcomes to find the probabilities of simple events and express them as fractions
This pack contains 6 tasks to help develop problem solving and also challenge misconceptions. Very little numeracy skills are needed to perfect for start of term team building. Can be used as a booklet or print A3 for a great carousel in the first few weeks of term. Suggested answers are now included!
• Odd One out – there is more than one right answer which some learners find difficult to accept.
• Spot the mistake – 5 problems with mistakes, includes writing money on a calculator, changing units, square M, rounding errors.
• Plan the book club – again can be more than one correct answer, encourages discussion, systematic planning and importance of explaining your answer
• Business cards – reading from a table and interpreting questions
• Water meter – making reasonable assumptions, extracting information
• Hair appointment – working with time, planning answers, drawing time lines
Resources also available on fb.me/letsgetfunctionalskillsmaths
This is a lesson to cover averages aimed at functional skills but could also be used for GCSE.
Work book is 22 pages long and includes the basics of how to calculate and then goes into real life examples of distorted average and when each type of average should be used.
PPT included with answers to the booklet and an activity for consolidation.
Also included a page which could be blown up and used as a poster and misconceptions/ common exam errors.
Please visit my shop for £3 workbooks on all topic functional skills. Letsgetfunctional
Here is a bundle of my mock papers. These are original and written with the City and Guilds board in mind. However would be suited for any functional skills of general problem solving practice.
These are not just copies of old city and guilds papers
Includes three unique L2 example papers and 1 L1 paper and issue 1 of the school run chronicles all problem solving tasks great for revision.
Plan a trip to Florida - includes percentages, money, using scales maps, tables, fractions, speed distance time and averages.
Paper 2 Sell the cat painting includes percentages, fractions, extract information, imperial to metric and metric to metric conversion,drawing a scaleplan,ratio,mean,median,mode,range including interpreting results. Pie charts and tables. All in problem solving context.
Paper 3 selling old clothes. Imperial to metric conversions. Averages and bar graph practice.
This is an OUTSTANDING graded lesson on percentages using a calculator. I teach the method for using the percentage button but this lesson could very easily be amended for any of the other methods.
Hook - Catchphrase
Starter included - 60 second challenge (includes percentages and fractions.
Links to real life - EU referendum and percentages in the headlines. I print the first few slides and have them laminated and then stuck them up around the room for learners to go round and gather the required information from.
Differentiated Booklets L1 and L2 to accompany the lesson to include all the resources needed for the lesson and more. answers all included.
Basic PPT links to workbook and includes all answers perfect for self or peer assessment.
Cross-number and problem solving questions and stretch and challenge included.
Tarsia puzzle in word for easy printing - needs to be enlarged to A3.
Plenary - choice of 2 answer hunts percentage of amounts or percentage increase/decrease
Everything you need for a whole lesson.
This is a whole lesson on basic probability. Learning outcomes are:
Be able to:
Convert between fractions decimals and percentages.
Calculate probability
Draw an accurately labelled probability scale
Included are a basic PPT, Scenario cards for a starter to show what a probability scale is. A workbook with a variety of questions. An exam scenario with mark scheme. All answers are on the Power point.
Includes lesson plan, extension and plenary.
Everything needed for a 2 hour lesson.
More lessons for £3 in my store lets get functional skills maths
This resource includes a basic power-point and a workbook to cover the following lesson objectives. There is enough material here for 2 lessons.
Be able to:
Factorize quadratic equations
Substitute into formula
Solve linear and simultaneous equations
Please note the PNG files are photos that have been used for the previews only. They are not the documents needed to use the resource, they only photos of what is included.
This bundle includes all the topics needed to teach functional skills. All topics for the reformed functional skills qualifications that are included have work books many differentiated to L1 & L2 . Lots of power points and the majority of answers are also included. This really is a bargain.
My exam board is city and guilds. But this would be useful for all exam boards.
Every work book Included is made for the reformed functional skills maths and include calculator and non calculator methods.
Place Value
Rounding and estimation
Multiply by 10,100,1000 and add and subtract including decimals.
Multiplication including decimals
Bidmas
Percentages of amounts, increase and decrease, reverse percentages and compound interest.
Fractions of amounts, simplify fractions mixed fractions, add and subtract fractions.
converting between fractions,decimals and percentages
Ratio and proportion
Averages
Probability
Graphs and charts
Area and perimeter including problems
Substitution into formula
Angles, symmetry and bearing,compass points and coordinates
Metric and imperial conversions
Scale plans, maps, nets ad elevations
L1 non calculator work book
L2 revision workbook with calculator and non calculator questions on every topic.
Please note if you do find typos the workbooks are in word so you can easily amend. I am going through and fixing them as I find them or they are reported to me.
Please see my resources (jonesk5) for the following available for free:
Division workbook
Course outline
Non calculator revision mock
time and timetables
9 pages of functional skills revision questions. The questions are aimed at L2. I wrote this for a workshop that was just an hour before the exam to go over key mistakes that most learners make. Includes averages, range, fractions, percentages, Reverse calculations, Volume of a cone and cylinder. Scatter graphs, area and perimeter, converting between imperial/metric. Currency conversion., scale drawing, pie charts and bar charts. Answers added.
This is a full 30 week scheme of work for functional skills maths. Written by myself for the City and Guilds criteria but still useful for other exam boards. Contains curriculum links, starters, homework suggestions , plenary ideas and ideas for lesson content . Stretch and challenge included and differentiated. There are some links to resources as well, a few lessons include links to PPT, and all resources. Please note that not all suggestions for resources that are written on the scheme include links although if you send me a message I will send you any that you can’t find. Most links are to free resources on TES. Ofsted observed me twice in November and my planning was complimented as a strength on both occasions. Perfect for someone just starting out or more experienced teachers looking for new ideas.
Here you have a 50 slide functionals skills maths revision bingo game.
There are 45 slides which each have a question and an answer. Question is displayed then the answer will show on the next click of the mouse. There are also 4 slides which contains answer grids. These are designed as bingo boards and have 9 answers on them. Only 2 of them are winning grids. The ones with the answer HMW on them are the winning grids.
All the other slides have 1 red herring which is an answer not present on the powerpoint. The winning slide is at the end you can easily shorten the game by moving the winning slides to earlier on. It is a mixture of L1 and L2 questions.
Questions include, fractions, percentages, converting fractions to percentages, calculation with money and time, mean,median,mode and range, scale, percentage and fraction discounts, area,perimeter and volume, pie charts,probability,imperial to metric, currency conversion, substitute into formula.
Please see my shop for lots more functional skills resources including a monopoly style game.
