| Literacy and Numeracy Home Pages |
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Click here to access the PDST literacy home page
Click here to access the PDST numeracy home page
| Snakes and Ladders |
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Snakes and Ladders may be played using any of the question sets that you make (see example).
Simply print the definitions and solutions onto card. If you don't like cutting up card, print the definitions and solutions onto labels and stick these onto small index cards.
The same question sets can be used for bingo, noughts and crosses as well as snakes and ladders. Three for the price of one.
You will need to print out the snakes and ladders board. Download the template, print and laminate it. Perhaps, print it in A3.
| Other Literacy Resources |
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- Skimming
- Scanning
- SQ3R
- Reading For Meaning
- Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs (useful for creating a question cube)
- Blank Question Sheet for creating a question cube
- Blank Cube Shape Template
| Useful Posters |
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| Websites to Improve Literacy and Numeracy |
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| Puzzlemaker | Lots of different types of puzzles to make |
| Wordlearner | Crosswords, wordsearches, bingo, matching and more |
| Wordsearches | Make you own wordsearch |
| Pete's PowerPoint Station | Good maths images and ideas |
| IXL | Interactive revision site for maths - covers all topics |
| Skillwise | Educational website to improve literacy and numeracy in adults |
| Quizlet | Flashcards, Games and Tests |
| Studystack | Flashcards, Matching, Crosswords, Tests, Quizzes |
| Tagxedo | Create your own Word Shape |
| Question Cube | Create a question cube using Blooms Taxomony. First enter your name, then click on "Create your own cube" |
| Checklists |
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Checklists for Literacy & Numeracy
| Further Reading |
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Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life
This the National Strategy to improve Literacy and Numeracy among Children and Young People 2011 - 2020.
Click here to download the full strategy.
| Presentations from Numeracy Link Days |
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Template: Numeracy Across the Curriculum, for Subject Department or focus group |
Focus group schedule for numeracy
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Click here to download |
| Common Approaches to Numeracy |
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The following exemplars may be useful for schools when adopting a common approach to various areas of numeracy. It is recommended that the common approach be agreed upon by the maths department first, before being implemented at whole-school level. It is envisaged that these approaches should be used across the curriculum to enhance consistency in the teaching and learning of numeracy across all subjects. The common approaches provided can also be printed out as A3 charts thus creating a numeracy rich environment.
Whole School Approach to Problem Solving
Whole School Questioning Initiative
| Mathematical Language |
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Research suggests that mathematical language plays a vital role in students' success of numeracy. Consistency of the language experienced by students is of paramount importance.
Dr Máire Ní Ríordáin's exemplar offers an approach to teaching mathematical vocabulary that can be adapted for other mathematical terms.
Dr. Máire Ní Ríordáin's Mathematical Register
| Tips for Teachers by Teachers |
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This is a resource that has been compiled to highlight practical ideas and strategies with enhancing numeracy capacity in schools throughout the country. The ideas have been sourced from practicing teachers. Click here to download a PDF of the book.
