Calling Y6 teachers - literacy or numeraxy 10 min game required asap!

[Hulababy]

Can anyone help?

A friend of mine has an interview very soon for a level 2 teaching assistant job.

As part of her interview she has to plan and deliver a 10 minute education game for six Y6 pupils. The game must be literacy or numeracy based.

Can you help?

We need some good fun and manageable games for 6 pupils.

What kind of thing should she be looking at?

numeracy - a loop game

several cards, each has an answer to the previous question and a new question, the kids have to listen to the question and chck to see if their card has the answer. Should go right around the group ( might need 2 cards each)

E.g. might be

"I am 24.

You are 7 x 9"

"I am 63.

You are 45-19"....etc.

Will thikn about lit and be back..

Litercay - poetry jigsaw is good.

Give them an envelope containing a poem cut up into individual lines. pupils have to order them into what they think is the correct order and explain why they chose thsat order. Something with a strong rhyme is good for this, and not too long 12 lines max.

Thanks. Is that the right kind of level re Maths then. Haven't done Y6 maths before so struggling to just find out what level is expected at the moment.

Mental maths, most of the Y6 I work with are at this sort of level. Obviously better when writing it down.

Thanks

Re the literacy jigsaw - any examples of suitable poetry?

this is good - you obviously need to blank the names of the months out in your jigsaw, then give a complete poem for them to check their version again. Good for revising months/calender (Y5 maths) too!

I would split that poem in half - one envelope jan-June for 3 pupils, other July-Dec for other 3.

HTH

Last child standing...

Children stand in a circle, with pairs facing each other.

Ask a maths question
First child to answer stays standing. Other child sits down
Keep going until last child standing.

Not sure how good it is when you don't know the class though as you can't tailor the questions to specific pairs of children!

Slouchy - what do you think?

Nice game fishy - but Op's friend is looking at 6 pupils so might be over a bit quick!

(Will tuck up sleeve for future ref though - finish on fri and (gulp) signed on with supply agency from next mon, so any useful filler games gratefully received!)

Yes Slouchy - but you ask really fiendishly difficult questions!

Any news from the schools?

D'oh - just seen that it's only for 6 x yr 6 pupils, so yes, it would be over in a flash!!!!!

Thank you

Mini whiteboard games - ideal for making all participate and seeing how well they are picking up the concept.

Literacy - using conjunctions/connectives. Go through examples of connectives, make a word bank of them. Write the beginning of a sentence on the class board e.g. The sad queen sat down. Get rid of full stop, tell children to use a connective and finish the sentence.

It's a great game, usually get some very good responses.

Pie Corbett games - brilliant.

Numeracy - Doubles. The children write 10 numbers on their board between 2 and 100. Then you reveal ten numbers between 1 and 50 on the whole class board. Give them 2 minutes (depending on ability) to double the numbers on the board and if they have the double or near double on their mini whiteboard, they cross it off.

When i was in year 6 we played Fizz Buzz.
1 number is fizz eg 3 another number is buzz.
Go round the room counting anynumber that can be multiplied by those numbers is the apporiate(we used to stand on chairs and if the answer we gave was wrong or ran out fo time had to sit down)
1
2
fizz
4
buzz
fizz
7
8
fizz
buzz
numbers that have both go into them in this eg 15 is fizz buzz.

hope this makes sense

Will the school have mini whiteboards available? No mention of any resources sadly.

Could it be done on paper?

LOL, I rermember fizz buzz as a drinking game

I would have thought there is a good chance a school would have mini whiteboards and pens - such a fabulous and relatively cheap resource. The games can also be done on scrap paper, yes. Not as satisfying or as quick for the children, and not as easy for the teacher to see everyone's contribution when held up, but definitely possible.

How about Countdown? Using the numbers game and a whiteboard and pen. (IME EVERY classroom has whiteboards and pens for the kids). Is good cos it uses the 4 rules of number!

(hiya Hula - how's it going?? long time no see are you still at same email?? WMxxxx)

Ooh yes, Countdown. Good for literacy as well - except instead of going for the longest words, pupils go for as many as possible. Great way of spotting patterns in spelling - last/cast/past etc

Hi WM - email is claire.king13(at)btinternet.com. Email me! Must meet up. I have left the prison (well, nearly) - got a new job last week as a TA in Sheffield PT. Things are changing!

So for literacy - do Cpoutndown in a boggle type of way?

yes, they love it.

Simple tables game. Use a pack of cards take out the picture cards.

Decide on a x table.

Slap down a card and the children have to multiply the card by the x table number. e.g. 7x table.
Card- 5 answer 35.

First child to shout out answer wins the card.

Or can put down 2 cards and multiply them. Can also do this with 2 dice.

Thanks for help. She did the Maths Countdown game and it went very well. Interview was today and she has been offered the job

that's great