LESSON PLAN: Greater and Less than

LESSON PLAN: Greater and Less than

Subject Content Area Topic Concept Educator School Grade

Mathematics Numbers, operations and relationships Greater than and Less than Describe, compare and order whole numbers Liezl Stander Lynnwood Ridge Primary 1

Dear Teacher

I hope that the following lesson description will help to improve your teaching strategy in your classroom. It was particularly designed with you the teacher in mind. The methods used are fun, easy and cost effective. I hope you will find it useful and apply the methodology with a positive and enthusiastic approach.

Before we can begin any lesson we must understand the following:

What is Mathematics? Mathematics is a language that makes use of symbols and notations for describing numerical, geometric and graphical relationships. It is a human activity that involves observing, representing and investigating patterns and qualitative relationships in physical and social phenomena and between mathematical objects themselves. It helps to develop mental processes that enhance logical and critical thinking, accuracy and problem-solving that will contribute to decision-making. ( quoted from the CAPS document)

Every Mathematics lesson should be hour 24 minutes per day for Grades 1 to 3.

Specific Skills To develop essential mathematical skills the learner should:

? develop the correct use of the language of Mathematics; ? develop number vocabulary, number concept and calculation and application skills; ? learn to listen, communicate, think, reason logically and apply the mathematical knowledge

gained; ? learn to investigate, analyse, represent and interpret information (quoted from the CAPS

document)

Weighting of Content Areas in Foundation Phase

Weighting of Content Area

Grade 1

Numbers, Operations 65%

and Relationships*

Patterns, Functions and 10%

Algebra

Space and Shape

11%

(Geometry)

Measurement

9%

Data Handling

5%

(Statistics)

Grade 2 60%

10%

13%

12% 5%

Grade 3 58%

10%

13%

14% 5%

Time Time per week 120 minutes

80 minutes

80 minutes

80 minutes 60 minutes

Note: This lesson plan is only part of an entire daily Mathematics lesson.

You should include as part of this lesson plan:

Counting Mental Mathematics Consolidation of concepts Problem Solving Group work Independent Activities

Content Area Topic

Concept and skills for the year Grade 1

Numbers, Operations and Relationships

NUMBER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT: Describe, compare and order whole numbers

Describe, compare and order numbers to 20 ? Describe and compare whole numbers according to smaller than, greater than and more than, less than, is equal to

Concept and skills

for the year Grade

2

Describe, compare and order numbers to 99 ? Describe and compare whole numbers up to 99 using smaller than, greater than, more than, less than and equal to

Concept and skills

for the year

Grade 3

Describe, compare and order numbers to 999 ? Describe and compare whole numbers up to 999 using smaller than, greater than, more than, less than and equal to

Apparatus

1. Play crocodile 2. Little crocodiles made of sticks 3. White boards 4. White board markers

Definition

Kinaesthetic stage - experience concepts with the body and senses. Things are concrete - use real items

The symbol > means greater than (the symbol < means less than).

Example: 5 > 3 shows that 5 is greater than 3

64

7 + 4

Teaching Methods

Introduce this lesson in a fun way. Tell the story to get the learners attention. Once upon a time there was greedy crocodile that lived in a lake. He only ate numbers - the biggest numbers. He didn't care about the small numbers because he wants as many numbers as possible.

Now involve the children by dividing the learners into 2 groups. ? This is a whole class activity. ? Groups mustn't be the same in total e.g. 4 learners on the one side and 6 learners

on the other side. ? Choose a learner to be the crocodile.

? Do this rhyme with learners (kinaesthetic). ? Educator and learners: ` Crocodile , Crocodile what number will you eat?' ? Crocodile: `The biggest one, the greatest one, and it will be sweet!!!' ? The `crocodile' must then chose the greater number of learners and `eat' them. ? Learner acts as if he is about to eat the largest number. ? Do this a few times and then do an application activity at the desk. ? The one learners writes down 2 numbers on the white board and ? Other learner places the "mini" crocodile on white board .

45

98

Use cardboard for teeth and sticks to make a fun sign.

References:

primaryresources.co.uk sparklebox.co.uk/sa

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download