Planning of Maths Lessons

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THE PLANNING OFMATHEMATICS LESSONS

YEARLY PLAN

DAILY LESSON PLAN


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YEARLY PLAN / SCHEME OF WORK A plan prepared by teachers based on syllabus for

a particular subject A guide for implementing T&L activities based on

syllabus for the whole year

WHY ? Study & interpretation of syllabus Arrange contents & skills to be taught

Implementation of T&L based on schedule Planning of lesson based on scheme of work Select T&L strategies Prepare T&L materials


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Preparing Yearly Plan

FORMAT semester, week, topic, skills & time allocation foreach skill

WHEN? before the new year / semester starts HOW? brief but clear

arrangement of topic & skill based on stages of physical & cognitive development of pupils, theirprior knowledge & previous skills acquired

OTHER FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED ?


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DAILY LESSON PLAN

An action plan for a lesson in written form While preparing for a lesson, a teacher should study the

syllabus - concepts & skills to be taught select & prepare T&L materials

arrange T&L activities to achieve T&L objectives allocate appropriate time for each activity / step of teaching FORMAT

day, date, class, time & duration of lesson

topic / learning area, sub-topic / skill / learning objectives pupils prior knowledge contents or examples, T&L activities, instillation of values

& thinking skills, use of T&L materials (in columns)


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LESSON PLANNING : WHY ? so that lesson can be carried out smoothly & effectively

helps the teacher to remember contents of lesson enables teacher to use T&L materials in an allocated time helps the teacher to determine the learning outcomes ,

select appropriate contents & strategy to improve theeffectiveness of a lesson

helps teacher to evaluate & modify T&L objectives as wellas steps in delivering a lesson

planning of follow-up activities improve teachers confidence while delivering the lesson as a document of record that can be used for reference &

constructing questions helps in class control


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COMPONENTS OF A LESSON PLANNING pupils prior knowledge, skills to be taught,

learning outcomes, T&L materials, values &thinking skills to be instilled

IMPLEMENTING Induction set Development - contents, skills, T&L strategy, use

of T&L materials, instilling values & thinkingskills, reinforcement CLOSURE summary, follow-up activities, evaluation


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PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Level of knowledge, ability or experience

that have been acquired by the pupils beforea T&L session

enables teachers to: determine the learning outcome determine the T&L strategy select the relevant material relate to induction set


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LEARNING OUTCOME

Pupils achievement based on skills taughtafter the T&L activities Specific - What skills to be learnt?

Conditions? Measurable - Change in behavior?Minimum achievement? Explicit?

Audience - Who are the learners? Realistic - Based on pupils ability? Time frame - By the end of the lesson?


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Example of a learning outcome

Skill : Convert proper fractions to itsequivalent fractions

By the end of the T&L session, pupils are

able to:(a) state orally an equivalent fraction of a

proper fraction based on flash cards shown

(b) write equivalent fractions of a properfraction using the multiplication methodcorrectly


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CRITERION OF SELECTING

EFFECTIVE T&L MATERIALS Relevance with the T&L activity Attractive Inexpensive or low cost Can be carried, used & kept easily

Moral values Unique


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EFFECTIVE T&L MATERIALS

Help teachers to deliver concepts easily,accurately & quickly

Help pupils to learn concepts accurately inan interesting way & remember theconcepts for a longer duration


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INDUCTION SET

Aims at attracting pupils attention towardsthe contents / skills to be taught Get pupils ready & interested to follow the

lesson Use of interesting T&L materials Motivation through story telling or game

Revision or recall of prior knowledge NOT content of the lesson NOT more than 5 minutes


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SELECTION OF CONTENTS

Based on learning outcome Based on pupils prior knowledge Relevant with pupils ability & maturity

Covers cognitive, affective & psychomotoraspects

Instillation of moral values

Instillation of thinking skills Integration of skills - speaking, reading &

writing


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STAGING OF CONTENTS

From easy to difficult From concrete to abstract From fact to theory From past experience to something new

From specific to general (inductive) From general to specific (deductive)


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SELECTING T&L STRATEGY

By subject Based on learning outcome Based on pupils ability Based on T&L activities

Based on the principle of integration


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REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY

To reinforce the concept or skill just learnt Examples: written exercises enrichment activities

quiz


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CLOSURE Summary - to summarize important points state/write down important points; use

diagrams; questioning

Evaluation - to evaluate achievement of learning outcomes written test; questioning; observation;

checking pupils work Follow-up activities - to further reinforce

pupils understanding & mastery of skills

homework; worksheet; project


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INSTILLATION OF VALUES

Extrinsic & Intrinsic values relate values to content example: fairness can be related to division &

fractions; tidiness can be related to performing

operations in standard algorithms awareness about the importance of values in

everyday life

instill values among pupils practice values in learning activities example: during cooperative learning, pupils

cooperate with others & respect each other


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MORAL VALUES Kind Independent Good character Respect Loving & caring Fair Freedom

Brave Clean (physical &

mental)

Honest Hardworking Cooperative Moderate Thankful Rational Societal spirits


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THINKING SKILLS

Explain relevantinformation & discardirrelevant information

Translate to & frommathematics language

Making estimates Arrange Draw diagrams Mental processing Interpret / rearrange

information Classify into category Recognize relationships

Use analogy Recognize patterns Use logical reasoning Make generalization Compare & contrast Find all possible solutions Working backwards

(finding sub-goals)

Recognize fallacy Trial & error

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Planning of Maths Lessons