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WK LSN STRAND SUB-STRAND LESSON LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING EXPERIENCES KEY INQUIRY QUESTIONS LEARNING RESOURCES ASSESSMENT METHODS REFLECTION
2 3
Numbers
Number Concept - Arranging objects according to size
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Arrange objects according to size from smallest to biggest
- Compare the sizes of different objects
- Show interest in arranging objects
- In pairs or groups, discuss and arrange real objects collected from the environment according to size starting with the smallest to the largest
- Compare and talk about the sizes of the objects arranged
- Share their findings with other groups
How do we compare the sizes of different objects?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 1
- Real objects of different sizes
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
2 4-5
Numbers
Number Concept - Arranging objects according to size
Number Concept - Identifying position of objects from 1st to 20th
Number Concept - Identifying position of objects from 1st to 20th
Number Concept - Writing positions in number symbols and words
Number Concept - Writing positions in number symbols and words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Arrange objects according to size from biggest to smallest
- Compare objects of different sizes
- Show appreciation of order in arranging objects

- Identify position of objects from 1st to 10th
- Match cardinal numbers with ordinal numbers
- Show interest in identifying positions of objects
- In pairs or groups, arrange objects from the largest to the smallest
- Collect objects from the environment and arrange them from biggest to smallest
- Create displays of objects arranged by size
- In groups, arrange 10 books in a line and place number cards on them
- Place position number cards on the books to match the number cards
- In pairs, match each school day with its position in the week
Why is it important to arrange objects according to size?
What is the difference between a number and a position?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 2
- Different sets of objects
- Digital resources
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 3
- Number cards 1-5
- Position number cards 1st-5th
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 4
- Books
- Number cards 1-10
- Position number cards 1st-10th
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 7
- Position number cards
- Chart showing position numbers in symbols
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 8
- Position number word cards
- Chart showing position numbers in words
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
3 1
Numbers
Number Concept - Application of ordinal numbers in real-life situations
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Apply ordinal numbers in races
- Identify positions in competitions
- Show interest in applying ordinal numbers
- In groups of 20, race for a distance and assign each other the correct position
- Write their positions in the race in symbols and in words
- Record time taken by each learner and arrange them according to position
How do we tell our positions in a competition?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 9
- Stopwatch
- Position cards
- Chart showing position numbers
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 10
- Digital devices
- Number and position cards
- Games involving positions
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
3 2
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Counting forward up to 1000 from any point
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Count forward in 1's up to 100
- Count forward from any point up to 100
- Show interest in counting numbers
- In pairs/groups, count forward in 1's starting from any point up to 100
- Use rope skipping game in a safe environment to count forward
- Take turns to count forward from given starting points
How would you count forward from any number?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 15
- Number cards 1-100
- Number line
- Skipping rope
- Number cards
- Number charts
- Counting games
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
3 3
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Counting backward in multiples of 100 from 1000
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Count backward from 1000 in 100's
- Make number cards for multiples of 100
- Show interest in counting backward
- Make number cards for multiples of 100
- Arrange the cards in order from 1000 to 100
- Count backwards from 1000 by 100's
How do we count backward in hundreds?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 18
- Number cards of multiples of 100
- Digital devices
- Number lines
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
3 4-5
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Counting backward in multiples of 100 from 1000
Whole Numbers - Place value of numbers up to hundreds
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Count backward in multiples of 100 from any point
- Complete sequences counting backward in 100's
- Show interest in counting backward

- Identify place value of numbers up to tens
- Show numbers using bundles of sticks
- Show interest in understanding place value
- Practice counting backward by 100 from various starting points
- Count backwards by 100 saying the next number
- Fill in missing numbers in backward counting sequences
- Show the numbers 33, 45, and 67 using bundles of sticks
- Show 29 using bundles of sticks as 2 tens and 9 ones
- Show numbers on an abacus
What is the pattern when counting backward by 100?
How do you represent numbers using place value?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 18
- Number cards
- Digital devices
- Games involving backward counting
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 20
- Sticks
- Strings
- Abacus
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 21
- Place value tins
- Place value chart
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
4 1
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Place value of numbers up to hundreds
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Represent 3-digit numbers using an abacus
- Identify the place value of each digit
- Show interest in understanding place value
- Show 126 using an abacus as 1 hundreds, 2 tens, 6 ones
- Show 126 using place value tins
- Write the digits in the place value of ones, tens and hundreds
How can we show a 3-digit number using place value?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 21
- Abacus
- Place value chart
- Place value tins
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
4 2
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Reading numbers 1 to 1000 in symbols
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read numbers 1 to 100 in symbols
- Pick number cards and read them
- Show interest in reading numbers
- Make number cards with numbers 1 to 100
- Pick a card and read the number on it
- Read numbers starting from any point in a number chart
How do we read different numbers?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 22
- Number cards 1-100
- Number charts
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
4 3
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Reading numbers 1 to 1000 in symbols
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read numbers 101 to 200 in symbols
- Read numbers starting from any point
- Show interest in reading numbers
- Make number cards with numbers 101 to 200
- Pick a card and read the number on it
- Read numbers 101 to 200 starting from any point
How do we read three-digit numbers?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 23
- Number cards 101-200
- Number charts
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
4 4-5
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Reading numbers 1 to 1000 in symbols
Whole Numbers - Reading and writing numbers 1-100 in words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read numbers 201 to 500 in symbols
- Read numbers starting from any point
- Show interest in reading numbers

- Read numbers 1 to 20 in words
- Match numbers with number words
- Show interest in reading numbers in words
- Make number cards with numbers 201 to 500
- Pick a card and read the number on it
- Read numbers 201 to 500 starting from any point
- Pick a number card and match it with the number word
- Read and write the numbers in words
- Complete tables matching numbers with their word forms
How do we read numbers between 201 and 500?
How do we write numbers 1-20 in words?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 24
- Number cards 201-500
- Number charts
- Digital resources
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 25
- Number cards 501-1000
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 26
- Number cards 1-20
- Number word cards
- Charts showing numbers in words
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
5 1
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Reading and writing numbers 1-100 in words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read numbers 21 to 40 in words
- Match numbers with number words
- Show interest in reading numbers in words
- Make number cards and number word cards for 21 to 40
- Pick a number card and match it with the number word card
- Read and write numbers 21-40 in words
How do we write numbers 21-40 in words?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 27
- Number cards 21-40
- Number word cards
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
5 2
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Reading and writing numbers 1-100 in words
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read numbers 41 to 80 in words
- Match numbers with number words
- Show interest in reading numbers in words
- In pairs, read and write numbers 41-80 in words
- Match numbers with their word forms
- Complete worksheets writing numbers in words
What patterns do you notice when writing numbers in words?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 28
- Number cards 41-80
- Number word cards
- Worksheets
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 29
- Number cards 81-100
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
5 3
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Identifying missing numbers in patterns up to 1000
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify patterns in given sequences
- Find the next number in a pattern
- Show interest in number patterns
- Use number cards with numbers 320 to 350
- Skip cards and write the numbers that are left
- Identify what the next number would be
How can we get the next number in a given pattern?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 30
- Number cards
- Pattern worksheets
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
5 4-5
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Identifying missing numbers in patterns up to 1000
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Find the next number in a pattern
- Explain the pattern rule
- Show interest in number patterns

- Fill in missing numbers in patterns
- Identify the pattern rule
- Show interest in number patterns
- Fill in the next number in patterns like 200,300,400,500,600
- Fill in next numbers in various patterns
- Explain how they identified the pattern
- Fill in missing numbers in patterns like 100,200,_,400,500
- Arrange number cards and identify which is missing
- Explain how they found the missing numbers
What pattern do you see in these numbers?
How do we identify missing numbers in a pattern?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 30
- Number cards
- Pattern worksheets
- Digital resources
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 31
- Number cards
- Pattern worksheets
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
6 1
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Creating number patterns up to 1000
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create number patterns by adding a fixed number
- Write patterns starting with different numbers
- Show interest in creating patterns
- Write a number on a card and add 5 to create a pattern
- Create patterns starting from different numbers
- Create pattern that starts from 60, adding 10 up to sixth number
How can we create our own number patterns?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 32
- Plain cards
- Number cards
- Digital resources
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 33
- Pattern worksheets
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
6 2
Numbers
Whole Numbers - Playing games involving number patterns
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Play games with number patterns
- Follow rules in pattern games
- Show interest in number pattern games
- Play digital games involving number patterns
- Create number pattern games for classmates to solve
- Take turns playing number pattern games
How can games help us understand number patterns?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 33
- Digital devices
- Pattern games
- Number cards
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
6 3
Numbers
Addition - Adding a 3-digit number to up to a 2-digit number without regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add a 1-digit number to a 3-digit number
- Arrange numbers in place value chart
- Show interest in addition
- Add numbers like 231+7, 712+5
- Arrange the digits in place value chart and add
- Add the ones, then tens, then hundreds
How do we add a 1-digit number to a 3-digit number?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 37
- Place value chart
- Number cards
- Addition worksheets
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
6 4-5
Numbers
Addition - Adding a 3-digit number to up to a 2-digit number without regrouping
Addition - Adding a 3-digit number to up to a 2-digit number with single regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add a 1-digit number to a 3-digit number
- Use place value chart for addition
- Show interest in addition

- Add a 1-digit number to a 3-digit number with regrouping
- Use place value chart for addition
- Show interest in addition with regrouping
- Add 521+6 using place value chart
- Solve addition problems without regrouping
- Solve word problems involving addition without regrouping
- Add 356+6 using place value chart
- Regroup from ones to tens when necessary
- Add 345+7 using place value chart
How do we arrange numbers when adding?
When do we need to regroup in addition?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 38
- Place value chart
- Number cards
- Addition worksheets
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 41
- Place value chart
- Number cards
- Addition worksheets
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
7 1
Numbers
Addition - Adding a 3-digit number to up to a 2-digit number with single regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add a 2-digit number to a 3-digit number with regrouping
- Regroup from ones to tens
- Show interest in addition with regrouping
- Add 235+56 using an abacus
- Regroup from ones to tens when necessary
- Solve problems involving addition with regrouping
How do we regroup from ones to tens?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 41
- Abacus
- Place value chart
- Addition worksheets
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
7 2
Numbers
Addition - Adding a 3-digit number to up to a 2-digit number with single regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add a 2-digit number to a 3-digit number with regrouping
- Regroup from tens to hundreds
- Show interest in addition with regrouping
- Add 187+91 using place value chart
- Regroup from tens to hundreds when necessary
- Solve word problems involving regrouping
How do we regroup from tens to hundreds?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 42
- Place value chart
- Addition worksheets
- Word problem cards
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
7 3
Numbers
Addition - Adding two 3-digit numbers without regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add two 3-digit numbers without regrouping
- Use abacus for addition
- Show interest in addition
- Add 496+203 using an abacus
- Show numbers on abacus using beads and add
- Add 312+426 using place value chart
How do we add two 3-digit numbers without regrouping?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 44
- Abacus
- Place value chart
- Addition worksheets
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
7 4-5
Numbers
Addition - Adding two 3-digit numbers without regrouping
Addition - Adding two 3-digit numbers with single regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add two 3-digit numbers without regrouping
- Use horizontal method for addition
- Show interest in addition

- Add two 3-digit numbers with regrouping from ones to tens
- Use place value chart for addition
- Show interest in addition with regrouping
- Add 824+175, 536+163, 724+151 horizontally
- Add each place value separately
- Solve addition problems horizontally
- Add 239+113 using place value chart
- Regroup from ones to tens when needed
- Add 409+327 using place value chart
How do we add horizontally?
When do we regroup from ones to tens in 3-digit addition?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 45
- Number cards
- Addition worksheets
- Digital resources
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 45
- Place value chart
- Number cards
- Addition worksheets
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
8 1
Numbers
Addition - Adding two 3-digit numbers with single regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add two 3-digit numbers with regrouping from ones to tens
- Solve word problems involving addition
- Show interest in addition with regrouping
- Add 514+178, 209+583, 752+119 using place value chart
- Solve addition problems with regrouping
- Solve word problems involving addition with regrouping
How do we solve word problems involving addition with regrouping?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 46
- Place value chart
- Word problem cards
- Addition worksheets
- Number cards
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
8 2
Numbers
Addition - Adding two 3-digit numbers with single regrouping
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Add two 3-digit numbers with regrouping from tens to hundreds
- Solve word problems involving addition
- Show interest in addition with regrouping
- Add 182+221, 195+234, 683+242 using place value chart
- Solve addition problems with regrouping
- Solve word problems involving addition with regrouping
How do we add two 3-digit numbers with regrouping?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 47
- Place value chart
- Word problem cards
- Addition worksheets
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
8-9

Mid term break

9 4-5
Numbers
Addition - Creating number patterns involving addition up to 1000
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create number patterns using addition
- Find next number in a pattern
- Show interest in number patterns

- Find missing numbers in addition patterns
- Identify the pattern rule
- Show interest in number patterns
- Find the next number in patterns like 105,110,115,120,125
- Identify patterns made by adding a specific number
- Find next two numbers in various patterns
- Fill in missing numbers in patterns like 100,200,___,400,500
- Explain how they found the missing numbers
- Fill in missing numbers in various patterns
How can we identify the rule in an addition pattern?
How do we find missing numbers in addition patterns?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 47
- Number cards
- Pattern worksheets
- Digital resources
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 48
- Number cards
- Pattern worksheets
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
10 1
Numbers
Addition - Creating number patterns involving addition up to 1000
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create addition patterns with different starting points
- Apply different rules to create patterns
- Show interest in number patterns
- Create a pattern that starts at 20, adding 5 up to seventh number
- Create a pattern that starts from 10, adding 6 up to eighth number
- Create and share patterns with other groups
What different rules can we use to create addition patterns?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 48
- Number cards
- Pattern worksheets
- Digital resources
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 49
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
10 2
Numbers
Addition - Creating number patterns involving addition up to 1000
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Create addition patterns with larger numbers
- Apply pattern rules consistently
- Show interest in number patterns
- Create patterns starting from 100, adding different numbers
- Create patterns using 3-digit numbers
- Share their patterns with the class
How can we create addition patterns with larger numbers?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 49
- Number cards
- Pattern worksheets
- Digital resources
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
10 3
Numbers
Addition - Practicing addition using digital devices and other resources
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Use spinning wheels for addition
- Add numbers using spinning wheels
- Show interest in using digital resources
- Spin addition wheels like those shown in the textbook
- Add the number at center to number at pointer
- Share answers with peers
How can we use games to practice addition?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 49
- Addition wheels
- Digital devices
- Addition games
- Observation - Oral questions - Written tests
10 4-5
Numbers
Addition - Practicing addition using digital devices and other resources
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Make adding machines for addition
- Add numbers using adding machines
- Show interest in using digital resources

- Create addition games
- Play addition games with peers
- Show interest in addition games
- Make adding machines as shown in the textbook
- Add the number at center to number at left and write sum at right
- Share answers with peers
- Create addition games for classmates to play
- Take turns playing addition games
- Provide feedback on the games created
How can we make our own addition tools?
How can we create our own addition games?
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 50
- Adding machines
- Digital devices
- Addition games
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 51
- QR codes
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 51
- Addition game materials
- Digital devices
- Addition worksheets
- Oxford Let's Do Mathematical Activities Learner's Book pg. 52
- Word problem cards
- Real-life scenarios
- Observation - Oral questions - Written assignments
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