Basic 7 Mathematics Term 1 Week 5 Lesson Plan

Revise with learners on what was taught in the previous lesson.

Concrete-resource task: Set out these resources for each group: Bottle tops; Ghana cedi play notes; Number cards. Learners manipulate the items to model the numbers or relationships and record or check their working during the task below. Guide learners to use partitioning (or expanded form) and place value system to add whole and decimal numbers. Example: i) Add 785 and 9,342

Use peer discussion and effective questioning to find out from learners what they have learnt during the lesson.

Share with learners the performance indicators.

Groups select two four-digit Number cards and model their place values with grouped Bottle tops. They add the numbers by combining place-value groups and exchanging ten of one unit for one of the next unit, then repeat by removing groups to model subtraction. Learners use the Ghana cedi play notes for a local market example involving a total and change. They record and check each solution with expanded form and the vertical algorithm; multiplication and division are not introduced in this component.

Take feedback from learners and summarize the lesson.

Revise with learners on what was taught in the previous lesson. Share with learners the performance indicators.

Concrete-resource task: Set out these resources for each group: Bottle tops; Ghana cedi play notes; Number cards. Learners manipulate the items to model the numbers or relationships and record or check their working during the task below. Guide learners to use the distributive property to multiply whole numbers. Example: 325 by 15. = 325 × (10 + 5) = (325 × 10) + (325 × 5) = 3,250 + 1,625 = 4,875 Let learners investigate and determine basic division facts including divisibility test. (i) determine how a given number is divisible by 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, etc. For example, a number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3. So, 72 is divisible by 3 because 7+2 = 9. Hence since 9 is divisible by 3, then 72 is divisible by 3. also, to find out if a number is divisible by 7, take the last digit in the number then double it and subtract from the rest of the number. If the answer is 0 or a multiple of 7, then the number is divisible by 7. So, 595 is divisible by 7 because 5 × 2 = 10. 59 – 10 = 49. Therefore, 595 is divisible by 7.

Use peer discussion and effective questioning to find out from learners what they have learnt during the lesson. Take feedback from learners and summarize the lesson.