FIRST SCHEME OF WORK WITH LESSON NOTES NURSERY 2 MATHEMATICS

MATHEMATICS

TERM ONE

Week 1& 2

Topic: Review numbers 1-40, introduce 41-45

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to read, write and identify numbers 1-50.

Materials: number cards, white-board, beads

Activities: The teacher takes the pupils through a rigorous numeration drilling.

Evaluation: practical evaluation

Week 3&4

Topic: Introduce odd and even numbers, simple writing in words and figures

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to identify the odd and even numbers between 1 and 50 and write 1-10 in words.

Materials: beads, buttons, match sticks

Activities: the teacher explains skip counting in addition to other numeration activities.

Evaluation: practical evaluation

Week 5 & 6

Topic: More work on addition

Finding missing addends

Addition on the line

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to find missing addends and add on the number lines.

Materials: charts on addition displaying the number line

Activities: The teacher explains how the number line works to pupils using a chart and also finds missing addends practically. 3 + = 9

Evaluation: Evaluation according to the above examples

Week 7 & 8

Topic: More work on number and numeration 51-80

More work on subtraction- finding missing minuends and subtraction on the number line .

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to read and write from 1-80 . Find the missing minuends and carry out subtraction of the number line.

Materials: chart on numeration, and subtraction on the number line

Activities: The teacher explains the working of the number line in subtraction and further explains how to find missing minuends using concrete objects e.g beads 8 – 4 = 4

Evaluation: The teacher should ensure that all areas are covered while evaluating.

Week 9 & 10

Topic: Mixed sum on the line. Introduce tens and units

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to solve a mixed sum using the number line

Materials: chart on the number line ,bundle of match sticks

Activities: The teacher should teach the use of number line in solving mixed sum e.g

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NB: The concept of tens and unit should also be taught e.g 40 = 4tens o units or

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4 0

1 2

NOTE: The fact that there could be zero units should be explained to the pupils as in the case of 40 which is 4tens 0 unit.

Evaluation: thorough evaluation

Week 11 – Revision, examination, closing.