Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

MENTAL MATHS

The teacher begins the lesson with some mental calculations

Which number is 10 more than

1 54

2 38

3 61

4 49

5 58

Which number is 10 less than

6 35

7 46

8 59

9 66

10 74

Pupils respond and participate

STEP 2

CONCEPT

DEVELOPMENT

The teacher

Takes the class outside for this activity.

Note: You can use sand instead of water.

Each group of learners needs a teaspoon and a cup to do this activity.

• Gives each group an extra container filled with water.

• Explains to the learners that they are going to use the spoons to fill the cups (half full and full) with water.

• Lets them first estimate how many spoonfuls they will use to do this.

You may need to revise the term estimate with the learners. Refer to the multilingual dictionary to assist if necessary.

• Asks the learners to now fill their cups halfway.

• They need to count how many spoonfuls they use to do this.

• The learners now compare their own estimation and answer, and then compare answers within their group or between groups.

CLASS ACTIVITY

The teacher

Takes the learners back into the class for the second activity of the lesson.

• Draws a picture of a bottle and a cup on the board.

• Shows the learners up to where 1 cup of water will fill the bottle.

They now have to work out how many cups of water were used to fill the other bottles.

• Asks: Which unit would be easier to use to measure the water in the bottles – a spoon

or a cup? (A cup. Discuss.)

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 3

CLASS-WORK

In this activity you could allow learners to work with sand or water, depending on what is easier for you.

1 How many cups of sand do you think will fill up a 2 l bottle? __________ (Estimate.)

2 Fill a 2 l bottle with sand and compare your estimation with the answer.

__(8 standard cups.)__

3 Draw this bottle in your book.

Now draw the following and write how many spoonfuls of water were used:

Pupils attempt their class work

STEP 4

HOME-WORK

How many spoons of water/sand are there in each bottle? The first one has one spoon.

The pupils writes it in their homework book

STEP 5

SUMMARY

The teacher summarizes by reminding the pupils that in this lesson we have learnt to estimate and compare the capacity of various containers

She marks their class works, makes corrections where necessary and commends them positively

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

MENTAL MATHS

The teacher begins the lesson with some mental calculations

What is 10 more than

1 84  

2 65  

3 33  

4 44  

5 1  

What is 10 less than

6 53

7 10

8 56

9 71

10 16

Pupils respond and participate

STEP 2

CONCEPT

DEVELOPMENT

The teacher

Places empty containers in the front of the class: 1 litre, 2 litres, 1,5 litres, 5 litres. (Try to find all of these containers and bring them to class.)

• Discusses the different sizes of the containers with the learners.

Some containers are the same height, but one holds more than the other because it is

wider/“fatter” than the other.

• Discusses the labels on the containers and their meaning.

ACTIVITY II

The teacher

Now give the learners a mixed collection of empty containers (such as those illustrated) one by one, and ask them to compare these to the empty containers above.

• Hands the containers to different learners in the class or let individual learners come to

the front to participate in this comparison activity.

• Learners should test if they are correct by pouring water or sand from the one container to the other.

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 3

CLASS-WORK

1 How do we write litre in short?

2 Use the same containers as for the class activity. Put them in order from the container

that holds the most to the container that holds the least.

3 Draw the following objects:

a Containers that hold less than 1 litre.

b Containers that hold 1 litre.

c Containers that hold more than 1 litre.

4 Mom buys 2 litres of milk. There are 3 people in our family. Each of them drinks 1 litre

of milk for breakfast every day. Did Mom buy enough milk? (No, because we need

3 litres.)

Pupils attempt their class work

STEP 4

HOME-WORK

1 Draw 3 containers and label them as follows: holds less than 1 litre, holds 1 litre, and holds more than one litre.

2 Draws pictures of three items from your kitchen cupboard or fridge and say if it holds

more or less or exactly 1 litre.

3 You have invited 7 friends to your house. Would you buy 1 litre of juice for them to

drink and why?

The pupils writes it in their homework book

STEP 5

SUMMARY

The teacher summarizes by reminding the pupils that in today’s lesson we have learnt to measure the capacity of various containers using litres.

She marks their class works, makes corrections where necessary and commends them positively

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

MENTAL MATHS

The teacher begins the lesson with some mental calculations

What is 5 more than

1 45  

2 60 + 6  

3 50 + 9  

4 30 + 6  

5 70 + 0  

What is 5 less than

6 65

7 30 + 9

8 60 + 1

9 30 + 8

10 50 + 3

Pupils respond and participate

STEP 2

CONCEPT

DEVELOPMENT

The teacher

• Before the lesson draw these pictures and write the sentences on the board:

1 This container can hold 5 litres of water.

2 This container can hold 2 litres of water.

3 This container can hold 3 litres of water.

4 This container can hold 1 litre of water.

• Asks the learners to match the number of the sentence with the pictures.

• Gives the groups time to compare their answers.

• Discusses the answers as a class.

• Asks: How did they make their choices? Discuss. (They should estimate. The larger

containers are able to hold more. They have a bigger capacity.)

• Shows the learners containers 1 and 3.

• Asks: How many litres would I have if I put the liquid from container 1 and 3

together? (5 l + 1 l = 6 litres/ 6 l).

• Selects different containers and ask learners different addition problems such as:

• Shows the learners containers 1 and 4.

• Asks: What is the difference between the capacity of container 4 and the capacity of container 1? (5 l – 3 l = 2 l).

• Selects different containers and ask the learners different subtraction problems like these.

CLASS ACTIVITY

The teacher

• Gives each group of learners some pictures or some empty containers, similar to these.

• Asks the learners to discuss in their groups how much each container can hold,

according to the label on the container.

• Asks the learners to place these containers in order, from the container that holds the

most to the container that holds the least.

• Learners discuss their sorted containers to check that their sorting was correct.

In their groups let the learners ask each other addition and subtraction problems using the different containers.

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 3

CLASS-WORK

1 Estimate about how much water each container can hold.

2 Draw five containers with different capacities. Write the capacity of each container under the picture.

3 Mom buys 2 litres of milk and Dad buys another 5 litres. How many litres altogether?

4 Joshua buys two litres of coke and Venita buys 1 litre of coke. How many litres of coke do they have together?

Pupils attempt their class work

STEP 4

HOME-WORK

1 Write the following amounts from the least to the most and draw pictures of the

containers: 2 litres, 5 litres, 4 litres, 1 litre, and 3 litres.

2 Marlon buys 1 litre of custard and Dad buys another 2 litres. How many litres

altogether?

The pupils writes it in their homework book

STEP 5

SUMMARY

The teacher summarizes by reminding the pupils that in today’s lesson we have learnt to estimate, order, and measure, add and subtract the capacity of various containers using litres.

She marks their class works, makes corrections where necessary and commends them positively

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

MENTAL MATHS

The teacher begins the lesson with some mental calculations

What is 5 more than

1 45  

2 60 + 6  

3 50 + 9  

4 30 + 6  

5 70 + 0  

What is 5 less than

6 65

7 30 + 9

8 60 + 1

9 30 + 8

10 50 + 3

Pupils respond and participate

STEP 2

CONCEPT

DEVELOPMENT

The teacher

• Places a set of empty bottles in the front of the class.

• Discusses with the class how we can use a litre measuring jug to measure amounts of liquid.

• Discusses and estimates with the learners how much water would fill each bottle (using jugs).

• Records the estimates on the board.

• Fills each of the bottles with water, using the litre jug.

• Counts the number of litres that are needed to fill each bottle.

• Record how many litres were needed to fill each bottle.

• The number of litres will vary depending on the size of the bottle.

• Records the measurements on the board.

• Compares the recorded estimates and the measurements.

CLASS ACTIVITY

The teacher

• Using the 1 litre measuring jug and a cup, discuss and estimate how many cups of water would be needed to fill the jug.

• Records the estimate on the board.

• Asks a learner to fill the jug using cups. (It should take 4 cups of water to fill a 1 litre measuring jug.)

• Records the measurement on the board.

• Asks: How many cups would be needed to fill a 2 litre bottle? (Learners should estimate.)

• Asks a learner to fill the 2 litre bottle using cups. (It should take 8 cups of water to fill a 2 litre bottle.)

• Records the estimate and measurement on the board.

• Discusses the difference between the estimates and the actual measurement if there were differences.

• Talks about the need for careful estimates.

• Asks the learners how many cups would be needed to fill a 3 litre bottle? (Learners should estimate.)

• Records the estimate on the board.

• Asks a learner to fill the 3 litre bottles using cups. (It should take 12 cups of water to fill a 3 litre bottle.).

• Records the measurement on the board.

• Discusses the difference between the estimates and the actual measurement if there were differences.

• Discusses any generalisations they can make based on this exercise, such as:

There are 4 cups in 1 litre.

There are 8 cups in 2 litres.

There are 12 cups in 3 litres.

• Takes the discussion further to see if learners can apply this knowledge. Asks:

How many cups in 4 litres? (16 cups.)

How many cups in 5 litres? (20 cups.)

How many cups in 10 litres? (40 cups.)

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 3

CLASS-WORK

1 Write the litre measurements from smallest to biggest: 1 l, 5 l, 3 l, 10 l and 2 l.

2 Underline the container that would hold the most water:

a Swimming pool

b Bath

c Bucket

3 Underline the container that would hold the least water:

a Bucket

b Cup

c Teaspoon

4 Estimate how many litres are needed to fill:

a A sink? __________

b A bath? ____________

c A bucket? __________

5 Joshua has collected 3 l of water from the tap. His mother asked him to collect 10 l. How many more litres must he collect?

Pupils attempt their class work

STEP 4

HOME-WORK

Draw and label 5 objects that can hold more water than your water bottle.

The pupils writes it in their homework book

STEP 5

SUMMARY

The teacher summarizes by reminding the pupils that in today’s lesson we have learnt to measure and estimate the capacity of various containers.

She marks their class works, makes corrections where necessary and commends them positively