Mathematics
Mathematics in the world around us
Educator section
Memorandum
Critical and developmental outcomes:
The learners must be able to:
1. identify and solve problems and make decisions using critical and creative thinking;
2. work effectively with others as members of a team, group, organisation and community;
3. organise and manage themselves and their activities responsibly and effectively;
4. collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information;
5. communicate effectively using visual, symbolic and/or language skills in various modes;
6. use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and the health of others;
6. demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation;
7. reflect on and explore a variety of strategies to learn more effectively;
8. participate as responsible citizens in the life of local, national, and global communities;
9. be culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts;
10. explore education and career opportunities; and
develop entrepreneurial opportunities.
Integration of Themes:
- Inclusively: We can all learn from one another. Each person’s culture can stimulate and enrich another’s. Show how this can be done.
- Human rights: Learners must respect the differences amongst themselves. Decide how they are different, yet as worthy as their fellow classmates.
- A healthy environment: Flowers enhance our environment. Nature them. Healthy foods give us healthy bodies. Discuss healthy, nourishing foods and list them. Do a survey to find out whether your classmates eat healthy foods.
- Number concept and counting to and beyond 200 are practised.
- Even and uneven numbers, rounding off numbers and place values are revised.
- The table of 4 and 3 and sharing activities are included in this module.
- Addition with renaming is practised.
- Doubling with renaming.
- Bonds of 19.
- The following activities have also been included: mass, capacity, fractions and distance.
- Learners are introduced to the objects: pyramids, prisms and cylinders.
- The faces of these 3-D shapes are discussed and compared.
Leaner section
Content
Activity: addition, minus, multiplication and doubling [lo 1.2, lo 1.7, lo 1.8, lo 1.9, lo 2.3, lo 2.4, lo 2.5]
- Look at and discuss the patterns on the clay pot.
- Name the different shapes you can see.
- Design your own patterns on the jar.
| LO 2.3 | LO 2.4 | LO 2.5 |
- Complete. How many flowers in the vases?
| LO 1.8 |
- Complete. How many sweets left on the plates?
| LO 1.8 |
- Share out these biscuits amongst 10 children.
Each child will get _________________________ biscuits.
- Share out these cards amongst 10 girls.
Each girl will get _________________________ cards.
- Share out these buttons for 5 shirts.
Each shirt can have _________________________ buttons.
- Share out these flowers for 5 vases.
Each vase will have _________________________ flowers.
- Share out these pancakes amongst 5 children.
Each child will get _________________________ pancakes.