Measurement; Length

Converting units of length

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Measure the length of their classroom using a tape measure.
Generate a conversation table involving units of length.
Have fun and enjoy measuring the length of their classroom.

In groups, learners are guided to measure the length of their classroom using a tape measure.
In groups, learners are guided to generate a conversation table involving units of length

What is length?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 80-81
Place value chart
Ruler
Digital devices

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Measurement; Length

Operation involving units of length

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Measure the width of their classroom using a metre rule.
Work out addition involving length.
Appreciate the use of addition and subtraction .

In groups, learners are guided to measure the width of their classroom using a metre rule
In pairs, learners to work out addition and subtraction of length

The length of 2 ropes is 98m 62cm and 33m 66dm 12cm. What is the total length of the ropes?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 81-82
Place value chart
Ruler
Digital devices

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Measurement; Length

Multiplication and division of length

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Make or cut 5m 24cm of thread/string.
Cut the thread/string into 4 equal parts.
Outline the procedure to work out multiplication of length.
Work out multiplication of length.
Appreciate the use of multiplication.

In groups, learners are guided to make or cut 5m 24cm of thread/string
In groups, learners are guided to cut the thread/string into 4 equal parts.
Learners are guided to outline the procedure to work out multiplication of length.
Learners are guided to work out multiplication of length.

How do you work out multiplication involving length?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 83-84
Place value chart
Ruler
Digital devices

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Measurement; Length

Multiplication and division of length
Perimeter of plane figures

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Watch a video on relays, use the link in leaner's book.
Discuss how the race takes place.
Identify the field events that make use of length to determine a winner.
Appreciate the use of digital resources.

Learners to watch a video on relays, use the link in leaner's book
In groups, learners are guided to discuss how the race takes place
In groups, learners are guided to identify the field events that make use of length to determine a winner

How would you measure the lengths for the participants in various events?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 84
Place value chart
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 84-85

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Measurement; Length

Perimeter of plane figures
Circumference of a circle

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Use a tape measure to measure the distance round their classroom.
Outline the procedure to work out the perimeter of various figures.
Have fun and enjoy working out perimeters of various figures.

In groups, learners to use a tape measure to measure the distance round their classroom.
Learners are guided to outline the procedure to work out the perimeter of various figures.

How do you determine the perimeter of a triangle with sides of lengths 3m, 4m and 5m?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 85
Place value chart
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 86

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Measurement; Length

Circumference of a circle

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify four circular objects in their school, for example a wall clock.
Measure the circumference and diameter of the objects.
Have fun and enjoy measuring circumference and diameter of the objects.

In groups, learners to identify four circular objects in their school, for example a wall clock.
In groups, learners to measure the circumference and diameter of the objects

What is the circumference of your classroom wall clock?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 86-87
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 87
Assessment books

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Measurement; Length

Perimeter of combined shapes

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Study the figure in learner's book.
Use a ruler, measure the length of the sides of the figures.
Work out the sum of the edges of the sides.
Appreciate the importance of combined shapes.

In groups, learners are guided to study the figure in learner's book.
In groups, learners to use a ruler, measure the length of the sides of the figures.
In groups, learners to work out the sum of the edges of the sides

What are combined shapes?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 88
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 88-90

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Measurement; Area

Units of measuring area

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Make 4 pegs using sticks.
Stick one peg on the ground by hitting using a stone or a hammer, tie a rope around the peg.
Using the procedure in learner's book, measure the ground areas.
Enjoy learning outside the classroom.

Outside the classroom, learners are guided to make 4 pegs using sticks.
As a class, learners to stick one peg on the ground by hitting using a stone or a hammer, tie a rope around the peg.
As a class, learners to use the procedure in learner's book, measure the ground areas

What is the area covered by the four pegs?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 90-91
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 91-92

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Measurement; Area

Units of measuring area
Area of plane figures; Rectangle

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Copy and complete the table in learner's book.
Generate a conversation table for the units.
Discuss the relationship between hectare and acres.
Appreciate units of measuring area.

In groups, learners are guided to copy and complete the table in learner's book.
In groups, learners are guided to generate a conversation table for the units.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the relationship between hectare and acres

What is the relationship between hectare and acres?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 92-93
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 93-95

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Measurement; Area

Parallelogram
Rhombus

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Trace or draw a parallelogram on a piece of paper.
State the formula for calculating the area of a parallelogram.
Work out the area of various parallelogram.
Have fun and enjoy calculating the area a parallelogram.

In pairs or individually, learners to trace or draw a parallelogram on a piece of paper
In pairs or individually, learners to state the formula for calculating the area of a parallelogram
In pairs or individually, learners to work out the area of various parallelogram

What is the formula for calculating the area of a parallelogram?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 96-98
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 98-101

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Measurement; Area

Trapezium
Circle
Circle

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Trace or draw a trapezium on a piece of paper.
State the formula for calculating the area of a trapezium.
Work out the area of various trapezium.
Have fun and enjoy calculating the area a trapezium.

In pairs or individually, learners to trace or draw a trapezium on a piece of paper
In pairs or individually, learners to state the formula for calculating the area of a trapezium.
In pairs or individually, learners to work out the area of various trapezium.

What is the formula for calculating the area of a trapezium?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 101-103
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 103-104
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 104-106

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Measurement; Area

Area of borders
Area of combined shapes

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Trace or draw a picture frame on a piece of paper.
State the formula for calculating the area of boarders.
Work out the area of various borders.
Have fun and enjoy calculating the area boarders.

In pairs or individually, learners to trace or draw a picture frame on a piece of paper
In pairs or individually, learners to state the formula for calculating the area of boarders.
In pairs or individually, learners to work out the area of various boarders.

What is the formula for calculating the area of a boarder?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 106-107
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 108-110

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Volume and capacity

Measurement and volume
Converting units of measuring volume

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define volume.
Do Activity 1 in learner's book pg. 111
Have fun and enjoy the activity.

Learners to define volume.
In groups or in pairs, learners are guided to do Activity 1 in learner's book pg. 111

What is volume?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 111-112
Pieces of paper
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 112
Ruler

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Volume and capacity

Volume of a cube
Volume of a cuboid

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Make or draw a cube.
Measure the length, width and height of the cube using a ruler.
Calculate the volume of the cube formed using the measurements.
Enjoy calculating the volume of cube.

In groups, learners to make or draw a cube.
In groups, learners to measure the length, width and height of the cube using a ruler.
Learners to calculate the volume of the cube formed using the measurements.

What is a cube? How do you calculate the volume of a cube?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 113
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 36-37

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Volume and capacity
Capacity

Volume of a cylinder
Relationship between volume and capacity

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Draw a cylinder in their exercise books.
State the formula to calculate the volume of a cylinder.
Calculate the volume of a cylinder.
Enjoy working out volume of various cylinders.

In groups, learners to draw a cylinder in their exercise books.
Individually, learners to state the formula to calculate the volume of a cylinder.
Learners to calculate the volume of a cylinder.

What is a cylinder? How do you calculate the volume of cylinder?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 114-115
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 115-118

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Time, distance and speed

Time
Conversion of units of time

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Draw a clock as shown in learner's book.
Tell the current time using their classroom clock.
List the units used for measuring time.
Appreciate the importance of reading time.

Individually, learners to draw a clock as shown in learner's book
Individually, learners to tell the current time using their classroom clock
Individually, learners to list the units used for measuring time

What is the time now?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 119
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 119-120

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Time, distance and speed

Distance
Speed

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss and estimate distances between two or more points.
State the importance of converting distance from metres to km and vice versa.
Convert the distance from km to metres and vice versa.
Appreciate the importance of converting distance from metres to km and vice versa.

In groups, learners to discuss and estimate distances between two or more points.
Learners to state the importance of converting distance from metres to km and vice versa.
Learners to convert the distance from km to metres and vice versa

What is the formula of converting distance from km to metres and vice versa?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 121-122
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 123-124

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Time, distance and speed
Temperature

Conversion of units of speed
Establishing temperature as either hot, warm or cold

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

State the formula of converting km/h to m/s
Convert km/h to m/s and vice versa.
Enjoy converting km/h to m/s and vice versa.

Learners are guided to state the formula of converting km/h to m/s.
Learners are guided to convert km/h to m/s and vice versa.

How do you convert km/h to m/s and vice versa?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 124-126
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 127-129

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Temperature

Measuring temperature
Conversion of units of temperature

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the tools used to measure temperature.
Compare temperature using hotter, warmer, colder and same as in different situations.
Work out temperature in degree Celsius and kelvin.
Appreciate the tools used to measure temperature.

In groups, learners are guided to identify the tools used to measure temperature.
Learners to compare temperature using hotter, warmer, colder and same as in different situations
Learners to work out temperature in degree Celsius and kelvin

What is temperature?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 129-131
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 131-133

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Money

Profit
Loss

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define profit.
Select a retailer and a customer and role play the story in learner's book.
Have fun and enjoy role playing.

Learners to define profit.
In groups or in pairs, learners to select a retailer and a customer and role play the story in learner's book

What is profit?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 133-134
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 134-135
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 136

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Money

Loss
Discount

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

State the formula of working out loss.
Calculate the percentage loss.
Appreciate the importance of calculating profits in businesses.

Learners to state the formula of working out profit.
Learners to calculate the percentage loss

How do you calculate loss?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 136-137
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 139-140

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Money

Discount
Commission

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

State the formula to calculate discount and percentage discount.
Calculate the discount and percentage discount of various goods and services.
Enjoy calculating discount.

Learners to state the formula to calculate discount and percentage discount.
Learners to calculate the discount and percentage discount of various goods and services

What is the formula of calculating percentage discount?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 140-142
Assessment books
Digital devices
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 142-144
Ruler

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Money
Geometry

Bills
Angles; Measuring angles

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define the term bills.
Draw the table in learner's book and indicate the unit cost and total cost of each item.
Prepare bills in real-life situations
Have a desire to know the cost of different items.

Learners to define the term bill.
In groups, learners to draw the table in learner's book and indicate the unit cost and total cost of each item.
Learners to prepare bills in real-life situations

What is a bill?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 144
Ruler
Digital devices
Learner

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Geometry

Angles; Measuring angles
Angles on a straight line

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Draw the hands of a clock to represent; acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle and straight angle.
Identify the type of angle represented by different figures in learner

Learners are guided to draw the hands of a clock to represent; acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle and straight angle.
Learners are guided to identify the type of angle represented by different figures in learner

How many geometrical shapes do you know?

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Geometry

Angles at a Point

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Draw the figure in learner

Learners are guided to draw the figure in learner

How do you form angles at a point?

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Geometry

Angles on a transversal

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Draw two parallel lines and a transversal as shown in learner

In groups, learners to draw two parallel lines and a transversal as shown in learner

What is critical thinking in mathematics?

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Geometry

Angles in a parallelogram

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Watch a video on how to draw a parallelogram.
Draw a parallelogram using the measurements given in the video.
Have fun using digital devices.

Using a digital device, learners to watch a video on how to draw a parallelogram.
Learners to draw a parallelogram using the measurements given in the video

What is a parallelogram?

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Geometry

Polygons
Interior and exterior angles of polygons

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define a polygon.
Explain regular and irregular polygons.
Draw the table in learner

Learners to define a polygon.
Learners to explain regular and irregular polygons.
Learners to draw the table in learner

What is a polygon?

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Geometry

Interior and exterior angles of polygons
Relationship between interior angles, exterior angles and number of sides of polygons

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Extend the diagrams on pg. 172 to have exterior angles.
Measure the extended angles for each of the angles.
Calculate the sum of the exterior angles for each shape.
Enjoy working out the sum of interior and exterior angles of polygons.

In groups, learners to extend the diagrams on the previous lesson to have exterior angles.
Learners to measure the extended angles for each of the angles.
Learners are guided to calculate the sum of the exterior angles for each shape.

What are exterior polygons?

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Geometry
Geometrical Construction
Geometrical Construction

Relationship between interior angles, exterior angles and number of sides of polygons
Measuring angles
Bisecting Angles

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Trace then extend each polygon on one side to have an exterior angle.
Measure the size of the exterior angle in each polygon.
Copy and complete the table in learner

In groups, learners to trace then extend each polygon on one side to have an exterior angle.
In groups, learners to measure the size of the exterior angle in each polygon.
Learners to copy and complete the table in learner

What is the relationship between interior angles, exterior angles and number of sides of polygons?

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Geometrical Construction

Bisecting Angles
Construction of angles

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Write the procedure of bisecting a line.
Draw a straight line AB of any length.
Bisect the line.
Follow instructions to the latter.   Appreciate bisecting of angles.

Learners are guided to write the procedure of bisecting a line.
Learners to draw a straight line AB of any length.
Learners are guided to bisect the line.

A straight line adds up to ------?

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Geometrical Construction

Construction of angles
Constructing triangles

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Write the procedure of constructing an angle.
Construct different angles.
Enjoy constructing angles.

Learners to write the procedure of constructing an angle.
Learners are guided to construct different angles

How do you  construct angles?

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Geometrical Construction

Constructing triangles
Constructing circles

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Outline the procedure of constructing triangles.
Construct triangles.
Have fun and enjoy constructing triangles.

Learners are guided to outline the procedure of constructing triangles.
Learners are guided to construct triangles;

What have you learnt about constructing triangles?

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Geometrical Construction
Data handling and probability

Constructing circles
Data collection

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Outline the procedure of constructing circles.
Construct circles using different centimetres.
Enjoy constructing circles.

Learners are guided to outline the procedure of constructing circles.
Learners are guided to construct circles using different centimetres.

What do you notice about the perpendicular bisectors?

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Data handling and probability

Frequency distribution table
Choosing a scale

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Draw a frequency distribution table.
Use the data previously collected and fill in the frequency distribution table.
Appreciate frequency distribution table.

Learners to draw a frequency distribution table.
In groups, learners to use the data previously collected on the number of learners present in their groups to fill in a frequency distribution table.

What are the uses of frequency distribution table?

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Data handling and probability

Pictographs
Bar graphs

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain the meaning of pictographs.
Fill in the table in learner

Learners to explain the meaning of pictographs.
Individually or in pairs, learners to fill in the table in learner

What is a pictograph?

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Data handling and probability

Pie charts

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define a pie chart.    Draw a pie chart and  Do activity 6 in learner`s book.  Enjoy doing activity 6.

Learners are guided to define a pie chart.
In groups, learners to do activity 6 in learner`s book

What is a pie chart?

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Data handling and probability

Line graph
Travel graphs
Travel graphs

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain the meaning of a line graph.
Do Activity in learner`s book.  Appreciate line graph. 

Learners are guided to explain the meaning of a line graph.
Individually, learners to do Activity in learner`s book.

What is a line graph?

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