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?

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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 119
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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 119-120

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Time, distance and speed

Distance

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?

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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 121-122
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Time, distance and speed

Speed
Conversion of units of speed

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

Discuss how long it will take him/her to reach their school.
Estimate the distance from their school to his/her home.
Calculate the speeds in km/h or m/s
Enjoy calculating speed in km/h or m/s.

In groups, learners to discuss how long it will take him/her to reach their school.
In groups, learners to estimate the distance from their school to his/her home.
Learners to calculate the speeds in km/h or m/s

What is the distance covered by a bus travelling at the speed of 80km/h and takes 3 hours?

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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 123-124
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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 124-126

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Temperature

Establishing temperature as either hot, warm or cold
Measuring temperature

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

Define temperature.
Describe the temperature conditions of the immediate environment as warm, hot or cold.
Draw the images in learner's book.
Appreciate different kind of temperature.

Learners to define temperature.
Learners are guided to describe the temperature conditions of the immediate environment as warm, hot or cold
Learners to identify the temperature in the images as either cold, warm or hot.
Learners to draw the images in learner's book.

What is temperature?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 127-129
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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 129-131

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Temperature

Conversion of units of temperature

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

Discuss the relationship between Kelvin and degrees Celsius.
Convert units of measuring temperature from degree Celsius to Kelvin and vice versa.
Appreciate the relationship between Kelvin and degrees Celsius.

In groups, learners are guided to discuss the relationship between Kelvin and degrees Celsius.
Learners are guided to convert units of measuring temperature from degree Celsius to Kelvin and vice versa.
Learners to recognise temperature changes in the environment.

What is the relationship between Kelvin and degrees Celsius?

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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 131-133
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Money

Profit

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?

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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 133-134
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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 134-135

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Money

Loss

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

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

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

What is loss?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
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
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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 139-140

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Money

Discount

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
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Money

Commission
Bills

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

Define the term commission.
State the formula commission and percentage commission.
Calculate the commission and percentage commission.
Enjoy calculating commission and percentage commission.

Learners to define the term commission.
Learners are guided to state the formula commission and percentage commission.
Learners are guided to calculate the commission and percentage commission

What is the formula of calculating percentage commission?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 142-144
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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 144

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Postal charges

Inland postal charges

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

Visit the nearest post office.
List the services they offer.
Discuss the rates they charge for the services they offer.
Have fun and enjoy the visit to the nearest post office.

In groups, learners to visit the nearest post office.
In groups, learners to list the services they offer.
In groups, learners to discuss the rates they charge for the services they offer

Which post office have you visited?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 146
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Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 147-149

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International postal charges

Surface mail

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

Define the term surface mail.
Draw the table of the surface mail in learner's book.
Calculate the surface mail.
Have fun and enjoy calculating surface mail.

Learners to define the term surface mail.
Learners are guided to draw the table of the surface mail in learner's book.
Learners to calculate the surface mail.

What is surface mail?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 149-152
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International postal charges

Airmail
Surface airlifted mail

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

Define the term airmail.
Draw the table of the airmail in learner's book.
Calculate the airmail.
Have fun and enjoy calculating airmail.

Learners to define the term airmail.
Learners are guided to draw the table of the airmail in learner's book.
Learners to calculate the airmail.

What is airmail?

Spark; Story moja Mathematics
Learner's Book Grade 7 pg. 152-154
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International postal charges

Surface airlifted mail

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

State the procedure of calculating surface airlifted mail.
Calculate the surface airlifted mail.
Have fun and enjoy calculating surface airlifted mail.

Learners are guided to state the procedure of calculating surface airlifted mail.
Learners are guided to calculate the surface airlifted mail.

How do you calculate surface airlifted?

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International postal charges

Postal orders

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

Define the term postal orders.
State the use of postal orders.
Draw the table of the postal orders in learner

Learners to define the term postal orders.
Individually, learners to state the use of postal orders.
Learners are guided to draw the table of the postal orders in learner

What are postal orders?

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International postal charges

Mobile money transaction

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

Explain mobile money transactions.
Discuss and list the various ways in which money can be transferred from one person to another.
State the uses of mobile money transactions.
Appreciate the uses of mobile money transaction.

Learners are guided to explain mobile money transactions.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss and list the various ways in which money can be transferred from one person to another.
Learners to state the uses of mobile money transactions

What is mobile money?

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Geometry

Angles; Measuring angles

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

Look around their classroom and identify geometrical shapes.
Find places where right angles are formed.
Adjust the classroom door to form different angles.
Appreciate different kinds of geometrical shapes.

In groups, learners are guided to look around their classroom and identify geometrical shapes then find places where right angles are formed.
In groups, learners are guided to adjust the classroom door to form different angles

What are geometrical shapes?

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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 at a Point
Angles on a transversal

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

Use an IT device to watch a video clip on how to draw angles at a point.
Draw angles at a point.
Appreciate angles at a point

In groups, learners to use an IT device to watch a video clip on how to draw angles at a point.
Learners to draw angles at a point.

How do you draw 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:

Explain the meaning of alternate, corresponding and vertically opposite angles.
Draw alternate angles, corresponding angles and vertically opposite angles.
Enjoy forming angles on a transversal.

Learners to explain the meaning of alternate, corresponding and vertically opposite angles.
Learners are guided to draw alternate angles, corresponding angles and vertically opposite angles

How do you form angles on a transversal?

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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

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

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

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

Trace and draw the shapes in learner

In groups, learners to trace and draw the shapes in learner`s book.  Discuss about the number of sides and number of triangles obtained.     Enjoy drawing the shapes.

What do you notice from the difference between number of sides and number of triangles obtained?

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Geometrical Construction

Measuring angles

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

Use a protractor to measure the angle on pg. 182 and confirm it is a right angle.
Draw an obtuse angle, an acute angle and measure their sizes.
Appreciate the use of a protractor.

Learners are guided to use a protractor to measure the angle on pg. 182 and confirm it is a right angle.
Learners to draw an obtuse angle, an acute angle and measure their sizes

What is a protractor used for?

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Geometrical Construction

Bisecting Angles

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

Define an acute angle.
Draw an acute Work out activity 2 in learner

Learners to define an acute angle.
Individually, learners to draw an acute.    Appreciate the drawing of angles.

What is an acute angle?

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Geometrical Construction

Construction of angles

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

Watch a video on construction of angles.
Use the links in learner`s book. Enjoy watching the video on construction of angles.

In groups, learners to watch a video on construction of angles
Learners to use the links in learner`s book.

What have you learnt about construction of angles in the video?

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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

Constructing circles

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

Data collection
Frequency distribution table

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

Define probability.
Do Activity 1 in learner

Learners to define probability.
In groups, learners to do Activity 1 in learner

What is probability?

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Data handling and probability

Choosing a scale

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

Study the data provided in the table in learner

Learners to study the data provided in the table in learner

How do you choose a scale?

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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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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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Line graph

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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Line graph
Travel graphs

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

Outline the procedure of drawing a line graph.
Draw a line graph to represent different data.
Appreciate the use of line graphs.

Learners are guided to outline the procedure of drawing a line graph.
Learners are guided to draw a line graph to represent different data.

What have you learnt about a line graph?

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Travel graphs

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

Outline the procedure of drawing a travel graph.
State the formula of calculating speed.
Draw a travel graph to represent different data.
Appreciate the use of travel graphs.

Learners are guided to outline the procedure of drawing a travel graph.
Learners are guided to state the formula of calculating speed.
Learners are guided to draw a travel graph to represent different data.

What is the formula of calculating speed?

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