Measurement

Money - Preparing a class model shop

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

- Explain the materials needed to prepare a class model shop.
- Work with peers to come up with a class or school model shop.
- Appreciate the use of money in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Work with peers to come up with a class or school model shop
- Use a price list in the model shop to write the price of various items
- Arrange items in the model shop for role-play

How can a model shop help us practise using money?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Real/imitation money
- Price list

- Observation - Oral questions

Measurement

Money - Preparing imitation money

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

- Explain the steps followed in preparing imitation money.
- Prepare imitation coins and notes using real money as a guide.
- Appreciate the use of money in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Prepare imitation coins and notes using real coins and notes as a guide
- Arrange the imitation coins and notes according to their values
- Discuss safe and honest handling of money with peers

Why is it important to handle money honestly and carefully?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Real/imitation money
- Price list

- Observation - Written assignment

Measurement

Money - Preparing imitation money

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

- Explain the steps followed in preparing imitation money.
- Prepare imitation coins and notes using real money as a guide.
- Appreciate the use of money in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Prepare imitation coins and notes using real coins and notes as a guide
- Arrange the imitation coins and notes according to their values
- Discuss safe and honest handling of money with peers

Why is it important to handle money honestly and carefully?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Real/imitation money
- Price list

- Observation - Written assignment

Measurement

Money - Role-playing shopping activities as buyers and shopkeepers

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

- Identify the roles of a buyer and a shopkeeper.
- Role-play shopping activities as buyers and shopkeepers using the class model shop and imitation money.
- Appreciate the use of money in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Work with peers to come up with a class or school model shop and role-play shopping activities as buyers and shopkeepers
- Take turns to buy and sell items using imitation money
- Take video clips of peers as they role-play shopping activities

How does role-playing shopping help us understand the use of money?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Real/imitation money
- Price list

- Observation - Oral questions

Geometry

Position and Direction - Identifying clockwise and anti-clockwise turns

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

- Identify a clockwise and an anti-clockwise turn in the environment.
- Distinguish between a clockwise turn and an anti-clockwise turn.
- Appreciate use of position and direction in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Place a clock on the floor and, in groups, turn round it in the direction of the minute hand
- Discuss and identify the movement of the clock's hands as a clockwise turn
- Stand in a circle and identify turns made by peers as clockwise or anti-clockwise

How can you change your position?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Clock face
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation

Geometry

Position and Direction - Demonstrating clockwise and anti-clockwise turns

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

- Explain the difference between a clockwise and an anti-clockwise turn.
- Demonstrate a clockwise and an anti-clockwise turn in the environment.
- Appreciate use of position and direction in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Discuss and demonstrate a clockwise turn in groups
- Team up with peers to demonstrate an anti-clockwise turn
- Copy and complete a table identifying given activities as clockwise or anti-clockwise e.g. opening a door, closing a tap

Where do we see clockwise and anti-clockwise turns in daily life?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Clock face
- Charts

- Observation - Written exercise

Geometry

Position and Direction - Quarter turn
Position and Direction - Half turn

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

- Identify a quarter turn direction in the environment.
- Demonstrate a quarter turn in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions.
- Appreciate use of position and direction in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Work with peers to safely make quarter turns in the surroundings
- Team up with peers to demonstrate a quarter turn in both directions
- Discuss real-life examples of a quarter turn e.g. opening a door slightly

How can you change your position using a quarter turn?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Clock face
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation

Geometry

Position and Direction - Full turn

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

- Identify a full turn direction in the environment.
- Demonstrate a full turn from a point.
- Appreciate use of position and direction in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Demonstrate a full turn from a point and discuss what is seen before and after
- Discuss how many half turns make a full turn
- Jointly with others, play digital games involving position and direction

How many half turns make a full turn?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Clock face
- Charts
- Digital devices

- Oral questions - Written assignment

Geometry

Angles - Identifying an angle
Angles - Identifying and colouring angles in diagrams

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

- Explain the meaning of an angle.
- Identify an angle at a point formed by two lines.
- Appreciate use of angles in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- In groups, hold two pencils together and move one to notice the space formed between them
- Discuss and recognise angles made by two lines that meet at a point using a chart
- Make several turns using the pencils to form other angles

How can we use angles in daily life?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Charts with different lines
- Rulers
- Cubes and cuboids

- Oral questions - Observation

Geometry

Angles - Angles in the environment

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

- Identify angles formed by objects in the environment.
- Make angles by opening a book, folding paper, bending wire or opening a door.
- Appreciate use of angles in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Team up with peers to explore and identify angles from objects such as cubes and cuboids in the environment
- Make angles by opening a book and folding a piece of paper
- Carry out activities such as turning the arm, adjusting clock arms, and opening a door or window to form angles

Where can you find angles in objects around you?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Charts with different lines
- Rulers
- Cubes and cuboids

- Observation - Oral questions

Geometry

Angles - Relating turns to angles

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

- Explain how a turn relates to an angle.
- Relate a turn to angles in real-life situations.
- Appreciate use of angles in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Stand upright, move one hand and make different angles
- Hold two rulers together and make a quarter turn in the clockwise and anti-clockwise direction, noting the angle formed
- Make different turns using objects such as a textbook, door, window or box

How is a turn related to an angle?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Charts with different lines
- Rulers
- Cubes and cuboids

- Written exercise - Oral questions

Geometry

Angles - Application of angles in real-life situations

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

- Identify real-life situations that involve angles.
- Solve practical problems involving identification of angles in the environment.
- Appreciate use of angles in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Discuss real-life objects and activities that form angles e.g. scissors, a clock or a folding chair
- Play digital games and learn more about angles
- Present findings on angles observed in the environment to the class

Why is it important to recognise angles in everyday objects?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Charts with different lines
- Rulers
- Cubes and cuboids
- Digital devices

- Oral questions - Written assignment

Geometry

Plane Figures - Identifying shapes in the environment

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

- Identify rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals from objects in the environment.
- Recognise shapes of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals from common objects in school and at home.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Discuss and recognise shapes of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals from common objects in the environment
- Identify shapes found in the school compound and classroom
- Identify shapes found at home and share findings with other groups

How can you make patterns using shapes?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes

- Oral questions - Observation

Geometry

Plane Figures - Identifying shapes in the environment

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

- Identify rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals from objects in the environment.
- Recognise shapes of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals from common objects in school and at home.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Discuss and recognise shapes of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals from common objects in the environment
- Identify shapes found in the school compound and classroom
- Identify shapes found at home and share findings with other groups

How can you make patterns using shapes?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes

- Oral questions - Observation

Geometry

Plane Figures - Drawing shapes of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals

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

- State the steps followed when drawing a given plane figure.
- Draw the shapes of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals from objects in the environment.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Sketch the shapes of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and ovals in books or charts using objects in the environment
- Trace round objects to draw plane figures in pairs
- Share drawn shapes with other groups

Why is it important to draw shapes accurately?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes

- Written exercise - Observation

Geometry

Plane Figures - Lines of symmetry of plane figures

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

- Explain the meaning of a line of symmetry.
- Identify lines of symmetry of rectangles, squares, circles and ovals by folding.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Discuss and fold the shapes into two equal parts and recognise the fold line as the line of symmetry
- Discuss how many lines of symmetry each shape can possibly have by folding the shapes
- Practice folding rectangles, squares, circles and ovals to find their lines of symmetry in pairs

How can folding help you find the lines of symmetry of a shape?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes

- Observation - Written exercise

Geometry

Plane Figures - Lines of symmetry of plane figures

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

- Explain the meaning of a line of symmetry.
- Identify lines of symmetry of rectangles, squares, circles and ovals by folding.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Discuss and fold the shapes into two equal parts and recognise the fold line as the line of symmetry
- Discuss how many lines of symmetry each shape can possibly have by folding the shapes
- Practice folding rectangles, squares, circles and ovals to find their lines of symmetry in pairs

How can folding help you find the lines of symmetry of a shape?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes

- Observation - Written exercise

Geometry

Plane Figures - Making patterns using squares, rectangles and triangles

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

- Identify a rule used to make a pattern with shapes.
- Make patterns using squares, rectangles and triangles.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Work with peers to make patterns using squares, rectangles and triangles
- Discuss the arrangement used to form each pattern
- Collaboratively use digital devices to learn more about plane figures and make patterns

How can you make patterns using shapes?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes
- Digital devices

- Written assignment - Observation

Geometry

Plane Figures - Properties of squares and rectangles

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

- State the properties of a square and a rectangle.
- Identify the properties of a square and a rectangle practically.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Identify the properties of a square practically using cut-outs e.g. counting sides and corners
- Discuss the properties of a rectangle practically in groups
- Compare the properties of a square and a rectangle and share findings with other groups

How are a square and a rectangle similar or different?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes

- Oral questions - Written exercise

Geometry

Plane Figures - Properties of triangles

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

- State the properties of a triangle.
- Identify the properties of a triangle practically.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Identify the properties of a triangle practically using cut-outs e.g. counting sides and corners
- Compare the properties of a triangle to those of a square and a rectangle
- Collaboratively use digital devices to learn more about the properties of plane figures

Why is it useful to know the properties of different plane figures?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes
- Digital devices

- Written assignment - Observation

Geometry

Plane Figures - Properties of triangles

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

- State the properties of a triangle.
- Identify the properties of a triangle practically.
- Appreciate using shapes in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Identify the properties of a triangle practically using cut-outs e.g. counting sides and corners
- Compare the properties of a triangle to those of a square and a rectangle
- Collaboratively use digital devices to learn more about the properties of plane figures

Why is it useful to know the properties of different plane figures?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Cut-outs of rectangles, circles and triangles of different sizes
- Digital devices

- Written assignment - Observation

Data Handling

Data - Identifying materials for data collection
Data - Collecting data within the school environment

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

- Identify materials for data collection and recording in real-life situations.
- Name and gather different materials that can be used for data collection and recording such as rulers, exercise books and textbooks.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

- In groups, write the favourite type of food for each learner and record the number of learners for each type of food
- Discuss the materials used to collect the information and present results to the class
- Discuss what would be used to measure height, mass, temperature and length of objects

How can you represent data?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources

- Oral questions - Observation

Data Handling

Data - Collecting personal data e.g. family size, shoe size, favourite food and colour

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

- Identify types of personal data that can be collected.
- Collect data of at most 10 items on personal information such as family size, shoe size, favourite food, game and colour.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

- In groups of 10, collect information for each learner on family size, shoe size, favourite food, game and colour
- In groups of 10, measure and record the height of each learner in centimetres
- Team up with peers to use digital devices or other resources for data collection and recording

Why is it useful to collect data about ourselves?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources
- Digital devices

- Oral questions - Observation

Data Handling

Data - Organising data by arranging in ascending order

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

- Explain why data is organised.
- Arrange collected data such as ages or heights in ascending order.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Write the ages of every member of the class in groups
- Arrange the ages in ascending order and discuss the results
- Practice arranging other sets of data such as height, year of birth and number of family members in ascending order

Why should we organise data before recording it?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources

- Written exercise - Observation

Data Handling

Data - Drawing a table and recording data in it
Data - Recording data in a table

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

- State the steps followed in drawing a table for recording data.
- Draw a table for recording data and record collected data in it.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

- Team up with peers to represent raw data such as favourite colours or drinks in simple tables
- Draw a table with clear column headings before recording data
- Record given data such as favourite colours of ten learners in a drawn table

Why do we draw tables to record data?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources

- Oral questions - Written exercise

Data Handling

Data - Interpreting data from a table

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

- Explain the meaning of interpreting data.
- Interpret the raw data from a table by answering questions about it.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

- Explain and interpret raw data from a table showing learners who played different ball games
- Study a table showing the mass of ten learners and answer questions about it
- Discuss with peers how interpretation helps in understanding data

How can you represent data?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources

- Oral questions - Written exercise

Data Handling

Data - Interpreting data from tables in different real-life contexts

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

- Identify the information that can be obtained by interpreting a table.
- Use tables showing information such as coins, absentees or patients to answer questions.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

- Use a table showing the number of coins in a coin box to answer given questions
- Use a table showing the number of learners absent from school to answer given questions
- Use a table showing the number of patients who visited a clinic to answer given questions

How does interpreting data help us make decisions?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources

- Written assignment - Oral questions

Data Handling

Data - Collecting, recording and interpreting data on colours in a table

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

- State the steps followed in collecting, recording and interpreting data.
- Record the colours of school bags in a table and interpret the results.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Record the colour of school bags in a table in groups
- Copy and complete the table, then use it to answer given questions
- Discuss and share results with other groups

How can data about colours help us understand a group's preferences?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources

- Observation - Written exercise

Data Handling

Data - Application of data handling in real-life situations

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

- Explain how data handling is applied in real-life situations.
- Collect, record and interpret data about types of vehicles in the environment.
- Appreciate use of tables in representing data in real-life situations.

In groups, learners are guided to:
- Collect and record data on the types of vehicles in the environment
- Explain the data on types of vehicles in relation to responding to emergencies in case of an accident
- Team up with peers to use digital devices or other resources for data collection and recording

Why is data on vehicles in our environment useful in an emergency?

- Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book
- Data from different sources
- Digital devices

- Written assignment - Oral questions