Addition, minus, multiplication and doubling

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.

• Complete. How many flowers in the vases?

• Complete. How many sweets left on the plates?

• 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.