2.4 Birthdays

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: Autumn
• A healthy environment: The signs of Autum.
• This module begins with a graph of birthdays of their friends.
• Number concept and counting activities, stressing the patterns in counting, are extended to 120.
• Halving and doubling within the range 1 to 50.
• Shopping activities include word sums, directions to shops, and selecting the correct coins are included.
• Learners complete a shopping graph.
• Bonds of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 are introduced and consolidated with a variety of activities.
• Measuring activities reinforce the vocabulary of “a small mass”, “a great mass”, gram and kilogram.
• A recipe for muffins is included and learners experience practically the value of measurement (Technology).
• To extend their sensitivity to different cultures they create their own patterns using shapes and patterns found on huts.
• Learners learn through playing games and therefore a memory game with number sentences has been designed for them.

Leaner section

Content

Activity: birthdays [lo 1.1, lo 1.2, lo 1.4, lo 1.7, lo 1.8, lo 4.2, lo 4.3, lo 5.1, lo 5.4, lo 5.5]

Birthday celebrations

• Join the months of the year with a line from the first to the twelfth.
• Fill in my friends’ names under the month in which they have their birthdays.

My Birthday graph

• Choose 10 friends.
• Write their names here:

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• Find out when each of your ten friends has a birthday.
• Write the month (or the letter of the month e.g. A for April) next to each name.
• Fill in their names on “My Birthday Graph” on page 2 under the correct month.