MEP Jamaica: STRAND A

UNIT 1 Decimals and Fractions: Lesson Plans

STRANDA: COMPUTATION
UNIT1:DecimalsandFractions

Lesson1.1Decimals

CSECObjective:Understandingtheconceptofdecimals
LessonsAims:

Afterthislesson,thestudentshouldbeableto:
i) fullyunderstandtheconceptofdecimals
ii) readdecimalnumbersfromanumberline
iii) addandsubtractdecimals.

PrerequisiteKnowledge:

Someknowledgeofdecimalsisexpected.

KeyVocabulary:

Tenths,hundredths,thousandths

Challenges:

Thisisastraightforwardrevisionlesson.Theextensionto
Activity1.1mightbechallengingandmotivatingforcapable
students.

TeachingNotes:

Thiswillberevisionforallstudentsandshouldreinforcethese
basicconceptsasthisisakeytopicfortheCSECexamination.

LessonPlan:

Revisionoftopic

DS1.1

DiscusssolutiontoQ1
ST1.1,WE1andWE2
Exercise
ST1.1,Q1andQ2
Activitytoreinforceaddition/subtraction
Activity1.1
orActivity1.2
ClosingActivity
ST1.1,Q9andQ12
Homework
ST1.1,Q13,Q14andQ15
RelevantCSECQuestions:None
Glossaryofterms

CIMT and e-Learning Jamaica

Onetenth

1
10

0.1

Onehundredth

1
100

0.01

Onethousandth

1
1000

0.001