2 - 3 Topic 3: Addition and subtraction 8 hours 1. Estimate answers by rounding 2. Add whole numbers 3. Use addition to solve problems 4. Subtract whole numbers 3 – 4 Topic 4: Numeric Patterns 4 hours 1. Patterns and flow diagrams 2. Multiplication and division flow diagrams 4 Revision 0,5 hours 4 – 5 Topic 5: Time 6 hours 1. Read and write time 2. Convert between units of time 3. Work with time 4. Interpret calendars 5 Formal Assessment: Assignment – Keeping a diary 0,5 hours 6 Topic 6: Multiplication and Division 4 hours 1. Read and write time 2. Convert between units of time 3. Work with time 4. Interpret calendars 6 Revision 0,5 hours 6 – 8 Topic 7: Data Handling 10 hours 1. Collect and organise data 2. Draw pictographs 3. Draw bar graphs 4. Interpret and summarise data 5. Interpret pie charts 6. Interpret different graphs 7. The data cycle 8 - 9 Topic 8: 2-D shapes 5 hours 1. Compare and sort 2-D shapes 2. Name and identify 2-D shapes 3. More ways to sort 2-D shapes 4. Draw 2-D shapes 9 Revision 0,5 hours 10 Topic 9: Multiplication and Division 5 hours 1. Multiply and solve problems 2. Divide and solve problems 3. Estimate answers by rounding 4. Check using opposite operations 10 Formal Assessment: Test 1 Hour TERM 2
WEEKS TOPIC TIME ALLOCATION AS PER CAPS UNITS WITHIN EACH TOPIC 1 Topic 10: Count, order, compare and represent whole numbers 1 hour 1. Compare whole numbers 2. Place value and rounding 1 – 2 Topic 11: Addition and subtraction 4 hours 1. Estimate answers by rounding 2. Use addition to check subtraction 3. Add whole numbers 4. Subtract whole numbers 5. Solve money problems 2 Revision 0.5 hours 2 – 3 Topic 12: Common fractions 6 hours 1. Describe common fractions 2. Order and compare common fractions 3. Find a fraction of a group 4. Solve problems with fractions 3 – 4 Topic 13: Length 7 hours 1. Measure and record lengths 2. Estimate lengths 3. Compare and order lengths 4. Work with length 5. Convert different units of length 6. Solve problems with length 4 Revision 0.5 hours 4 – 5 Topic 14: 3-D objects 5 hours 1. Identify and sort 3-D objects 2. Name and compare 3-D objects 3. Make 3-D models 5 – 7 Topic 15: Multiplication 6 hours 1. Multiply two-digit numbers 2. Multiply using factors 3. Estimate by rounding 4. Solve multiplication problems 7 Revision 0.5 hours 7 Formal Assessment: Test 1 hour 7 Topic 16: Symmetry 2 hours 1. Recognise lines of symmetry 2. Draw and describe lines of symmetry 7 - 8 Topic 17: Geometric patterns 4 hours 1. Patterns that get bigger 2. Patterns that change shape 3. More geometric patterns 8 Revision 0.5 hours 8 – 9 Topic 18: Addition and subtraction 4 hours 1. Add and subtract whole numbers 2. Use a number line 3. Check using opposite operations 4. Solve addition and subtraction problems
7 Topic 27: Numeric patterns 4 hours 1. The order in mixed operations 2. Find the rule 3. Number sequences 8 Revision 0.5 hours 8 Topic 28: Addition and subtraction 4 hours 1. Opposite operations and estimation 2. Use the breaking down method 3. Solve addition and subtraction problems 8 – 9 Topic 29: Multiplication 5 hours 1. Multiply two-digit numbers 2. Solve multiplication problems 9 Revision 0.5 hours 10 Topic 30: Number sentences 3 hours 1. Solve problems 2. Multiple choice questions 10 Topic 31: Transformations 3 hours 1. Transform 2-D shapes 10 Formal Assessment: Test 1 hour TERM 4 WEEKS TOPIC TIME ALLOCATION AS PER CAPS UNITS WITHIN EACH TOPIC 1 Topic 32: Count, order, compare and represent whole numbers 1 hour 1. Count forwards and backwards 2. Place value and rounding 1 – 2 Topic 33: Addition and subtraction 4 hours 1. Estimate and work with money 2. Add and subtract 4-digit numbers 3. Solve problems 2 Revision 0.5 hours 2 – 3 Topic 34: Mass 6 hours 1. Estimate and use units of mass 2. Read, measure and record mass 3. Convert units of mass 4. Compare and order mass 5. Work with mass 6. Solve problems with mass 3 – 4 Topic 35: 3-D objects 4 hours 1. Identify, sort and compare 3-D objects 2. Make 3-D models 4 Revision 0.5 hours
LESSON 4: Unit 4: Check using opposite operations Duration: 60 minutes You would have already introduced your learners to the concept that multiplication and division are inverse operations. Spend time showing how the remainder has to be included in the answer. Mental Maths (TG page 172) Exercise 9.4 (LB page 51) FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK Term 1 Test: TG page: 42 TERM 2: PLATINUM LESSON PLANS – GRADE 4 Subject: Mathematics Grade: 4 Topic 10: Count, order, compare and represent whole numbers Duration: 1 hour Term 2, Week 1 CAPS Content NUMBERS, OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS HIPS Whole numbers Counting Ordering Comparing Representing Place value of digits Unit 1: Count, order, compare and represent whole numbers Unit 2: Place value and rounding LEARNING ACTIVITY TEACHING METHODS / APPROACH RESOURCES LESSON 1: Unit 1: Count, order, compare and represent whole numbers Duration: 60 minutes Ask for volunteers to roll the die for you and write the digits down on the board to form three and four-digit numbers. Ask the class to read out each number. Learners count backwards and forwards in various intervals. Introduce comparing numbers by using the greater than and bigger than symbols. Platinum Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book and Teacher's Guide DBOE Mathematics Grade 4 Workbook Term 1 and 2 Ten-sided dice, or 0 to 9 digit cards, mini boards and chalks or mini whiteboards and pens, blank number lines Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 10.1 (LB page 54) LESSON 2: Unit 2: Place value and rounding Duration: 60 minutes Have learners roll the dice again and write the digits down on the board to form three and four digit numbers. Draw a place value chart onto the board and introduce the ‘Th’ symbol for thousand. Also focus on rounding whole numbers up to 1 000. Pay special attention to the rules of rounding off. Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 10.2 & 10.3 (LB page 55) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 1 and 2 (page 82) PLATINUM LESSON PLANS – GRADE 4 Subject: Mathematics Grade: 4 Topic 11: Addition and subtraction Duration: 4 hours Term 2, Week 1 - 2
Duration: 4 hours Term 2, Weeks 9 - 10 CAPS Content NUMBERS, OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS HIPS Whole numbers, Division Number range for calculations: division of at least whole 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. Calculation techniques: use a range of techniques to perform and check calculations Number range for multiples and factors: multiples of 1-digit numbers to at least 100 Properties of whole numbers: recognize and use the commutative; associative; and distributive properties Solving problems Unit 1: Divide a 3- digit number Unit 2: Estimate and check Unit 3: Solve division problems LEARNING ACTIVITY TEACHING METHODS / APPROACH RESOURCES LESSON 1: Unit 1: Divide a 3-digit number Duration: 90 minutes Platinum Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book and Teacher's Guide DBOE Mathematics Grade 4 Workbook Term 1 and 2 Remind learners of all the techniques they used to divide a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Introduce the learners to writing a clue board. Ensure that learners understand what the concept of the remainder means. Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 19.1 (LB page 96) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 3 and 4 (page 14) LESSON 2: Unit 2: Estimate and check Duration: 90 minutes Explain the methods used for checking the reasonableness of solutions, namely: rounding, and inverse operations. Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 19.2 (LB page 97) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 3 and 4 (page 16) LESSON 3: Unit 3: Solve division problems Duration: 60 minutes Revise the concept of ‘how many times more’. Explain that in this topic, the answer to ‘how many times more’ will be calculated by doing division. Ensure that each calculation starts with an opening number sentence, working is shown by using a clue board, and the calculation is completed with a final number sentence. Mental Maths (TG page 172) Exercise 19.3 (LB page 98) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 1 and 2 (page 120) REVISION: Topics 18 -19 Duration: 30 minutes TG page: 80 FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK FORMAL ASSESSMENT: TEST TG page 80 TERM 3: PLATINUM LESSON PLANS – GRADE 4 Subject: Mathematics Grade: 4 Topic 20: Capacity and volume Duration: 6 hours Term 3, Week 1 -2 CAPS Content MEASUREMENT 4.3 Capacity/volume Estimating Measuring Recording Comparing and ordering Converting
Topic 39: Position and movement Duration: 2 hours Term 4, Week 7 CAPS Content SHAPE AND SPACE 3.6 Position and movement Locate position of objects, drawings or symbols on grid using alpha-numeric grid references Locate positions of objects on a map using alpha-numeric grid references Unit 1: Find objects on a grid Unit 2: Find objects on a map LEARNING ACTIVITY TEACHING METHODS / APPROACH RESOURCES LESSON 1: Unit 1: Find objects on a grid Duration: 60 minutes Introduce this topic with a game. This activity introduces the learners to locating positions on a grid consisting of labelled columns and rows. Guide the learners to see how they must ‘read’ the grid by using the given letter to locate the column and then use the given number to find the row. Ensure that the learners are confident with grid references. Platinum Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book and Teacher's Guide DBOE Mathematics Grade 4 Workbook Term 3 and 4 Pegboard, map book Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 39.1 (LB page 188) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 1 and 2 (page 150) LESSON 2: Unit 2: Find objects on a map Duration: 60 minutes Revise what was discussed in the previous lesson and apply to reading a map using grid references. Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 39.2 (LB page 190) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 1 and 2 (page 150) REVISION: Topics: 38 - 39 Duration: 30 minutes TG page: 149 FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK Formal Assessment: Assignment – Design houses TG page: 149 PLATINUM LESSON PLANS – GRADE 4 Subject: Mathematics Grade: 4 Topic 40: Transformations Duration: 3 hours Term 4, Week 8 CAPS Content SHAPE ANDSPACE 3.4 Transformations Build composite shapes Tessellations Describe patterns Unit 1: Build composite shapes Unit 2: Tessellating patterns Unit 3: Describe patterns around us LEARNING ACTIVITY TEACHING METHODS / APPROACH RESOURCES LESSON 1: Unit 1: Build composite shapes Duration: 60 minutes Encourage learners to refer to Topic 31 to answer the questions in the exercise. Platinum Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book and Teacher's Guide DBOE Mathematics Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 40.1 (LB page 194) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 3 and 4 (page 26)
PLATINUM LESSON PLANS – GRADE 4 Subject: Mathematics Grade: 4 Topic 42: Addition and subtraction Duration: 3 hours Term 4, Week 9 CAPS Content NUMBERS, OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS Whole numbers, addition and subtraction Addition and subtraction of whole numbers with at least 4 digits. Calculation techniques: use a range of techniques to perform and check calculations Number range for multiples and factors: multiples of 1-digit numbers to at least100 Properties of whole numbers: recognize and use the commutative and associative properties Solving problems Unit 1: Add and subtract four-digit numbers Unit 2: Solve addition and subtraction problems LEARNING ACTIVITY TEACHING METHODS / APPROACH RESOURCES LESSON 1: Unit 1: Add and subtract 4-digit numbers Duration: 90 minutes Ensure that by now learners are comfortable with the various methods used for addition and subtraction. Ask for volunteers to explain the various methods. Platinum Mathematics Grade 4 Learner's Book and Teacher's Guide DBOE Mathematics Grade 4 Workbook Term 3 and 4 Place value apparatus, set of 0 to 9 digit cards, ten-sided die, set of cards with addition and subtraction equations Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 42.1 (LB page 202) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 3 and 4 (page 116) LESSON 2: Unit 2: Solve addition and subtraction problems Duration: 90 minutes Reinforce problem-solving calculations using addition and subtraction. Remind learners to set out their calculations correctly and show all their working out. Mental Maths 10 minutes (TG page 172) Exercise 42.2 (LB page 203) Incorporate the exercises in the DBOE Workbook Term 3 and 4 (page 116) PLATINUM LESSON PLANS – GRADE 4 Subject: Mathematics Grade: 4 Topic 43: Probability Duration: 2 hours Term 4, Week 10 CAPS Content DATA HANDLING 5.1. Probability Perform simple repeated events and list possible outcomes Unit 1: Do experiments and list outcomes Unit 2: List and count outcomes LEARNING ACTIVITY TEACHING METHODS / APPROACH RESOURCES