Third Term Lesson Note for Week Two
Class : Nursery One
Age : 4 years
Subject : Number Work
Topic : Counting and writing of number ( Skip counting)
Duration : 80 minutes
Period : Double Periods
Reference Book :
- Mastering Mathematics Textbook for Nursery Schools, Book 1.
- Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work for Early childhood .
- Online Resources
Instructional Material : Pictorial chart on skip counting.
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson learners will be able to :
i. Identify numbers.
ii. Learn how to skip count numbers
Previous Knowledge : Learners are familiar with writing and counting of numbers.
Content :
Skip Counting means counting of Numbers in groups.
We can skip count in groups of 2’s by adding two to each of the previous numbers to give the next successive number.
For examples:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
From 1 to 20, we can skip count in 2’s
0 ==> 2 ==> 4 ==> 6 ==> 8 ==> 10
12 ==> 14 ==> 16 ==> 18 ==> 20
Presentation Steps :
Step 1: Revision of the previous topic with the learners
Step 2: Introduces the new topic to the learners by explaining skip count.
Step 3: The teacher gives examples of skip count using number 1 to 20. He/ she rings out the numbers .
Step 4: He/ she gives the learners some tasks to do and guides them.
Evaluation :
Let us count in 2’s while we skip numbers that cannot be divided by 2.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Conclusion :
The teacher explains all over again to enhance the learners understanding.
Assignment :
1. Count and write number 1 to 50.
2. Skip count in 2’s by ringing the numbers between 1 to 50.