DAILY LESSON PLAN-Problem Solving Data Handling

DAILY LESSON PLAN Date

: 11th May 2010

Time

: 9.00a.m – 10.00am

Year

: Four

Subject

: Mathematics

Topic Area

: Data Handling

Skill

: Problem solving for bar graph

Learning Objective : Pupils will be taught to use bar graphs to read and display data. Learning outcomes : At the end of this lesson, the pupils will be able to: 1. Solve problem by organising and interpreting numerical data in bar graph given correctly.

Prerequisite knowledge: 1. Describe a bar graph featuring ( title & axes) 2. Extract and interpret information from bar graphs 3. Construct bar graph to illustrate given information Thinking Skill

: Interpret, generate ideas, categorize, characterize, analyse the data.

Values

: Cooperation, brave, Confident, Responsibility, Respect (Discussion)

Resources

: Horizontal bar graph, vertical bar graph, map for treasure hunt, envelope with question for CP 1, CP 2, CP 3 and CP4, Worksheets, labelling card.

Integration

: Inter- Mass & Intra- PJK (health), Kajian Tempatan (geography)

Teaching Strategy : Questioning Method, Practical Work Method & Cooperative Learning and Student’s centered 24

Steps

Contents

Teaching & Learning Activities

Set Induction Describe, extracting and interpreting bar (≈5 minutes) graph

1. Teacher show pupils a vertical bar graph. 2. Teacher ask pupils:

i. The horizontal axis represents ___________________ ii. The vertical axis represents ___________________ iii. ______________pupils like hockey and _____________ pupils like tennis. iv. The most popular game among the pupils is ____________ v. ______________ more pupils like to play badminton than hockey. vi. The total number of pupils in the group is ___________

(Horizontal bar graph)

(Vertical bar graph)

Remarks Thinking skill: Interpret, characterize. Value: respect (discussion), Brave, Confident, Resources: Vertical bar graph, Horizontal Bar graph Teaching

1. Next, teacher show pupils a horizontal bar Approaches:

Questioning Method

graph.

2. Teacher ask pupils:

Integration: Intrai. what is Ima mass? ii. What is the total mass of PJK(sports) InterIla and Ijan? iii. How much more is Ijan’s Mass(weightkg) mass than Ima’s mass? iv. How many children weight more than 30 kg

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Step 1 Solve a given problem by organising and (≈10minutes) interpreting numerical data in bar graph.

1. Teachers pose to pupils; there are a lot

Thinking skill: Generate ideas, Interpret, 2. Teacher ask pupils about H1N1 to them. characterize. of daily problems in the form bar graph source from internet.

3. Teacher show to pupils the article about Value: respect (discussion), H1N1 from internet. Cooperation 4. Teacher show the bar graph about the Resources: death of H1N1 to them. Vertical bar 5. Teacher says about the moral value- graph. take care of their self. Integration: Moral valuetake care of their self Inter- PJK & Kajian Tempatan (geography) Teaching Approaches: Media Centered (internet)

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Step 2 (≈25minutes)

Group activity ( Treasure Hunt)

Thinking skill: Generate 1. Teacher asks pupils to form 4 groups. ideas and 2. Teacher guide pupils how to play the make games. interpretations. i. Each corner is a checkpoint. Therefore there are 4 Value: checkpoints. Cooperation, ii. Each group will start at a Brave, checkpoint which same as their Confident, group number. iii. Then, they games will follow as Resources: the map shown on board. Envelope with question TREASURE HUNT MAP paper, Map for treasure hunt. CP 1 CP 2 CP 3 CP 4

Envelope 1 The Colour of Car Parked

Blue

black

grey

green

red

1. How many black cars are there? ________________________

G 1:

2. For which colour are there two cars ?

G 2: CP 2

___________________ 3. Which is the most popular colour ? _____________________

CP 3

CP 4

G3:

CP 3

CP 4

CP 3

G4:

CP 4

CP 1

CP 2

1. Teacher asks pupils to present their

4. Which is the least popular colour ?

answer to the class.

_____________________

2. For those group finish early, and get all

the correct answer, they will win the games.

5. How many more blue cars are there than green cars ? ________ 6.How many cars are there all together ?

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Teaching CP 1

Approaches: Practical Work CP 2 Method & Cooperative CP 3

__________________

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Step 3 (≈15minutes)

Worksheet (individually)

Thinking skill: Generates 1. Teacher gives a worksheet to the ideas, pupils. interpret data 2. Teacher gives 10 minutes to solve the worksheet. Value: 3. After pupils finish the worksheet, Responsibility teachers discuss with pupils the correct answer. Resources: Worksheet. Teaching Approaches: Student’s Centered

Closure (≈5 minutes)

Summarize today’s lesson

1. Teacher asks pupils to answer a Thinking skill:

question based on the vertical Generates bar graph shown by choosing the ideas answer below the question. Value: Question: Confidents, a) The most number of rainy days Respect was in the month of ________ (discussion) b) The least number of rainy days was in the month of ________ Recourses: c) It rained for ______ days in May Vertical bar d) It rained for ______ days during graph and the four months Question.

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