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 Students centered
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 Steps Contents Teaching & Learning Activities Remarks

Set Induction Describe, extracting and interpreting bar 1. Teacher show pupils a vertical bar graph. Thinking skill:
(5 minutes) graph Interpret,
2. Teacher ask pupils: characterize.
i. The horizontal axis represents
___________________ Value: respect
(Horizontal bar graph) ii. The vertical axis represents (discussion),
___________________ Brave,
iii. ______________pupils like hockey Confident,
and _____________ pupils like tennis.
iv. The most popular game among the Resources:
(Vertical bar graph) pupils is ____________ Vertical bar
v. ______________ more pupils like to graph,
play badminton than hockey. Horizontal
vi. The total number of pupils in the group Bar graph
is ___________
Teaching
1. Next, teacher show pupils a horizontal bar Approaches:
graph. Questioning
Method
2. Teacher ask pupils:
Integration:
i. what is Ima mass? Intra-
ii. What is the total mass of PJK(sports)
Ila and Ijan? Inter-
iii. How much more is Ijans Mass(weight-
mass than Imas mass? kg)
iv. How many children weight
more than 30 kg

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 Step 1 Solve a given problem by organising and 1. Teachers pose to pupils; there are a lot
Thinking skill:
(10minutes) interpreting numerical data in bar graph. of daily problems in the form bar graphGenerate
source from internet. ideas,
Interpret,
2. Teacher ask pupils about H1N1 to them. characterize.

3. Teacher show to pupils the article about Value: respect

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

Teaching
Approaches:
Media
Centered
(internet)

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 Step 2 Group activity ( Treasure Hunt) Thinking skill:
(25minutes) Envelope 1 Generate
The Colour of Car Parked 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.
Blue black grey green red iii. Then, they games will follow as Resources:
the map shown on board. Envelope with
1. How many black cars are there? question
________________________
TREASURE HUNT MAP paper, Map for
CP 1 CP 2 CP 3 treasure
CP 4 hunt.
G 1:
2. For which colour are there two cars ? Teaching
CP 4
G 2: CP 2 CP 3 CP 1
Approaches:
___________________
CP 3 CP 4 CP 3 Practical
CP 2 Work
G3:
Method &
3. Which is the most popular colour ?
G4: CP 4 CP 1 CP 2 Cooperative
CP 3
_____________________

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
5. How many more blue cars are there than games.

green cars ? ________

6.How many cars are there all together ?

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 Step 3 Worksheet (individually) Thinking skill:
(15minutes) 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:
Students
Centered

Closure Summarize todays lesson 1. Teacher asks pupils to answer a Thinking skill:
(5 minutes) 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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