TMN3704/2023
ASSIGNMENT 04: COMPULSORY
FOCUS: LESSON PLANNING
CONTRIBUTES 40% TO YOUR YEAR MARK
UNIQUE NUMBER: 720198
DUE DATE: 2023 08 17 @ 20:00
NO EXTENSION WILL BE GIVEN
Name:____________________________________________________________
Student Number:__________________________________________________
ACTIVITY 1
1.1 A lesson plan is a detailed outline or guide that provide a structure for teaching a
specific topic or concept within a given time frame. It serves as a roadmap for
teachers, outlining the objectives, instructional strategies, learning activities, and
assessment methods to be used during a lesson or series of lessons.
1.2 Two key concepts from the definition of a lesson plan are:
(a) Objectives: Objectives refer to the specific learning outcomes that the lesson
aims to achieve. They are clear statements that describe what students
should be able to know, understand, or do by the end of the lesson.
Objectives provide a focus for instruction and guide teachers in designing
appropriate learning activities and assessments. They help ensure that the
lesson plan is aligned with the desired leaning goals and outcomes.
(b) Instructional strategies: instructional strategies are the methods, techniques,
and approaches used by teachers to facilitate student learning. These
strategies can include a variety of instructional techniques such as lectures,
discussions, group work, demonstrations, hands-on activities, multimedia
presentations, and more instructional strategies are chosen based on specific
objectives, student needs, and the nature of the content being taught. They
play a crucial role in engaging students, promoting active learning, and
enhancing retention of the material.
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,1.3 Table A: The focus of the lesson
Grade Grade 6
Subject Mathematics
Content Area SPACE AND SHAPE
Topic Properties of 3-D objects
Key concept Range of objects
Concepts and Recognise, visualise and name 3-D objects in the environment
skills and geometric settings, focusing on rectangular prisms
Date 18 April 2023 Duration 5 Hours
Term 2
1.4
1.4.1 Term 2
1.4.2 5 hours
1.4.3 - The concept range of objects is developed from simple to complex
- Rectangular prisms are discussed / taught
- Tetrahedrons or triangular pyramids are taught
- Other different pyramids are also taught.
ACTIVITY 2
2.1 Lesson planning should clearly outline the exact aims and objectives of your lesson, so that you
can clearly identify the learning goals for your students during a lesson. All the goals of a lesson plan
should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-Appropriate
Defining an Aim
An aim in a lesson plan is generally thought to encompass the lesson as a whole. The aim broadly
focuses on what you plan to do and achieve with your students in a lesson. Experienced, published
teacher James Atherton writes, "Aims are broad statements of what learning you hope to generate.
The Aim is the point of the whole thing." To determine an aim for your lesson, focus on what part of
the curriculum you are teaching and how you are going to achieve your goals for the students.
Objectives
Objectives are the smaller steps that will help you achieve your main aim. Break down your aim into
small steps that will lead you and your students to the end goal. Write these objectives, or "learning
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, outcomes," underneath your aim. For example, your first objective in the lesson centered on
performing a dance can read, "1. To watch a dance scene from 'High School Musical.'" Include three
or four outcomes per one hour of instruction, but adjust the number of outcomes according to your
lesson. Remember to make your outcomes SMART.
2.2 Lesson Plan: Properties of 3D Shapes
Aim: Students will be able to
- recognize 3D shapes,
- use proper terminology to describe 3D shapes in terms of faces, edges, and vertices,
- identify 2D shapes that make faces or cross sections of 3D shapes.
2.3 Table B: Formulation of learning objectives
Verb Define or describe the verb. Acknowledge the source Is it a suitable verb
for an objective?
Elaborate.
Know Knowing mathematics means being able to “do the Know is not ver
math” suitablw for an
(https://illustrativemathematics.blog/2021/01/04/what- objextive since
does-it-mean-to-know-mathematics/) Verbs for
objectives in lesson
plans
Learning objectives
should use
measurable verbs
to describe what it
would look like for
a student to learn,
such as: write,
explain, define, or
argue.
Summarise The purpose of summarizing is for students to Yes
understand the material on a deeper level and. make What behavioral
the mathematics knowledge their own. Students were objectives ARE:
given that opportunity each time we. summarized a Behavioral
lesson. objectives describe
(University of Nebraska - Lincoln what the
DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln participant will be
Summative Projects for MA Degree Math in the Middle able to do after
Institute Partnership having attended
7-2008 your activity,
Summarization in Math Class something that is
Scott Eckman observable and
Lincoln, NE) measurable. Each
objective should
begin with a verb
that describes an
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ASSIGNMENT 04: COMPULSORY
FOCUS: LESSON PLANNING
CONTRIBUTES 40% TO YOUR YEAR MARK
UNIQUE NUMBER: 720198
DUE DATE: 2023 08 17 @ 20:00
NO EXTENSION WILL BE GIVEN
Name:____________________________________________________________
Student Number:__________________________________________________
ACTIVITY 1
1.1 A lesson plan is a detailed outline or guide that provide a structure for teaching a
specific topic or concept within a given time frame. It serves as a roadmap for
teachers, outlining the objectives, instructional strategies, learning activities, and
assessment methods to be used during a lesson or series of lessons.
1.2 Two key concepts from the definition of a lesson plan are:
(a) Objectives: Objectives refer to the specific learning outcomes that the lesson
aims to achieve. They are clear statements that describe what students
should be able to know, understand, or do by the end of the lesson.
Objectives provide a focus for instruction and guide teachers in designing
appropriate learning activities and assessments. They help ensure that the
lesson plan is aligned with the desired leaning goals and outcomes.
(b) Instructional strategies: instructional strategies are the methods, techniques,
and approaches used by teachers to facilitate student learning. These
strategies can include a variety of instructional techniques such as lectures,
discussions, group work, demonstrations, hands-on activities, multimedia
presentations, and more instructional strategies are chosen based on specific
objectives, student needs, and the nature of the content being taught. They
play a crucial role in engaging students, promoting active learning, and
enhancing retention of the material.
Page 1 of 16
,1.3 Table A: The focus of the lesson
Grade Grade 6
Subject Mathematics
Content Area SPACE AND SHAPE
Topic Properties of 3-D objects
Key concept Range of objects
Concepts and Recognise, visualise and name 3-D objects in the environment
skills and geometric settings, focusing on rectangular prisms
Date 18 April 2023 Duration 5 Hours
Term 2
1.4
1.4.1 Term 2
1.4.2 5 hours
1.4.3 - The concept range of objects is developed from simple to complex
- Rectangular prisms are discussed / taught
- Tetrahedrons or triangular pyramids are taught
- Other different pyramids are also taught.
ACTIVITY 2
2.1 Lesson planning should clearly outline the exact aims and objectives of your lesson, so that you
can clearly identify the learning goals for your students during a lesson. All the goals of a lesson plan
should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-Appropriate
Defining an Aim
An aim in a lesson plan is generally thought to encompass the lesson as a whole. The aim broadly
focuses on what you plan to do and achieve with your students in a lesson. Experienced, published
teacher James Atherton writes, "Aims are broad statements of what learning you hope to generate.
The Aim is the point of the whole thing." To determine an aim for your lesson, focus on what part of
the curriculum you are teaching and how you are going to achieve your goals for the students.
Objectives
Objectives are the smaller steps that will help you achieve your main aim. Break down your aim into
small steps that will lead you and your students to the end goal. Write these objectives, or "learning
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, outcomes," underneath your aim. For example, your first objective in the lesson centered on
performing a dance can read, "1. To watch a dance scene from 'High School Musical.'" Include three
or four outcomes per one hour of instruction, but adjust the number of outcomes according to your
lesson. Remember to make your outcomes SMART.
2.2 Lesson Plan: Properties of 3D Shapes
Aim: Students will be able to
- recognize 3D shapes,
- use proper terminology to describe 3D shapes in terms of faces, edges, and vertices,
- identify 2D shapes that make faces or cross sections of 3D shapes.
2.3 Table B: Formulation of learning objectives
Verb Define or describe the verb. Acknowledge the source Is it a suitable verb
for an objective?
Elaborate.
Know Knowing mathematics means being able to “do the Know is not ver
math” suitablw for an
(https://illustrativemathematics.blog/2021/01/04/what- objextive since
does-it-mean-to-know-mathematics/) Verbs for
objectives in lesson
plans
Learning objectives
should use
measurable verbs
to describe what it
would look like for
a student to learn,
such as: write,
explain, define, or
argue.
Summarise The purpose of summarizing is for students to Yes
understand the material on a deeper level and. make What behavioral
the mathematics knowledge their own. Students were objectives ARE:
given that opportunity each time we. summarized a Behavioral
lesson. objectives describe
(University of Nebraska - Lincoln what the
DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln participant will be
Summative Projects for MA Degree Math in the Middle able to do after
Institute Partnership having attended
7-2008 your activity,
Summarization in Math Class something that is
Scott Eckman observable and
Lincoln, NE) measurable. Each
objective should
begin with a verb
that describes an
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