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WEEK 23Suggested contact time:7 hours per weekOne teacher- directed planned class activity (ring) of ± 30 min per day (± 5 Mathematics activities per week)Content Area Content Clarification / Notes / Activities / Examples Recommended ResourcesNumbers &NumberOperationsThe meaning of thenumber 6continuedRecognise andidentify the numbersymbol and the numbername• Reinforce the knowledge gained in week 22 that involves thenumber 6Count everyday objects up to 6.Count forwards and backwards up to 6.Reinforce the concepts of “many” and few”.Clap your hands many times…STOPClap your hands fewer times. The teacher claps her hands up to 6 times.KinaestheticLet’s play a game:The teacher places the large cardboard number shapes or cards thatinvolve numbers 1 to 6 in order on the floor.The teacher gives the children instruction such as:‣ Sit on number 6.‣ Put your toe on number 3.‣ Run around number 2 three times.‣ Hop over number 1.The teacher can later scatter the number symbol cards.Concrete using 3-D objectsLet learners:‣ Count objects in the classroom involving numbers 1 to 6.‣ The teacher places objects in a pile on the table. Let learnersestimate how many objects are in the pile. Count themafterwards.• Recognise and identify the number symbol and the numbername that involves the number 6Count everyday objects up to 6.Count forwards and backwards up to 6.Number songs and rhymesA set of large cardboard number symbol cards.You can also paint them on pieces of thick plastic orcardboard16 34Number songs and rhymes25ApproximateDurationSuggested FormalAssessment1 day By the end of week 23,assess and recordwhether learners can:1 dayRecognise the numbersymbols and numbernames 1 to 6 on aconcrete and semiconcretelevel.Link the same number ofobjects to the number ofpictures and dots thatinvolve number 1 to 7.Recognise and identify thenumber symbol and thenumber name that involvenumbers 1 to 7Identify house number andown telephone number.Orally solve addition andsubtraction problemsusing story sums andcounters with answers upto 7.Copy from a givenconstruction.Identify the colour brown.Reinforce the concepts of “many” and”few”.Clap your hands many times…STOPClap your hands fewer times. The teacher claps her hands up to 6 times.\Show an awareness ofsymmetry in him/her selfand the environment.56 | P age