MATH-MAGIC-2

CHAPTER-1

WHAT IS LONG, WHAT IS ROUND?

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: ROLLING AND SLIDING

ACTIVITY

With the help of model sliding board, rolling and sliding concepts is demonstrated using suitable objects. Children are guided to check this property in the given set of items by doing it themselves.

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OBJECTIVE: To identify rolling and sliding objects.

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Group of 10 children.

VOCABULARY FOCUS: Rolling, sliding, flat, round, surface.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: Flat surface- slide, round surface roll.

TIME: 1 PERIOD.

MATERIALS: Round and flat surface objects.

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CHAPTER-2

COUNTING IN GROUPS

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: ORDINAL NUMBERS

ACTIVITY

A group of ten children are made to stand in height order from short to tall. Each child is numbered from one to ten in order.

Related questions to ordinal numbers are posed to the children.

For example:

a) Who stands first?

b) What is the position of Arun?

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OBJECTIVE: To identify the position of the objects in the given groups.

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Group of 10 children.

VOCABULARY FOCUS: First, second, third… Position.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: Identification of the position with respect to the given reference point.

TIME: 2 PERIODS.

MATERIALS: Any set of objects and picture flash cards.

WORKSHEET

OBSERVE THE PICTURE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1) Starting from apple, fish is in ______________ position.

2) In the word JUICE , letter ______ is in the third position.

3) From the top , ___________ is in the fifth position.

NOTE: -Add similar questions.

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CHAPTER-3

HOW MUCH CAN YOU CARRY?

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: IDENTIFYING HEAVY AND LIGHT OBJECTS.

ACTIVITY

In a pair of items, children are guided to identify the heavy and light items. The activity is repeated with different set of items.

NOTE: Student should be made clear that size of the item may not be always related to the weight. For example a big plastic ball may be lighter than a small cricket cork ball.

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OBJECTIVE: To identify heavy and light objects.

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Individual

VOCABULARY FOCUS: Heavy- light compare.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: Identifying heavy and light objects.

TIME: 1 PERIOD.

MATERIALS: Things familiar to children.

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CHAPTER-4 / CHAPTER-8

COUNTING IN TENS / TENS AND ONES

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: EXPRESSING THE NUMBERS AS TENS AND ONES

ACTIVITY

A chart sheet with big red dots and small green dots randomly put is placed on the floor. Each group of five students is given a chance to throw the bangle on the sheet. Each child’s point is tabulated with number of red and green dots. Each red dot stands for ten points and each green dot stands for one point. The winner of the group will be the child who scores the highest.

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OBJECTIVE: To express the numbers as tens and ones.

ACTIVITY TYPE: Group of five.

VOCABULARY FOCUS: Tens, ones, place value.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: To express the numbers as tens and ones & vice versa.

TIME: 2 PERIOD.

MATERIALS: Chart sheet with dots of two different colours and a plastic bangle.

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CHAPTER-5 / CHAPTER-6

PATTERNS / FOOT PRINTS

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: TO IDENTIFY THE PATTERNS AND COMPLETE THE

SEQUENCE.

ACTIVITY

Using set of flash cards patterns are created and children are guided to identify the rules and extend them to few more terms.

Children are encouraged to create their own patterns by specifying the rules.

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OBJECTIVE: To identify the patterns and complete the sequence.

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Individual

VOCABULARY FOCUS: Order, increasing, decreasing, forward, backward, skip counting.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: Identifying and completing the sequence.

TIME: 2 PERIODS.

MATERIALS: Picture flash cards, number flash cards, Alphabet flash cards, paint, vegetables and familiar materials.

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CHAPTER-7

JUGS AND MUGS

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY:

COMPARING AND IDENTIFYING THE MEASURE OF CAPACITY OF THE GIVEN CONTAINERS.

ACTIVITY

Guess the volume of the vessels by looking at their size.

Verify the guess by filling the containers with water using glass, jug …….

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OBJECTIVE: To compare and identify the measures of capacity of the given containers.

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Small group.

VOCABULARY FOCUS: More- less, capacity, quantity, volume.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: Identifying and comparing containers with respect to their volumes.

TIME: 2 PERIODS.

MATERIALS: Containers of different size and water.

JUGS AND MUGS

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CHAPTER-9

MY FUNDAY

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: CALENDAR ACTIVITY.

ACTIVITY

With the help of the calendar guide the children to identify the days of the week in order. Other concepts like first day , second day, today, yesterday, tomorrow, two days after / before can be drilled.

Similar activity related to months of the year is done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4NmDH3UceM&list=PL89F96F819811A5F2&index=47

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwAE8yj2kds&list=PL89F96F819811A5F2&index=48

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OBJECTIVE: To identify the days of the week and months of the year.

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Small group.

VOCABULARY FOCUS: Days, week, month, year, today, tomorrow, day after, day before, yesterday.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: Identify the days of the week and months of the year and other related concepts.

TIME: 2 PERIODS.

MATERIALS: Calender.

MY FUNDAY

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CHAPTER-10 / CHAPTER-12 / CHAPTER-14

ADD OUR POINTS / GIVE AND TAKE / BIRDS COME, BIRDS GO

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: TO ADD AND SUBTRACT ONE /TWO DIGITS NUMBERS

ACTIVITY

Addition and subtraction concepts by regrouping using counting items.

Activity is repeated with different set of numbers..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feRV7t5djwY

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OBJECTIVE: To add and subtract one /two digits numbers

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Individual.

VOCABULARY FOCUS: Add, subtract, sum, difference, together, in all, left, take away.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: Add and subtract numbers using carryover and borrowing concept.

TIME: 2 PERIODS.

MATERIALS: Counting objects like seeds, beads, straws, stick etc.

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CHAPTER-11

LINES AND LINES

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LINES.

ACTIVITY

Identifying the standing, sleeping, slanting and curved lines in the given designs.

Rewrite alphabets and numbers using straight lines. Create two different designs using straight and curved

lines.

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OBJECTIVE: To identify the standing, sleeping, slanting and curved lines.

ACTIVITY TYPE:

Small group.

VOCABULARY FOCUS: standing, sleeping, slanting and curved lines.

LEVEL: TWO

SKILLS: To identify the standing, sleeping, slanting and curved lines and to create designs using them.

TIME: 2 PERIODS.

MATERIALS: Calendar.

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MATH-MAGIC 2

ABSTRACT

S.NO TOPIC REMARKS1 WHAT IS LONG, WHAT IS ROUND? COMPLETED2 COUNTING IN GROUPS COMPLETED3 HOW MUCH CAN YOU CARRY? COMPLETED4 COUNTING IN TENS COMPLETED5 PATTERNS COMPLETED6 FOOTPRINTS COMPLETED7 JUGS AND MUGS COMPLETED8 TENS AND ONES COMPLETED9 MY FUNDAY COMPLETED10 ADD OUR POINTS COMPLETED11 LINES AND LINES COMPLETED12 GIVE AND TAKE COMPLETED13 THE LONGEST STEP14 BIRDS COME BIRDS GO COMPLETED15 HOW MANY PONY TAILS

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