STEP Schools Mathematics Lesson Plan
STEP Schools Mathematics Lesson Plan
Term-wise Breakup
Term 1 – 15 weeks (105 lessons)
Weeks Topics
Week 1 • Introduction
• Chapter 1: Primes, Highest Common Factors and Lowest Common
Week 2-3 Multiples
Week 4-5 • Chapter 2: Integers and Order of Operations
Week 6 • Chapter 4: Introduction to Sets
Week 7-8 • Chapter 3: Percentages • PBL Week 7-8
Week 9 • Chapter 12: Symmetry
Week 10-11 • Chapter 5: Number Patterns and Algebraic Manipulation
Week 12-13 • Chapter 6: Linear Equations
Week 14-15 • Chapter 8: Perimeter and Area of Plane Figures
Term 2 – 13 weeks (91 lessons)
Weeks Topics
Week 1 •
Chapter 9: Volume and Surface Area of Cubes and Cuboids
Week 2-3 •
Chapter 10: Basic Geometry
Week 4-5 •
Chapter 11: Geometrical Construction
Week 6-7 • Chapter 13: Statistical Data and Handling
Week 8-9 • Chapter 14: Averages of Statistical Data
Week 10-11 • Chapter 15: Probability
Week 12-13 • Chapter 7: Rate and Ratios • PBL Week 12-13
* The Introduction may include revision of key concepts from the previous academic year,
discussion on holidays’ homework, a summary of key concepts and topics to cover in the
current academic year and/or a build-up to the first topic.
* All Chapters listed above are from “Oxford New Syllabus Mathematics Book for Grade 6
(Updated 7th Edition)”
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Term 1
Term 1 - Week 1
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Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Strategies
Resources
Term 1 - Week 2
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Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Recall the concept of factors and • Textbook (Pg. 3 – 12) • Class discussions
Chapter 1: Primes, Highest Common Factor
Vocabulary: whole numbers, even numbers, odd numbers, prime numbers, composite numbers, Sieve
of Eratosthenes, index notation, square root, cube root, perfect squares, perfect cubes, estimate, factors,
prime factorization, Highest common factor (HCF), Lowest common multiple (LCM)
Assessment Strategies: Peer check, Open ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and
presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 3
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
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Assessment Strategies: True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s
different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 4
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Distinguish between positive and negative • Textbook (Pg. 22 – 33) • Class discussions
numbers - Practice Now 1 (Pg. 22) • Show Me
2. Classify integers as positive and negative - Practice Now 2 (Pg. 24) • Hard and easy
(zero as neither positive nor negative) - Exercise 2A (Questions 1, • Quiz
3. Illustrate the position of positive and 3, 4, 5, 8, 9) • Think-Pair-Share
Chapter 2: Integers and Order of Operations
negative integers on a number line - Practice Now 3 (Pg. 28) • KWHL chart
4. Use symbols “<”, “>” and “=” to compare - Worked Example 1 (Pg. • Another,
integers 28) another, another
5. Develop an understanding of the ‘Absolute - Practice Now 5 (Pg. 30) • Mathematics
Value’ of a negative integer - Exercise 2B (Questions 1, stories
6. Order positive and negative integers in 2, 3, 4, 5) • Analogies
ascending and descending order (with or
without number line)
7. Add and subtract positive and negative
integers
8. Use commutative and associative law of
addition
9. Solve simple problems involving addition
and subtraction of positive and negative
integers
Vocabulary: positive numbers, negative numbers, absolute value, number line, proper fractions,
improper fractions, mixed numbers, decimal numbers, decimal places, BODMAS, ascending order,
descending order, real numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, terminating decimals, recurring
decimals, non-recurring decimals
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Assessment Strategies: Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s
different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 5
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Multiply (up to 2-digits) positive and • Textbook (Pg. 34 – 46) • Class discussions
negative integers using a formal written - Practice Now 7 (Pg. 36) • Show Me
method of multiplication - Practice Now 8 (Pg. 37) • Hard and easy
2. Divide (up to 2-digits) positive and - Worked Example 3 (Pg. • Quiz
negative integers using a formal written 38) • Think-Pair-Share
method of division - Practice Now 9a (Pg. 38) • KWHL chart
3. Recall and use the BODMAS rule to - Exercise 2C (Questions 1, • Mathematics
Chapter 2: Integers and Order of Operations
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9. Use symbols “<”, “>” and “=” to compare - Worked Example 8 (Pg.
decimals, integers and fractions 42)
10. Illustrate the position of positive and - Practice Now 14 & 15
negative decimals numbers on a number (Pg. 43)
line - Worked Example 9 (Pg.
11. Order positive and negative integers, 43)
fractions and decimal numbers in - Exercise 2D (Questions 1,
ascending and descending order (with or 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
without number line) - Review Exercise 2
12. Develop an understanding of Real (Question 1-5)
numbers, rational numbers and irrational
numbers
13. Differentiate between terminating,
recurring and non-recurring decimals
Vocabulary: positive numbers, negative numbers, absolute value, number line, proper fractions,
improper fractions, mixed numbers, decimal numbers, decimal places, BODMAS, ascending order,
descending order, real numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, terminating decimals, recurring
decimals, non-recurring decimals
Assessment Strategies: Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s
different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 6
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
2. Remember the symbols used for - Practice Now 1 (Pg. 66) • Quiz
Chapter 4:
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3. List the elements of a set in set notation 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, • Another, another,
4. Describe the key features of a set (i.e. It 16) another
is a collection of elements that must be - Review Exercise 4 • Mathematics
‘well-defined’ and ‘distinct’) (Questions 2, 3) stories
5. Describe the elements of a set in set • Analogies
notation
6. Differentiate between a ‘well-defined’
and ‘not a well-defined’ collection
7. Recognize equal sets
8. Recognize an Empty set (or a null set)
9. Identify the conditions for equal sets
and an empty set
10. Represent sets using a Venn diagram
11. Explore the rules for drawing a Venn
diagram
12. Recognize the concept of a universal set
13. Recognize the concept of the
complement of a set
14. Find the elements of the universal set
and the complement of a set
15. Develop an understanding of subsets
and proper subsets
16. Represent a subset and a proper subset
using set notation
17. Find whether a set is a subset or a
proper subset of another set
18. 18. List all the subsets and proper
subsets of a given set
Vocabulary: sets, Venn diagram, set notation, empty set, equal sets, universal set, complement of a set,
subset, proper subset, null set
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Assessment Strategies: Peer check, Open ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and
presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 7
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s
different?, Convince me
Lead Subject
PBL Project (Supporting Objectives Covered Intended Process
Subjects)
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Term 1 - Week 8
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice
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PBL Project (Supporting Objectives Covered Intended Process
Subjects)
Term 1 - Week 9
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
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Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s
different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 10
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Develop an understanding of a • Textbook (Pg. 77 – 80, 98) • Class discussions
Chapter 5: Number Patterns and Algebraic Manipulation
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation
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Term 1 - Week 11
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Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
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Assessment Strategies: True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s
different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 12
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
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Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation,
What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 1 – Week 13
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Use the concepts of simple • Textbook (Pg. 113 - 118) • Class discussions
• KWHL chart
Chapter 6: Linear
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open ended questions, Quiz,
True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 14
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Identify the base and height of any • Textbook (Pg. 133-149) • Class discussions
Perimeter and
Area of Plane
Chapter 8:
2. Learn and use the appropriate - Worked Example 1 (Pg. 133) stories
formulae to calculate perimeter - Worked Example 2 (Pg. 135)
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Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Quiz,
True/False, Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 1 - Week 15
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
2. Learn the formula to calculate the - Worked Example 8 (Pg. 145) • Show Me
area and perimeter of a trapezium - Exercise 8B (Questions 5, 6, • Hard and easy
3. Solve simple word problems 7) • Quiz
pertaining to perimeter and area of - Review Exercise 8 (Questions • Think-Pair-Share
trapezium 1 c, d) • KWHL chart
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Assessment Strategies: Self-assessment, Peer check, Open ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom
practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 2
Term 2 - Week 1
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Convert from one unit of volume to • Textbook (Pg. 151-160) • Class discussions
Chapter 9: Volume and Surface Area of Cubes and Cuboids
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation
Term 2 - Week 2
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Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Develop an understanding of • Textbook (Pg. 162-173) • Class discussions
‘geometry’ - Practice Now 2 (Pg. 168) • Show Me
2. Identify and explain the concept of - Worked Example 2 (Pg. 169) • KWHL chart
a ‘point’, ‘line segment’, - Practice Now 4 (Pg. 170) • Think-Pair-Share
‘endpoints’, ‘line’, and ‘rays’ - Exercise 10A (Questions 1- • Another, another,
3. Recognize the concept of ‘point of 13) another
intersection’ • Mathematics
4. Develop an understanding of stories
‘parallel lines’ and ‘perpendicular • Analogies
lines’
5. Differentiate between ‘curved
surfaces’ and ‘vertical planes’ with
Chapter 10: Basic Geometry
examples of each
6. Identify an angle and the
associated vertex and sides of the
angle
7. Name and identify an angle using
different notations (e.g. AÔB,
∠AOB, ∠O, etc.)
8. Recognize the unit for measuring
angles (i.e. degree) and one
complete revolution about a point
is 360˚
9. Measure angles using a protractor
10. Identify, describe and construct
acute, obtuse, reflex and right
angles
11. Identify perpendicular lines and the
‘foot of the perpendicular’
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Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice and presentation,
What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 2 - Week 3
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
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1. Identify, draw (using a ruler and a • Textbook (Pg. 174-184) • Hard and easy
set-square) and represent parallel - Practice Now 8 (Pg. 176) • Quiz
lines - Worked Example 8 (Pg. 177) • Think-Pair-Share
2. Recognize a transversal, - Exercise 10B (Questions 1, 2, • KWHL chart
corresponding angles, alternate 3) • Another, another,
angles and interior angles - Review Exercise 10 another
3. Understand that corresponding (Questions 1, 2, 3, 4[b], 8) • Mathematics
Chapter 10: Basic Geometry
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, True/False, Classroom practice
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1. Use a compass and a ruler to draw a circle • Textbook (Pg. 186-205) • Class discussions
of a specific radius - Worked Example 4 (Pg. 190) • Show Me
2. Recognize good practices while drawing - Practice Now 2 (Pg. 191) • KWHL chart
geometrical constructions - Worked Example 6 (Pg. 192) • Think-Pair-Share
3. Use a protractor and a ruler (and a - Worked Example 12 (Pg. 196) • Another,
compass and a ruler) to draw a - Exercise 11A (Questions 1, 2, another, another
Chapter 11: Geometrical Construction
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, Peer check, Open ended questions, Quiz, True/False,
Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
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Term 2 - Week 6
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
Vocabulary: statistical study, pictogram, bar graph, pie chart, line graph
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, Self-assessment, Peer check, Quiz, True/False, Classroom
practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
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Term 2 - Week 7
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Quiz,
Classroom practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
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Term 2 - Week 8
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, True/False, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Term 2 - Week 9
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
9. Find the median of ungrouped data - Worked Example 8 (Pg. 257) • Hard and easy
when the number of data is odd - Worked Example 9 (Pg. 251) • Quiz
- Worked Example 10 (Pg. 252) • KWHL chart
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10. Find the median of ungrouped data - Practice Now 11 (Pg. 253) • Think-Pair-Share
when the number of data is even - Exercise 14B (Questions 1, 2, • Another, another,
11. Find the median from a dot 4, 6, 8, 9, 11) another
diagram - Review Exercise 14 • Mathematics
12. Find the median from a stem and (Questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 8) stories
leaf diagram • Analogies
13. Find the median from a frequency
table
14. Develop an understanding of mode
15. Find the mode of ungrouped data
16. Recognize that a distribution of
data can have more than one
modal value or no modal value at
all
17. Identify the modal value from
statistical diagrams and frequency
table
18. Solve problems involving mean,
median and mode
19. Explain the preference of mean,
median and mode over each other
in different scenarios
Vocabulary: measure of central tendency, mean, median, mode, bimodal distribution
Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, What else do we know, Self-assessment, Peer check, Open
ended questions, Quiz, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
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Term 2 - Week 12
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
1. Recall the concept of ‘ratio’ • Textbook (Pg. 120-126, 130) • Class discussions
2. Use the concept of fractions to - Worked Example 2 (Pg. 121) • KWHL chart
Chapter 7: Rate and Ratio
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Assessment Strategies: Effective questioning, Self-assessment, Peer check, Quiz, True/False, Classroom
practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?, Convince me
Lead Subject
PBL Project Objectives Covered Intended Process
(Supporting Subjects)
Term 2 - Week 13
Suggested
Unit Learning Objectives Suggested Resources
Strategies
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practice and presentation, What’s the same? What’s different?
Lead Subject
PBL Project Objectives Covered Intended Process
(Supporting Subjects)
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