FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR MATHEMATICS NURSERY TWO
NURSERY TWO MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM – Edudelight.com
Week 1& 2
Topic: Review numbers 1-40, introduce 41-45
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to read, write and identify numbers 1-50.
Lesson: 8Lessons
Materials: number cards , white-board, beads
Activities: The teacher takes the pupils through a rigorous numeration drilling.
Evaluation: practical evaluation
Week 3&4
Topic: Introduce odd and even numbers, simple writing in words and figures
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to identify the odd and even numbers between 1 and 50 and write 1-10 in words.
Materials: beads, buttons, match sticks
Activities: the teacher explains skip counting in addition to other numeration activities.
Evaluation: practical evaluation
Week 5 & 6
Topic: More work on addition
Finding missing addends
Addition on the line
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to find missing addends and add on the number lines.
Lesson: 8 Lessons
Materials: charts on addition displaying the number line
Activities: The teacher explains how the number line works to pupils using a chart and find missing addends practically. 3 + = 9
Evaluation: Evaluation according to the above examples
Week 7 & 8
Topic: More work on number and numeration 51-80
More work on subtraction- finding missing minuends and subtraction on the number line.
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to read and write from 1-80. Find the missing minuends and carry out subtraction of the number line.
Lesson: 8 Lessons
Materials: chart on numeration, and subtraction on the number line
Activities: The teacher explains the working of the number line in subtraction and further explains how to find missing minuends using concrete objects e.g beads 8 – 4 = 4
Evaluation: The teacher should ensure that all areas are covered while evaluating.
Week 9 & 10
Topic: Mixed sum on the line. Introduce tens and units
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to solve a mixed sum using the number line
Lesson: 8 Lessons
Materials: chart on the number line ,bundle of match sticks
Activities: The teacher should teach the use of number line in solving mixed sum e.g
NB: The concept of tens and unit should also be taught e.g. 40 = 4tens o units or
T U
4 0
1 2
NOTE: The fact that there could be zero units should be explained to the pupils as in the case of 40 which is 4 tens 0 unit.
Evaluation: thorough evaluation
Week 11: Revision, examination, closing.
