Learning Numbers - Framework for Activities(A)

Any learning activity should have the above three components. Each of the activities in Column 1 can be matched with an activity in Column 3 in such a way as to encourage a mental processing skilland create an appropriate Number Skill Activity.Some sample activities

1. Observe – Remember – Speak – Student is shown a collection of familiar objects kept in a box for 5 seconds. Student has to tell the names of all the objects he/she has seen and also the number the collection represents.

2. Listen – Think – Write – Student listens to a question from the teacher which needs thinking (Write “one more than” 2). Depending upon the class level the difficulty level of the question can increase.

3. Read Silently – Understand – Act – Student picks up a card from a box, reads an instruction and acts accordingly. E.g Pick up 3 crayons. Here again the difficulty level of the activity can be varied depending on the class level.

4. Listen – Remember – Write – Teacher speaks out a number(s)or an operation with 2numbers. Students listen carefully and write down after the teacher has finished speaking.

5. Listen – Remember – Sketch – Teacher distributes a sheet containing dots with a number near each dot. Teacher calls out numbers is a particular sequence. Students join the dots in that sequence. The end product may be a familiar picture.