A Detailed Lesson Plan

  
Lesson  Objective :  To add  similar fractions
 
Subject Matter : Adding Similar  Fractions 
 
Materials: Pieces  of paper  divided  into   parts
                    Pictures

 Procedure :

   
  Teacher’s  Activity Learners’ Activity

A. Motivation Teacher shows  a  

Birthday  cake   in a birthday
party .
B.  Presentation  -   Today , let’s learn how   Similar fractions  are
C. Lesson Proper
 
      1 Birthday  Cake  sliced
into 10 parts .  birthday  cake .  He
birthday cake   and  The  pupils  comes  close
talks  about Kenn’s  to look at the cake .
birthday  simple 
celebration
 
to add  similar fractions. fractions  with the same 
 What are  similar denominator.
fractions ?   What ‘s   
another name  fo  similar  They are also called like 
fractions? fractions .
Kenn  celebrated  his   
7th birthday .last  
Saturday   He had a big    
   
sliced  the birthday cake   
into  12 pieces.   His  
mother  gave  2 parts   to   
Kenn’s  brother and  
sister . The rest   , she   
gave   to Kenn  and   his   
7 friends   
 What part  of  the cake 
did  Kenn’s  mother  give 2/10
to  Kenn’s  brother and  
sister ?  
  
 What part of the cake 
did  she give  to   Kenn’s    7/10
9 friends ?
 
What part  of the cake  1/10
did Kenn  get
  If  you add  all  those  
parts eaten ,  what do 10/10
you get ?
  Right ! Very  Good  !   The whole cake
What does  10/10
mean ?  Doe s it refer to 
a part of the  cake  or the
whole  cake  ?
   Correct .  Suppose  we   
add  the parts  of the 3/10
cake  eaten  by Kenn 
and  his  brother and
sister  ? What   do we
get ?
   Very correct !  Very   I added  1/10  of Kenn .
good !  How  did  you 1/10  for his  sister  and 
get   3/10 another 1/10  for  his 
brother , so  3 /10
   Please show  that  part   (Learner  traces  that
in the  drawing part  of the cake )
  Perfect and  complete  
explanation !
   Suppose   I add  what  4/10
Kenn  ate  to  what 3 of
his friends ate . What do
I  get ?
   Correct .  Please   trace    Learner shades  that
4/10  in the cake .  part  of the cake
Shade  it .
   I like  to add  all   the 10/10
parts  of  the cake 
eaten .  What  do I get ?
   
 Correct !  Come and  Pupils   goes  infront   to 
show  10/10  of the cake. show  10/10  of the
cake .
 2.     Dyad  Get a partner.  Then   Pupils take turn 
each  of  you bring out a quizzing each other.
piece  of  bond paper . 
Fold  that  bond paper
into parts .  Then ask 
your partner  to  write 
the addition  statement 
of  the parts .  e/g . 
folded into  two  - ½ + ½
= 2/2  etc
3. Closure  of  the activity    How  did  you like the  Very much
activity ?
   What did  you not like   None, Maam.
in the activity ?
  Is  there  anything  not  
clear about adding
similar fractions ?
4.  Generalization State   the rule  in adding  Copy the  denominator 
similar fracrtions . How  then add  the 
do we add similar numerators .
fractions ?
  
Evaluation :  Add  the  following similar fractions .
 
1.  I/3 
+ 1/3
________
 
2. 2/4
+¼
__________
  
3. 5/20
 
+  4/20
__________
 
 
2.  Father  divided   his  residential lot   equally among  his  4  children .  Which part  of the
lot did ecah  child get ?
 
3.  The eldest son  donated  his  share  to the  youngest  brother  ?  What part of the  lot
went to the  youngets  brother ?