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School For Life (Montessori)
Quezon Boulevard, Kidapawan City Course Title: Working with Numbers
Course Number: Casa 3/ Preparatory
Unit Credit: 1.5

Course Description:

Working with Numbers 3 is a 1.5 unit subject for CASA 3/Preparatory. It consists of Pre-numerical concepts to compare and order two or more concrete objects, Numerical concepts, Math operations to help the children on how to solve some problems regarding numbers, Geometry to develop visual discrimination of shapes and Time to help the child recognizes the parts of the clock and to know how to tell the time correctly. The content shows the logical sequencing with materials organized according to the fundamental steps of learning---understanding, practicing and testing. The important aspect of the subject is the integration of values and skills in the different subject areas.

General Objectives:

At the end of the school year with the use of the textbook as reference, the learners will be able to

Identify and name size, shape, length, width, weight and height
Describe objects in space by proximity, position, and direction allow the child to develop color appreciation and sensitivity to the harmony of color
Identify the place value for each digit count, read and write whole number solve equations using the different math operations identify and describe common geometric shapes recognize and tell the time correctly

TOPICS
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
TIME ALLOTMENT
METHODOLOGY
EVALUATION
REFERENCE
Unit I
PRE-NUMERICAL CONCEPT

Working with numbers Casa 3/Preparatory pages 1-45
a. Size
To be able to compare and order two or more concrete objects according to the measurable attributes of size.
To identify and name sizes such as big, bigger, biggest.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Seatwork
Unit test
Summative test

b. Length
To demonstrate understanding that objects have properties such as size, shape and length, and those comparisons may be made referring to those properties.
To refine visual discrimination of length and indirectly prepare him/her for mathematics.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
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c. Width
To refine visual discrimination of width and dimension and indirectly prepare him/her for mathematics.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
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d. Weight
To stimulate the child’s interest and awareness in weight difference and indirectly prepare him/her for mathematics.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
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e. Height

To simulate the child’s interest and awareness in height difference and indirectly prepare him/her for mathematics.

3 days (40 minutes per day)

Class discussion
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f. Spatial Concepts
To be able to describe objects in space by proximity, position, and direction;
To develop judgments in distance.
3 days(40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
Group activities
Independent study
Peer tutoring
Quizzes
Seatwork
Unit test
Summative test

g. Colors
To develop child’s chromatic sense; to be able to distinguish between primary, secondary, neutral and gradation of colors; to allow the child to develop color appreciation and sensitivity to the harmony of color.
5 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
Group activities
Independent study
Peer tutoring
Quizzes
Seatwork
Unit test
Summative test

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
Unit II
NUMERICAL CONCEPTS

Working with numbers Casa 3/Preparatory pages 53-91
a. Making 10
To help the child learn how to make tens; to introduce the child to the combinations of tens and units.
3 days (40 minutes per day )
Class discussion
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Independent study
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Unit test
Summative test

b. Teens
To show the concept of teens; to be able to count 1-19; to learn that teens means ten plus a certain number of units; to help children understand that the teen numbers are between 10and 20.
3 days
(40 minutes per day)
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
Summative test

c. Tens

To understand the concept of tens; to learn that when dealing with numbers above ten, counting in groups is required.

3 days ( 40 minutes per day )

Class discussion
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Unit test
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d. Sequencing
To be able to count from 1 to 100 in correct sequence.
4 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Unit test
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e. 100 board patters
To understand and use numbers up to 100.
3 days (40 minutes per day )
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Unit test
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f. 100 chain
To understand and use numbers up to 100.
2 days ( 40 minutes per day )
Class discussion
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g. Ordinals
To master the concept of ordinals.
3 days ( 40 minutes per day )

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h. Decimal system- place value

To be able to count, read and write whole numbers and identify the place value for each digit.

2 days (40 minutes per day)

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1. Ten and One
To recognize the place value of tens and ones.
3 days ( 40 minutes per day )
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2. Hundred, Ten and One
To introduce the place value of 100, 10, and 1.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Seatwork
Unit test
Summative test

3. Thousand, Hundred, Ten and One
To introduce the place value of 1000, 100, 10, and 1.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Seatwork
Unit test
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SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
Unit III
MATH OPERATIONS

Working with numbers Casa 3 /Preparatory pages 97-161
a. Addition
To show the child the meaning of addition (putting together)
1 day (40 minutes per day)
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1. Static addition
To use concrete objects to determine the answers to addition problems without exchanging.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
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Unit test
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2. Dynamic addition
To use concrete objects to determine the answers to addition problems without exchanging.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
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Independent study
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Unit test
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3. Problem solving
To use concrete objects to determine the answers to addition problems without exchanging.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Unit test
Summative test

b. Subtraction
To show the child the meaning of subtraction (taking away)
2 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Unit test
Summative test

1. Static subtraction
To use concrete objects to determine the answers to subtraction problems without exchanging.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
Summative test

2. Dynamic subtraction
To use concrete objects to determine the answers to subtraction problems without exchanging.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
Summative test

c. Multiplication
To aid the child in the development of his/her understanding of the operations of multiplication.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Unit test
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d. Skip counting and patterns
To introduce the concept of skip counting.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
Quizzes
Seatwork
Unit test
Summative test

e. Division
To aid the child in the development of his understanding of the operations of division.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
Summative test

f. Fractions
To recognize, name, and compare unit fractions; to recognize fractions of a whole and parts of a group.
4 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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Independent study
Peer tutoring
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Unit test
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THIRD PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
UNIT IV
GEOMETRY

Working with numbers Casa 3/Preparatory pages 167-175
a. Polygons
To develop visual discrimination of shapes; to identify and describe common geometric shapes; to associate the name with the shape it represents.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
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b. Other polygons
To develop visual discrimination of shapes; to identify and describe common geometric shapes; to associate the name with the shape it represents.
3 days (40 minutes per day)
Class discussion
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c. Geometric solids
To develop visual sense; to learn the names of other geometric solids; to identify other geometric solids.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
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UNIT V
TIME
To help the child recognize the parts of a clock; To develop a sense of time.

Class discussion
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Working with numbers Casa 3/Preparatory pages 179-183
a. By the hour
To recognize and tell the time correctly.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
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b. Half hour
To recognize and tell the time correctly.
2 days (40 minutes per day)
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FOURTH PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Prepared by:

NOVIE C. MAINIT
BEED 4A
COLEGIO de KIDAPAWAN
School For Life (Montessori)
Quezon Boulevard, Kidapawan City

Course Title: Working with Nature
Course Number: Casa 3/ Preparatory
Unit Credit: 1.5

Course Description: Working with Nature 3 is a 1.5 unit subject for CASA 3/Preparatory. It consists about the Living things, Non- living things and Earth and Space. The content shows the logical sequencing with materials organized according to the fundamental steps of learning---understanding, practicing and testing. The important aspect of the subject is the integration of values and skills in the different subject areas.
General Objectives:

At the end of the school year with the use of the textbook as reference, the learners will be able to

Classify the impressions of living things
Help the child recognize similarities among living things
Categorize the animals into different groups
Classify the impressions of non-living things into three basic categories
Identify and classify examples of the different states of matter
Identify and differentiate between day and night

TOPICS
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
TIME ALLOTMENT
METHODOLOGY
EVALUATION
REFERENCE

UNIT I
LIVING THINGS
A.MAN

Lesson 1: Body Parts of Man

Lesson 2: Five Sense Organ

Lesson 3: My Plate: Healthy Foods to Eat

Lesson 4: Human Life Sequence

B.ANIMALS

Lesson 1: Pets

Lesson 2: Farm Animals

Lesson 3: Wild and Zoo Animals

Lesson 4: Insects

Lesson 5: Animals and their Young

Lesson 1: Identify the parts of the human body and the functions of these parts

Lesson 2: Help the child recognize that humans have five senses and be able to discriminate among these

Lesson 3: To show the child the importance of eating a variety of healthy foods

Lesson 4: Help the child understand that events can be recorded in relation to a fixed measurement of time

Lesson 1: Help the child categorize animals into different groups

Lesson 2: Help the child recognize and identify farm animals

Lesson 3: Help the child recognize and identify zoo animals

Lesson 4: Help the child recognize and identify insects

Lesson 5: Help the child recognize and identify animals and their young

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Working with Nature Casa 3/Preparatory
Pages 4-53
FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Lesson 6: Animals and their Group

Lesson 7: Foods Animals Eat

Lesson 8: Sounds Animals Make

Lesson 9: Animals Homes

Lesson 10: Ways Animals Move Lesson 11: Animals Coverings

Lesson 12: Animal Feet

Lesson 6: Help the child recognize and identify animals and their groups

Lesson 7: Help the child identify the food animals eat

Lesson 8: Help the child recognize and identify the animals and sounds that they make

Lesson 9: Help foster the child’s understanding that animals have homes like we do

Lesson 10: Learn the ways that animals move

Lesson 11: Learn the animal coverings

Lesson 12: Learn the animals feet

3 days ( 50 minutes per day )

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3 days ( 50 minutes per day )

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Working with Nature Casa 3/Preparatory
Pages 57-77
SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION Lesson 13: Uses of Animals Body Parts

Lesson 14: Animal Body Parts

Lesson 15: Life Cycle of Animals

C. PLANTS

Lesson 1: Common Plants

Lesson 2: Body Parts of Plants
Lesson 13: Help the child identify the importance of animals

Lesson 14: Help the child identify the major structures of common living organisms

Lesson 15: Help the child examine the differences among certain animal life cycles

Lesson 1: Introduce the child to the plant kingdom; help the child identify the different types of plants

Lesson 2: Be able to name the parts of a flowering plant
3 days ( 50 minutes per day )

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Working with Nature Casa 3/Preparatory
Pages 79-110
THIRD PERIODICAL EXAMINATION Lesson 3: Colors of Flowers

Lesson 4: Leaves

Lesson 5: Life Cycle of a Plant

Lesson 6: Fruits

Unit II
NON-LIVING THINGS

A. Matter

Lesson 1: States of Matter

B. Force and Motion

Unit III
EARTH AND SPACE

A. Weather

Lesson 1: Types of Weather

B. The Sky Above

Lesson 1: Objects in the Sky: Daytime

Lesson 2: Objects in the Sky: Night time

C. Day and Night
Lesson 3: Help the children to identify the colors of flowers

Lesson 4: Help the children know the basic leaf shapes

Lesson 5: Help the child understand that plants go through a certain life cycle

Lesson 6: Help the child recognize and name the parts of a fruits

Lesson 1: Help the child classify impressions of non-living things into three basic categories

Help the child understand that non-living things move in various ways; help the child demonstrate understanding of motion and forces

Lesson 1: To help the child learn that changes in weather occur from day-to-day and across seasons

Lesson 1: Be able to describe and identify the location and movements of objects in the sky

Be able to identify the night time sky Able to describe and identify the difference between day and night

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Working with Nature Casa 3/Preparatory
Pages 119-157
FOURTH PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Prepared by:

NOVIE C. MAINIT
BEED 4A
COLEGIO de KIDAPAWAN