Maths CLIL

PROJECT ON ANGLES

Escola Laietània 4th Primary May 2013

Teacher: Gisela Miralles de la Asunción

INTRODUCTION My project on Angles is designed to be carried out with fourth grade

students at Laietània School (Badalona), in a single session of 60

minutes.

It arises from my desiree of working on Angles in a fun, manipulative

and playful way. Some of my students are not very keen on Maths

because they find it too complex, abstract and boring, in some ways.

Although my experience on CLIL is very poor and I don’t feel confident

about it, my strong commitment to make my students enjoy that subject

makes me determine to move forward and go ahead.

My goal is to make the experience of learning Maths easy, motivating

and creative at the same time my students communicate in English.

LESSON PLANTitle of the Lesson: Shape, space & measures

Unit of Study: Angles

Level and group: 4th Primary

Date: 10th May 2013

Number of children: 24

Background Information:

Children already know:

-That angles are formed by two crossed lines.-That angles are measure of turn, measured in degrees.-Different types of angles.-How to use a protractor.

Learning objectives:

Content:

- To identify angles in real life (in the classroom, in the street, at home, in things, etc…)- To define types of angles: acute, right, obtuse, straight, reflex and whole angles.- To compare different angles.- To estimate and calculate the amount of degrees in an angle.- To acquire new vocabulary.- To create an artistic composition.

Language: - Vocabulary: Quarter turn, half turn, three-quarter turn, full turn, trurn clockwise and anti-clockwise, turn left and right, straight line, acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle, straight angle, reflex angle, whole angle, more than, less than, greater than, cardinal numbers up to 360, colours, shapes: triangle, square, rectangle, pentagon…, points of the compass: north, south, east, west, prepositions: on the left, on the right, at the top, at the bottom, in the middle, in the corner, in the background, in the foreground, through, between,… - Structures:

Present simple tense. Third person singular: This angle looks like… Verb to be: This is a…There’s / There are: There’s a reflex angle in…Comparatives: An angle less than 90º is acute. Going to: We are going to draw…Interrogatives: What, how many, which,…

Competencies involved:

-Mathematic.-Communicative, linguistic and audiovisual.-Knowledge and interaction with the physical world.-Artistic and cultural.-Learning to learn.-Autonomy and personal initiative.

Assessment:

- Whole session observation.- Development of the activities.- Angles quiz

Lesson development:

To introduce the session I draw the word “Angles” in the middle of the blackboard. We do brainstorming in order to know how much students remember about angles from last year. I direct the brainstorming to get all the vocabulary needed for the session. I group those vocabulary in semantic fields.

When the vocabulary is clear, I tell them about the contents we are going to work and the activities we are going to do.

To start with the activities, I propose three short, dynamic, manipulative ones, which imply understanding the meaning of information, applying knowledge and analysing it.

To continue the session, students do two more relaxed activities which imply rearranging ideas. To finish the session and evaluate learning, students take a final angle quiz. During the whole session I walk around, asking questions, checking if students understand the

activities and allowing them to use their L1 if necessary. As soon as we finish each activity, we report on their results and summarize.

Activity title

Brainstorming

Physically turnings

Matching angles with turns and labelling angles

Playing on angles

Looking for angles in real life

Artisitic composition

Angles quiz

Time

10’

5’

10’

10’

10’

10’

5’

Description

I write the word “Angles” on the blackboard and we doa brainstorming.

I remaind them that angles are measure of turn.I ask the children to stand behind their chairs and to rehearse physically turning a certain amount of degrees (eg “turn 180 degrees anti-clockwise”, “turn 90 degrees to the right”).

In groups of four, I give each group an envelope containing angle cards. I tell them they have two minutes to match the cards to the correct angle.I recap on the terms acute, right, , straight, reflex, obtuse and whole angle.I give the groups those cards and explain that they have two more minutes to group the angles into these new categories. After,we discuss their results.

I ask the children to get into pairs. I give them two stripes of cardboard and a split pin to make angle strips.I ask them to test each other – one can show an angle while their partner estimates the degrees and says if it’s obtuse, right, acute and so on. Then they can check their answers using a protractor.

In groups of four, I give the students some pictures and they have to identify some angles.I ask them to write sentences (eg “there’s an acute angle at the top of the picture …”. “I can see…”, “I think…”, “I find…”. After, they read what they have written.

In pairs, I ask the students to create an artistic angle composition. After, they report about their drawings.

In groups of four, I ask the students to complete a 10 question Quiz on angles. After, we share the results.

Interaction

T-Ss

T-Ss

Ss-Ss

S-S

Ss-Ss

S-S

Ss-Ss

Skills

L-W-S-R-I

L-I

L-R-S-I

L-S-I

L-R-W-S-I

L-R-W-S-I

L-R-W-S-I

Materials

Blackboard, chalk

Set of angle cards showing the following – 45º, 90º, 130º, 180º, 270º, 360º, less than, quarter turn, straight line, between, three-quarter turn, full turn, acute, right, obtuse, straight, reflex, whole angle.

Stripes of cardboard, split pin, protractor.

Picture cards, cardboard, felt-tips.

Cardboard, ruler, square, triangle, crayons.

Worksheet, pencil.

Bloom's Taxonomy:

Creating Evaluating Analising Applying Understanding Remembering

ICT resources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/

Personal notes/reminders/homework/other considerations:

During the whole session there are some posters displayed on different walls to provide language support.

As homework, I can ask the children to look around their houses for different angles and then draw and label them and estimate their measure in degrees (eg they could draw the angle of the corner of their bedrooms’ window, label it as a right angle and estimate its measure at 90º).

ACTIVITIES*Brainstorming*Physically turnings

ACTIVITIES*Matching angles with turns and labelling angles

ACTIVITIES*Playing on angles

ACTIVITIES*Looking for angles

ACTIVITIES*Artistic Composition

  When I first started my lesson plan I was in doubt as to whether a project on

angles would be an appropriate topic for my 9-year-old students. Now, after carrying the project out, I must say that the experience has been incredibly worth it.

Last week, I was proud to congratulate my pupils on their excellent work. They showed great interest and they were positive, participative, active, and respectful during the whole session.

Apart from learning new vocabulary and structures related to Maths, they made a big effort to communicate in English, which is something hard for many of my students, in the English lessons.

They used little L1, just when it was necessary and they also used the provided language support I displayed on the walls to help them do the activities.

Although I tried to be on schedule, we didn’t have time to finish all the activities in just one session.

My only objection was not having another teacher in the classroom with me, while implementing the project, in order to better reach students’ needs.

I think it’s something important to be taken into account when planning CLIL. Despite this, I am absolutely satisfied with the performance results achieved

and I’m looking forward to developing and implementing CLIL next year.  •     

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