Lesson Plan for Visualiser School: Gascoigne Primary Address: Barking Essex Teacher: Mrs Acquah-Aikins Curriculum Area / Area of Learning: Maths Year: 2 The lesson objective: To explore strategies for doubling numbers using dienes JPEG Images of visualiser being used in lesson:
How the visualiser was used? To demonstrate that ‘double’ means adding the same number of cubes/dienes The benefits of the visualiser to teaching and learning: • Children were able to see clearly the displayed cubes • Children were able to demonstrate how to double numbers cubes to support, while the whole class observed the activity
• Children also develop their understanding of doubling multiples of 10