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Skillswise lesson plan
   
   
Many thanks to tutor Sue Burton from Stoke on Trent College who sent this plan in to us.

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Session:  Week No: 
Date:  Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Curriculum reference/s: MSS2/E1.1, MSS2/E2.2, N1/E1.7, N1/E2.7
Objectives: To increase confidence when dealing with money.
All will begin to recognise relevant numbers on a sales receipt. All will use subtraction. Some will count on. Others will calculate on paper. Others will use mental maths. Some will use number lines. All will record work on paper. Some will use a calculator.
Preparation: Resources: coins, number lines, rulers, highlighter pens, original Makro invoice and photocopies, paper, pens, whiteboard, calculators.

Time
Topic
Teacher activity
Learner activity
Materials
10 mins
 		 Registration and recap
 		 Registration. Collect folders.
Recap recent work. What have we been doing? What skills have we gained?
 
 
 
20 mins
 		 Introduction
 		 Introduce session. Show original sales receipt invoice (from work context if appropriate). Reassure that it looks scarier than it really is and hold up photocopies. Explain that we are going to break it down so that it makes more sense and we are only going to use some of the numbers.
We are going to work out what was paid for each item and if time work out a reasonable selling price (Extension: to work out the difference).
Ask about difference.
Go through invoice ask what is Qty.
 
 		 Makro sales invoice and photocopies
Use a £1 and 50p coin to show subtraction to find difference.
 
30 mins
 
 		 Use rulers to highlight the numbers we need. Only concentrate on 25p and 21p.
Ask why the 0 is there (in the pounds place).
Decide what is a reasonable price to sell goods on at. Recap writing money and the importance of the decimal point.
Recap subtraction. Using preferred learning style; work out profit on items discussed.
 		 Pair or group work.
 		 Rulers and highlighter pens.
Whiteboard.
Number lines, calculators (for checking), mental maths, real coins, paper and pens.
 
15 mins
 		 Close and extension activity
 		 Plenary, records, time sheets.
Extension: tutor work out division and students do the same for the other items.
 		 Some will do extension activity on division.
 
 

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