Learning Area: Mathematics

Year Level: 4
Class size: 24
Date: May 6th 2015
Class type: Classroom
Timing: This lesson will span over one hour; it will be used as the
introduction lesson for a lesson sequence on Roman numerals.
Curriculum Outcomes:
MATHS:

Tell time to the minute and investigate the relationship between units of time (ACMMG062)
Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 10 000 (ACMNA052)

HISTORY: Use historical terms (ACHHS082)

Student background: Students have been learning about Roman
numerals over the past two maths lessons.
Lesson objectives: Students will use their knowledge Roman numerals
to complete a small test that will check for understanding. This test will be
used for assessment purposes.

CONTENTS
Task Introduction: Telling the Time using Roman
Numerals
AIM: To do an overview of what has been taught
over the last two lessons
-

Refresh the students on what they learnt in their

previous (put the table up on to the whiteboard
again, as this may help them).
Get them to sit down on the floor in front of a
smart board.
Play the game on the smartboard: it gets the
students to read the digits in order from lowest
to highest.
Get the students to sit down at their desks and
let them know that they are going to have a
quick maths test about Roman numerals

Task development:
AIM: Give the test and get them to answer the
questions independently and quietly
-

Give the students the test (attached to lesson

plan) and tell them to independently answer the
questions
Ensure that they are quiet during this time
If any of the students finish their work early, tell
them to go onto the computer and quietly play

MATERIALS,
MANAGEMENT AND
TIMING
25 minutes
Before class:
Put this game up on
the smartboard:
http://www.sheppar
dsoftware.com/mat
hgames/Numberbal
ls_roman_numerals
_I/numberballsRom
anNumeralsI.htm
You will need:
1 x smart
board

30 minutes
You will need:
-

X 24 tests

the roman numeral game

(http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/
Numberballs_roman_numerals_I/numberballsRo
manNumeralsI.htm)

Task Conclusion: Discussion

AIM: Collect the tests
-

Get students to give the tests back

Let them talk quietly amongst one another until
the bell goes.

Teacher Evaluation:
- Did I meet curriculum outcomes?
- What worked well?
- What didnt work well?
- Did everybody cooperate effectively?

5 minutes

Time for a Test!

1.

Can

you
change these Roman numerals into numbers?
ROMAN NUMERAL
NUMBERS

XIV
XXVII
XXXIV
LXVI
CXV
DCCLXV
MMCCLXIV
2. Can you change these numbers into Roman numerals?
NUMBERS
ROMAN NUMERAL
25
78
322
576
2214
29
64
3. What are the times according to these clock faces?