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Teaching Mathematics in the Intermediate Grades

Second Semester, A.Y., 2021-2022

Activity 2: Instructional Materials in Teaching Mathematics

Direction: Answer the following.

1. Look for five (5) definitions of instructional materials.

1. Instructional materials are the tools used in educational lessons, which includes active learning
and assessment.
2. Instructional materials are print and non-print items that are designed to impact information to
students in the educational process. Instructional materials include items such as prints,
textbooks, magazines, newspapers, slides, pictures, workbooks, electronic media, among others
(Faize and Dahan (2011).
3. Instructional materials are those materials used by a teacher to simplify their teaching. They
include both visual and audio-visual aids and could either be concrete or non-concrete.
4. The following sections describe the four primary categories of criteria that teachers said they use
when selecting instructional materials: accuracy and visual appeal, alignment to standards and
depth of knowledge, ease of use and support, and engage- ment and ability to meet student needs
5. Modern Instructional Materials like overhead projectors, slideshows, videos, and different
presentation software are resources of the teachers that are more modernized and high-
technology than the traditional one. It includes how a specific topic is discuss comfortably and
interesting.

2. What is the importance of the use of instructional materials in teaching?

 The importance of instructional materials is to increase students' knowledge, talents, and skills,
monitor their information assimilation, and contribute to their overall growth and upbringing. It
also simplifies key ideas in order to engage and keep students' interest, and it allows all students
in a class to share experiences that are vital for learning. As a result, for optimal effect, such
resources must be properly prepared, selected, structured, improved, and used in a course. To
improve student learning, instructional materials should be planned and selected with both
breadth and depth of information in mind.
3. Write an objective(s) for each lesson and look for appropriate instructional material(s) that will meet its
objective(s).
1.
Lesson: Place Value
Objective(s):
a. recognize the value of a digit based on its location within a number;
b. create, read, and write numbers up to 1,000;and
c. create numbers by putting digits in places with specific values

Instructional Material(s): Cartolina, marker, colored paper,worksheets

Show Picture(s) of the Instructional Material(s)

2.
Lesson: Fraction
Objective(s):
a. Define the meaning of Fraction;
b. Differentiate the kinds of the fraction;and
c. Illustrate proper fraction,improper fraction and mixed number
Instructional Material(s): cartolina, marker, worksheets
Show Picture(s) of the Instructional Material(s)
3.
Lesson: Time
Objective(s):
a. identify the parts of the analog clock that tells time;
b. tell and write time in minutes including am. and pm. using analog clock; and
c. value the importance of time in real life.

Instructional Material(s): analog clock,Worksheets, chart,marker

Show Picture(s) of the Instructional Material(s)

4.

Lesson: Perimeter
Objective(s):
a. explain the meaning of perimeter;
b. define the formula for the perimeter of the
different shapes;and
c. appreciate the value of different shapes
Instructional Material(s): cartolina, marker, crayons,
worksheet
Show Picture(s) of the Instructional Material(s)
5.
Lesson: Multiplication
Objective(s):
a. Define the meaning of multiplication;
b. Differentiate the parts and properties of
multiplication; and
c. Each property of multiplication can be
applied to appropriate and relevant situations.
Instructional Material(s): Cartolina, marker, crayons
Show Picture(s) of the Instructional Material(s)