PP1 Maths Curriculum Design: sub strand 3.5 Money (Kenyans Currency- Notes and Coins)

Specific Learning Outcomes 

By the end of the sub-strand, the learner  should be  able to:

1. identify Kenyan currency coins and notes
2. buy items using Kenyan coins
3. save money (coins and notes)
4. make a simple budget basing on

(coins and notes)

• appreciate the use of Kenyan currency (coins and notes) in their daily life

Suggested Learning Experiences

• Guide learners to look at and talk about different sample currencies and identify Kenyan coins/notes
• A few learners identifies Kenyan coins and notes
• Learners trace Kenyan coins
• In groups or pairs, learners role play buying and selling from a shop corner.
• Learners to match and pair Kenyan currency – coins and notes using ICT devices
• Learners to watch a video on role playing buying and selling.

Key Inquiry Questions

1. Which among these is a coin or note?
2. What can you see on the coin?
3. What can you see on the note?
4. What do we use money for?
5. What can we do with extra money (balance)?

Core competencies:  citizenship, communication and collaboration.

Link to PCIs: 

• Citizenship: as they use the Kenyan currency.
• Life skill: critical thinking as they use and draw simple budgets.  
• Values: honesty as they use the currency.

Link to other activity areas: Psychomotor, language.

Suggested community service: – non-formal activity to support learning through application:  Children are send to buy items from the shop or market by the community members they become exposed to Kenya currency

Suggested community service: – non-formal activity to support learning through application:  Children are send to buy items from the shop or market by the community members they become exposed to Kenya currency

Suggested learning resources: Coins and notes, tins, boxes, papers pencils, shop corner

Suggested Assessment Rubrics:

Achievement 

Above expectation

Able to identify and talk about different coins and notes

Can trace Kenyan coins freely and talk about them

Can allocate money for buying different items and saving the balance

Meets expectation

Able to identify and talk about coins only

Can trace Kenyan coins but unable to talk about them

Can play role of a buyer and express self freely

Can allocate money for buying different items but not able to save

Approaches expectation

Can identify coins cannot talk about them

Can trace Kenyan coins with assistance

Can play role of a buyer but not express himself

Can only buy one type of item and save balance

Below expectation

Can identify Kenyan coins

Cannot trace Kenyan coin.

Unable to role play a buyer.

Unable to buy an item unless with  assistance

PP1 Maths Curriculum Design: sub strand 3.5 Money (Kenyans Currency- Notes and Coins)