A CTION PLAN Mrs. Rukhsana Rao The City School, Darakhshan Campus-A Mathematics, Junior 4

L ONG TERM GOALS To make students proficient in mathematical skills. Confident and well prepared students who are willing to face the challenge of the next level. Application of 21 st century student approach with the current curriculum. To bestow students with higher-order thinking skills facilitating them in enhancing their ability to think and observe critically. To allow students to have access to unlimited good quality of information.

S HORT TERM GOALS Students should easily comprehend word problems and provide their solutions by applying previous knowledge. Develop skills to enable them to speedily solve mental math's problems through applying variety of mathematical concepts. Allow students to choose among the variety of teacher-provided activities and determine their own level of challenges. Can effortlessly relate and apply the text book concepts with real life situations.

I NSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TASKS TopicStrategy Word problemsWorksheets would be provided to be solve within groups to provide them with discussion opportunities. Mental math’sProvide 10 sums weekly to solve orally. ActivitiesEach new topic would be introduce through activities within class or puzzles or games on the internet RelationshipExamples would be given to relate between real life and text book concepts. Along with this students would be asked to relate this information with daily life situations.

S OLUTIONS OF ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES Permission from the Principal. Allocated time Availability of Computer Lab Availability to a variety of resource books of mathematics Availability of subject specialists/ coordinator for feedback Access to internet Approval from the Head and Principal after a detailed discussion Inculcating agenda with curriculum lessons Preemptive arrangements for Lab vacancy and internet Effective use of Library and implementing programs to improve mathematical skills Forming a liaison with other Mathematics teachers to exchange resources and acquire feedback ChallengesSolutions

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TIMELINE Focus on making pupils familiar with the curriculum topics while developing critical thinking, understanding and mathematical skills August - December Inter class and school quizzes would be arranged. January - February Games and puzzles would be played through internet. March Searching for examples and finding the relationship between them. April - May

RESOURCES ■ Library and Computer Lab Assistant ■ Internet ■ Word Processing/ Multimedia/ Spreadsheets applications ■ Resource books and knowledge of good search engines to access related websites ■ Associate teachers having subject command and basic computer skills

CONCLUSION “Getting a change implemented and certainly making it permanent often requires alterations to organizational systems or procedures. However to survive in this era of technological change, 21st Century approaches facilitate both the teachers and students. Today’s student can differentiate well between knowing what and knowing how. The changing learning behavior and needs, thus require a teaching methodology that improves students’ thinking. This positive shift to High-Order thinking skills will assist our future innovators to face the challenges with confidence.”