| Objectives | Students will be able to: (1) understand percent as per-hundred; (2) convert between fractions, decimals and percentages for the common family (halves, quarters, fifths, tenths). |
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| Materials | Hundredths grids; F-D-P triangle cards; conversion chains. |
| Key vocabulary | per cent, per hundred, convert |
| Engage (starter) | (10 min) The word dissected: PER CENT = per hundred (cent as in century, centipede, centimetre!). 50% is 50 out of every 100 — which the class already knows as 1/2 and 0.5. Three names, one amount: the F-D-P family. |
| Develop (main) | (35 min) 1. Grid-shading: 25%, 50%, 75%, 10% shaded; fraction and decimal names written beside each. 2. The common family memorised as furniture: 1/2=0.5=50%; 1/4=0.25=25%; 3/4=0.75=75%; 1/10=0.1=10%; 1/5=0.2=20%. 3. Conversion chains both directions (fraction→decimal→percent and back). 4. Family flashcards: rapid triple-naming. |
| Plenary (close) | (10 min) Triple-name lightning: teacher calls one form; class answers with the other two. |
| Assessment | Common family fluent on 8 of 10 flashes; chains completed both directions. |
| Teacher notes | The common F-D-P family must become furniture — instantly known, never computed. Sale signs, exam questions and bank rates all speak in these five conversions; October's harder conversions stand on them. |
| Objectives | Students will be able to: (1) find 10% of any quantity by the ÷10 shift; (2) build other percentages from 10% (20%, 5%, 30%, 15%). |
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| Materials | Percent-building frames; quantity cards; the engine diagram (10% at the centre). |
| Key vocabulary | ten percent, build, of |
| Engage (starter) | (10 min) The master key: 10% of anything is a ÷10 shift — 10% of $450 is $45, computed in one breath. And from 10%, an empire: double it for 20%, halve it for 5%, triple it for 30%. One key, every door. |
| Develop (main) | (35 min) 1. The 10% shift drilled on eight quantities (money, masses, distances). 2. Building practice: 20% of 350 (35 doubled = 70); 5% of 800 (80 halved = 40); 15% as 10%+5%. 3. The 50% and 25% shortcuts honoured (half; half of half). 4. Mixed pack of ten builds, engine diagrams sketched for two. |
| Plenary (close) | (10 min) Build-aloud finale: 15% of $600 narrated ("10% is 60, 5% is 30, together 90 dollars"). |
| Assessment | 10% shift fluent; builds 7 of 10; one narration coherent. |
| Teacher notes | The 10%-engine beats formula-memorisation under exam pressure and works mentally in shops for life. Percent-of-quantity via building is also the gateway to VAT, tips and interest — all Wave 2 guests. |
| Objectives | Students will be able to: (1) compute discounts and sale prices (20% off $1,500); (2) solve percent problems in consumer contexts with labelled working. |
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| Materials | Sale-sign cards (20% OFF!, 15% OFF!); shop scenarios; working frames. |
| Key vocabulary | discount, sale price, reduced by, original price |
| Engage (starter) | (10 min) The sale-sign season: "20% OFF EVERYTHING!" — but off means OFF. Two steps live in every sale: find the discount (20% of $1,500 = $300), then SUBTRACT it ($1,200). Students who stop at $300 pay the wrong price and lose the exam mark. |
| Develop (main) | (35 min) 1. The two-step discipline: discount THEN sale price, both labelled, for three guided sales. 2. Shop scenarios in pairs: four items with different discount rates. 3. The comparison twist: "15% off $2,000 or 20% off $1,900 — which final price is lower?" (Compute BOTH fully!). 4. The stop-at-the-discount error hospitalised and named. |
| Plenary (close) | (10 min) Sale-sign theatre: one pair plays shopper and cashier, narrating both steps at the till. |
| Assessment | 3 of 4 scenarios with both steps labelled; the comparison twist computed fully; error named. |
| Teacher notes | Discount problems are the region's favourite exam context for percentages — and the stop-at-the-discount error its favourite trap. The two-step label habit (Discount: ... Sale price: ...) collects both marks every time. |
| Objectives | Students will be able to: (1) attempt a PEP-style mixed practice set under gentle timing; (2) apply exam technique: read twice, plan, label, estimate, check. |
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| Materials | Mixed practice sheets (10 items spanning the month: BOMDAS, fractions, decimals, percentages, multi-step); timing signals; technique anchor chart. |
| Key vocabulary | technique, attempt, review, marks |
| Engage (starter) | (10 min) The rehearsal framed: "Today is not a test — it is a REHEARSAL. Actors rehearse to find the rough spots while fixing is free. Technique on the chart: read twice, plan steps, label working, estimate, check." |
| Develop (main) | (35 min) 1. Twenty-five minutes of quiet attempt: ten mixed items sampling the month, gentle time checkpoints announced. 2. Pens down; self-marking against worked answers displayed one at a time. 3. The error harvest: each student names their best mistake — technique slip (didn't read twice?) or knowledge gap (tracker time)? 4. Trackers updated with rehearsal evidence. |
| Plenary (close) | (10 min) The harvest shared: three volunteered mistakes celebrated as marks saved for the real day. |
| Assessment | Attempt complete; self-marked honestly; error classified as technique or knowledge; tracker current. |
| Teacher notes | Rehearsal one is deliberately gentle: untimed pressure, self-marked, mistakes celebrated. The rehearsal rhythm (attempt, mark, harvest, track) repeats monthly and hardens gradually — by March it feels like home. |
| Objectives | Students will be able to: (1) demonstrate the month's skills across all strands; (2) complete the month-one checkpoint circuit. |
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| Materials | All kits; month sheets; trackers; stamps. |
| Key vocabulary | All September vocabulary |
| Engage (starter) | (10 min) Parade: the gap-tracker, a BOMDAS ambush, the fraction wall, a hundredths grid, a sale sign — September in five artefacts. |
| Develop (main) | (35 min) Checkpoint circuit: S1 whole-number command strip + one BOMDAS; S2 one unlike-denominator operation + one mixed-number regroup; S3 one forward and one reverse fraction-of-quantity; S4 decimal shifts + one aligned operation + one best-buy; S5 F-D-P triple-naming + one full discount problem. Trackers finalised for the month. |
| Plenary (close) | (10 min) Month verdicts written by each student: strongest strand, priority gap, one line of pride. Preview: "October — fractions multiply, decimals grow teeth, and ratio enters." |
| Assessment | Month sheet across five stations; tracker becomes the October revision map. |
| Teacher notes | Grade 6 September installed the exam-year operating system: estimate, plan, label, track, rehearse. Every subsequent month runs on it. The student-written month verdict is powerful parents'-evening evidence — keep them filed. |