LESSON PLAN

Subject

: Mathematics

Class

: 4 Bijak

Date

: 02/03/09

Time

: 5.15-5.55p.m

No. of student : 20/20 students

Learning area: Sets
Learning objectives: Understand and use the concept of subset, universal set and the
complement of a set.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the lesson, student should be able to:
(i) Determine whether a given set is a subset of a specific set and use the symbol or .
(ii) Represent subset using Venn diagram.
(iii) List the subsets for a specific set.

Prior knowledge:
Students have already known the concept of the group of object, definition of sets,
element of a set, Venn diagrams, and empty set.

Teaching aids/resources:
The mahjong paper, manila card, glue, white board, slide show, fruits, question sheet and
picture

Attitudes and Values:

Communications with students and teachers, cooperative, being confident and dare to try

Creative and Critical Thinking Skills (CCTS):

Grouping and classifying, comparing and contrasting, relating, making generalizations
and observing

STEPS

CONTENTS

TEACHER

STUDENTS

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES
the

STRATEGY/ METHOD/
TEACHING AID (TA)/
ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)/
CCTS
STRATEGY/ METHOD

Set Induction

Begin with knowledge about

(5 minutes)

living things

mahjong paper about

front of class.

Set A = {animals in the

set of animal on the

picture}

white board.

Each person given 7 TEACHING AID (TA)

The mahjong paper
pieces of manila card
Manila
card
(pictures) and they
(picture)
need to fill the
glue
diagram based on
White board
their prior knowledge

Teacher

puts

Set B = {birds}

Set C = {insects}

from each group to

Set D = {mammals}

come in front of the

The relationship between sets

class

A, B, C and D are

diagram

B A, C A, andD A

animals.

and

fill

of

the

related

about

animals, birds, insect,

and mammals, based
on diagrams.

Teacher explains to
the

students

in

Student gives her/his

opinion.

about

their relationship.

constructivism

ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)

Being confident

CCTS

the

relationship between

come

about living things.

Then, teacher asks the

student

Teacher calls students

Students

Grouping
classifying

Relating

and

Development
(18 minutes)

A a, e, i, o, uand B a, e

the symbol of subset.

Students listen to their STRATEGY/ METHOD

Explanation
teacher.

Set B is a subset of set A if every

Teacher shows the

The

element of set B is also an

example.

Subsets

element of set A

If P o, u, w, is P A ?
No, because set A does not
contain the element of w.
Another example:
Given P = {even number between
1 and 9}, Q = {2, 4, 8} and R =
{4, 8, 12}, determine whether
each of the following is true or
false?

a Q P
b R P
c R Q

Teacher introduces

Teacher asks the

volunteer

gives

He/she may say that

element of set B, a and

can see from these

e, both are in the

sets.

element of set A.

respond to his/her
answer

Students
respond.

give

Questioning

TEACHING AID (TA)

his/her opinion.

volunteer what he/she

Teacher gives

their

Slide show

ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)

Being confident

CCTS

Observing

comparing
contrasting

and

The

relationship

B A

and

P A can be illustrated by a

Teacher explains the

Venn diagram. Note that the

concept of subset by

entire region bounded by set B is

using Venn diagram

contained in set A.

from
example.

B A

P A

previous

again

explains
to

students

C = {cars, vans}.

Teacher

make
more

understand.

Teacher explains on

List the types of vehicles that

how to list all the

Ahmad is able to sell on a

subset of element C.

particular day that must be in the

element of set C.
Answer:

, cars, vans, andcars, vans

Empty set: A set with no
elements.

Students listen to the STRATEGY/ METHOD

Explanation
lesson and take note.
TEACHING AID (TA)

Slide show

White board

ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)

Dare to try

Being confident

CCTS

Observing

visualizing

All elements: A set with all

elements.

STRATEGY/ METHOD

If set A represent the types of

Teacher calls

fruits, then A= {orange, red

representative from

lesson and take note.

apple, green apple}. The types of

each group to come in

8 students come in

fruits is able to sell on a particular

front of class and

front of class.

time must be the elements of set

calls 3 more

A. It maybe one, two or all the

volunteer.

material that teacher

three types of fruits in an hour.

Teacher shows her

bring.

Thus, the sets of types of fruits

material to the

sells on a particular time are the

Student

listen

the

Inductive

Explanation

TEACHING AID (TA)

The students see the

Fruits

ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)

The students listen to

Cooperative

students.

the explanation from

confident

subsets of set A. They are

Teacher explains the

their teacher.

{oranges}, {red apples}, {green

element of set.

apples}, {oranges, red apples},

Teacher asks students

fruits. They maybe

creative

{orange, green apples}, {red

to take fruits and ask

take one, two, three

generating ideas

apples, green apples}, {oranges,

to think the element

and

red apples, green apples} and

subsets that will be.

should did not get the

Teacher gives

fruit.

explanations about

The students take the CCTS

one

person

Students listen to the

activity that they have

explanation

done.

their teacher.

from

The number of subsets of a set

containing

elements

is 2 n .

Hence, the number of subsets of

a, b, c, d is 2 4 , that is 16.
sets

G= { }
B= {cat}
C= {cars,
vans}
A={1,2,3}
H={a,b,c,d}

No.
No. of
element subsets
of set

Teacher show table to

construct the formula

Students follow the STRATEGY/ METHOD

deductive
instruction given and

of 2 n .

carry out the activity

Teacher asks student

box then predict the

and list all the

no. of subset of set H

element of subset if

without

the set have 1, 2 or 3

element first.

its

Students explain what

they have got after

about what they have

finish the activity.

those element ( 2 n )
Then teacher ask
student to find the no.
of subset of set H (4
element) without
listing it subset first.

listing

Teacher asks student

found after listing

Teacher explains
further about the
concept of subset.

Explanation

Student fill the empty

to fill the empty box

elements.

Student

listen

TEACHING AID (TA)

manila card

white board

ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)

confident

the CCTS
explanation given by
observing
the teacher.
generating ideas

to Students answer the STRATEGY/ METHOD

discussions
student
question and explain

Evaluation

Challenge!

(12 minutes)

If X Y and Y X , what is the

challenge

relationship between sets X and

based

Y?

understanding.

Worksheet

Teacher

try

on

their

question sheet to each

the question in their

group to answer the

group.

Teachers ask them to

After

minutes,

teacher

calls

one

person

from

one

solution.
Teacher check and
gives respond to the
answer from student.

the answer.
The

question sheet

ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)

The student presents

group to present the

TEACHING AID (TA)

gives The students answer

Teacher

answer in 3 minutes.

based on their

understanding.

question given.

it

students

reward.

cooperative

being confident

CCTS

get

communications
with students and
teacher

Closure

Summary about the subset, Venn

The

(5 minutes)

diagram and listing the subsets

students

for a specific set.

summarize the lesson The

teacher

asks The
to

students

summarization.
students

say

they

have

and state what they

what

Homework:

know

learned.

Question number 4, 5 and 6 in

subsets so far.

text book at page 54.

about

the

The teacher thanks

the students for their
attentiveness and
good behaviors.

The teacher gives

homework

do STRATEGY/ METHOD
questioning

Students will do their

homework

ATTITUDES & VALUES (AV)

Being confident

CCTS

Communications
with teacher

Recall

WORKSHEET
1. Given P = {1, 2, 3}, Q = {factors of 6}, R = {factors of 9}, and S = {factors of 18}.
List the element of Q, R and S, then insert the symbol or into the spaces provided.
Q=
R=
S=

(a) P

(b) P

(c) Q

(d) R

(e) Q

(f) P

2. Represent the relationship of sets A, B and C using a Venn diagram.

(a) A = {s, o}, B = {s, o, m, e} and C = {s, o, m, e, d, a, y}

(b) A= {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, B = {2, 4, 7} and C = {5, 6}

3. Given that A = {factors of 15}

(a) List the element of A
A=
(b) Find the number of subset of set A

(c) List all the subsets of set A which contain

(i) 2 elements

(ii) 3 elements