This document summarizes a math lesson taught in English to non-native English speaking students. It describes three activities: 1) calculating percentages by painting squares on a worksheet, 2) playing dominoes using percentage equivalencies, and 3) playing a computer game about percentages. The students were engaged and used English to communicate and justify their answers, showing that math can be taught in a second language effectively. The domino activity was most successful in getting the students to think and explain their reasoning in English. Overall, the 50-minute lesson showed that the students were able to learn in English and were satisfied with the class.

1. LET’S LEARN PERCENTAGES

2. • This is a trial class because children in my
school aren’t used to speak English while they
are learning different subjects
• Despite of the fact that I know that Maths is
the most difficult subject to do in English, I
decided to do a Maths lesson because of the
ICT resource I had chosen before.

4. FIRST ACTIVITY

5. • The first activtity has been very easy for them
because we are working percentages in class
by now.
• We have worked together at the beginning
with the language support on the whiteboard
• After that they have started working in pairs
and the could only use English.
• When they needed a colour pencil they asked
for it to her mates using:
Can I borrow your... please?

6. Language scaffolding
How many squares do you paint?
I paint .......... ............ squares.
50% --- We read 50 percent.
2.5% --- We read two point five percent

8. SECOND ACTIVITY
These are all the pieces we used.

9. DOMINO RULES
• With the language support on the whiteboard
they played domino in 4 teams of 3.
• As they were putting a piece on the table they
had to say one of the two sentences on the
board.
• This activity was more difficult because they
had to think and find the equivalence. This is
the reason why I decided that they should
work in teams.

10. DOMINO LANGUAGE
• It’s my turn
• Pass
• It’s your turn
• 50 percent is the same that 2 out of four.
• 50 percent means that there are 50 green
figures.

12. THIRD ACTIVITY
• THE LEGEND OF DICK AND DOM
The activity was a computer game

13. • The ICT activity has been the last we have
done and they have enjoyed a lot because
they could understand the whole idea to
complete the activity and computer games
always encourage children

15. • The experience was good. Children have
understood that they could use English as a
communication tool and despite of the fact the
content was a bit difficult they have used English
to ask for help and to express the results of the
different activities.
• The best activity fir them has been the “domino”.
They started talking English to justify why their
domino was the right option.
• We were working for 50 minutes and children
were satisfied and they would like to stay more
time. I think this is and important fact to consider
that is adequate for them