2026 KICD CBC Curriculum Design13 Weeks · 65 Lessons1 Strands in Term 1

Grade 6 Mathematics Schemes of Work & Strands (Term 1 2026)

Comprehensive curriculum designs, strands, sub-strands, specific learning outcomes, inquiry questions, and editable schemes of work for Grade 6 Mathematics Term 1. Free on-page syllabus breakdown with instant export to editable Word (.docx) and PDF.

Grade 6 Mathematics Term 1 Curriculum Overview

Summary of syllabus requirements, weekly distribution, key milestones, and course books approved by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) for Grade 6 Mathematics in Term 1.

Class / Grade
Grade 6
Pre-Primary Level
Learning Area
Mathematics
Core CBC Activity
Term Duration
13 Weeks (65 Lessons)
5 Lessons Per Week
Key Milestones
Mid: Wk 8 · Exam: Wk 13
Ministry of Education 2026
Full Term Timetable

Grade 6 Mathematics Term 1 Scheme of Work Table

Week-by-week lesson matrix with specific learning outcomes, inquiry questions, learning experiences, and assessment methods.

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WkLsnStrandSub-strandSpecific Learning OutcomesKey Inquiry Question(s)Learning ExperiencesLearning ResourcesAssessment MethodsReflection
11NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) place

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
2NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) value and

b) total

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
3NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) value of

b) digits up to

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
4NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) millions in

b) real

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
5NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) life

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
21NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) numbers up to

b) millions in

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
2NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) symbols in

b) real

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
3NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) life

b) read and

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
4NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) write

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
5NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) numbers up to in

b) words in

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
31NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) real

b) life

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
2NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) order

b) numbers up to 100,000 in

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
3NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) real-life

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
4NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) situations

b) round off

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
5NumbersWhole Numbers

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

a) numbers up to 100, 000 to the

b) nearest

1. Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?

-Approved course textbooks, realia, charts

- Observation

- Oral questions

- Written exercises

(Handwritten after lesson)
Curriculum Design & Content

Grade 6 Mathematics Term 1 Strands and Sub-strands Breakdown

Official KICD curriculum breakdown taught during Term 1 in Grade 6 Mathematics. Includes specific learning outcomes (SLOs), key inquiry questions (KIQs), core learning experiences, and teaching aids.

1
Strand 1.0

Numbers

3 Sub-strands32 Lessons in Term 1

1.1 Whole Numbers

20 Suggested LessonsTerm 1
Specific Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

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

  • place
  • value and
  • total
  • value of
  • digits up to
  • millions in
  • real
  • life
  • numbers up to
  • millions in
  • symbols in
  • real
  • life
  • read and
  • write
  • numbers up to in
  • words in
  • real
  • life
  • order
  • numbers up to 100,000 in
  • real-life
  • situations
  • round off
  • numbers up to 100, 000 to the
  • nearest
  • thousand in
  • different
  • situations
  • apply
  • squares of
  • whole
  • numbers up to 100 in
  • different
  • situations
Key Inquiry Questions (KIQs)
  • Qlesti s How do we read and write numbers m symbols and in a) b) c) d) e) use place value and total value of digits up to millions in real life, use numbers up to millions in symbols in real life, read and write numbers up to in words in real life, order numbers up to 100,000 in real-life situations, round off numbers up to 100, 000 to the nearest thousand in different situations, apply squares of whole numbers up to 100 in different situations?
Teaching Resources

Approved textbooks, realia, counters, flashcards, charts & digital devices.

1.2 Sub-strand 15

6 Suggested LessonsTerm 1
Specific Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

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

  • multiply up to a 4 digit
  • number by a 2 digit
  • number in
  • real-life
  • situations
  • estimate
  • products by
  • rounding off
  • numbers
  • being
  • multiplied to the
  • nearest ten in
  • real-life
  • situations
  • make
  • patterns
  • involving
  • multiplication of
  • numbers not
  • exceeding I ,OOO in
  • different
  • situations
  • appreciate use of
  • multiplication in
  • reallife
Key Inquiry Questions (KIQs)
  • How do we multiply numbers?
  • a) b) c) d) multiply up to a 4 digit number by a 2 digit number in real-life situations, estimate products by rounding off numbers being multiplied to the nearest ten in real-life situations, make patterns involving multiplication of numbers not exceeding I ,OOO in different situations, appreciate use of multiplication in reallife?
Teaching Resources

Approved textbooks, realia, counters, flashcards, charts & digital devices.

1.3 Sub-strand 17

6 Suggested LessonsTerm 1
Specific Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

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

  • divide up to a 4 digit number by up to a 3 digit number where the dividend is greater than the divisor in rea14ife situations
  • estimate quotients by rounding off the dividend and divisor to the nearest ten in real-life situations
  • perform combined operations Involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division up to 3 digit number
  • appreciate use of division of whole numbers in real life
Key Inquiry Questions (KIQs)
  • Where is division used in real life?
Learning Experiences
  • divide up to a 4-digit number by up to a 3-digit number and share the answers where the dividend is greater than the divisor using
  • relationship between multiplication and division long method, work out quotients by rounding off the dividend and divisor to the nearest ten, work out questions involving two, three orfour Operations up to 3
  • digit numbers, divide whole numbers using digital devices or other resources
Teaching Resources

Approved textbooks, realia, counters, flashcards, charts & digital devices.

Grade 6 Mathematics Full Year Strands (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Complete annual curriculum scope for Grade 6 Mathematics showing the term-by-term distribution of all 2 strands.

Term 1Current
  • Numbers
  • Numbers
  • Numbers
  • Data Handling

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Help & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions: Grade 6 Mathematics Term 1

What strands and sub-strands are covered in Grade 6 Mathematics Term 1?

In Term 1, Grade 6 Mathematics covers the following main strands: Numbers. Each strand is broken down into specific sub-strands with allocated lesson periods across the 13-week term.

What are the specific learning outcomes for Grade 6 Mathematics in Term 1?

Each sub-strand defines measurable learning outcomes covering knowledge, psychomotor skills, and values. Learners engage in hands-on activities, realia observation, and collaborative problem-solving as outlined in the syllabus breakdown above.

How is Grade 6 Mathematics Term 1 structured across weeks?

This scheme spans 13 calendar weeks (65 lesson slots), with Mid-Term Break in Week 8 and End-of-Term Assessment in Week 13, in full compliance with the 2026 Kenyan Ministry of Education school calendar.

Can I download and edit this Term 1 scheme in Microsoft Word or PDF?

Yes. You can instantly download a completely editable Microsoft Word document (.docx) or print-ready PDF, or open it directly in the online scheme builder to customize teacher name, school name, and TSC details.