Place Value Lesson [Archive] - Teacher Forums

kaitee

11-10-2009, 12:29 PM

I read about a great math lesson I used in my class. It's a simple but interesting way of teaching place value. My students created place value charts to the ten thousands. I gave them star stickers and they placed a certain number of stickers under each place value heading. I then asked them to write the number they created. This really helped those students who were having difficulty understanding place value. They really enjoyed using the stickers.

Addict

11-10-2009, 12:56 PM

Thanks for the great idea kaitee!

hweber

11-10-2009, 03:15 PM

That is a good idea kaitee! What grade level is this for? I could see my kids doing this up to the millions in fourth! Thanks!

kaitee

11-11-2009, 10:10 AM

You could definitely do this into the millions and with various grade levels. I really love this lesson because it is versatile and interesting for the students.

littlmare

11-14-2009, 06:29 AM

I always liked what my children's kindergarten teacher did...during morning exercises (calendar...today is, tomorrow will be, etc, date) she also did place value...since it was kindergarten it was ones, tens, and hundreds. Using sticks (could use anything that could be bundled in a rubber band)they counted them and then would add one more. When they reached 10, they would bundle them in a rubber band. Then they would flip the corresponding number on a little flip chart they had. The bundled sticks were then stored on a compartmentalized little box that represented the correct place values. It worked really well. I hope this made sense.

cherrio99

12-29-2009, 07:02 PM

This is a great idea and I would love to give it a try. :thumbsup: Place value is something I always taught in calendar for first grade. Now that I teach second im having to come up with creative ways to make sure they can use it when regrouping and borrowing. I am having my students play a simple game. They can play independantly or with a buddy. I give them tens and ones cubes and a die. They roll the die and count that number of oes. They continue rolling and counting regrouping when they need to. It's good regrouping practice. Any more ideas?