Place Value Activities (3)

Counting in groups

Source: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: teaching developmentally by John A. Van De Walle, Karen S. Karp, and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams. Activity 11.1

Materials:

-A collection of 25-100 items for students to count (shoes, buttons, crayons, etc.)

Directions:

·      Pose the questions “how could we count these in a way that’s easier than counting by ones?”

·      Use whatever suggestions you get as best you can

·      After trying a few different ways, talk about what worked best and what didn’t work as well

·      If no one brought up counting by tens, suggest it

Pretzel stick place value

Source: http://kindergartenatheart.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html

Materials:

·      Laminated place value mats for each student

·      Numbers for teacher to hold up

·      Pretzel sticks for each student

Directions:

·      Give each student a place value mat and a pile of pretzel sticks

·      Draw a number card and read it aloud (also hold it up for the students to see)

·      Using pretzel sticks on place value mats students will create a representation of the number

Place Value Puzzler

Source:  http://www.funbrain.com/

Materials:

·      Computer with access to the internet

Directions:

·      Have students go to http://www.funbrain.com/tens/

·      Students can then select a difficulty level under “choose the place value” – this could vary based on what grade level and what skill level the students are at

·      Then the students can play the game and practice identifying which digit is representing a place value