Here's the understatement of the year: teaching place value is kind of a big deal! From kindergarten through 5th grade, "Numbers and Operations in Base Ten" shows up in the common core math standards like clockwork. The task of "understanding place value" grows in complexity every year and ...
Place Value
Buzz Worthy Ideas – 3 Math Routines to Build Number Sense
Today, I've joined forces with several wonderful teacher bloggers to help make your talk about some fun math routines you can use in your classroom ASAP. Are your students having great difficulty counting and understanding number relationships with numbers beyond 100? According to the common core ...
Place Value Review Battleship Style
Place value understanding and number sense are important concepts that should be revisited with students throughout the school year. Recently, I used the game Place Value Partners by Laura Candler to work with a small group of students. Students paired up to play this game. One ...
Fly on a Math Teachers Wall: Place Value
Welcome to the Fly on the Math Teacher's Wall Blog hop. Today 15 talented math educators are hopping along to discuss place value. Place Value is such an important topic but many of our students have a difficult time applying many of the principles. Today my focus will be on utilizing ...