Place Value F-6
Peter takes us through the key learning stages for Place Value. He provides insight to the key learnings required for your students accompanied with great ideas for your classroom.
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1. Learning Place Values Representing Numbers (levels 1 and 2)
There are many ways of representing numbers and it is the ways they convey the same concept that is the focus.
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2. Patterns in the hundreds chart (levels 1 and 2)
There are vertical patterns and horizontal patterns in the hundreds chart that help students with the power of place value.
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3. Partitioning and regrouping (levels 2 and 3)
One effective strategy for adding and subtracting is to partition one of the numbers so that it can be bridged to the decade.
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4. Scaled number lines (levels 2, 3 and 4)
Scaled number lines are powerful ways of representing patterns and relationships.
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5. Ordering numbers (levels 2, 3 and 4)
Recognising, comparing and ordering numbers are important, especially when there are zeros
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6. Representing decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)
There are many ways of representing decimal numbers and it is the ways they convey the same concept that is the focus
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7. Partitioning and regrouping decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)
The focus is on partitioning units into tenths, tenths into hundredths and so on.
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8. Ordering decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)
A key aspect of decimal place value is that comparing and ordering numbers is different from whole numbers
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9. Rounding decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)
Especially when using electronic devices, the result has many decimal places and converting those to meaningful numbers is important.
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10. Decimal sequences (levels 4, 5 and 6)
Number sequences involving decimals help students see patterns and relationships.
