Understanding - Place Value 3-6
Some great activities with Rob Vingerhoets, explaining how the develop the 'Understanding' Proficiency with Place Value Activities.
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Proficiencies - Understanding Place Value Introduction
A series of videos for teachers focuses on activities that boost mathematical proficiencies. It highlights understanding, fluency, problem solving, and reasoning as key components of math skills. Effective teaching methods are discussed, emphasising a shift towards prioritising proficiencies over...
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1. Four Digit Venn Diagram
A four-digit Venn diagram activity helps students discover answers independently, boosting their confidence and ownership of learning. It emphasizes unique and shared values in numbers, highlighting the Venn diagram's role in understanding these concepts. The activity promotes place value underst...
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Re-make it! Re--shape it! Re-do it!
Explore the concept of renaming the number 1,357 through engaging warmup activities. Students collaborate in pairs to express numbers creatively, enhancing their understanding of number composition and representation. The focus is on positive reinforcement, starting with encouraging feedback and ...
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Re-make it; re-shape it; re-do it!.pdf
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Sorting Decimals
Sorting decimals is a crucial concept tied to number sense. A notable publishing company has ceased operations, impacting book availability. Alistair McIntosh stands out as a key author in mental computations. Students engage in an activity to sort decimals in pairs, using benchmark values around...
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Match Ups
Connecting math proficiencies with practical applications is essential for effective learning. Understanding place value in contexts like money and measurements is crucial. The content explores measurement conversions and the use of matchups to teach decimal relationships. It emphasizes explicit ...
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Match Ups Place Value and Measurement.pdf
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Grab a Zero
Keywords play a crucial role in math lessons, evolving through teaching. Students connect multiplication and division within a time limit, recording findings quietly. The focus is on finding number connections and creatively using zeros. Group dynamics promote collaboration while respecting prefe...
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Mindreader
Students participate in a number guessing game that enhances their memory, listening, and reasoning skills. The activity starts with clues about a lucky number between one and ten, linking it to the concept of seven days in a week. Later, students guess a three-digit odd number based on its digit...
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Place Value Choices
Explore educational activities designed for upper primary students that focus on place value and number generation. One highlighted activity, 20 Choices, involves rolling dice to create six-digit numbers and completing tasks like ordering, writing in words, and calculating sums. The importance of...
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The 10 Second Walk
Participants engage in a ten-second walk, aiming to cover a specific distance within that time. Understanding place value is essential for grasping the math concepts involved. They guess their time, which is recorded for comparison. The activity highlights the importance of decimals in achieving ...