Chapter 5 Home Support
Show a Model
Display a dime. How much is this worth? 10¢
Display a $1 bill. How many cents is this worth? 100¢ How many dimes can I trade this for? 10 dimes
Show two $1 bills. Continue adding $1 bills up to $10. How many $1 bills can I trade for this? 10 one-dollar bills
Place-Value Chart
Draw a place-value chart.
Write 7 in the ones place. Is the 7 in the ones, tens, or hundreds place? ones
Have student make a model on a whiteboard/paper and hold it up.
Repeat the procedure, writing a 7 in the tens place and a 0 in the ones place. Then write a 7 in the hundreds place and a 0 in the tens and ones places.
Base Ten Blocks:
Materials:
base-ten blocks
Process:
Give student varying groups of base-ten blocks.
Tell him/her to sort by hundreds, tens, and ones.
Have him/her count each group and record the three-digit number.
Student repeats with different groups of base-ten blocks.
Spinner or Dice Activity
Materials:
spinners or 3 dice
paper and pencil
Process:
Student spins 3 times (or rolls 3 dice) to get three numbers.
Student is directed to write the first number in the one's place, second in the ten's place, third in the hundred's place.
Student reads the numbers he/she wrote.
Have the student quiz someone at home: How many ones are in my number? How many tens? hundreds?
Student should write the numbers in expanded form and read them out loud.
Example of expanded form for 359:
300 + 50 + 9
3 hundreds + 5 tens + 9 ones