M 1.18

Read and write numbers up to 1,000,000,000 using numerals and words.

Noun - Numbers

Verb - Read, Write and Match

Instructional Strategies & Learning Tasks

Manipulative:

1. Base 10 materials (concrete and block line master copies)

2. Place Value Charts

3. Number cards

Instructional Strategies

• Model numbers with base 10 materials and place value models until students demonstrate comprehension of place value and iterations of ten throughout their problem solving.
• Model 1,000, 000 000 in a variety of ways with concrete materials

Learning Tasks:

Task 1

Numbers in the Media: Provide opportunities for students to say numbers and count numbers found in the media and around the community.

Task 2

Place Value Shuffle

Use number cards 0-9. Shuffle the cards and have each student select five. Students make the greatest (or least) possible number. Determine who has the greatest (or least) number of all. Ask: how far from the greatest (least) number are you? How can you rearrange the cards to make a greater (lesser) number? What digits would you want in order to have the greatest difference between the greatest and the least number?

Assessment

Task 1

Ask students to say the number sequence from any two given numbers with nine or ten digits. Listen for accuracy and fluency.

Task 2

Ask students to model any two given numbers in the billion decade with base ten material or pictorials on the place value chart. Ask students to count the numbers in between and model with the blocks or pictures if necessary.