B1. demonstrate an understanding of numbers and make connections to the way numbers are used
🖇 Encourage connections between math concepts by:
connecting forward and backward counting patterns
taking time to name the movement between place value columns as multiplication and division by factors of 10
making proportional number relationships explicit (e.g. 4 000 is half of 8 000, 0.3 is one-tenth of 3) by using a variety of concrete representations
integrating decimals and fractions with whole numbers and place value to help students work with them in familiar ways (like they have with whole numbers for years)
as Grade 5 introduces hundredths, making money connections helps to reinforce real-world connections, allows for review of naming coins and connecting value; however, money pieces ARE NOT proportional so make use of number lines of decimal bars to help reinforce the proportional values
Concrete Learning Resources Tools:
money
base ten blocks
place value charts
hundredths and tenths grids
number line
whiteboards
relational rods (Cuisenaire rods)
clocks and calendars
Virtual Learning Resources and Tools: