Place value can be one of the trickiest mathematical ideas to teach to students, let alone kindergarten and young first graders! Children need a lot of experience building their number sense before they are ready for this challenging math concept. Once they have a strong foundation, they are ready for place value! This can be an exciting unit, instead of frustrating, if done right. If you need some help in this area, or maybe even a few new strategies, “Early Concepts in Place Value” is a great start! You can use these lessons as small group or whole group instruction. I choose to use these lessons for whole group instruction because it allows the students to communicate their thinking with one another in a broad setting. Learning from their peers can be a valuable opportunity.

“Counting kids” is the first lesson in the packet. It’s a meaningful introduction to skip counting because it builds on students' prior knowledge by using concepts that they are very familiar with.

I project the student sheet onto the screen using my document camera and the table of the children. The students and I walk through each section step by step. I find it important for the students to see how these groups build on each other. After a few rounds, my students who have more experience with math start to pick up on the patterns for each group and begin predicting the next answer. I still, however, have them continue to work with the class and ask them to verify predictions, and ‘prove’ to me how they know they are correct. This lesson helps early learners to solidify understanding of numbers and how they work together to build context. These lessons continue to grow their mathematical knowledge leading to success in place value.

Once students understand that groups can be used for counting, I transfer that knowledge to ten frames. We use ten frames all the time to organize our objects to simplify counting. Now they play a vital role in our adventure with place value. We gather at the carpet where I dump out a pre-planned number of blocks out. We work on placing them in the ten frame and discuss how a completed ten frame is one bundle and the incomplete ten frames are extras. We repeat this for several days using a variety of objects and working with partners. We even spend a day pretending to work in a candy factory and we have to ship the candy in bundles of ten.

Now students are ready to continue Early Concepts in Place Value. This unit is chock full of engaging lessons and activities that will challenge your students to think critically. “Place Value Compare” is a favorite and I have been using it in my classroom for years

There will be no question whether or not your students understand place value because there is a handy assessment included in the packet!

Have fun teaching!

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Place Value Games and Activities

Help solve the teen number confusion and build mathematical thinkers!

Young children often confuse large numbers like 19 and 91, this is because they do not have an understanding of what large numbers really mean. 19 is really 10 + 9 and 91 is really 90 + 1. This comprehensive unit plan (contains both part 1 and part 2 for one low price) consists of lessons, games, and an assessment through which your students will gain a better understanding of the number system and how large numbers are created and combined, forming a foundation as they begin to add and subtract larger and larger numbers.

Contents Include:

Counting Children: Groupings of Ten and One Thing

Garden Rows: Groups Can be Used For Counting

Garden Counting: Counting by Tens Without Recounting Ones

Think Fast: Subtilizing Using A 10-Frame

Place Value Spin: Rearranging Groups

Place Value Compare: Rearranging Groups

Place Value Hide and Seek: Quickly Recognizing Groups

Place Value Assessments: Assessing Place Value Knowledge

Place Value Activities and Lessons