The student uses place value to represent whole numbers and decimals. Using number cards, students model numbers that are read aloud to them by placing their cards in the correct place of each period's pocket. Clarifying Activity Students work together to represent two numbers using their place-value pocket charts. They place their pocket charts displaying their numbers one under the other and, beginning with the number in the greatest place, compare each number digit by digit.
Students then use words and symbols to record the comparison.
The student uses place value to represent whole numbers and decimals. Clarifying Activity Students use base-ten blocks to model, record, read, and compare decimal numbers, with the 10 x 10 x 1 square flat representing one, the 10 x 1 x 1 rod representing one tenth, and the 1 x 1 x 1 small cube representing one hundredth. The student describes and compares fractional parts of whole objects or sets of objects. Clarifying Activity Students use pattern blocks to represent fractions. Students record their observations in a table and look for patterns.