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Model Decimals with

Base-10 Blocks

Objectives

To model decimals with base-10 blocks; and to

review decimals with money.

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Algorithms

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Assessment

Common

Interactive

Curriculum

Practice

Workshop

Letters

Management

Core State

Focal Points

Teacher’s

Game™

Standards

Lesson Guide

Teaching the Lesson

Ongoing Learning & Practice

Differentiation Options

Key Concepts and Skills

Displaying Data on a Line Plot

READINESS

• Use base-10 blocks and grids to model

Student Reference Book, pp. 79–82,

Exploring Equivalent Names for Coins

tenths and hundredths and write money

89A, and 89B

Math Masters, pp. 426 and 427

amounts in dollars-and-cents notation;

Math Journal 1, p. 64

per group: 100 pennies, 10 dimes, slate,

read and write decimal numbers through

Math Masters, p. 166A

calculator

hundredths.

transparency of Math Masters, p. 166A

[Number and Numeration Goal 1]

Children explore equivalent names for a

(optional)

• Use base-10 blocks and grids to represent

penny and a dime.

Children display data of their hand

decimal and fraction equivalencies.

ENRICHMENT

spans on a line plot.

[Number and Numeration Goal 5]

Writing Names on Hundred Grids

• Compare and order decimals on 10-by-10

Math Boxes 5 7

Math Masters, p. 140

grids.

[Number and Numeration Goal 6]

Math Journal 1, p. 116

optional: calculator, scissors, construction

Children practice and maintain skills

Key Activities

paper, glue

through Math Box problems.

Children use money and base-10 blocks

Children find decimal values for each letter

to extend their understanding of decimal

in their first names.

Home Link 5 7

notation for tenths and hundredths. They

Math Masters, p. 139

ELL SUPPORT

compare and order decimal numbers.

Children practice and maintain skills

Building a Math Word Bank

through Home Link activities.

Ongoing Assessment:

Differentiation Handbook, p. 132

Recognizing Student Achievement

Children add the terms tenths and

Use Math Masters, page 138.

hundredths to their Math Word Banks.

[Number and Numeration Goal 1]

Ongoing Assessment:

Informing Instruction

See page 354.

Key Vocabulary

tenths

hundredths

Materials

Math Journal 1, pp. 114 and 115

Home Link 5 6 Math Masters, p. 138;

pp. 126 and 127 (optional) transparency

of Math Masters, p. 425 overhead base-10

cubes and longs (if available) base-10

flat per partnership: at least 10 cubes and

10 longs slate (optional)

Advance Preparation

Cut apart copies of Math Masters, page 138 and place the slips near the Math Message. Set aside space on the board or class Data Pad

for children to record their hand-span measures. For the optional Readiness activity in Part 3, assemble a 10-by-10 grid from Math Masters,

pages 426 and 427 for each small group.

Teacher’s Reference Manual, Grades 1–3

pp. 60, 61

352

Unit 5 Place Value in Whole Numbers and Decimals

Model Decimals With Base-10 Blocks

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