IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Oliver and William are building numbers with the base ten blocks.

Avelyn and Wyatt work together to build their numbers with the base ten blocks.

Over the past week we have been working a lot on place value in Math Workshop.  As a whole we want the kids to understand that each place in a number represents more than just that one number (ie: 100s, 10s, and 1s).  One way we are working on this is through the use of base ten blocks.  The kids use the base ten blocks to build and represent numbers.  For example, if a child had 124 they would show us 1 flat (100), 2 rods (each is worth 10), and 4 cubes (each is worth 1).  Today the kids rolled dice 3 different time to create a 3 digit number.  They then used the base ten blocks to build that number and represent each place.  The rest of the week we will be working with place value even more to continue the building and decomposing of numbers.  It is our eventual goal that the kids can see a number and visualize it without the blocks. This will help them in all areas of math later down the road!

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