Math Unit One

In our first unit for math, we are talking about PLACE VALUE.

How can you

• describe the value of a number based on its position?

• read, write, order, and compare numbers up to the billions place?

• use place value to understand the relative sizes of metric measurement units?

• use place value to read and interpret a stem and leaf plot?

If I say the number sixty-two billion, five hundred twenty-three million, forty-two thousand, seven hundred sixty-eight.... will my students be able to write:62,523,042,768?By the way, that above number is about how many things I had to do in a span of two weeks to get ready for school! A stem and leaf plot looks like this:


Here's a good video for an explanation. 
I love teaching about the customary and metric system... "Here's the America does things.... and here's the way the rest of the world does things...."

Here's one of the activities I plan to do... It's a teacherspayteachers freebie. :)

Stem and Leaf Plot Generator