Lesson Plans

PEPE Lesson Plan Format

(Alabama Professional Education Personnel Evaluation Program)

Written by: Windy Jennings bwjdbs@hopper.net Spring 2002

Graphics, Editing, and Formatting by: Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson

I. Preparing:

· Materials:

Place Value blocks, Mr. Place Value game, Place Value PowerPoint slideshow, computer, worksheets, place value poster, chalkboard, chalk, and the book One Grain of Rice by Demi. Students will need pencil and paper.

· Objectives:

1. The third grade students will identify the position of numerical digits and the value each represents. (Knowledge)

2. The students will define the total value of numbers in the hundreds and thousands place. (Knowledge)

3. The students will recognize zero as a placeholder in hundreds and thousands place. (Knowledge)

· Grade Level: 3

II. Orienting:

· Anticipatory Set:

The teacher will show the students the hundred and thousand place value block and ask the question, “Can anyone identify what these blocks represent in the place value system?” (Knowledge) Tell the students that today they will learn the hundreds and thousands place in the place value system.

· Purpose:

The teacher will explain what the hundreds and thousands place is in the place value system. Every place is important because we use it in everyday life. The teacher will explain to the students we use the place value system in spending money. The children learned the ones and tens place in second grade, so they will continue with the hundreds and thousands place.

III. Presenting:

· Teaching Procedures:

· Show the class the place value poster. Explain that place value is the basis of our entire number system. Ask if anyone can define the term “place value”? (the position of a digit in a number)

· Show the place value PowerPoint slideshow and tell the students to watch for different names and places in the place value system. Discuss each place value as it is shown and emphasize what each place represents. Stress the importance of the place value system because we use it in everyday life.

· Show the Mr. Place Value game and let the students identify the place value. Students will roll the four number cubes and put them in order to produce a four-digit number. Then they will spin the spinner to determine which place value of their number to identify.

· For example if the spinner and number cubes appear as this, then the student will answer, “The four is in the hundreds place.”

· Ask the following questions.

1. Can anyone define the place value system? (Comprehension)

2. What does the Base Ten System mean? (Comprehension)

3. How many tens does it take to make a hundred? (Knowledge)

4. Are the zeros in numbers important? Why or why not? (Evaluation)

IV. Practicing and Summarizing

· Review: The teacher will refer to the place value poster again and have the students to identify numbers and what each digit represents.

· Guided Practice: Read the book One Grain of Rice. While reading the book, ask the students to identify the numbers throughout the story and identify what place value each represents.

· Independent Practice:

1. Give the students a ziploc bag of place value blocks.

2. Have each student to construct the largest number possible with his or her blocks.

3. Ask the students what number they constructed.

· Strategies to use with Exceptional Children:

For enrichment, add more place value blocks to the gifted children’s sets.

For remediation, allow the children to work in small groups with fewer numbers of blocks.

· Activities for Cultural Diversity: Children who speak English as a second language will identify the different places in the place value system in their own language. Children will share with the class if this is the accepted number system in their country.

V. Closure and Summary:

Remind students that the place value system is very important. They have learned through the thousands place and they will learn higher values throughout the year. Tell them that they will study through the millions place in the future.

VI. Assessment:

Hand out place value worksheets and have students follow directions and identify each digit that is underlined. Tell them it will be for a homework grade.

Also, see the Counting PowerPoint Slides Shows at:

http://www.athens.edu/pt3/vinson/counting.ppt

http://www.athens.edu/pt3/vinson/triangles.ppt