Making numbers

Make a number.

Use two different coloured deck of cards. Just use 0-9. Hand out equal amounts out. Students roam the room and find a friend. What number did you make? Students read the number. Repeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F3AycEDksY

We can show numbers in many ways (MAB etc). To understand place value, we need to know the special names for each part of a number, e.g. numeral, digit, column, value.

What is an abacus? How are they ordered? Count using an abacus. Make sure that you push the beads across. Make a few numbers.

You may need to show how to record the number on abacus.

Set up two stations across the room. At each station, children are to:

Station 1: MAB 

Create a number by rolling 1 or 2 dice. Make the number, then draw in their book.

Write the number next to it.

Station 2: Abacus

Turn over two cards to create a number. Move the beads on the abacus to make a number. Colour in small abacus and stick in a book. Write the  number next to it.

You can choose to do stations or just put materials on tables and ask students to create in two ways.

EXT: Roll a number (2 or 3 digit number)

ENA: Choose a number card (1 digit number) Use the same number for each station. When finished, choose a different number.