base ten blocks lesson overview

Base Ten Blocks Lexi Sabo

Target Learners

Grade: 1st to 2nd Subject: Mathematics

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Other Supplemental Resources Goalbook Toolkit – Base Ten Blocks Math Learning Center – Number Pieces

Overview

Topic: Place Value, supplemental Review place value with video Introduce key vocabulary: Standard Form, Expanded Notation, Word Form, Ones, Tens,

Hundreds Introduce base ten blocks Show base ten blocks video Also, provide physical base ten blocks for the class Give opportunities for students to come up and answer the questions on the SMART Board While one student is manipulating the blocks on the board, have students at their seats

manipulate the physical blocks

Base Ten Blocks

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Evidence of Supporting UDL

Support UDL guidelines: 2.5: Illustrate through multiple media – Physical manipulatives and digital manipulatives 5.2: Use multiple tools for construction and composition – Use of Base Ten Blocks

Base Ten blocks are a great way of scaffolding Base Ten blocks can be used in later academic years for representing other operations Supports the CRA (Concrete-Representational-Abstract) Teaching Sequence Base Ten Blocks actively engage students The use of a SMART Board also actively engages students through tactile learning