Important learning in place value for children to develop Suzanne Akrap

1. Professional Judgement: Knowledge, experience and evidence Pedagogy: Decide on learning activities and focus questions Important learning in place value for children to developSuzanne Akrap Planning Cycle DETWA, 2004 Students: Observe students and interpret what they do and say • HELPING CHILDREN LEARN PLACE VALUE • The use of varieties of mental, diagrammatic and informal written strategies help to visualise the meanings of place value. • Encourage students to use the patterns in the way we write and say numbers to split numbers into parts in helpful ways. • Visual reminders can be used in the classroom such as: • Place value mats • Grouping and trading of objects • Counting objects and understanding the patterns • Reading and writing numbers Mathematics: Decide on the mathematics needed to move students on The planning cycle is the first key to ensure Your lessons are prepared productively so your Students will understand place value. Children need to understand: *The order of digits makes a difference *The position of a digit tells us the quantity it represents *Zero is used as a placeholder *There is constant multiplicative relationship between the places with the values of the position increasing in powers of 10 from right to left *The value of the digit multiplied by the value of the place tells us the quantity a digit represents.