Decimals Through the Thousandths Place Bundle

Subject: Math, Numbers and Operations in Base Ten

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills:

• Collaborate and use the "language" of place value and decimals in strategic, purposeful note-taking partnerships in order to read and write decimals to the thousandths place in word and expanded form and base-ten numerals
• Explain the "why" of place value by reading and writing decimals through the thousandths place correctly with partners in order to compare two decimals or fractions to the thousandths place
• Demonstrate their understanding by playing a game where they will create six-digit numbers through the thousandths place with partners
• Complete an exit slip to help determine your next instructional steps

Materials Needed:

• Pencils
• Blank paper (6 per student)
• Small paper clip (1 per group to be used with “Spinner Sheet”)
• If unable to print “Spinner Sheet,” 10-sided dice and/or coin to flip
• Document camera/projector or whiteboard

 

Printable Resources:

• Student Resources:
  • “Exit Slips” as an optional assessment component (1 copy per student)
  • “Reading and Writing Decimals: Expanded Form” (1 copy per student)
  • “Comparing Decimals Through the Thousandths Place” (1 copy per student)
  • “Bigger is Better –or- Less is Best! Comparing Sheet” (a few copies per pair)
  • “Spinner Sheet” (1 copy per group)

CCSS: 5.NBT.3

File Type: PDF Document