In the Western Australian Curriculum, children in Year One are expected to:
Count collections to 100 by partitioning numbers using place value (ACMN014)
Last week however, we were partitioning numbers to 1000! During our fairytale unit, we looked at the story of the three little pigs. There was a house made of straw, a house made of sticks and a house made of bricks. The children were given the opportunity to create the 4th little pig's house made out of MAB blocks.
The children worked in partners to create a house made out of MAB blocks. They had to design the house and then count how many blocks were used to create the house. Some children were even able to re-group with their numbers.
Here are some pictures of the children creating their houses.
We also looked at expanded notation and how a number can be broken down eg. 341 is amde up of 300+40+1 (3 hundreds, 4 tens and 1 one). The children loved playing the fruit splat.
Click below to access the game:
Fruit Splat Place Value
Miss Prowse
