Title and/or Lesson Plan #: Lesson 6:

Lesson Overview:

In this lesson students will review place value blocks and their value. I will then teach

students how to represent multi-digit numbers by drawing place value blocks.

Resources or Materials Needed

 Whiteboards

 Expo markers

 Whiteboard erasers

 Place value blocks

 Copies of Independent Practice – Lesson 6 (Appendix F)

Performance Objective:

Given a three-digit number, second grade students will represent place value (hundreds,

tens, and ones), using place value blocks with 90% accuracy.

Time: One hour (one math block)

Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities

Students will review their identifying skills in a warm up activity. In the activity students

will use place value blocks to quiz a buddy on a 3-digit number.

Step 2: Content Presentation

The teacher will begin by referring to the previous lesson.

Teacher (T): “Yesterday we learned how to read place value blocks. Today we are going to learn

how to draw place value blocks in our own math model.”

The teacher will then display place value blocks (1 one, 1 ten, and 1 hundred). Above

those place value blocks, the teacher will draw a

T: “Which one does this square look like?” S: “A hundred.” The teacher will label it as a

hundred.
100

T: “What does look like?” S: “A ten” The teacher will label it as a ten.
10
T: “What does look like?” S: “A one.” The teacher will label it as a one.
1
T: “If these drawings represent ones, tens, and hundreds, what does the following picture

represent?

100 10 10 4
S: “124!”

Step 3: Learner Participation

The teacher will instruct students to take out their whiteboard materials.

T: “Show me 100.” Students will draw

T: “Show me 10.” Students will draw

T: “Show me a 1.” Students will draw

T: “What would 352 look like?”

The teacher will repeat this process with numbers 407, 58, and 200.

Step 4: Assessment
 Students will complete a short, teacher made assessment titled Independent Practice –

Lesson 6 (See Appendix F). Place value blocks on this independent practice paper were

originally found on Teacher Trap (Building Number Sense, 2013).

Step 5: Follow-Through Activities

Students will have the opportunity to practice representing place value using place value blocks

on their weekly homework packet. Students are encouraged to share this practice work with a

family member, and teach them the skills they are learning in school.