place value hop thumbnail, space for thousands, hundreds, tens with boxes to build the number

Jump out the Number

Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

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Math & Movement

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Activity Instructions

Create a number on the mat, going up to the place value you are working on in class. Have students jump out the number.
Example: 5,608
Jump on the 5. Say, 5. Jump on the THOUSAND. Say, “thousand.”
Jump on the 6. Say, 6. Jump on the HUNDRED. Say, “hundred:”
Jump OVER the zero. (Emphasize that the zero’s are skipped and not said.)
Jump on the 8. Say, “and eight.”


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