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

One Change Leads to Another

Grade 2, Grade 3

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Math & Movement

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Activity Instructions

Write + 1000, +100, +10, +1, -1000, -100, -10, -1 on notecards. Mix up the cards and add to a large hat or box (or in a pile on the floor if you do not have those items available). Have a student select a card and add or subtract place value blocks (at the bottom of the mat) according to the index card. Then have the student change the number cards (at the top of the mat) accordingly to create the new number.


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