Find the Place
Have a student create a number on the mat. Instruct the student to pick up the card in the thousands place, in the tens place, etc. Continue until they have identified all of the place values in that number.
Adding Ones
Hand a student a ones block. Have the student figure out where to put the ones block on the mat. Have the student figure out how the numerals at the top of the mat change after one has been added to the ones place. Continue to give the student ones until there are ten one […]
Adding Tens
Hand a student a tens block. Have the student figure out where to put the tens block on the mat. Have the student figure out how the numerals at the top of the mat change after ten has been added to the tens place. Continue to give the student tens until there are ten tens […]
Adding Hundreds
Hand a student a hundreds block. Have the student figure out where to put the hundreds block on the mat. Have the student figure out how the numerals at the top of the mat change after one hundred has been added to the hundreds place. Continue to give the student hundreds until there are ten […]
One Change Leads to Another
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 […]
Bean Bag Decides
Have a student create a number and jump it out on the mat. Then, have them toss a bean bag on one of the number cards on the mat. Have the student remove the number underneath where the bean bag landed and replace it with a new number card. They will remake the number with […]
Adding or Subtracting Numbers
Create notecards, writing + and – with numbers up to the amount of digits you want them to add or subtract (+125, -56, etc.). Mix up the cards and place into a large hat or box (or in a pile on the floor if you do not have those items available). Have a student create […]
Clipboard Math
Clip a math worksheet on a clipboard. Have your student figure out the answers to the place value problems by walking or hopping on the mat.
Expanded Form
Have a student create a number and jump it out on the mat. After reading the number, have them write each numeral’s value on an index card and place it above each numeral. For example, after reading the number 439 students would write 400 on a card and place it above the 4, 30 and […]
Rounding
Have a student create a number on the mat. Then, have them round the numbers to all of the different place values. Use 0 cards for any place after the place value they are rounding to. Grade 3: Round to 10s and 100s Grade 4: Round to any place
