I had a few ideas about this project but one stood out for me: PLACE VALUES! I know my students struggle with distinguishing between place values so what better foldable to do then one that helps with that? Come to find out this is a real TEK which means the students need to know it in order to advance to the fourth grade so, naturally, I can't just not teach them.
It will eventually look something like this:
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| I obtained this example from:teaching with a mountain view |
The TEK is below:
TEKS: (111.5.2.A) Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and compare whole numbers and understand relationships related to place value. The student is expected to compose and decompose numbers up to 100,000 as a sum of so many ten thousands, so many thousands, so many hundreds, so many tens, and so many ones using objects, pictorial models, and numbers, including expanded notation as appropriate;
My materials needed include:
- the students math spirals
- we will make four different "Taco Fold" foldables
- one "vocabulary book" foldable
- Colored pencils
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| this is an example of a "taco fold" |
In creating the foldable the students will:
- Write the title "The Basics of place value" on the top of their next available page in their Math Journal
- cut out "vocabulary book" foldable
- cut out four "taco fold" foldables
- fill out the already labeled flaps of the foldables upon teachers instruction
- color after finished with ALL above steps
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| this is an example of a "vocabulary book fold" |
Reasons this will eventually help the student:
- they will get to use it anytime they get stuck with their place values
- This will never be useless information to have
- THEY created it therefore THEY will remember it
