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Counting, Estimating and Place Value
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Click on the boxes below for more details about routines and resources to support students with decomposing.
Decomposing
Representing Numbers
Manipulatives can be used to build and visualize numbers. Using a variety of manipulatives to demonstrate numbers through place value. Students might choose to use these manipulatives to represent their number during number of the day activities, building number tasks and when working on operations. Building a firm sense of ten is important for students gain a sense of place-value.
Base Ten Blocks
Cuisenaire Rods
Rekenreks
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Check out our webpage for ideas on how to use Rekenreks with your students.
Ten Frames
Contact us to borrow our bin of magnetic ten frames, ten frame dice, Power of Ten cards and teacher resource book or to book a demo lesson.
Dice
Money
Numicons
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Online Manipulatives are great to support whole class instruction and virtual demonstrations. They can be a tool to help students recognize a variety of ways to represent numbers.