BeckyWeir

Mrs.Miller
4thGrade
Math

Monday,November17,2014
Time:10:40am11:37am
DecimalPlaceValue

LessonEssentialQuestion:Whyaredecimalpointsnecessary?Whatarethevaluesofdigitsin
decimals?
Standards:CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.1Recognizethatinamultidigitnumber,a
digitinoneplacerepresents10timesasmuchasitrepresentsintheplacetoitsrightand1/10of
whatitrepresentsintheplacetoitsleft.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.3Read,write,andcomparedecimalstothousandths.
LearningObjectivesandAssessments:
Objectives
Studentswillbeabletoidentify
digitsindecimals.

Assessments
Studentswilldisplaytheirknowledgeofplacevalue
innumberswithdecimalsbyusingtheirwhiteboards.

Studentswillbeabletoreadand
Studentswillwritedownthenumbertoldorallyto
writedecimalsthroughthousandths. displayknowledgeofwritinganumberwitha
decimal,andwillreadawrittennumberwith
decimal.
Materials:

MathMasterspage107(displayedwithEpson)
MathBoxes4.1page79
StudyLinkpage108
AssortedChildrensLiterature

PriorKnowledge:Studentshaveknowledgeofplacevaluesandthebasetenmodelknowledge
thateachplacevalueistentimesmorethanthelast,suchasones(x10)tens(x10)
hundreds.
Hook/Engage:Theteacherwillgiveeachstudentanindexcard.Theteacherwillaskeach
studenttowritesomethingtheyknowaboutdecimals,andsomethingtheywouldliketolearn
aboutdecimalsorareconfusedabout.Thestudentswillpasstheirresponsesforward.
InstructionalPlanning:
Timetable&Transitions
1. (0:5:000:10:00)TheteacherwillmentiontheTurnAroundMethodandtalkaboutif
thevaluegrowsbyx10whenmovingfromrighttoleft,butaswemovefromlefttoright
thevalueis/10.1isonetenth(1/10)of10.Thestudentswilltakeouttheir
whiteboardsandaswholeclasstheywillreviewplacevalues.Theteacherwillwritea
numberontheboardandthenaskthestudentstowritedownthenumberthatisinthe
specificplacevaluethatisindicated.

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3.

4.

5.

a. 1,835,201Findthethousandsplace.Answer:5.Howmuchisthatdigitworth?
5,000
b. 627,943Findthetensplace.Answer:4.Howmuchisthatdigitworth?4
c. 7,236,289Findthemillionsplace.Answer:7.Howmuchisthatdigitworth?
7,000,000
(0:10:000:15:00)TheteacherwilldisplaytheMathMasterspageontheEpson.The
studentswilljointheteacheronthecarpet.Thechartwillbeusedareviewforwhole
numberplacevalues.
a. Theteacherwilldiscusshoweachplacevalueistentimesmorethanitsprevious
place,suchas10is10timesmorethan1.1,000is10x100,10,000is10x
1,000.
(0:15:000:25:00)Theteacherandthestudentswillreviewthenamesoftheplacevalues
thatcomeafterthedecimal,(tenths,hundredths,andthousandths).Thesenumberswillbe
onthechartdisplayedbytheEpson.
a. Thestudentswilltakeamomenttogoretrieveacalculatorandgatheronthe
carpetagain.Withthechartontheboardtheteacherwillgiveanumbertoput
intothechart.Thestudentswillputthatnumberintothecalculatoranddivideby
10.Thestudentswilltelltheteacherwhatanswerwasgivenandputthisinthe
nextrowofthechart.Thestudentswillcontinuethispracticewiththecalculators
untilthenumberisinitsthousandthsplacevalue.
(0:35:000:40:00)Thestudentswillturnofftheircalculatorsandputthemtotheside.
Theteacherwillwriteadecimalontheboard.(7.386)Asaclasstheywilldiscussthe
valueofeachplacevalue.Theteacherwillaskthestudentsfornonverbalcuesindicating
theirfeelingsabouttheirunderstandingofdecimalsplacevalues.
(0:40:000:50:00)ThestudentswillworkontheirMathBoxespage79independently.
Whenthestudentsfinishtheywillneedtofindapartnerandgotoanotherpartofthe
roomanddiscusstheiranswers.
a. Differentiation
i. Theteacherwilltakeasideasmallgroupthatishavingdifficultywiththe
materialorincludeaclassdiscussionaboutfrequentquestionsthe
students.
ii. Ifstudentsfinishwiththeirpartnerstheywillbeaskedtoactasteachers
andhelpstudentsthatarestillworkingindependentlywiththeir
iii. EarlyfinisherswillbeaskedtotakeouttheirDEARbooksandread.
b. Questions
i. Whyaredecimalsnecessary?
ii. Whataretheplacevaluesafterthedecimal?
iii. Whathappenstoanumbertomakethedecimalmove(leftorright)?
c. ClassroomManagement:Studentswillbeexpectedtoobeyclassroomrules.If
thestudentshaveanydifficultytheteacherwillreferbacktotheclassruleschart.
Studentswillberemindedthatbathroomuseisnotpermittedduringalesson.

Closure:Thelessonwillbeconcludedwithansweringanyquestionsthatthestudentshave
aboutdecimals.Theteacherwillpassoutanotherindexcardtoeachofthestudentsandaskthem

thesamequestions.Theteacherwillaskthestudentstotakeouttheirassignmentpadsandhave
themrecordStudyLink4.1astheirhomeworkforthatnight.