Place value - Represent numbers to 10,000 - Planning

In a Year 4 mathematics lesson, the objective is to help students understand how to represent numbers up to 10,000, utilising resources such as base 10 blocks, place value charts, worksheets, and presentations. The lesson begins with a review of previous learning, followed by a practical segment where children are given the chance to interact with different manipulatives, like base 10 and place value counters, to explore the concept of place value. Students are encouraged to discuss their preferences among the manipulatives and explain their reasoning. The first activity involves identifying numbers based on their place value representation in a table, where children deduce the value of each digit within a number.

The second activity requires students to construct numbers using the manipulatives provided. Throughout the lesson, key questions prompt students to think about the significance of each digit in a number and to understand the role of zero as a placeholder, a concept that often leads to common misconceptions. The lesson concludes with a reflection exercise, where students consider what they've learned, the skills they've used, and what they found challenging. Depending on their level of understanding, children work with different materials and representations to reinforce their grasp of place value, with the aim of recognising the relative sizes of thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones, and making connections between numerical and monetary values.