Place value - Count in 1,000s - Presentation

The presentation on counting in thousands is an interactive and engaging resource designed to enhance students' understanding of place value. Initially, the lesson prompts a discussion on the similarities and differences between counting in ones and counting in thousands. The first activity encourages students to complete sentences that reinforce the concept of place value, such as how many tens make a hundred and how many hundreds make a thousand. This foundational knowledge is crucial as students begin to grasp the larger increments involved in counting by thousands.

Following the initial exercises, students are presented with a series of activities that involve counting in increments of 1,000. One task involves identifying and writing numbers represented by a sequence of '1,000' blocks in both numerals and words, such as 5,000 (five thousand) and 8,000 (eight thousand). Another activity has students calculating the total number of sweets in jars, with each jar containing 1,000 sweets, to practice addition in thousands. Subsequent exercises include completing number tracks by counting in thousands and reasoning tasks that challenge students to determine whether certain statements about counting in hundreds and thousands are always, sometimes, or never true. The presentation culminates with independent work where students count objects, complete number tracks, and use place value charts to deepen their understanding of counting in thousands.