Mr. Pope shared this wonderful idea with me for an activity using base ten blocks! In small groups, the students (those who had finished their Ouch Recounts) were given a number in the hundreds that they had to represent using base ten blocks. Once they succeeded, they showed me their blocks and then were asked to show the same number a different way (for example, switch in 1 hundred block for 10 tens). Once they succeeded with this challenge, they had to make a robot using these blocks. They LOVED this!
Next, the students were given a Super Challenge! They had to figure out what number was made using 3 hundreds, 23 tens and 16 ones. Once they succeeded (and they all eventually figured it out - 546!), the groups got to build yet another robot. Their designs were all varied and imaginative!
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