Base-Ten Blocks to Divide
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this What Do You Know About _____? is to invite students to share what they know about base-ten blocks in the context of division. Some students may choose to reflect on base-ten blocks and division, while others may simply describe what they know about base-ten blocks. Any reflection offered by students is useful for activating prior knowledge for the lesson.
Launch
- Display a pile of base-ten blocks.
- “What do you know about base-ten blocks?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- Record responses.
Student Task
What do you know about base-ten blocks?
Sample Response
Sample responses:
- They show thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones.
- They can represent different values.
- Each larger block is 10 times the size of the previous block.
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “Which blocks would we use to represent the number 324?”
- “You have used base-ten blocks to represent large numbers. Today you are going to see how they can be helpful to divide larger numbers.”
Standards
- 4.NBT.A·Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
- 4.NBT.A·Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
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Base-Ten Blocks to Divide
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this What Do You Know About _____? is to invite students to share what they know about base-ten blocks in the context of division. Some students may choose to reflect on base-ten blocks and division, while others may simply describe what they know about base-ten blocks. Any reflection offered by students is useful for activating prior knowledge for the lesson.
Launch
- Display a pile of base-ten blocks.
- “What do you know about base-ten blocks?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- Record responses.
Student Task
What do you know about base-ten blocks?
Sample Response
Sample responses:
- They show thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones.
- They can represent different values.
- Each larger block is 10 times the size of the previous block.
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “Which blocks would we use to represent the number 324?”
- “You have used base-ten blocks to represent large numbers. Today you are going to see how they can be helpful to divide larger numbers.”
Standards
- 4.NBT.A·Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
- 4.NBT.A·Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.