Teaching decimals 4th

In this quick and easy decimal place value game, students compete against one another to form the highest decimal number using playing cards.

Tweet Today I am joining some great math teacher bloggers to bring you a new series of blog hops: Fly on the Math Teacher's Wall. These blog posts will be all about SQUASHING teacher, student and parent misconceptions. They will give you a look inside math teachers classrooms and help you find new ideas and understandings across the grade levels. Today we are talking about place value. Today I want to talk about decimals. I feel like teachers have gotten pretty good at using manipulatives…

Like fractions, introducing decimals is something that should be taught for students to be successful in high level math classes.

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Take the STRUGGLE out of teaching decimals to your fourth and fifth grade students using these great tips! Hands on ideas and more!

Using models for decimal place value helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value. Grab a FREEBIE!

Engage your students when teaching decimals. This decimal activity allows your students to practice writing decimals, putting decimals in order, reading decimals, and rounding decimals. You'll also get them out of their seats and moving in math.

Daily practice is a great way to learn decimals and this decimal of the day sheet is the perfect way for quick review. And it is FREE.

Decimal place value is sometimes difficult for students to grasp because it introduces concepts and words similar but different from those students have already learned. Then it puts those same concepts in reverse order. When learning place value, students have already learned ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, and get bigger. Now “-ths” is added to the […]