This Build a Thousand using Base Ten Blocks resource pairs a Mini Lesson and Guided Practice together! A fantastic combo for your 2nd or 3rd Grade students to see how 10 Rods make a Flat and how 10 Flats make a Cube! After your students have seen the Rods creatively build the Flat, and the Flat creatively builds the Cube; they will have the opportunity to read 10 numbers using Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Ones! Check out Build a Million Interactive Base Ten VideoA recording sheet has been pro