Launching Learning

Recently updated summer 2024! A huge update with many more added activities, Google Slides, Answer keys, handouts and more!This is a 230 page PRINT and TEACH resource to get your mathematics program off to a great start. In this download you will have everything you need to teach an entire Place Value unit. Students will learn about the building blocks of numbers in a series of 11 lessons. This unit can be printed out into a student booklet to bring independence to your junior learners, shared

Comparing decimal numbers can be a tricky concept for students to grasp without a visual. These decimal charts can be used to color in and model the decimal numbers in tenths, hundredths and thousands and provide students a visual to compare.

Engage your students with this hands on mix and match! Students will match the expanded form to the standard number form. Numbers range from the thousands to millions. You will get PDF and Google Slides Link

Get your students up, moving and reviewing! This scavenger hunt can be set up around the classroom or school. Students will look for card clues and answer the place value questions. This resource has been tried and tested in my classroom and students love it! You will get PDF and Google Slides link Topic covered include: Comparing Numbers to millions Word form to Number Form Expanded form up to millions Place Value True or False

Are you looking for new ways to represent numbers or wanting to add more concrete manipulatives to your Number Talks? An abacus is a wonderful tool that will help your students visualize the base ten system, develop number flexibility and have a better understanding of procedures such as regrouping and borrowing. Using an abacus during Number Talks can help your students make connections across the strands. In this teacher tutorial you will learn about: > On-line abacus tools > The b

See the process of the simple addition of three digit numbers using the 100 bead abacus.