Purpose: to provide students periodic opportunities to respond to previously mastered skills, thereby helping students to maintain their level of mastery.
Problem of the Day
Materials:
Teacher –-
Chalkboard/overhead projector
Chalk/overhead pen
Student –-
Appropriate concrete materials
Description:
Provide a problem of the day that focuses on drawing place value of numbers using a place value mat. Orally give the problem while students read the question/prompt written on the chalkboard. Ask students to discuss the strategy they used to get the answer. Students can share their drawings. Model the skill after this discussion, highlighting important ideas/features. Asking students to determine the number represented by drawings you make may also be a helpful activity. Encourage students to describe the drawings!
