In my classroom I wanted to reinforce using manipulatives to keep track of the current date. Together the students and I count how many hundreds, tens, and ones we have in each group and what that number is together. I chose to use magnatized base ten blocks because the students will see place value repesented on state tests more often by these blocks, more so than using traditional straw bundles.
In addition to using the base ten blocks, as a class we also show the number using dollar bills and coins. The money is a bulletin board cutout set that I attached magnets onto the back. We also use these coins to practice counting by ones, fives, and tens.
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