What place will you finish in?

            As I continue my trek I think abut the lessons in the past and about what place I will finish in this trek that we are all running. Does the place that we finish in really matter? Is this trek a competition or is it a trek that we all learn from? Some of us will take one path and some will take another, but if we all end up at the same place at the same time that would be the best finish ever! That is the struggle with the Math trek and basically our trek as future teachers. We have to make sure and do our best to lead and help our students on their trek of learning, understanding and hopefully mastering of the content. What place will you finish in? I hope to be running all over helping everyone no matter where they are in their trek!

            You may or may not care what place you are in, but in math place value is very important! The first number is called the ones place, the next is the tens place, next is the hundreds place and then comes the thousands place. Take a peek at this picture; it will help you understand what I am talking about. The numbers in these different places gives the number its value.

          There is also a song below that will help you understand place values that are larger than the place values shown in the picture above. Listen to this song and sing along with your parents. If you still do not feel comfortable with your place values go take a look at the place value tutorial.

When you feel confident in your place value skills go here and try a fun game! Next time we will be talking about place values when we are working with decimals!