Title and/or Lesson Plan #: Lesson 2: Bundling Groups of 10

Lesson Overview:

This lesson is designed to teach students how to bundle 10 ones into 1 ten, and 10 tens

into 1 hundred.

Resources or Materials Needed

 Place value blocks – one teacher set

 One box of Unifix cubes (between 300-900)

 Classroom white board

 Expo markers

 Teacher computer

 Smartboard

Performance Objective:

Given a three-digit number, students will be able to count up to 1000 by ones, bundles of

tens, and bundles of hundreds with 90% accuracy.

Time: One hour (one math block)

Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities

The teacher will begin the lesson by asking students to recall what skills we learned about

in the previous lesson (counting ones and tens). The teacher will then show the class 2 tens and 3

ones using Base Ten Blocks found on ABCya.com, and ask students to share with their neighbor

what number is represented. Complete this activity on the smartboard with the following: 1 ten

and 8 ones, 4 tens and 4 ones, and 7 tens and 6 ones. The teacher will then inform students that in

today’s lesson, the class will be adding a new digit called the hundreds place.

Step 2: Content Presentation

 The instructor will introduce the following activity: “We are going to practice counting

multi-digit numbers just like yesterday. Only today we will be counting much larger numbers, all

the way up to the hundreds place.” The teacher will draw a place value chart up on the front

white board.

The instructor will explain to students that this chart will help students keep track of how many

ones, tens, and hundreds we count. The number the class will count together is 125. The teacher

will begin counting with the class using Unifix cubes. As the class counts, the teacher will add a

cube to the ones place on the chart. When the first ten is reached, the teacher will stop the class

and make a point of moving the stick of 10 to the tens place. The class will then resume

counting, moving sticks of 10 as they go. When the class reaches 99, the teacher will pause the

class once more. Students will then make predictions for what will happen when they add one

more cube. They will discuss predictions with their elbow partners first, then the instructor will

call students for ideas. The teacher will then add the 100th cube and demonstrate how ten sticks

of 10 can be moved to the hundreds place. 10 tens equals 1 hundred (100). The class will then

continue counting to 125. When finished, the teacher will discuss how many ones, tens, and

hundreds are in 125 using the place value chart.

Step 3: Learner Participation

 The instructor will now bring out a large box of Unifix cubes. The teacher will explain to

students that there are less than 1000 cubes in the box, but is unsure of the exact number.

Students’ task for the day will be to count out the total number of blocks, by bundling them into

groups of ones, tens, and hundreds. The teacher will then divide the box of cubes among the

students’ table groups. Students will then be given time to organize the blocks into groups of tens

and ones (there will not be enough cubes for any one table group to have 100). When groups are

finished, the teacher will call one group at a time to bring up their bundles of tens and ones, and

place them on the place value chart (the one from the previous activity). The teacher and students

will bundle 10 ones into tens, and 10 tens into hundreds as groups add their cubes to the class

total. In the end the class, with the instructor’s help, will count up the total hundreds, tens, and

ones on the place value chart. From that, students will be able to determine how many total cubes

were in the box.

The teacher will then summarize today’s learning. They will discuss with the class the

order of place value from right to left: ones on the right, then tens, then hundreds. The instructor

will then review that 10 ones equals 1 ten, and 10 tens equals 1 hundred (100).

Step 4: Assessment

There is no assessment for this lesson.

Step 5: Follow-Through Activities

Students will be asked to find something that they have a lot of at home (like cereal,

beads, legos, etc…). Their task will be to count the total and identify how many ones, tens, and

hundreds there are in their number. The next day, they will be able to bring to class what they

counted in a zip-lock bag, and share with their group mates how many ones, tens, and hundreds

they counted.