5 ideas for supporting place value
What to do about place value Do not eliminate concrete supports too quickly Some students need more time to explore the physical attributes of number before they are secure moving to paper and pencil tasks. Coloured place-value counters, base-10s and other supports provide valuable reinforcement for number skills. Give students a script to follow Model and teach the language of place value, including solving problems for the basic operations. This is how you might support the