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Warm-‐Up A ctivity # 1:

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appropriate i ntroduction p rior t o p lay t he g ame P lace V alue P irates.

Warm-‐Up A ctivity # 2:

Next, c omplete t he d rill t itled I ndentifying t he V alues o f N umbers w ith D ecimals. T his d rill c an b e f ound

at t he f ollowing l ink. -‐

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whole g roup b y p rojecting i t f or a ll s tudents t o s ee o r u sing a n i nteractive w hite b oard. A dditionally,

students c an w ork p roblems a t t heir s eats u sing d ry e rase b oards t o f ollow a long. I f y ou a re i n a

computer l ab, s tudents c an c omplete t his d rill a s a w arm-‐up r eview i ndependently, p rior t o p laying t he

game P lace V alue P irates.

Main A ctivity:

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game P lace V alue P irates e ither a s a w hole g roup o r i ndependently. B efore p laying P lace V alue P irates, i t

may b e h elpful t o w atch t he i nstructional v ideo ( I f y ou a re

using a n i nteractive w hite b oard, a llow s tudents t o t ake t urns c oming t o t he b oard t o “ Slash” t he p irate

decimals. I f y ou a re p laying a s a w hole g roup, y ou c an h old t he r est o f y our c lass a ccountable b y a sking

them t o w rite t he a nswer o n a d ry e rase b oard a nd t hen t o h old u p t heir a nswers.

Assessment:

Distribute a nd c ollect t he s pecialized P lace V alue P irates w orksheet. T here a re t hree d ifferent

worksheets y ou c an u se:

Worksheet 1 :

Worksheet 2 :

Worksheet 3 :

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