Chapter Questions
Name the three ways one can count a set of objects, and explain how these methods of counting can be used to coordinate concepts and oral and written names for numbers.
Describe the three types of physical models for base-ten concepts. What is the significance of the differences between these models?
How can students learn to write two- and three-digit numbers in a way that is connected to the base-ten meanings of ones and tens or ones, tens, and hundreds?
What are some of the ways the hundreds chart can be used to identify and use place-value concepts?
What are landmark numbers? Describe the relationships you want students to develop concerning landmark numbers. Describe an activity that addresses these relationships.
6. How can place-value concepts and computation skills be developed at the same time? Describe two activities that can be used to address these dual agendas.