developing place value understanding- with the iPad

The First Grade Butterflies explored place value with base ten blocks using the Hands On Math Base Ten Blocks by Ventura Educational Systems.

After exploring and manipulating base ten blocks manipulatives, the first graders continued their exploration of base ten blocks to develop their understanding of place value with the Base Ten Blocks iPad app.

Referencing the "numeral" feature on the app (that correlates the number displayed to the base ten blocks within the frames), the first graders identified patterns in numbers relative to "ones", "tens", and "hundreds".

After the initial exploration and questions to prompt students' thinking and identification of patterns, the first grade iPad math partners cooperatively discovered the "meaning" of ones, tens, and hundreds through teacher directed instructions (ex: add 8 ones to the ones column of the frame), inquiry based questions, and prompts for discussion.

first grade iPad math partners explore base ten blocks
-utilizing the Hands On Math Base Ten Blocks iPad app

Butterfly Math iPad Partners cooperatively explore base ten blocks
to develop their understanding of place value