Understanding Decimals Review

As you near the end of Module 3, you can engage students in this center/workstation that reviews many of the important concepts they've learned.  Students can use spinners/dice/cards to generate a decimal.  They then write their decimal as a number, represent it visually, write it in expanded form, and round to a particular place value. Place these sheets in a page protector, give students a dry erase marker, and you've got an easy, reusable workstation with very little prep!

Student Sheets

Comparing Decimals

Module 3, Lesson 8

Extra Help
Students work in pairs. Students create decimals spinners provided and place them on the game board with the objective being to create the greater decimal. Students also place their decimals on a number line in order to support their comparisons.

Spinner

Full Description of Activity, Including Game Board and Number Line Printables 

Representing Thousandths on a Grid

Module 3, Lesson 3
Extra Help

Students take turns pulling a card (same cards from Lesson 1) and shading thousandths grids. The first card represents tenths, second card represents hundredths, and the third card represents thousandths. Students identify/write the decimal they created  (0.__ __ __), show it on the expander, and also write it as a fraction.

Cards
Thousandths Grid in Differentiation Activity

Representing Tenths and Hundredths

Module 3, Lesson 1
Extra Practice

Students work in partners. Students roll a cube and pick a card (t = tenths, h = hundredths) to create a decimal. Students say their decimal aloud, then shade on a hundred square. The winner is the first to shade one (or greater than one) whole.


Cards
Hundred Grid from Differentiation Activities 

Representing Decimals on Grids and As Fractions

Module 3, Lesson 1
Extra Help

Students work in pairs or groups of three. Students generate decimals by picking cards or rolling a cube. One student writes the decimal in the form 0. __ __, another student shades the hundredths grid, and the third student writes the decimal as a fraction. Students alternate rolls as they continue the activity.

Option:  have one person locate the decimal on the number line and/or write it in expanded form.

Tip: Print each set of cards out on a separate color cardstock for easier organizing.

Cards 
Hundreds Grids from Differentiation Materials 

Layers Upon Layers

Module 2, Lesson 7: Developing the Idea of Volume
Extra Help

Partner A builds a base for a prism. (You might consider limiting the number of cubes students can use for their base.) Partner B arranges more blocks on the base to figure out the number of cubes in 5 layers. By using the "Layers Upon Layers" recording sheet, students will gain familiarity with one of the SBA Item Stems for this standard. Students alternate roles as they continue building prisms.


To differentiate this activity, students can roll a cube to determine the number of layers to build on their partner's base.

Layers Upon Layers Recording Sheet
Full Description of Activity

Working with the Multiplication Algorithm

Working with the Multiplication Algorithm
4th Grade Lesson 11.3

Extra Practice
Students roll a regular number cube and pick a card to create a two digit number. Students roll the cube again to get another single digit number. Students calculate the product of their numbers. The player with the greatest product scores one point.

Link to Cards