Lesson Plan #5 Title: Creating The Largest Number
Lesson Plan #5 Title: Creating The Largest Number
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students continue to apply their learning of digit value, by
creating the largest numbers possible with random numbers. This lesson is similar to the last
lesson, only changing the activity where students will create the largest number as opposed to the
Smart Board
Largest Place Value Recording Sheet (See Appendix I) (use a sheet protector)
Performance Objective 5: Given 3 sets of random 3-digit numbers, students will create the
Time: 65 Minutes.
Review with students the activity they completed in the last lesson where they created the
Ask students how they felt about manipulating numbers to change their value? Ask what
decisions did they make in order to create the smallest number. Have students share the
Explain the goal to students they will learn how manipulate numbers by understanding
explain each digit in the number 194. Draw a chart on the board below the number
showing a column for the ones, tens and hundreds. Model separating the number by
place value and then drawing the base-10 model for each digit.
Next tell students you can create a larger number just like you did in the previous lesson
on creating the smallest number. Model switching the 9 into the hundreds place and
placing the 1 in the ones place and the 4 in the tens place. Use base-10 blocks drawing to
Explain and model the activity students will complete. Students will be grouped in fours
and be given a set of three dice, a place value-recording sheet and a dry erase marker.
Students will take turns, each rolling the dice. Whatever digits appear on the dice, they
all write the largest number possible and then compare them with each person in their
Students will work through the activity in pairs and the teacher will observe students and
Students will complete an exit ticket with the numbers (462, 322 & 573) in their math
journals. Ask students to create the largest numbers they can in their journals. They can
draw base-10 blocks to help them visualize the value of the digits. Please note the
number (322) is the largest number they can create, hopefully students will catch this.
See Appendix J.
Step 5: Follow-Through Activities (5 Minutes)
Call on students to come up to the board to share the largest number they created.