Teach your students to order and compare decimals with models and place value with these teaching slides that feature decimals represented as fractions, MAB blocks, and 100s grids.
Increase Understanding With Our Order and Compare Decimals With Models and Place Value Teaching Slides
This instructional slide deck is an excellent resource for teaching students how to order and compare decimals with models and place value. The deck introduces various representations of decimals, including fractions, 100s grids and MAB blocks, helping students visualise decimal comparisons. It then guides them to order and compare decimals using a place value chart. With practice problems sprinkled throughout and a ‘turn and talk’ slide to promote collaboration, this deck provides a comprehensive and engaging approach to mastering decimal concepts.
This slide deck teaches students to order and compare decimals with the following models and strategies:
- Converting the decimals to fractions
- Representing the decimals with 100s grids
- Representing the decimals with MAB Blocks
- Placing the decimals in a place value chart
Why Use This Ordering and Comparing Decimals Year 5 Resource?
There are many benefits to teaching students to order and compare decimals with models and place value. Here are just a few:
- Visualisation Matters – Using different models helps students visualise decimal comparisons in many ways, ‘proving’ which decimal is bigger. Models like those in this presentation make abstract concepts easier to grasp.
- Engages Multiple Learning Styles – This slide show purposefully contains a wide variety of models and representations so that it can spark understanding no matter your students’ learning styles.
- Increases Student Engagement – The hands-on manipulatives and colourful visuals in this ordering and comparing decimals year 5 presentation help to increase student attention and engagement.
- Scaffolded Learning – Gradually moving from models to using a place value chart allows students to build their understanding step-by-step, providing them with a clear path toward mastering decimal comparison and ordering.
Download These Compare, Order and Represent Decimals Teaching Slides
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This resource was created by Kendall Britnell, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.
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