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Place Value Power-Up

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Joseph Duarte

Tier 3
For Schools

Lesson Plan

Place Value Power-Up Lesson Plan

Students will master reading, writing, and comparing multi-digit numbers up to 10,000 by identifying each digit’s value through scaffolded activities and immediate corrective feedback.

Solid place-value understanding underpins all multi-digit operations, estimation, and number sense. Mastery ensures confidence when reading, writing, and comparing large numbers.

Audience

4th Grade Students

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Scaffolded activities with targeted prompts.

Materials

  • Place Value Practice Sheet, - Place Value Digit Cards Set, - Hundreds-Tens-Ones Chart, - Place Value Prompt Cards, and - Place Value Answer Key

Prep

Teacher Preparation

5 minutes

  • Review Place Value Practice Sheet structure and answer key.
  • Familiarize yourself with the Place Value Digit Cards Set.
  • Display the Hundreds-Tens-Ones Chart in a visible area.
  • Preview the scaffolded questions on the Place Value Prompt Cards.

Step 1

Warm-Up & Diagnostic Check

5 minutes

  • Show the Place Value Digit Cards Set to the student.
  • Ask the student to build a three-digit number of your choosing and state its value (e.g., 4-7-2: “four hundred seventy-two”).
  • Note any misconceptions (digit order, naming, place-value errors).

Step 2

Guided Modeling

10 minutes

  • Use the Hundreds-Tens-Ones Chart to illustrate each place value.
  • With the Place Value Digit Cards Set, model reading and writing a four-digit number.
  • Employ Place Value Prompt Cards to ask scaffolded questions (e.g., “What is the value of the 5 in 5,234?”).
  • Offer immediate, corrective feedback and encourage ‘think-aloud’ reasoning.

Step 3

Scaffolded Independent Practice

10 minutes

  • Hand out the Place Value Practice Sheet.
  • Student completes exercises: reading numbers aloud, writing dictated numbers, comparing pairs.
  • Circulate and reference Place Value Prompt Cards to guide struggling items.
  • Encourage self-check using the Place Value Answer Key.

Step 4

Formative Assessment & Reflection

5 minutes

  • Pose an exit-ticket prompt: “Compare 3,659 and 3,695. Which is greater? Explain.”
  • Student records answer and reasoning.
  • Review response together, reinforce correct strategies, and note any areas needing further support.
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Slide Deck

Place Value Power-Up

4th Grade | Tier 3 Individual Session | 30 minutes

Welcome the student and introduce the session. Emphasize that today we’re focusing on place value mastery for numbers up to 10,000.

Materials You’ll Need

  • Place Value Digit Cards Set (#place-value-digit-cards-set)
  • Hundreds-Tens-Ones Chart (#hundreds-tens-ones-chart)
  • Place Value Prompt Cards (#place-value-prompt-cards)
  • Place Value Practice Sheet (#place-value-practice-sheet)
  • Place Value Answer Key (#place-value-answer-key)

Ensure all materials are prepared and visible: digit cards, chart, prompt cards, practice sheet, answer key.

Session Objectives

By the end of today, you will be able to:

  • Read and write multi-digit numbers up to 10,000
  • Identify the value of each digit in a number
  • Compare two numbers and determine which is greater

Read aloud the objectives and confirm the student understands the goals.

Warm-Up & Diagnostic Check (5 min)

  1. Display three digit-cards (e.g., 4 – 7 – 2).
  2. Ask: “What number do these cards make?”
  3. Have student state: “four hundred seventy-two.”
  4. Observe and correct any place-value errors.

Conduct the warm-up: have student build and name three-digit numbers and note any misconceptions.

Guided Modeling (10 min)

  • Use the Hundreds-Tens-Ones Chart to place each digit.
  • Build a four-digit number (e.g., 5 2 3 9).
  • Read it aloud: “five thousand two hundred thirty-nine.”
  • Ask scaffolded questions from the Prompt Cards.

Model reading and writing on the chart. Think aloud each step and ask scaffolded questions.

Prompt Examples

• “What is the value of the 5 in 5,234?”
• “If I remove the 2 in 3,205, what happens to the number?”
• “Which digit is in the hundreds place?”

Show example prompts, then hand the practice sheet to the student.

Scaffolded Independent Practice (10 min)

  • Student completes exercises on the Practice Sheet:
    • Read numbers aloud
    • Write dictated numbers
    • Compare number pairs
  • Use Prompt Cards for guidance.
  • Self-check answers with the Answer Key.

Circulate and provide immediate feedback. Encourage student to self-check with the answer key.

Formative Assessment & Reflection (5 min)

Exit Ticket:
Compare 3,659 and 3,695.
• Which is greater?
• Explain your reasoning.

Collect the exit ticket response, review reasoning, and celebrate mastery or note targets for future support.

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Worksheet

Place Value Practice Sheet

Instructions: Complete each section. Show your work where needed.

Section 1: Reading Numbers

Write each number in words. Use commas and hyphens correctly.

  1. 3,405:
    ________________________________





  2. 8,219:
    ________________________________





  3. 10,000:
    ________________________________





Section 2: Writing Numbers

Write each number in digits.

  1. Two thousand six hundred forty-seven:
    __________________


  2. Nine thousand three hundred two:
    __________________


  3. Ten thousand:
    __________________


Section 3: Place Value Identification

What is the value of the specified digit?

  1. In 7,835, what is the value of the digit 8?
    __________________


  2. In 5,624, what is the value of the digit 2?
    __________________


  3. In 9,010, what is the value of the digit 1?
    __________________


  4. In 4,207, what is the value of the digit 7?
    __________________


Section 4: Comparing Numbers

Use >, <, or = to compare each pair.

  1. 4,567 ____ 4,576

  2. 9,302 ____ 9,230

  3. 6,999 ____ 7,009

  4. 5,500 ____ 5,500

End of Practice Sheet

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Answer Key

Place Value Answer Key

This answer key provides correct responses and clear reasoning for each question on the Place Value Practice Sheet.

Section 1: Reading Numbers

Write each number in words.

  1. 3,405: three thousand four hundred five
    • Breakdown: 3 = three thousand; 4 = four hundred; 0 = no tens; 5 = five.

  2. 8,219: eight thousand two hundred nineteen
    • Breakdown: 8 = eight thousand; 2 = two hundred; 1 = ten; 9 = nine → “nineteen.”

  3. 10,000: ten thousand
    • Breakdown: 10 = ten thousand; remaining digits are zeros, so no additional words.

Section 2: Writing Numbers

Write each number in digits.

  1. Two thousand six hundred forty-seven: 2,647
    • 2 = thousands; 6 = hundreds; 4 = tens; 7 = ones.

  2. Nine thousand three hundred two: 9,302
    • 9 = thousands; 3 = hundreds; 0 = tens (skip); 2 = ones.

  3. Ten thousand: 10,000
    • 10 = ten thousand; remaining digits zeros.

Section 3: Place Value Identification

State the value of the specified digit.

  1. In 7,835, the digit 8 is in the hundreds place → value = 800.
    • Places: 7,000 – 800 – 30 – 5.

  2. In 5,624, the digit 2 is in the tens place → value = 20.
    • Places: 5,000 – 600 – 20 – 4.

  3. In 9,010, the digit 1 is in the tens place → value = 10.
    • Places: 9,000 – 0 hundreds – 10 – 0 ones.

  4. In 4,207, the digit 7 is in the ones place → value = 7.
    • Places: 4,000 – 200 – 0 tens – 7.

Section 4: Comparing Numbers

Use >, <, or = and explain your reasoning.

  1. 4,567 < 4,576
    • Compare thousands (4 = 4), hundreds (5 = 5), tens (6 < 7) → 4,567 is smaller.

  2. 9,302 > 9,230
    • Thousands (9 = 9), hundreds (3 > 2) → 9,302 is larger.

  3. 6,999 < 7,009
    • Thousands (6 < 7) → 6,999 is smaller.

  4. 5,500 = 5,500
    • Each place value matches exactly → numbers are equal.

End of Answer Key

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