Introduce basic place value skills with the teacher-led activity by reading numbers to your students and having them form the number in standard form on the chart. Provide your students with their own place value chart (I suggest using them inside a dry erase pocket) and recording sheet.
As you progress to more complex skills, use a double chart to show how to compare numbers by finding the greatest place value where the digits in the two numbers differ.
In upper elementary, this chart is perfect for showing students how to multiply and divide numbers by powers of 10, as they can shift the digits on the chart to show how their value increases or decreases.
As students become familiar with each skill and activity, you can utilize the student-led copies of each of the activities and have them review with a partner - perfect for classwork, centers, or small group intervention.
Using the activities with a hands-on place value chart will allow students to create numbers, manipulate numbers, compare values of numbers as well as digits and see different aspects of the place value chart, such as the increase and decrease in powers of ten from one place to the next.
