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| ==Prerequisites/Instructions, if any== | | ==Prerequisites/Instructions, if any== |
| ==Multimedia resources== | | ==Multimedia resources== |
− | ==Website interactives/ links/ simulations== | + | ==Website interactives / links/ simulations== |
| ==Process (How to do the activity)== | | ==Process (How to do the activity)== |
| [[File:32 squares.png|400px|link=]] | | [[File:32 squares.png|400px|link=]] |
− | *Print 32 squares of this. | + | *Above is a sheet with 10 vertical lines and 10 horizontal lines. Taken together, we can see 10 'cells' in each row and 10 'cells' in each column. |
| + | *Print 32 sheets of this '10 * 10' squares. |
| *Distribute into 8 groups of 4 children each. | | *Distribute into 8 groups of 4 children each. |
− | *Each group will get 4 squares. | + | *Each group will get 4 such sheets. |
| *The value of 4 squares will be 4x100 = 400 | | *The value of 4 squares will be 4x100 = 400 |
− | *Each group must cut the solid lines; 1 square will have 10 strips. These are tens. So each square has 10 “tens” (They can either *cut, or work without cutting – up to the children) | + | *Each group will cut the sheets such that |
− | *Each one of those tens will have 10 ones. | + | *They can cut 2 sheets along the solid (darker / vertical) lines; here each sheet (10*10 square) will have 10 such "strips". These are "tens", each strip has 10 cells. So each square has 10 “tens” (They can either *cut, or work without cutting – up to the children) |
| + | *They can cut the other two sheets along both solid (darker / vertical) and the less dark / horizontal lines |
| + | *Each one of those sheets will have 100 cells |
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| == Developmental points/questions == | | == Developmental points/questions == |
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| '''II. Abstraction from here (1 period)''' | | '''II. Abstraction from here (1 period)''' |
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− | Now let us assume children have 9 such squares. | + | In the previous activity we gave 4 sheets to students to actually cut and play with. Now let us assume children have 9 such squares. |
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| In each group, how many hundreds are possible ? – 9 | | In each group, how many hundreds are possible ? – 9 |
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| In each group, how many tens are there ? – 9 x 10 = 90 | | In each group, how many tens are there ? – 9 x 10 = 90 |
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− | In each group, how many tens are there ? – 90 x 10 = 900 | + | In each group, how many ones are there ? – 90 x 10 = 900 |
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| '''1-9 ones are possible; 10 ones means one ten. Ten ones is the same as one ten''' | | '''1-9 ones are possible; 10 ones means one ten. Ten ones is the same as one ten''' |