Parent guide · Grade 3 Math · Unit 1
Lesson 1.1 Numbers to 10,000
Written for the parent. Read the Say this lines aloud as they are, or in your own words. Answers for you are marked Listen for.
At a glance
- Time
- 5 sessions of 25–30 minutes
- Goal
- Read, write and show numbers to 10,000.
- You need
- Pencil and crayons
- A King James Bible
- Worksheet A · Worksheet B · the lesson page (it also has a short video (9:26))
Steps
Do this: Ask these out loud. Your child answers out loud; no paper needed.
- Ask: “8 + 3” Listen for: 11
- Ask: “9 + 7” Listen for: 16
- Ask: “5 + 4” Listen for: 9
- Ask: “5 + 9” Listen for: 14
- Ask: “3 + 3” Listen for: 6
Say this: “Ten hundreds make one thousand. In 4,315 the 4 means 4 thousands.”
Say this: “Read the thousands, say ‘thousand,’ then read the rest: four thousand, three hundred fifteen.”
Say this: “Thousands place: the fourth place from the right.”
Say this: “Comma: separates the thousands from the hundreds: 4,315.”
Show: Write 9,565 in expanded form.
Say this: “Write each digit times its place value: 9,000 + 500 + 60 + 5”
Say this: “Check: 9,000 + 500 + 60 + 5 = 9,565”
Answer: 9,000 + 500 + 60 + 5
Show: Write the number in digits: five thousand seven hundred twenty-seven
Say this: “Read it in groups: five thousand seven hundred twenty-seven → 5,727”
Answer: 5,727
Do this: Your child does these with you. Let them try first; help only after a real try.
Ask: What is the value of the digit 6 in 7,568?
Listen for: 60
If stuck: The 6 is in the tens place.
Ask: What is the value of the digit 6 in 8,681?
Listen for: 600
If stuck: The 6 is in the hundreds place.
Ask: What is the value of the digit 4 in 4,658?
Listen for: 4,000
If stuck: The 4 is in the thousands place.
7 more practice items on the lesson page, and on Worksheet A and Worksheet B.
- Writing 4000315 for four thousand, three hundred fifteen.
Draw a card with a 3-digit number. Both players say it rounded to the nearest 10 and the nearest 100. First correct answer scores.
Say this: “Tell me what you learned today. Show me with your hands or the counters if you like.”
Listen for: Read, write and show numbers to 10,000.
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Joseph stored so much grain that he stopped counting. Big numbers help us describe God’s abundant provision.
Count by 10s and 100s across a thousand (980, 990, 1,000, 1,010). Addition facts drill twice a week.
Spread over the week
5 sessions of 25–30 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.
- Session 1. Warm-up, then teach the new idea (steps 1 and 2).
- Session 2. Warm-up again, then show how with the examples.
- Session 3. Practice together, then play the game.
- Session 4. More practice on the worksheet, and the daily habit.
- Session 5. Quick check: narration and a few practice items. Move on when it is mostly right.