Hands-on Place Value Activities / Third and Fourth Grade Number Sense Activities
Hands-on Place Value Activities / Third and Fourth Grade Number Sense Activities
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Build strong number sense skills with these engaging, hands-on number sense activities for third grade and fourth grade. Designed to promote independent learning, fluency and confidence with number concepts, this low-prep resource makes it easy for students to practise essential maths skills in meaningful and interactive ways.
Perfect for maths centers, stations, rotations and small groups, these differentiated activities help students strengthen their understanding of number concepts that transfer across all areas of math.
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This comprehensive pack is filled with hands-on number sense activities that support students as they develop deeper mathematical understanding, improve fluency and apply number skills through problem-solving and critical thinking tasks.
With easy-to-prep materials, clear instructions and differentiated activities, teachers can confidently provide engaging maths practice without spending hours planning and preparing.
Created to align with Common Core Standards and Australian Curriculum outcomes, these activities encourage students to think flexibly about numbers while building the confidence and independence needed for success in upper primary mathematics.
What is included:
- 8 Hands-on activities
- Assessment tools
- Editable assessment checklist
- Teacher differentiation guide
Skills covered:
- Skip counting
- Recording 4 and 5-digit numbers
- Place value of 4 and 5-digit numbers
- Numbers before and after
- Greater than and less than
- Partitioning numbers in standard and non-standard form
- Expanding numbers
- Number lines
- Recording numbers in words
- Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
How to use it in the classroom
- Math centres/centers, rotations or stations
- Small group intervention
- Morning work
- Independent practice
- Early finisher tasks
- Whole-class warm-ups
- Partner activities
- Targeted skill revision
- Test Review
- Assessment and observation opportunities
Benefits for teachers:
- Low-prep and easy to implement
- Encourages independent learning
- Differentiated tasks to support all learners
- Flexible for multiple classroom settings
- Saves valuable planning time
- Builds meaningful maths fluency
- Supports curriculum outcomes with engaging activities
Benefits for students
- Builds strong number sense skills
- Develops fluency and confidence with numbers
- Encourages flexible mathematical thinking
- Strengthens problem-solving skills
- Supports independence and perseverance
- Helps transfer number knowledge to other maths concepts
- Keeps students engaged through hands-on learning
❤️ What teachers say about this resource: ❤️
“Incredibly organized, well thought out, and super engaging! Did I mention that the students LOVE it and don't even realize all the number sense skills they are building. Such a simple, brilliant ideas!” AnneMarie
“Awesome! This was really helpful when catering for the different levels the children are working at” Olivia
"Absolutely love this pack. Use it during our Maths Rotations and the kids have a great time in small groups. Easy to follow instruction cards help heaps with independent set up" Chelsey
"Loved, loved, loved this resource! Tt was so easy to use and follow!" Maryse
"Highly engaging and useful resource for my year 3/4 students." Stacey
"This is jam packed with so many great games and hands on activities. Thanks so much" Pheobe
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Great resource, just what I was looking for to use in the classroom.
Very fun resource to use in a place value unit. Students are engaged in activities.
Lots of great place value activities for my students!
This is a great resource to use to practice place value.
Good resource. I will continue to use with my class in the future.
These were fun ways to practice place value concepts.
The kids really enjoyed using this resource. We had a good time!
Great resource to use in my maths lessons. Students loved it.
My students enjoyed this resource. Thank you so much!
This was a wonderful resource to help solidify this tough concept for my students.
Highly engaging and useful resource for my year 3/4 students.
This was an excellent resource this year, and really helped me build more concrete connections in my classroom.
This is jam packed with so many great games and hands on activities. Thanks so much!
Love this math resource! Very effective. Good purchase.
Great resource to help jump start my number sense unit.
My students love these activities as part of our math groups. Love the variety!
Fantastic resource!
Love these! I have a lot of students with weak number sense.
Fantastic!! Glad to hear it Tammy, thanks for sharing with us!!
These were great!
My students have enjoyed using this to build their fluency in number sense.
Great resource
Excellent resource with a large range of activities.
Superb Ally! Glad it was such a great reference for you! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
This was a highly engaging and relevant resource which addressed key Mathematics outcomes and allows for differentiation. A valuable resource which I I use daily.
Very well designed aesthetically and a great way for me to get a gauge of where students are sitting, in a fun and different way, enabling me to tick off some Learning Progressions that I had gaps in.
Thank you for this resource.
You are so welcome Brooke! Thanks for the feedback! :)
My students loved using this resource! Thank you!
You are so welcome Maryse! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Thanks!
This pack has worked a treat with my struggling Year 5 and 6 students who just need that extra support to master place value.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You are most welcome, welcome, welcome!! Thanks for sharing with us!!
Great resource! Thank you.
My grade 3/4s love it.This is a perfect fit for my students who are somewhat independent and vary in reading levels.The instructions are simple enough for them to follow.Thanks.
So many fun and engaging activities! Many are low prep which is great and the students are able to complete them independently as the instructions are easy to understand! Amazing!
This was easy to print and get ready for next day use. Pieces are laminated with instructions so students can choose which activities to work on during their fact fluency and/or math game time. This has been really beneficial for adding variety to my daily class routine and helping students on IIPs improve their math skills.
Fantastic resource! Thank you so much!