Lesson Plan
Take it to the Bank!
Cha-ching! Your students will take their new skills to the bank when you teach them to compare decimals using coins. This lesson plan focuses on comparing decimal numbers to the hundredths place.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to compare two decimals to the hundredths place.
Introduction
(2 minutes)- Before beginning this lesson, make sure to review decimal place values (tenths and hundredths) with your students.
- Review the symbols used for comparing numbers ( >, <, = ).
- Explain, "Today we are going to compare numbers with decimals using these symbols." Remind students that when we compare numbers we are looking at the difference in value between two (or more) numbers.