Place Value Math Centers & Games | Tens, Hundreds, Thousands | Build-It • Spin-a-Number • Read/Write 3 Ways | NO-PREP (Grades 1–4)

Boost place value mastery with print-and-go centers, task cards, and game boards your students can use independently or in small groups. Perfect for guided math, stations, RTI/intervention, morning tubs, and sub plans.

What’s Inside

Place Value “Build It” Workstations (5 sets)

• Tens & Ones
• Hundreds, Tens & Ones
• Thousands, Hundreds, Tens & Ones
• Find the Value: Ten Thousands → Ones
• Find the Value: Hundred Thousands → Ones

Skill Games & Tasks

• Lightning Place Value – Read a number and write it 3 ways: standard, word, and expanded form
• Spin-A-Number – Spin to build, read, and model numbers (differentiated digit ranges)
• Place Value Game Boards – Use any task cards with multiple themed boards for instant engagement

Visual Aids

• Quick-reference posters/anchor charts for place vs. value, expanded form, and base-ten models (great at your small-group table)

Skills Covered

• Place vs. value (identify the value of a digit)
• Compose/decompose numbers with base-ten models
• Standard • Word • Expanded forms
• Build/read multi-digit numbers (to hundred thousands)
• Compare/record numbers; fluency writing numbers in different representations

Why Teachers Love It

• NO-PREP: print, cut (optional), teach
• Self-checking & independent-friendly for rotations
• Works across multiple grade levels (1–4) by adjusting digit ranges
• Black-and-white friendly; laminate or use sleeves for reuse

How to Use

• Launch with anchor charts, then rotate Build It → Lightning → Spin-A-Number → Game Board across the week.
• Differentiate by choosing 2-digit, 3-digit, 4-digit, or 5–6 digit numbers.
• Fast finishers: write a number in all three forms and explain why the digit has that value.

File Type: PDF (printable) • Grades: 1–4 (adaptable K–5)

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