Unit Outline

Big Ideas
	The place value system we use is built on patterns to make our work with numbers more efficient.
	Students gain a sense of the size of numbers by comparing them to meaningful benchmark numbers.
	Decimals are an alternative representation to fractions, but one that allows for modeling, comparisons, and calculations that are consistent with whole numbers; because decimals extend the pattern of the base ten place value system.
(These big ideas are adapted from the book "Big Ideas from Dr. Small" by Marian Small)

Student Learning Goals
	I can represent numbers in standard form, expanded form, in pictures, and in words.
	I can identify the place value column a specific digit is in.
	I can compare and order decimal numbers.
	I can plot decimal numbers on a number line.
	I can round numbers to appropriate benchmark values.

Created by:
Ian Fischer
Holy Redeemer Catholic School
Kanata, Ontario