Lesson Plan Greater Than, Less Than: Comparing Three-Digit Numbers
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Learning Objectives Students will be able to compare three-digit numbers using the <, > and = symbols.
Introduction (5 minutes)
Write the numbers 54 and 45 on the board.
Ask your students to identify the bigger, or greater , number.
Ask students to explain how they know which number is greater.
Tell students that today they are going to do something similar by comparing three-digit numbers.
Beginning
Show students both numbers using base-ten blocks.
Encourage students to share their answer with a peer who speaks the same home language (L1), if possible.
Intermediate
Provide sentence frames to support students as they share their ideas, such as: I know ________ is greater than ________ because ________.
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