🎃Every student builds a pumpkin that shows one number four ways: standard form on the stem, a place value chart and expanded form on the pumpkin, word form on the leaf. Three games and ten practice pages keep the same skills going all week at 2-, 3- or 4-digit levels.
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Pumpkin Place Value Craft & Games is a fall math resource for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade that covers ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. Students show numbers in standard form, expanded form, word form and base-ten models, then compare, order and find 10 or 100 more or less.
The Build-a-Pumpkin Number Craft is the anchor activity. A student draws a number card and builds a pumpkin around it: the stem holds the standard form, the pumpkin holds a place value chart, a base-ten drawing and expanded form, the leaf holds the word form, and a vine tag shows 10 more and 10 less or 100 more and 100 less. Three levels cover 2-digit, 3-digit and 4-digit numbers, and a banner turns the finished pumpkins into a class pumpkin patch display.
Three games give partners plenty of practice. Pumpkin Patch Compare works on greater and less than, Roll, Build & Cover comes in three levels, and Pumpkin Path is a race game that adds and subtracts 10 and 100 using a digit spinner and a place spinner.
Two posters, a place value mat and 20 pumpkin digit cards support whole-group teaching. Ten practice pages cover counting base-ten blocks, expanded and word form, digit value, ordering, comparing, more or less and a Where Is the 7? sort, with a quick check assessment to finish.
A 5-day plan with standards and complete answer keys are included. The 35 printer-friendly pages fit math centers, guided math, small groups, homework, review and homeschool in the fall.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readTeaching Place Value in 1st–3rd Grade: Expanded Form, Word Form and 10 More or LessRead the guide →One number shown four ways on a single craft makes the connections between standard, expanded, word and base-ten form easy to see. Because the craft and the games come in different digit levels, a mixed class can work on the same activity while each student practices the place values they need.
It is written for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade, with 3rd grade using it for review or the 4-digit level.
The craft comes in 2-digit, 3-digit and 4-digit levels, and the Roll, Build & Cover game has three differentiated levels.
Ones, tens, hundreds and thousands; standard, expanded and word form; base-ten models; comparing and ordering numbers; and finding 10 or 100 more or less.
Yes. A Quick Check Assessment is included with the practice pages, along with complete answer keys.
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