Building Big Numbers
🎯 Today's mission briefing
We are learning to read, say and build four-digit numbers using place value.
You'll know you've got it when:
- I can build a four-digit number with materials or drawings
- I can say a four-digit number correctly (like 'three thousand, four hundred and twenty-six'), including ones with a zero in them
- I can tell you what each digit in a four-digit number is worth — and why the same digit can be worth different amounts
The 10,000 Steps Challenge
Connects to what your guest already knows and makes them curious. Activating prior knowledge is one of the strongest predictors of new learning.
Yesterday, a fitness watch on a walk up Mount Archer counted 9,847 steps. Is that close to 10,000? How would you even know? Today you'll crack the code that makes big numbers easy to read — and you'll see that the code is the SAME one you just used on 607 and 342, with one more place bolted on.