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Math lesson plan · 3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 60 minutes

Read and write four-digit numbers in words

Number sense

CCSS 4.NBT.A.2England: Y4 Number and place value

Objective and success criteria

Students will: Read and write four-digit numbers in words.

  • I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
  • I can explain each step and say why it works.
  • I can check my answer and spot a mistake.

Before and after

Needs first: Value of a digit in four-digit numbers

Leads to: Read and write numbers to 1 000 000 in words

Materials: Place value chart, Base-ten blocks or a number line, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).

Warm-up · 6 min

  • Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Value of a digit in four-digit numbers). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
  • Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
  1. In 2547, which place is the digit 5 in? (ones / tens / hundreds / thousands) → hundredsPrompt: Name the places from the right: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.
  2. What is the value of the digit 1 in 4619? → 10Prompt: Which place is the digit in?
  3. Which number has the digit 1 in the tens place? (4155 / 2510 / 1592 / 2861) → 2510Prompt: The tens place is 1 place from the right end.

Hook · 6 min

  • Show a number in the news or a price tag and ask what each digit is worth.
  • Share the objective: Read and write four-digit numbers in words. Read the success criteria together.

I do: model it · 12 min

  • Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
  • Example: Write in digits: three thousand eighty-six
  • Step 1: 3086
  • Answer: 3086
  • Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

We do: guided practice · 12 min

  • Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
  • Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
  1. Write in digits: six thousand three hundred fifty-one → 6351Prompt: The word 'thousand' tells you the first digit.
  2. How do you write 8905 in words? (eight thousand nine hundred five / eight thousand nine hundred fifteen / eight thousand ninety-five / eight thousand eight hundred five) → eight thousand nine hundred fivePrompt: Read the thousands first, then the hundreds, then the last two digits.

You do: independent practice · 17 min

  • Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
  • Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

Exit ticket · 7 min

  • Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
  1. Write in digits: seven thousand five hundred twenty → 7520Prompt: The word 'thousand' tells you the first digit.
  2. How do you write 3091 in words? (three thousand nine hundred one / three thousand one hundred ninety-one / three thousand ninety-one / three thousand eighty-one) → three thousand ninety-onePrompt: Read the thousands first, then the hundreds, then the last two digits.

Watch out for

  • Reading 1,045 as one thousand four hundred five: point to each place and say its value.
  • Thinking a longer number is always bigger, even with decimals (0.45 vs 0.5).

Support and stretch

Support

  • Review first: Value of a digit in four-digit numbers.
  • Use concrete materials: place value chart.
  • Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
  • Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.

Stretch

  • Move on to: Read and write numbers to 1 000 000 in words.
  • Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
  • Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.

Homework and more practice

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/math/grade-3.

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Read and write four-digit numbers in words

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  1. Question 1

    How do you write 1238 in words?

    • A. one thousand two hundred forty-eight
    • B. one thousand three hundred twenty-eight
    • C. one thousand three hundred thirty-eight
    • D. one thousand two hundred thirty-eight

  2. Question 2

    Write in digits: seven thousand seven hundred twenty-six

    Answer

  3. Question 3

    How do you write 3049 in words?

    • A. three thousand one hundred forty-nine
    • B. three thousand forty-nine
    • C. three thousand four hundred nine
    • D. three thousand fifty-nine

  4. Question 4

    Write in digits: eight thousand two hundred nine

    Answer

  5. Question 5

    How do you write 2329 in words?

    • A. two thousand two hundred thirty-nine
    • B. two thousand three hundred twenty-nine
    • C. two thousand three hundred thirty-nine
    • D. two thousand four hundred twenty-nine

  6. Question 6

    Write in digits: five thousand eighty-one

    Answer

  7. Question 7

    How do you write 4012 in words?

    • A. four thousand one hundred twelve
    • B. four thousand twelve
    • C. four thousand one hundred two
    • D. four thousand twenty-two

  8. Question 8

    Write in digits: one thousand two hundred ninety-three

    Answer

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Answer key: Read and write four-digit numbers in words

  1. 1. D. one thousand two hundred thirty-eight

  2. 2. 7726

  3. 3. B. three thousand forty-nine

  4. 4. 8209

  5. 5. B. two thousand three hundred twenty-nine

  6. 6. 5081

  7. 7. B. four thousand twelve

  8. 8. 1293