Place Value Cheerio Towers

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You will need:

• Playdough

Dry spaghetti sticks

Cheerios

Paper

Pencils

I know, not quite the masterpiece you were expecting!! 

place_value_cheerio_tower_freebie_template.pdf

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make it

​Explain that each spaghetti stick cannot ever have more than ten Cheerios placed on it. ​

Record it

If you don’t have time to print and photocopy the template provided in the download, you could always instruct students to draw it all themselves into workbooks/paper. 

The FREE template to go with this activity can be downloaded below. It comes with different place value levels for differentiation. I also included labels that can be printed off for place value positions up to Ten Thousands if you prefer to use for your Tower Labels.

place_value_cheerio_tower_freebie_template.pdf

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It comes with an optional video introduction to gain your students’ attention at the start …

Then hand over the activity for them to crack the case!

Students must use their place value skills to discover important clues!

See who is successful in figuring out where the treasure is!