Place-value worksheets ask the student to identify the place value of various numbers, such as identifying the place value of the eight in the number 85 as a ten's value. These are identification worksheets that students can work on as either a homework assignment or an in-class assignment.
Teachers can bundle up straws in sets of ten and leave some straws open for sets of one. The teacher then sets the straws in various locations through the classroom in different number sets. For example, put seven bundles of 10 straws and two single straws to get 72 straws. The students then need to determine the number of straws based on the bundles and singles.
Blocks and dice are used to play a game to race to 100. The students are put into pairs and roll the dice. The first roll, the students take out the number of single blocks they've rolled. On the next roll, the students add the new number to the first. If the number is 10 or higher, the students exchange the one's blocks for a ten's block. For example, if the student rolls a six and then another six, the first time the student removes six single block and the second roll the student exchanged four singles blocks for one ten's block to get 12. This works on both math skills and place value skills. The first student to reach 100 wins the game.
Teachers can incorporate the days of the year with a pennies and dimes lesson. For every one day that passes, the teacher puts one penny on the wall calendar in the classroom. When the days get to a ten, the teacher changes the pennies for one dime and puts it on the calendar. Every day, the students can add up the pennies and dimes with the teacher.