Primary Type: Formative Assessment
Status: Published
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Resource ID#: 56136
Writing Number Names to a Million
Students will write the number name (word form) of a number when given the base-ten numeral (standard form).
Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 4
Intended Audience: Educators
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: MFAS, multi-digit whole numbers, base-ten numerals, number names, standard form, word form
Resource Collection: MFAS Formative Assessments
ATTACHMENTS
MFAS_WritingNumberNamesToAMillion_Worksheet.docx
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASK
Instructions for Implementing the Task
Note: This task may be implemented individually, in small groups, or in a whole-group setting. If the task is given in a whole-group setting, the teacher should ask each
student to explain his or her thinking and strategy.
1. The teacher provides the student with the Writing Number Names to a Million worksheet and says, “I want you to write the number names for each of the numbers
shown.”
2. The teacher provides ample time for the student to write his or her number names.
3. If necessary, the teacher may ask the student to read his or her number names back for clarification.
TASK RUBRIC
Getting Started
Misconception/Error
The student is unable to correctly write number names for multidigit numbers.
Examples of Student Work at this Level
The student:
Writes the names of the digits rather than the names of the numbers. For example, the student writes “five four six zero two” for 54,602.
page 1 of 4 Consistently uses the wrong place value and period names.
Questions Eliciting Thinking
Can you read the number on the paper? Now can you read what you wrote? Do they match or sound exactly the same?
What place value does the six in 54,602 have?
What place value does the five in 54,602 have?
Let’s look at the number 735,213. What period goes with 213? What period goes with 735?
Instructional Implications
Offer the student instruction on reading and writing number names with fewer digits such as 72 and 438. Eventually introduce 4 – 6 digit numbers and then numbers with a
digit in the millions place. Use a place value mat to help the student understand the periods.
Provide the student with sets of matching cards. One set of cards should contain base-ten numerals. The other set should contain the corresponding number names. Mix
the cards up and have the student match each base-ten numeral card to the correct number name card.
Moving Forward
Misconception/Error
The student is unable to correctly write number names of numbers that contain digits beyond the thousands place.
Examples of Student Work at this Level
The student correctly writes the number names of 1,318 and 7,405 but:
Omits a period name, for example, eliminates thousand when writing the number 735,213. For this number, the student writes “seven hundred thirty five, two hundred
thirteen” and does not correct with prompting.
Omits or uses the wrong place value word, for example, writes “five hundred four thousand six hundred two” for 54, 602, “seven thousand three hundred five thousand
two hundred thirteen for 735, 213, or “nine thousand three hundred ten for 900, 310.”
Questions Eliciting Thinking
Can you read the number on the paper? Now can you read what you wrote? Do they match or sound exactly the same?
What place value does the five in 54,602 have?
What place value does the seven in 735,213 have?
Do you know the names of the periods? Let’s look at the second number. In what period is 735?
Instructional Implications
Provide instruction on the meaning of periods and period names. Have the student read numbers aloud that are presented in base-ten numeral form and then write the
number names as he or she reads the number.
Provide the student with sets of matching cards. One set of cards contains base-ten numerals. The other set contains the corresponding number names. Mix the cards up
and have the student match a base-ten numeral card to the correct number name card.
Almost There
Misconception/Error
The student correctly writes most of the numbers but makes minor mistakes on one or two of the numbers, and is able to correct with prompting.
Examples of Student Work at this Level
page 2 of 4 The student correctly writes most of the number names but makes an error in writing one of them. For example, the student:
Inserts the word “thousand” after “seven hundred” when writing 735,213.
Omits one part of a number name writing “seven hundred thirty five thousand two hundred” for 735,213.
Unnecessarily inserts the word and between parts of the number name.
Questions Eliciting Thinking
Can you read the number on the paper? Now can you read what you wrote? Do they match or sound exactly the same?
Is the word and really necessary between the parts of the number name? Where should the word and be inserted when reading and writing number names?
Instructional Implications
Encourage the student to read his or her answer aloud to ensure that the written number name matches the given base-ten numeral. If needed, address when the word
and should be used when writing a number in word form.
Have the student write a base-ten numeral and then write the number name that matches it.
Partner the student with another Almost There student and have the students evaluate each other’s written number names.
Got It
Misconception/Error
The student provides complete and correct responses to all components of the task.
Examples of Student Work at this Level
The student correctly writes the number names for all of the given numbers without any prompting from the teacher.
Questions Eliciting Thinking
Show the student the number 1,456,396,007. Ask the student, “What period name would be said with the left­most period?”
Instructional Implications
Assist the student in correcting any spelling errors or in the overuse of punctuation (e.g., inserting a comma between each word).
Provide the student with names of numbers that contain digits of zero in various places and have the student write the numbers as numerals in standard form.
Consider using the MFAS task Using Word and Expanded Form (4.NBT.1.2).
ACCOMMODATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
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Writing Number Names to a Million worksheet
SOURCE AND ACCESS INFORMATION
Contributed by: MFAS FCRSTEM
Name of Author/Source: MFAS FCRSTEM
District/Organization of Contributor(s): Okaloosa
Is this Resource freely Available? Yes
Access Privileges: Public
License: CPALMS License - no distribution - non commercial
Related Standards
Name
MAFS.4.NBT.1.2:
Description
Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two
multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of
comparisons.
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