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Town Planner

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.3 Stars

TEACHERS (4)

4.0

STUDENTS (491)

4.5

LENGTH

12 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Saves Progress

Description

Embark on a journey in Town Planner Inc., where strategy meets mathematics to shape the future of virtual towns. This immersive game challenges students to become master architects, making critical decisions that influence the growth of the towns. The key? Strategic placement of two types of buildings – the versatile Type Ones and the powerful Type Tens.

Vocabulary Words

place value

ones

tens

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Place Value: Tens and Ones. Suitable for Grade 1, Grade 2, K.

Main Concepts

Understand the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).

Understand the numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

Understand 10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten."

Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is place value? What is the tens place? What is the ones place?

After the Game

How did playing this game require you to understand place value? Why was building a tens house more efficient than building many ones houses? How did the types of houses represent place value of numbers? What strategies did you have to use to build the correct number and type of house?