Response: (Raised hands throughout the classroom.)

 

Lauren: What do you remember about place value?

Jamie: The first number behind the decimal is ones...no, hundreds...

Lauren: You're close.  What about tent...

Jamie: Oh, yeah.  Tenths.

 

Lauren: What's the first place value?

Class: Ones...

 

Lauren: If I gave you the number 512, what place is the 2 in?

Michael: Ones.

 

Lauren: What does it mean when two countries border each other?

Michael: They're side by side.

 

Lauren: What countries border us?

Mark: Mexico

Holly: Canada

 

Lauren: What other ways can you think of that we use decimals?

Michael: Numbers

Jamal: Remainders in division

Alyse: Dollars

Karey: Time on a stopwatch

Jamie: Fractions to decimals

 

Lauren: What come after the hundreds place?

Whole class: Thousands...

 

Lauren: And the last name is what in the real world?

Whole class: Ssssssssss...

 

Lauren: Does anybody know that the last name is in the decimal world?

Kimeyotta: Thssssss...

 

Lauren: Jamal, what's your first name?

Jamal: Reginald.

 

Lauren: How did he know to put "ths" on the end of that?

Mark: We learned it last year.

 

Lauren: How would I say this?  Does anybody know?

Danielle: Two thousand one hundred eight AND six hundred four.

 

Lauren: Six hundred four what?

Danielle: Hundredths.

 

Lauren: If I gave you a decimal up here do you think you could tell me what it is?

Response: (Heads nod around the classroom.)