Expanded Notation is one of the most difficult concepts to teach in the Place Value Unit. I found a great way to cover this topic by tapping into my students’ love of all things selfie-related. Your students love learning about expanded notation with these props and they will remember it!

Rather than seeing one long equation to interpret, my students saw fun possibilities to create just the right “photo-booth” accessory combination. Once the look was created, students could show it off for the class and everyone had to write down the standard form of the number on a white board.

This was a favorite lesson!!!

There are 7 pages of photo booth props to use for your lesson or to put at a math station and one page of my notes on how I used this super fun resource.

•Pages 3-6 use values from 1-100,000 and can be used in 3rd-5th grades

•Page 7 uses values with tenths and hundredths for use in 4th-5th grades

•Page 8 uses values with thousandths for use in 5th grade

You may be interested in some of my 4th Grade Place Value Resources:

Place Value No Prep Games

Place Value Notebook

Place Value Printables

Place Value Journal Prompts

Place Value Task Cards

Exit Slips

Expanded Notation Photo Booth Props

Place Value Vocabulary Bunting

Place Value Review Templates

Place Value Teaching Tools

Place Value Card Games

Menancing Minions Place Value Activity