Glossary

It is important when pronouncing numbers that include a decimal that students are showing an understanding of the value of each digit following the decimal point. At Forest Street Primary, when teaching and learning about decimals, we follow the pattern set out below: Decimal Point 5 tenths (not “point 5”) 59 hundredths (not “point 59”) 591 thousandths (not “point 591”)

Base ten blocks, also known as multibase arithmetic blocks (MAB) or Dienes blocks (after their creator, mathematician and educationalist Zoltán Pál Dienes), are a mathematical manipulative used by students to learn basic mathematical concepts including addition, subtraction, number sense, place value and counting. At Forest Street, the language we use is “base 10” as it relates to the place value …