Hello and thanks for visiting our blog to see what's happening in our third grade classroom! We have been working hard on rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. One strategy we have been using is our Rounding Rap.
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| Playing a matching game to help practice rounding |
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| Working on recording information |
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| Using accountable math talk to find the rounding matches! |
We have also been practicing rounding using an open number line. The kids start by writing the two multiples of ten (or hundred), the number in the middle, which is the number that is halfway between the two numbers on the number line, and then place the number they are rounding to on the number line. Here is an example:
The learning goal is to understand the process and be able to explain and prove their thinking in words or out loud, rather than the product itself.
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