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- 3rd
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Students gain an understanding of estimation as an educated guess. They explore measuring and how looking at various object size and shape can help form ones guess towards estimation. They use dinosaurs for an estimation activity. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore estimating measurement. They estimate lengths using various nonstandard units, and estimate the number of pencils required in a game using "James Discovers Math" software. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 9th
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Students participate in three actvities to help them become expert estimators. They estimate the number of candies in a jar and the amount of water in a jar. They write a paragraph describing the activity once they have finished. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students practice estimating the answers to equations before calculating and solving the problems. Students practice estimating addition sentences on the overhead as a class before working on an assignment on their own. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 7th
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Students explore estimation. They estimate distance, weight, temperature and elapsed time. Students record their estimates and justify their estimations wtih a written response. After estimating, students take the actual measurements of the items. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students use a variety of commonly used strategies in estimating sums, differences, products, and quotients. They observe the teacher model examples of front-end estimation, compatible numbers strategy, clustering, and special numbers strategy. Students independently complete a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students observe and demonstrate the clustering, base-ten, and compatible numbers strategies to estimate. They observe the teacher model each strategy, demonstrate and solve examples of each strategy as a class, and complete and correct a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students estimate the answers to addition subtraction, multiplication, and division problems after studying several important definitions. They check for resonableness to help catch careless mistakes which may be caused from missing numbers or pushing the wrong numbers on the calculator. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students explore estimation and rounding. They review vocabulary words and estimate answers to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. In addition to completing basic problems, students read real-world problems and determine the proper algorithm to perform. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students challenge "common knowledge" against newly learned estimation strategies and put those strategies into use. They consider variables in estimating different groups of objects and practice skills of representing numbers. Full Review »
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