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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students participate in an estimation activity to determine the length of a hallway or to estimate how many people can fit in the school stadium or gym. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students use the cutout of a cardboard frame to help them estimate how many blades of grass are located on the football field. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students experiment with two different techniques to estimate how many little things fit into a bigger thing. They watch and discuss a short video, conduct the two estimates, one by weight and one by volume, and record the results on a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 6th
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Students estimate quantity, length, and area. Students practice making comparison estimations of different items and estimate whether or not the amount is greater or less than a certain amount. Students practice making estimations. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate the concept of estimation and computation. They focus on how to estimate in the appropriate situations. Students check to see if an answer is really reasonable and this is used as an effective strategy to offer correct solutions. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students explore a variety of estimation strategies. They discuss how to use truncation and rounding numbers. Students practice rounding numbers to the appropriate place value. They discuss the strategies used to help them round numbers. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students apply, explain, and asses the appropriateness of a variety of estimation strategies including truncating and rounding to compatible numbers. They discuss estimation and computation skills and they practice using estimation skills. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine how and when to estimate numbers. They define key vocabulary words, observe and discuss examples of rounding to the appropriate place value by drawing a number line to assist them, and examine how to round numbers to make calculations easier. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students develop the skill of estimation and previewing in order to find a solution to a problem that seems reasonable. They practice checking the solution for accuracy of calculation and explain the method of solving the problem if asked to do so. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students observe and demonstrate how to estimate numbers. They define key vocabulary terms, observe the teacher modeling examples of rounding to the appropriate place value, rounding up, truncation, front-end estimation, and rounding to compatible numbers, and independently complete a worksheet. Full Review »
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