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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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- 5th
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Students use a variety of estimation strategies to solve problems. They use the clustering strategy, compatible numbers and base ten to estimate. Students discuss how to use the different estimation strategies and practice using those strategies to solve problems. Full Review »
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Students examine estimation strategies. They use front-end estimation and rounding to estimate. Students discuss each of the strategies and how they are used. They practice estimating using front-end estimation and rounding. Students estimate the number of items in a jar. 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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- 6th
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Students use front-end estimation strategy by using front-end digits to obtain an initial estimate and make adjustments to refine estimate. Students use rounding strategy including flexible rounding to produce mentally manageable numbers. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies to estimate. They discuss the clustering, base-ten, and compatible strategies, estimate how many candies are in a jar and discuss the best strategy to solve the problem, and complete a worksheet. 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 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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