Teaching rounding

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My daughter came home with a rounding worksheet… she struggled with it. Creating number lines did not help, because she wasn’t sure how to plot the numbers. So, I created these number charts to give her some extra help. We practiced for about 10 minutes, and she responded well to the activity. She said the […]

It is important to think about how you introduce third graders to rounding. In this post, I explain which skill I begin with. I have also included a freebie that you can use with your students as you teach third grade rounding!

Instead of using tricks and shortcuts, teach rounding to 3rd grade and 4th grade students in a way they will actually understand. Using scaffolded number lines and building your upper elementary students' place value skills will help students be better able to round to the nearest tens and hundreds place.

Read about 3 engaging ways to teach rounding to the nearest 10 and 100.

Rounding and estimating was always a harder concept for my new 3rd graders. We usually started off the year with place value and rounding was part of that. I used the "rounding rhyme" and that helped some kiddos. I used number lines and helped more of them. We did it over and over. But, let's face it, it's a little on the boring side. So here are 3 games that will hopefully spice up rounding practice for your students! When I used math games in my classroom I almost always modeled the game…

Rounding can be difficult for kids! Learn all about activities to use to introduce rounding including anchor charts, number lines and more! Also included are activities to use to review and enforce the rounding learning! Kids will love these fun and engaging activities!

Find out how I had fun practicing rounding with upper elementary students with hands-on rounding activities and games! Freebies included.

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You can teach rounding numbers in fun and engaging ways. Let us show you want to try in your next maths lesson.