Rounding World Records

Rounding is definitely one of those skills my kiddos need to practice all year. It gets included in my math centers, spiral reviews, and basically anywhere I can pop estimating in. I have created a fun Christmas rounding review using Christmas themed world records. Click here to grab yourFREE copy of this set!

Mingle Math

This week, I combined the getting to know you game, Mingle, with math skills and my students had a blast!!

This game requires each student to have a number card. I decided to use my rounding snowball fight numbers. I printed 16 pages per sheet, and they were the perfect size.

Directions for printing: Select the page range you want to print. I printed the 4^th grade set so I printed pages 75 to 134. From the drop down arrow next to “preview” select “layout.” From the drop down arrow next to “pages per sheet” select “16.”

How to PlayMingle

(Click Here to Download Directions)

Game Setup:

1.   Split the class in half (One side for student still IN the game and the other side for student OUT of the game.)

2.   Make white boards and dry erase boards accessible to students.

3.   Optional make calculators available for students to check their work.

4.   Provide each student with a card with a number on it.

How to Play:

1.   Have the students walk around the IN side of the classroom silently mingling with one another. They may wave, high five, fist bump, etc.

2.   After about a minute, call out a group size such as groups of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or boy/girl partner.

3.   Students quickly form groups, then any student(s) not in a group is OUT.

4.   Once students are OUT they will move to the OUT side of the classroom, but they will continue to play on that side of the room.

5.   Once in groups, students will use their number cards to perform a mathematical task selected by the teacher such as: put the cards in order from least to greatest, add the numbers, subtract the largest number from the smallest number, round each number to the nearest hundred, etc.

6.   Students may check their work with a calculator after they finish.

7.   Repeat steps 1-6 until there are only 2 students left on the IN side of the room. 

Rounding Freebie

We started the year off with place value and rounding. My kiddos learned to round on a number line by finding the benchmark numbers on the number line. For example, if they were rounding 3,567 to the nearest hundred. They would find the two closest hundreds to this number 3,500 and 3,600. They would also find the midpoint between the two hundreds, 3,550. Using these three numbers they plot the number 3.567 on the number line. Since 3,567 is greater than the midpoint, my kiddos know that it is closer to 3,600. I want to share a review center I created for my students. Click here to get your Freebie!

Task Card Craze or CrAzY + Freebie

I gotta say I love task cards as much as the next girl, but I create soooooo many that if I laminated them ALL and cut them ALL I would go CRAZY! Lately, I only cut the ones I am going to use to play scoot or solve the room. If they are for small group there is NO WAY they are getting laminated or cut. I just slip the whole sheet into a clear report cover and call it a day.

That’s what I plan to do for the little rounding review center I created for my kiddos to work for St. Patrick’s Day. Click here to Grab your Freebie!

 

 

I am linking up with Tara at 4th grade Frolics for Monday Made it!

 

 

Snowball Fight in June?

Several years ago, I invented my rounding snowball fight game and every year since my students beg to play it. They say it is the BEST game ever!! The year I invented this game I had a high number of kinesthetic learners and I was constantly trying to think of ways to let them move and learn at the same time. The idea came to me after a rounding unit. I wanted an informal assessment to see if my students were ready for a test. I grabbed a stack of blank copy paper and wrote one number on each page with a sharpie. I wrote the numbers large so that they could be seen across the room. Next, I underlined one of the digits in each number. I made enough sheets so every student would have 2-3 pages. I gave each student 2-3 pages to crumble into individual snowballs and told my students we were going to have an indoor snowball fight. Before the game, I told the students my expectation: 1) Don’t run 2) Aim below the shoulders. They all pushed in their chairs, I set a timer for one minute, and then I told the students they may begin. This was one minute of pure happiness for my 4th graders. Afterward, I asked each student to take one snowball back to their seat and to leave the others on the floor. One at a time, each student opened their snowball, and rounded the number on the snowball to the underlined place. I asked them to hold it so that the other students in the class may see as well. After everyone rounded their snowball, it was time for another snowball fight. It is super is easy it make yourself or if you want to just hit print. Click Here to Download my Rounding Practice Snowball Fight.