balloon rounding

The first page has maximum scaffolding with the student focusing only on which tens to round to. In turn, an a different element is the focus (e.g., writing the 0s then rounding) and then the scaffolding is increasingly faded. Here is a link to a WORD document so you can change numbers AND add digits…

This post shows an approach to teach rounding to the nearest 10 and is presented on a handout. Multiple strategies are used. This includes scaffolding, chunking with supports incrementally faded, and a visual. Overview A visual of the hand releasing the balloon draws upon prior knowledge and provides a mnemonic for when to round up.…