rounding
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Rounding to Nearest 10 with Scaffolding Faded
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…
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Rounding with Scaffolded Handout
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.…
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Color Coding and Different Representation for Rounding
There are two strategies used in this example for rounding. The number line is a different representation for a rounding situation. In CRA this is the representational or pictorial level. Typically students are taught to round by looking only at the numbers which is purely symbolic. The color coding helps the students discriminate between…