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Subject
Math

Topic
Rounding and Estimating Discovery Question- How can rounding and estimating make your life easier?

Grade Level
7th - Ms. Wiese

Time Frame
45 min.

Instructional Objectives
Students will be able to overestimate as well as underestimate. Students will also be able to estimate to the nearest place value and to estimate currency.

Materials
Objects for shop w/price tags Paper and pencil (student provided)

Procedures
Focus Attention/Motivation: Teacher will ask students to discuss how they can use estimation when it comes to shopping.

Instructional Input & Modeling: Teacher will then go through the three processes of estimation with the students and do two examples of each.

Student Engagement/Practice: Students will then be given a post-it note with a dollar amount written on it. Teacher will then display a number of items that students may see or want when out shopping, each with a price tag on it. Teacher will ask students to estimate how much of something they can buy with their sum of money or if they could buy a specific item. Teacher can stipulate the use of each of the processes of estimation with each new direction.

Closure: Homework- Students will complete problems 1-20 in the book.

Accommodations
Students can work in pairs and can assist one another with the class work.