Teaching rounding

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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.

This rounding anchor chart is perfect to use in small groups or to add to your math wall. Give one to your teachers' aid or paraeducator to use when teaching!

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas Resources for Teaching Rounding to the Nearest Ten or Hundred.

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

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

Wondering how to teach rounding to 3rd graders? In this blog post, I'll go over the easiest way to introduce this skill to your students by using a number line. Learn the most important first steps to take!

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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 […]

This rounding anchor chart is from my third grade classroom and helps students learn how to round decimals to the nearest whole number.