Our first Math unit, place value, quickly becomes the foundation of our Math understanding, helping us with everything from regrouping to rounding. We began Math this year really hoping to become place value masters, and although it might have been a review for most of us, I hoped to challenge their understanding through representing numbers in unconventional ways (ex: 3 hundreds or 2 hundreds and 10 tens), or having the class try to find patterns within a growing or shrinking chain of numbers.
Along with representing numbers in a variety of ways, we also solidified our understanding of rounding and connected the skill to real world situations in which we use rounding to estimate a close answer. We also add rounding and estimation to our Math problem solving toolbox as a way to quickly check to see if our answer is reasonable.
Along with representing numbers in a variety of ways, we also solidified our understanding of rounding and connected the skill to real world situations in which we use rounding to estimate a close answer. We also add rounding and estimation to our Math problem solving toolbox as a way to quickly check to see if our answer is reasonable.