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    Up, Down, and All A-Round: Rounding Decimals

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    Subject: Math

    Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins

    Topic: Numbers and Operations in Base Ten

    Grade Level: 5

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: In this lesson, students will round decimals to a given place value.

    Know Before You Start: Students should have some experience with rounding. This serves as a great informal assessment to gauge student understanding.

    Hook:

    • Read and discuss the sample comic.
      • Have you ever gone on a road trip? 
      • How many miles do you think you traveled? 
    • Review rounding. Have students solve Emily’s rounding problems as a class.

    Activity:

    • Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create their own "Rounding" comics. 
    • Have students choose a number with decimals to the ten thousandths place.
    • The four-panel comic should include: 
      • Panel 1: Should describe a real life scenario where rounding can take place, e.g., crowd size at a football game, miles flown in a year, number of candy bars sold in a candy store, etc.
      • Panel 2: Students will share their number and explain how to round it up or down.
      • Panel 3: Students will round to the nearest tenth.
      • Panel 4: Students will round to the nearest hundredth.
      • Panel 5: Students will round to the nearest thousandth.

    Closure:

    • Have students share their finished comics with a partner. Is their partner comic accurate?

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
    • Adapt the lesson to use Metric measurements.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display

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