Next Week...review of characteristics of the SUN and Rounding

We'll view Brainpop on the SUN to review patterns and its role as a major energy source.

Rounding to thousands--Numbers from 4 digits. We'll use cloze sentences to help students focus on what number value makes it round up or down.


Sample of student interactive note on rounding--

Flipchart to review rounding---We used roller coaster to help us round!

Here's a sneak peek of what's ahead in math.

Video on Rounding

Here are a few examples of rounding numbers to the nearest hundred:

When rounding numbers to the nearest thousand, underline the thousands digit and the digit to its immediate right. Round the number by focusing only on the two underlined digits and, when you’re done, change all digits to the right of these to 0s:

Even when rounding to the nearest million, the same rules apply: