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I'm so sad! Today is the last day of the " Learn with Your Craft Stash " series! Actually, the last 21 days have been a blast creating and sharing great learning ideas that you can create with your craft supplies. If you missed any of the activities, just click on the link at the bottom of this post and you can see all of the fun ideas that were shared! We are ending with a free-for-all! Several bloggers have gotten together to share more ideas for using your craft supplies to learn. We worked on rounding numbers to the nearest ten with craft sticks and it's been a favorite activity for the last week, so I know that your kids will love it too!

Materials needed for Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten with Craft Sticks:
100 Craft sticks 11 Small containers 1 Piece of card stock to create the labels Circle punch Tape Marker
How to prepare the activity:

Write the numbers 1-100 on the ends of the craft sticks.

Cut out 11 circles from the card stock, write the numbers from 0-100 counting by 10s on the circles. Tape the circles onto the 11 containers.

Practice Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten with the Craft Sticks:

This was actually my first time explaining how to round numbers to the nearest ten to my 1st grader.

We decided that four-year-olds (aka....little sister) were little, so 4's got rounded down. And that five-year-olds really want to be big, so 5's and above get rounded up.

That explanation seemed to make sense to her because she didn't have any troubles figuring out which containers to put the sticks into.

I did not have her do all 100 sticks. Instead she picked out 20 sticks and sorted them. The next day she picked another 20 and so on. This made it a manageable amount for her to work with.

If you are using this as a review activity, like I did with my 6th grader, you can definitely have them do all 100 sticks. She did that in about 5 minutes. While the activity was way below her skill level, it's always good to review even small concepts, to make sure that they aren't being left behind while the kids are studying more difficult things (like dividing huge decimals...)

We stored our rounding numbers activity including the small containers in a quart-size zip top baggie and it fit perfectly.

I hope that you will check out all the other great learning activities using craft supplies! So many fun ideas!

Make multiplication arrays with a hole puncher!!

You can also make multiplication arrays with googly eyes for some silly math fun!

Here's some more great suggestions on using a hole puncher for math: addition and counting!

I love these great ideas for using clothespins for learning!

And, if you missed them, be sure to check out the other craft supplies in the " Learn with Your Craft Stash " series!

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Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten with Craft Sticks

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I'm so sad! Today is the last day of the 'Learn with Your Craft Stash' series! Actually, the last 21 days have been a blast creating and sharing great learning ideas that you can create with your craft supplies.

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Rounding numbers always seems to be a challenge for many of my students each year. We create anchor charts, practice, and play games until they finally start to get it. Today I'm going to talk to you about a few of the activities we did to review rounding. We were working with whole numbers but these activities could be modified easily for decimals, too!

First I introduce rounding using a Flocabulary song. (paid subscription but so worth it!) This opens discussion up about numbers lines and how they they can help and what it rounding actually is. We talk about how the number line can help us figure out whether to round up or keep the place we're rounding to the same. We discuss situations where rounding would come in handy and why we do it. Then we get together to make our anchor chart.

We create the anchor chart together and highlight the steps that we use to round ANY number. We color coded the examples so they match the step. That made it easier for the students to find which part of the example went with each step. My struggling students are able to access the poster as needed while those that don't need it work on. It's especially helpful for my special education students as there are a lot of steps to remember and this can sometimes be difficult for them.

Then, I gave each student a laminated blank number line (get your freebie here) and a dry erase marker. We started practicing with those. I would write a number on the board that they needed to round. They would write the two options for rounding at either end of their number line. Then, they would plot their given number on their number line.

After that, we would decide which number it was closest to. The n, we would take notice of the digit to the right of the place we were rounding to. Students would then circle their answer on their number line. We did a few together and then the students were on their own to practice a few more. I think this activity really helped the students to see visually which end of the number line their number was closest to and what rounding actually is.

I printed these numbers on Post Its for my next rounding activity by using this free template that I made for you. It's SO easy. Just print a few of the blank templates. Then, type in your numbers however you'd like. Then attach Post Its to your template and then print again. I even printed onto the small Post Its too. I put an arrow and an underline so students could use them in the activity. Bonus, the students LOVE playing with Post Its. Let's be real...I love printing and playing with Post Its, too!

Now, for the activity, I put the students into pairs and gave each pair a set of numbers, an underline Post It, and an arrow Post It. I told them to make a 3 digit number with their Post Its. They gladly did. Then I had them take their underline post it and put it under the tens place. After that, I had them take their arrows and point them at the number to the right of the underlined number.

Once they had that done, they rounded their numbers to the nearest 10 on their white boards. Once they had a correct answer I had them make more numbers and round to different places. The more they got their answers correct, the bigger I had them make their numbers. This worked great for differentiation since some students really seemed to get it while others were on the struggle bus. So I has those students creating 3 or 4 digit numbers while other were creating 5 or 6 digit numbers.

The last activity that we did was to play the Rounding Game Show! Students worked with their groups and we were rounding machines. They were so engaged and motivated by the game, that they were trying their best to get the points for their team. The variety of question types helps them to be exposed to rounding in many different ways. The question even get more difficult the higher the point value.

Students are broken up into no more than six teams. Teams take turns picking the category and point amount. Everyone solves EVERY problem. If at least 50% or more of their team gets it correct, they get the points. If not, they get nothing. I don't take points away and everyone has a chance to earn points on every question. I like it this way because then all students are practicing the entire time instead of just the team who picked the question. Find my Rounding Game Show here.

Hope these activities help your students grasp the concept of rounding. If you have any other super fun rounding activities, please share them in the comments below.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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Rounding Activities Kids Will Love | Fun in 5th Grade

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Rounding numbers always seems to be a challenge for many of my students each year. We create anchor charts, practice, and play games until they finally start to get it. Today I'm going to talk to you about a few of the activities we did to review rounding.

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Because it's the beginning of the year, I'm all about creating math games that can be used to reinforce place value and operations skills. My two most recent games on this blog, Place Value Top Up and Place Value Yahtzee, have already been extremely popular with teachers. If you haven't checked them out for your math centers, be sure to do so after reading this post!

The free place value game that I have for you today focuses on rounding. Once again, I've included game boards for three different versions (rounding 3-digit numbers to tens, rounding 5-digit numbers to thousands, and rounding 3-digit decimals to hundredths) so that you can choose the level that works best for your classroom.
Materials needed:

Roll It! Rounding Game Boards (see below)

Dice (the number of dice needed depends on the game level being used)

Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten = 3 dice

Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Thousand = 5 dice

Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Hundredth = 3 dice

Cup for holding the dice

Small counters or beads

Personally, I use the cheap "glass" beads that you can buy at the Dollar Store.

Setting up the game:
1. Download the Roll It! Rounding Game Boards here: Roll It! Rounding Game Boards

Choose the game board that's best for your class!
2. Determine which level you'd like your students to play. Each page in the download is a different level. There are two of the same game board on each page.

3. Print the game board page. You'll need one game board (1/2 page) for each 2-player game. I recommend that you laminate the game board so that you can use it over and over again.

4. Grab the correct number of dice for the level your students will play (see "Materials needed" above).

5. Grab some small counters for each player. Each player needs a different color.
Playing the game:
Object of the game: To be the first player to make a line of four in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) on the game board.

Number of players: 2

1. To decide who goes first, each player rolls one of the dice. The player with the highest roll goes first.

2. On your turn, roll all of the dice. I like to have my students roll the dice into a small plastic container so that the dice don't roll onto the floor.

3. Use all of the dice that you just rolled to create a number. You may place the dice in any order to create the number. For example, if you rolled 4, 1, and 6, you may create 416, 461, 146, 164, 614, or 641.

If playing "Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten," you'll create a 3-digit number.

If playing "Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Thousand," you'll create a 5-digit number.

If playing "Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Hundredth," you'll create a 3-digit decimal by placing a decimal point in front of all 3 digits (i.e. no whole numbers).

4. Depending on the game that you are playing, round the number that you created to the nearest ten/thousand/hundredth. Then, place one of your counters on top of that number on the game board. If your opponent's counter is already on that number, you may not place your counter on the game board.
Some examples:
5. Players continue taking turns until one player creates a line of 4 in a row of his/her own counters on the game board.

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Looking for other fun ways to practice rounding in your math centers? Check out these and other fun rounding games and activities in our store.

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Because it's the beginning of the year, I'm all about creating math games that can be used to reinforce place value and operations skills. My two most recent games on this blog, Place Value Top Up and Place Value Yahtzee , have already been extremely popular with teachers.

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Rounding Numbers anchor chart... The Third Grade Way @Erin B B B B B B Bradd , good chart to make to bridge between 10s & 100s