March 12

Much Used Math Skill

Today we talked about a math skill that we all use in some form every day of our lives.  Estimating.  We talked about the difference between a “guess” and an “estimate”.  We also brainstormed  various times or situations when we use this skill.  For example, I estimate each day when I write the agenda on the agenda board.  I am estimating how much time each activity will take to complete.  We watched Tim and Moby discuss estimating on Brainpop and then the students started working in groups to estimate solutions to problems.  We also reviewed lines, line segments and rays with our Daily Math Review.

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