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Rounding Lesson Plan

The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching rounding numbers to students, focusing on rounding to the nearest 10, 100, or 1,000. It includes a structured approach with mental and independent work tailored for different ability levels, ensuring that gifted and talented students are challenged appropriately. The plan emphasizes modeling the rounding process and provides opportunities for peer interaction and assessment.

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Rounding Lesson Plan

The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching rounding numbers to students, focusing on rounding to the nearest 10, 100, or 1,000. It includes a structured approach with mental and independent work tailored for different ability levels, ensuring that gifted and talented students are challenged appropriately. The plan emphasizes modeling the rounding process and provides opportunities for peer interaction and assessment.

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Rounding

Rounding to the nearest lesson


10, 100 plan
or 1,000 lesson plan

DAY We Are Learning MODEL / INTRODUCTION INDEPENDENT PLENARY


To (WALT): WORK

Mental: Mental: Lower ability – In ability


round numbers to partners
Main: Main: the nearest 10 (2- children to give
Round G+T children to attempt higher ability work without listening to teacher, with TA digit numbers) each other a
numbers monitoring their progress and sending them to the carpet if not confident enough number to
Middle ability – round to the
Explain that we will be learning how to round numbers, and that we can round round numbers to nearest 10 /
numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000 the nearest 10 and 100 / 1,000 /
Count with children in 10s from 0 to 100 and beyond 100 (3-digit whole number /
Count in 100s from 0 to 1,000 and beyond numbers) tenth /
Model for children how to round numbers: hundredth on
Higher ability – their pupil
1) Read carefully what you are being asked to round to e.g. round 43 to the round numbers to whiteboards
nearest 10 the nearest 10, 100 Discuss
2) Put the nearest 10 / 100 / 1,000 on the ends e.g. 40 and 50 or 1,000 (4-digit partner’s
3) Put the halfway point between the end numbers in the middle e.g. 45 numbers) response
4) Draw an arrow to estimate where the number you are rounding would come Swap over
e.g. 43 G+T – round Repeat
5) See which 10 / 100 / 1,000 it is closest to numbers to the
Model how to round numbers to the nearest 10
visit nearest whole
Lower ability[Link]
start work number, tenth / 1
Model how to round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100 decimal place and
Middle ability start work hundredth / 2
Model how to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000 and whole number decimal places
Higher ability start work
(Including examples of the convention of rounding up from halfway e.g. 25 rounds up Extension – choose
to 30, 450 rounds up to 500 etc at all levels) own numbers to
Emphasise the importance of reading if you need to round to the nearest 10, 100 etc round on pupil
whiteboards
Have G+T come to the carpet and repeat the above model, but for rounding to the
nearest whole number, tenth / 1 decimal place and hundredth / 2 decimal places

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