Lesson Plan
Rounding with Number Lines
Teach your students to round to the thousands place using number lines.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to round whole numbers to the nearest thousand.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Draw a number line on the board that shows numbers 0–10. Ask students to identify the number that is halfway in between 0 and 10 (i.e., 5). Then point at the number 2 and ask, "Is this closer to 0 or 10?" Repeat with several numbers on the number line.
- Tell students that today they are going use number lines to round numbers to the nearest thousand.
Beginning
- Give students the definition of the following words in their home language (L1) and English (L2): "halfway," "rounding," "closer," and "thousand."
Intermediate
- Have students state their answers in complete sentences using the sentence frame: "The number ________ is closer to ________ (zero or ten).