Unit 5, Lesson 8
Round Decimals
Grade 5
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In this lesson, students build on prior understandings of rounding whole numbers to round decimals to different place values. In the first activity, students label tick marks on number lines and reason about the possible value of a point on the number line. They consider which two decimals the point lies between, which of those decimals is closer, and how much closer. In the second activity, students round numbers to different places, first using the number lines provided and then using place value reasoning, supported by number lines if students choose to use them. A third activity provides extra rounding practice.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
- Explain (orally and in writing) strategies for rounding decimal numbers to the nearest whole number, tenth, and hundredth.
- Use place value understanding to label a number line and estimate the location of a decimal to thousandths.
- Let’s round decimals to the nearest whole, tenth, and hundredth.
Required Preparation
None
Teacher Reflection Questions
What did you see or hear in your students’ responses today that showed evidence of their understandings of place value?