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Hands-on Estimating

April 7, 2013

We‘ve been working on estimating in class and I must be doing something right because our school librarian complimented my kiddos on it. She has a guessing contest in the library each book fair and the winner gets the estimated goods (candy) as well as a gift card to the book fair. She said my class rocked it out with strategies this year. Love that!

I wanted to share a little secret with you. I can’t take credit for it though… this one is all Laureen’s from Teach With Laughter! I am loving her her Estimating Throughout the Year math packet.

I gather whatever I need for the center and then leave it out for a couple days so students can investigate before making their guess.

How many gumballs are there? Enter below to win!

 
They get really into it! In addition to looking at the known number model, they’ve learned to count how many you can see in one column or across the bottom and then multiply that. As you can see, it’s a hands-on process. I never share pictures of my kids on this blog, but I wanted you to see it. They are working those strategies!

We don’t just estimate in jars though. I also used the newspaper one. I can’t leave this one out because students could easily count the individual words, so I just give them a quick drive-by look. They compare the large section to the smaller known section on the right before making their guess.

This is just a sneak preview. There are 17 stations in the packet. We haven’t used them all yet, but next year I’m going to space them out throughout the entire year so we get to them all. They are cute, cute, cute! 

If you want to win a FREE copy of this estimation pack, leave a comment below with your guess of how many gumballs were in my jar. The closest guess wins it and I’ll pull a winner Friday. For an up-close preview of other fun teaching products, you can check out the links below.

 


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  1. Suzy Q says: April 7, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    Lucky 113!

    This looks like such a fun activity…and my students could really use more practice! We estimated something recently and the guesses went from 40 to 2000something. Seriously. (There were 200ish.)

    tokyoshoes (at) hotmail (dot) com

  2. Laura Simons says: April 7, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    I would love to have that resource. I think there are 45 gumballs in your jar.

  3. Liz says: April 7, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    I think there are 153! I hope I win! 🙂
    lizdeal5@gmail.com

  4. Charlene Sequeira says: April 7, 2013 at 2:52 pm

    I am going to guess 147. These activities look like a lot of fun.

    Charlene/Diamond Mom
    http://www.diamondmomstreasury.weebly.com/blog.html

  5. Crystal Shepherd says: April 7, 2013 at 3:43 pm

    I am guessing 100.

    Crystal Shepherd
    lucytumnus@gmail.com
    The lamppost in 1st grade math

  6. Tama Trotti says: April 7, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    129 – what awesome estimating ideas!! thanks for sharing!
    Tama

  7. Deona Ward says: April 7, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Very cool idea! I've done the gumball/candy guessing jar before as well as and the students love it. I've never thought of a newspaper article. That is clever!
    My guess is 135.

  8. Mrs. Brown says: April 7, 2013 at 7:36 pm

    This would be great to win! My guess is 120 gumballs.

    kellybrown28021@gmail.com

  9. Teach With Laughter says: April 7, 2013 at 10:30 pm

    Thank you Christi for sharing my resource! I am glad that your students are enjoying the different ones and are increasing their estimation skills. Thanks again!!!
    Just for fun – I'm guessing 240 gumballs (obviously I don't want to be the winner – but hope I'm close!!)
    Laureen
    Teach With Laughter

  10. Debbie says: April 8, 2013 at 12:07 am

    I'm guessing 112 gumballs.
    I love all of your estimating ideas!

    Deb
    debinderry@gmail.com

  11. e Reyes says: April 8, 2013 at 3:11 am

    How fun is this?! I live it. I think there are about 165 gimbals in your jar.

  12. vicky1970 says: April 8, 2013 at 3:36 am

    Hi Christi – What a great motivator for your students! I bet they loved it and had a ball. Good ideas for sure!
    Vicky
    oh guess 107 :o)
    Traditions, Laughter and Happily Ever After

  13. Michelle B. says: April 8, 2013 at 4:13 am

    I'm terrible at estimating from pictures, but I'm going to guess 72 🙂

  14. The Paisley Apple says: April 8, 2013 at 6:48 am

    My estimation is 95. What a great looking estimation pack! 🙂

  15. forkin4th says: April 8, 2013 at 7:49 am

    My guess is 111. Love how I changed my mind as soon as I saw someone else above with my original guess *fingers crossed* 🙂
    Antonia @ forkin4th

  16. alawson says: April 8, 2013 at 10:00 am

    My guess is 95! Thanks for the opportunity!

  17. Zada Zone says: April 8, 2013 at 11:00 am

    Love the hands-on learning!!! My guess….(drum roll….) is: 98

    Najda
    najda_2000@yahoo.com

  18. Miss Winget says: April 8, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    My guess is 87!

    Kelly
    klennon@stmaryacademy.org

  19. Michelle Jaquillard says: April 8, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    My guess is going to be 103!
    Michelle
    Mjaquillard@oregoncs.org

  20. teachtrue2 says: April 8, 2013 at 10:30 pm

    Thanks for sharing some great estimation ideas! My guess is 150.

  21. Deb says: April 8, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    Thanks for the great idea! My guess is 125.
    Deb
    maxeysjl@defnet.com

  22. Amanda says: April 9, 2013 at 12:54 am

    My guess is 87 gumballs!

    anhudacek@gmail.com

  23. Jeanne Bergeron says: April 11, 2013 at 3:48 am

    I think that there are 93 gumballs.

    Jeanne
    J28ber@gmail.com

  24. Mrs. Federico says: April 11, 2013 at 4:44 am

    My guess is 78. Thanks for the chance to win.

  25. Christi Fultz says: April 14, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    We had several close guesses, but the winner is Charlene! She guessed 147 and the jar actually has 148. Check your email because your freebie is on the way!

  26. Charlene Sequeira says: April 14, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    Wow! Thanks Christi! I was so surprised to open my email and find this prize. I had to go back and check out the post to see what others had guessed. I can see that this will be a valuable resource in my classroom. Thank you for the opportunity to try it out.

    Charlene/Diamond Mom

  27. mark says: May 26, 2013 at 12:59 am

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