Estimation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.05.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Mathematical Background
  4. Strategies
  5. Lesson Plans
  6. Notes
  7. Appendix 2: Implementing District Standards Mexico Content Standards
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Student Resources
  10. Websites

Crunching Numbers for Lunch

Sharyn Fisher Gray

Published September 2008

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Notes

1. Diana Bocco, "How Much Trash Does One Person Create in a Year?", wiseGeek.com, http://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-garbage-does-a-person-create-in-one-year.htm (accessed July 13, 2008)

2. Bernice McCarthy, The 4MAT System; Teaching to Learning Styles with Right/Left Mode Techniques. (Barrington, IL: EXCEL, Inc., 1980), 94.

3. Liping Ma. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics. (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1999), xi.

4. Roger Howe. "Taking Place Value Seriously: Arithmetic, Estimation and Algebra." http://www.maa.org/pmet/resources/PlaceValue_RV1.pdf (accessed July 15, 2008)

5. Howe.

6. The Environmental Protection Agency, "The Quest for Less: Classroom Activity: A Landfill is No Dump!" http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/quest/pdfs/unit2/chap4/u2-4_nodump.pdf (accessed July 15, 2008)

7. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/magnitude (accessed July 16, 2008)

8. Don Fraser. Current, Best Strategies for Strengthening Math Computation and Problem Solving Skills (Grades 4-8). (Bellevue, WA: Bureau of Education & Research, 2005), 20.

9. Ma.

10. Helen Nolan. How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall is 1000? (Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 1995), 9.

11. David M. Schwartz. How much is a million? (New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, 1985), 11.

12. Rusty Bressler. Math and literature, grades 4 - 6, 2nd edition. (Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions Publications, 2004), 97.

13. Burns.

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