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

Tools for this Unit:

Student Resources

Ash, Russell. Incredible comparisons. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1996.

Geisel, Theodore Seuss. The lorax. New York: Random House, 1971.

Gibbons, Gail. Recycle!: a handbook for kids. New York: Little, Brown Young Books, 1991.

Goldstone, Bruce. Great estimations. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2006

Harlow, Rosie. Garbage and recycling. Boston: Kingfisher, 2001.

Hightower, Susan. Twelve snails to one lizard: a tale of mischief and measurement.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Hoban, Tana. Is it larger? Is it smaller? New York: Mulberry Paperbacks, 1985.

Kellogg, Steven. Much bigger than martin. New York: Dial Books, 1976.

Malam, John. Highest, longest, deepest: an exploration of the world's most fantastic features. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.

McKissack, Patricia C. A million fish, more or less. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1992

Myller, Rolf. How big is a foot? New York: Dell Publishing, 1962.

Nolan, Helen. How much, how many, how far, how heavy, how long, how tall is 1000? Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1995.

Schwartz, David M. How much is a million? New York: Mulberry Paperback Book, 1985.

Showers, Paul. Where does the garbage go? New York: Harper Collins, 1994.

Smoothey, Marion. Let's investigate estimating. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995.

Wells, Robert E. Is a blue whale the biggest thing there is? Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1993.

Wells, Robert E. What's smaller than a pygmy shrew? Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1995.

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