Around the World Rounding give students the opportunity to compete one on one, with a chance to make it around the world. Choose one student to go first and have that student stand next to a second student at a desk at the front of the classroom. Hold up a number flashcard to be rounded. The student who says the correct answer first moves to the next stage by moving to the next desk in the row while the student who guessed incorrectly sits down at the desk. Play continues with whichever student guessing correctly at each question moving from desk to desk and row to row around the classroom. Continue until a student makes it completely "around the world," or around the entire classroom to the last desk.
Rounding Jeopardy is a great group activity. The teacher will need to create a Jeopardy-style board at the front of the room. To create the board, designate place values to round a number to (ones, tens, hundreds, etc.) along the top of the board, these will be the "categories." Then create question cards for each square under those categories by writing out a number and assigning a point value for each card. Divide the class into either two or three groups and decide which group will go first. Groups wil pick a card under in one of the value columns and if they round the number correctly, they earn the points on that card and may select again. Double Jeopardy cards can be created where the group can bet a certain amount of points. A Final Jeopardy question can be completed at the end where each group may wager an certain amount, or all, of their total points. The group that has the most points after teh Final Jeopardy question wins the game.
Rounding War is another group activity. Divide the class into groups of four. Direct each group to circle around a desk with a stack of number flashcards in the middle, number side down. One student flips a card and the student who gets the answer first, gets to keep the card. When there are no cards left in the middle, the student with the most cards in their hands wins. The winners from each group can be combined into a new group and battle against each other in a until one student is left.
Rounding bingo is great for a whole class activity. Each student is given a
bingo board with numbers printed on it and bingo chips. Bingo boards are made up of 25 spaces with the word "BINGO" written across the top in a row and then five blocks extending down under each letter. Fill each empty block under the letters with whole numbers in a random sequence. (The middle square is typically a "Free Space" square.)The teacher shows the class a flashcard with a number to be rounded, like 17.9. In this example, if the student has the number "18" on their board, they place a bingo chip in that box. The first person to get a row, either horizontal or vertical, covered in chips wins.