{"id":4479,"date":"2017-09-12T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T20:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2019-12-18T09:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:14:54","slug":"the-estimation-jars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=4479","title":{"rendered":"The Estimation Jars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year I decided to add the 0-120 number grids to my K-2 estimation jar. The number grids come from our <a href=\"http:\/\/familymathnight.com\/kits\/mathmedley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Math Medley<\/a> kits and kids can use dry eraser markers to &#8220;think&#8221; as they&#8217;re working out their estimation. Of course, there&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/familymathnight.com\/pdf\/EstimationJarThinkingPaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thinking paper<\/a> and the referents, as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/estimation-jars-e1505247713462-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/estimation-jars-e1505247713462-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/estimation-jars-e1505247713462-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/estimation-jars-e1505247713462-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/estimation-jars-e1505247713462.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/estimation-jars-e1505247713462.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 50%;\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This year I decided to add the 0-120 number grids to my K-2 estimation jar. The number grids come from our Math Medley kits and kids can use dry eraser markers to \u201cthink\u201d as they\u2019re working out their estimation. Of course, there\u2019s the thinking paper and the referents, as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=4479\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,76,51,44,184,82,45,52,58,57],"tags":[102,124,160,69,81,67,21,61,142,143],"class_list":["post-4479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-family-math-night-2","category-kids-and-math-3-5","category-kids-and-math","category-elementary-mathematics-2","category-nifty-numbers-kit","category-number-sense","category-number-and-operations","category-problem-solving-kids-and-math","category-problem-solving","tag-common-core-state-standards","tag-estimation","tag-estimation-jars","tag-family-math-night","tag-family-math-night-activities","tag-k-5-math","tag-karyn-hodgens","tag-number-sense-2","tag-parent-engagement","tag-parent-involvement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Estimation Jars - Karyn&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=4479\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Estimation Jars - Karyn&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This year I decided to add the 0-120 number grids to my K-2 estimation jar. 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