Bring the fun to your math lesson on estimating 3-digit subtraction by rounding or using compatible numbers with a full plan including a mini lesson, strategies anchor chart, practice activities, review game, interactive notebook, and assessment worksheet for estimating differences!

Would you love to see your students actively engaged during math practice and review? If so, this high-engagement, activity-driven math lesson on subtraction is perfect for you.

Yep…an observation-worthy lesson, ready to go! Just print and gather a few handy supplies.

This estimating 3-digit subtraction lesson is designed for high engagement and an interactive classroom. Whether you enjoy breaking your class up into smaller groups to utilize guided math and math centers or you prefer to keep them together for large group instruction, you will have everything you need included in this estimating differences subtraction lesson. Add a few game supplies from your math shelf and watch math come alive! 

This estimating 3-digit subtraction math lesson includes:

• a mini-lesson to help you model rounding to estimate 3 -digit subtraction for your students as well as using compatible numbers for estimation.
• a strategies anchor chart to help students visualize subtracting estimation
• a peer practice activity to allow students to practice estimating differences with classmates
• an interactive notebook entry
• an estimating subtraction math game to be played with a partner or group
• a paper assignment for practice, homework, or assessment
• answer key

This comprehensive lesson covers the math CCSS and math TEKS related to rounding to the nearest 10 or 100 to estimate 3-digit subtraction and using compatible numbers to estimate 3 digit subtraction.

This estimating 3-digit subtraction lesson is an effective and easy-to-implement plan to meet the increased expectations for rigor in math classrooms while still feeding your student’s need for play. 

The activities in this subtraction lesson can each be used independently or woven together into a guided math block.  An example of a 90-minute daily math block might look like this: 

• Whole group mini-lesson 10-15 minutes
• Peer practice follow-up activity 10-15 minutes
• Group time organization-assign students to groups and front load the directions for small group and station tasks
• Rotating station work-60 minutes broken up into 20 min chunks.
• Station 1: Teacher table-we dig deeper and complete the worksheet, reteaching or extending as needed. (BONUS-I grade the papers as we go!)
• Station 2: Notebooking-students add the INB pieces to their notebooks and work the math included
• Station 3: Game of the day with a recording sheet (sometimes I even send these home for homework so parents can see how much fun their kids are having learning about estimating 3-digit subtraction!)

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