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Analytical Thinking

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This is a quantity of jelly beans. Quantity describes the amount, or number, of something.

How many jelly beans, do you suppose, are in this jar?
What would be too high of an estimate?

How about too low of an estimate?

What is our reasoning for determining these numbers?  

Will we ever know exactly how many jelly beans are in this particular jar?  What are some reasons that you think in this way? 

Estimating Practice

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We will use our recording sheet (see link below), along with many other skills that we already have, to learn how to make an accurate estimate, and not simply guess.  
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The best way to learn new words, and actually add them to your everyday vocabulary, is to...

1.  READ the meaning

2.  THINK ABOUT the meaning

3.  WRITE the meaning in your own words

Try this method, as you work through the activities in The Blue Planet!

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