About how many do you see? February 8, 2021February 25, 2021 Trent Zhang About how many do you see? For Teachers Ask About how many do you see? How do you know? What do you notice that can help you estimate? What makes estimating hard? Note: About how many can refer to the plants, the rocks in the planter(s), or the spikes on the plant(s). Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+ Big Ideas Seeing mathematics in the world Attending to and using structure Decomposing and using benchmarks to estimate Thinking in equal groups Sorting, organizing, and using attributes Download pdf