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PAR-BR5-U1.pdfHome Connections Supports and Resources:
Home Connections Supports and Resources:
Home Connections pages are provided for practice/questions relative to key concepts of this unit. Your student's teacher will specify expectations for completion in class.
Order of Operations will be revisited in Units 4 and 7.
Students learn the concept of volume by multiplying the area of the base of a rectangular prism, by its height. Volume will be revisited in Unit 6, as will the formula length x width x height.
Students will review, and be introduced to, a variety of strategies for solving multiplication and division problems. Examples of these strategies are listed below, and will be revisited, and mastered, in Units 3, 4, 7 and 8.
Order of Operations will be revisited in Units 4 and 7.
Students learn the concept of volume by multiplying the area of the base of a rectangular prism, by its height. Volume will be revisited in Unit 6, as will the formula length x width x height.
Students will review, and be introduced to, a variety of strategies for solving multiplication and division problems. Examples of these strategies are listed below, and will be revisited, and mastered, in Units 3, 4, 7 and 8.
The Standard Algorithm for multiplication will be introduced in the fourth unit. Please refrain from teaching this prior to its introduction, and encourage students to practice with learned strategies, as they will lead students into conceptual understanding of the algorithm and its efficiency.
A similar strategy to the standard algorithm for division (long division) will be introduced in the fourth unit. Please refrain from teaching this prior to its introduction, and encourage students to practice with learned strategies, as they will lead students into conceptual understanding of the algorithm and its efficiency.
Strategy: Doubling & Halving (to Solve Multiplication and Volume)
Strategy: Doubling & Halving (to Solve Multiplication and Volume)
Below you will find resources to help explain the doubling and halving strategy that students can use to solve multiplication expressions and build an understanding of the concepts of multiplication.
Home Connection Pages:
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 15, 17Picturing Factors in Different Orders Visual (look at commentary after attempting to solve the problem for detailed explanations and visuals)
Doubling and Halving Practice (*click the link on the page that opens up)
Order of Operations (Parentheses)
Order of Operations (Parentheses)
Below you will find resources to help explain Order of Operations and the strategies students can use to solve algebraic expressions and equations, including placing parentheses correctly within an expression to manipulate a desired answer.
Home Connection Pages:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17Explanation of Importance of Utilizing Parentheses Accurately -Order of Operations (look at commentary after attempting to solve the problem for detailed explanations and visuals)
Volume - Counting Cubes & Layers
Volume - Counting Cubes & Layers
Below you will find resources to help explain illustrate the role of multiplication in determining the volume of three-dimensional figures.
Home Connection Pages:
4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16Determining Volume (multiplying area of the base x height) (look at commentary after attempting to solve the problem for detailed explanations and visuals)
Finding Factors & Multiples
Finding Factors & Multiples
Below you will find resources to help explain how to find the factors/multiples of a given number and apply that knowledge to volume and dimensions of rectangular prisms.
Home Connection Pages:
9, 10Understanding the Relationship Between Factors and Multiples (look at commentary after attempting to solve the problem for detailed explanations and visuals)
Strategy: Area Model
Strategy: Area Model
Below you will find resources to help explain how area models create a visual representation of multiplication.
Home Connection Pages:
3, 11, 12Strategy: Ratio Tables
Strategy: Ratio Tables
Below you will find resources to help explain ratio tables to better understand how they can be utilized to solve many mathematical questions and practice multiplication strategies.
Home Connection Pages:
11, 12Strategy: Five is Half of Ten
Strategy: Five is Half of Ten
Below you will find resources to help explain how using five as half of ten OR fifty as half of one hundred can help solve larger multiplication problems. This can also be used in conjunction with the area model and ratio tables.
Home Connection Pages:
4, 13 and 14Strategy: Over Strategy
Strategy: Over Strategy
Below you will find resources to help explain the Over Strategy.
Home Connection Pages:
3, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17Connecting Multiplication to Division
Connecting Multiplication to Division
Below you will find resources to link multiplication concepts and strategies to division contexts. Also, please find a source for determining the appropriate use of remainders.
Home Connections Pages:
18, 19, and 20Dividing using an area model - divide numbers using a missing dimension in an area model - linked to the multiplication strategy
Interpreting Remainders - examine a variety of contexts where the remainders is interpreted differently.
Games for Extra Practice
Games for Extra Practice
Factor Game - Gain points for choosing the correct factors of a selected product. This game is very similar to Workplace 1B: The Multiple Game.
Factris - In this Tetris-like game, players arrange falling blocks that can be reconstructed into different arrays. Doing so allows them to explore array building and factorization.
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