Math

5th Grade

Curriculum

Course Title: Mathematics

Department: Mathematics

Primary Resources:

· Focuses on learning through problem solving and student-to-student conversations about mathematical thinking (called discourse)

· Uses a set of learning routines each day, called the Try–Discuss–Connect routine, that helps students engage in discourse as they develop a deeper understanding of mathematics

· Ensures that students develop the problem-solving skills needed to become independent and confident mathematical thinkers

Units of Study:

1. Whole Number Operations and Applications: Volume, Multiplication, and Division

· Understand Volume

· Find Volume Using Unit Cubes

· Find Volume Using Formulas

· Multiply Multi-Digit Numbers

· Divide Multi-Digit Numbers

· Solve Multiplication and Division Problems

2. Decimals and Fractions: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction

· Understand Decimal Place Value

· Understand Powers of 10

· Read and Write Decimals

· Compare and Round Decimals

· Add Decimals, Subtract Decimals

· Add Fractions, Subtract Fractions

· Add and Subtract in Word Problems

· Use Decimals and Fractions

3. More Decimals and Fractions: Multiplication and Division

· Multiply a Decimal by a Whole Number

· Multiply Decimals

· Divide Decimals

· Fractions as Division

· Understand Multiplication by a Fraction

· Multiply Fractions to Find Area

· Understand Multiplication as Scaling

· Multiply Fractions in Word Problems

· Understand Division with Unit Fractions

· Divide Unit Fractions in Word Problems

· Use Fractions and Decimals

4. Measurement, Data, and Geometry: Converting Units, Using Data, and Classifying Figures

· Convert Measurement Units

· Solve Word Problems Involving Conversions

· Make Line Plots and Interpret Data

· Understand Categories of Two-Dimensional Figures

· Classify Two-Dimensional Figures

· Work with Measurement and Data

5. Algebraic Thinking and the Coordinate Plane: Expressions, Graphing Points, Patterns and Relationships

· Evaluate, Write, and Interpret Expressions

· Understand the Coordinate Plane

· Represent Problems in the Coordinate Plane

· Analyze Patterns and Relationships

· Work with Coordinates and Patterns

Standardized Assessments: PSSA’s