Grade 5

January: Students begin working on Unit 5. The focus of this unit is on using tables and coordinate graphs to analyze patterns and solve real-world and mathematical problems. In this unit, students learn about situations in which two quantities, such as temperature or height, are changing over time. They also study changes associated with geometric shapes, for example, how the area of a square changes as the length of its sides increases. Students use tables, graphs, and equations to represent how one quantity changes in relation to another quantity. They analyze patterns they can see in the tables or in the shapes of the graphs to solve problems and compare situations.

Late December: In Unit 4, students are focusing on the operations of multiplication and division with large numbers. Some math focus points for this unit: Solving multiplication and division problems fluently, describing and comparing strategies to solve multi-digit multiplication and division problems, using clear and concise notation, and using all four operations to solve problems.

Early December: In Unit 3, the students have been working hard with fractions. Part of that process has involved playing 3 new games: Roll Around the Clock, Fraction Tracks, Addition Compare with Fractions.

November: In Unit 2, Students study the volume of rectangular prisms by looking at patterns of boxes and by building rectangular prisms from connecting cubes. They use strategies and volume formulas for finding the volume of any rectangular prism. They find the volume of solids composed of rectangular prisms by combining volumes.