• Math in Focus addresses topics in greater depth at each grade.
• Click here: Scope and Sequence to see how mathematics skills are introduced and expanded within each grade level.
• Your fifth grader will focus on:
  • building problem-solving skills and strategies
  • multiplying and dividing with 2-digit numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals
  • solving equations and evaluating inequalities
  • finding the area of two dimensional shapes, and surface area and volume of three dimensional shapes
  • using ratios and percents, and finding the probability of an event
  • applying properties of angles, triangles, and four-sided figures

Supporting at Home

• You can help your child build confidence as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home by encouraging opportunities to use math in everyday situations.
• While reading newspapers and magazines, invite your child to:
  • estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients of large numbers
  • keep an eye out for ratios, percents and graphs
• At home or at the supermarket, challenge your child to:
  • decide which brand is more cost-effective
  • find the surface area and volume of objects in the same shape of rectangular prisms
  • classify triangles and find the area of triangular figures
  • use calculators to work with household bills
• On car or bus trips, allow your child to:
  • identify various three-dimensional shapes
  • read maps with scales expressed in ratio forms

Parent Resources:

Parents are encouraged to use the resources below throughout the year. The Parent Resource videos are meant to provide a framework for success at home as well as at school.

Click here: Chapter Background & Parent Support Videos