Description of Guided Journey
This year of math provides opportunity to strengthen math skills developed in previous years while also introducing new concepts. Children review basic number, multiplication, and division concepts and use them to perform more challenging calculations. Students will also hone their calculation skills by applying math skills to many different types of problems and activities.
In Year 5 Math, children will also continue their study of fractions and decimals, working with steadily more complicated numbers. They will compare fractions and decimals and use them in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.
Children with continue their study of measurement, reviewing important concepts and tackling more advanced problems, including conversion problems. Students will also continue their study of geometry. Through both written and hands-on activities, they will gain not only knowledge of math rules and procedures, but also practical application skills.
Lesson Plans
Key Concepts and Systems to Keep in Mind (A mini-refresher course on the concepts that are the main focus of this year)
Numbers: We can use whole numbers to count and identify sets of concrete items. We can also use them for identifying ordinal position and comparing sets of varying sizes (more than, less than, equal to). Written whole-number digits can represent quantities. By adding two or more whole numbers together, we can make a larger number, and by subtracting, we can make a smaller number. We can divide or separate whole numbers into smaller parts called fractions and fractional parts can be expressed as decimals.
Geometry: There are plane and solid shapes. Some basic shapes are circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, cones, spheres, and cubes. There are also special shapes, such as hexagons and trapezoids. We can draw shapes and identify them in the environment. Shapes can have faces, vertices, and angles.
Measurement: We can measure objects using standard (length, weight, etc.) and non-standard (foot length, hand span, etc.) units of measurement. We use clocks and calendars to measure time and thermometers to measure temperature. We can measure using customary and metric units.
Patterns: We can classify and sort objects by physical attributes, such as size, shape, and color. We can count by developing a number pattern--skip counting. We can identify and develop repeating patterns. We can create and identify patterns using objects, shapes, and numbers.
Probability and Statistics: We can decide whether an event is likely or unlikely using probability and chance. We can organize and collect data by counting and using tally marks. We can identify, display, and analyze information using charts, tables, and graphs.
Money: Coins--pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters--can be identified by physical attributes. We can count money, and we can even skip count with it.