Understanding Multiplication and Division: Students will develop an understanding of multiplication and division and their relationship. Students will develop strategies to solve single digit multiplication number sentences. Students will develop strategies to solve division number sentences. Students will relate multiplication and division to equal groups story problems.
Addition and Subtraction within 1,000: Students will develop deeper understandings of the base ten number system, which will strengthen their abilities to round as well as add and subtract numbers.
Students will deepen their understanding of parts and wholes. They will begin to learn about unit fractions and non-unit fractions and how to represent them and compare them. They will also start thinking about equivalent fractions.
In this unit students will deepen their understanding of 2-D shapes by considering area and perimeter. They will focus on rectangles and how to find their area and perimeter. They will relate area to multiplication and addition. The students will develop arrays of unit squares to solve area and perimeter problems.
Students will develop an understanding of how to understand and relate time, liquid, and mass in word problems. Students will also build on their ability to create bar and picture graphs with scales other than one. They will also represent data using line plots.
Students will extend their understanding of polygons as they classify them into categories such as triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons. Students will break shapes into fractional parts.
