Grade 5 Math Unit 1

Place Value, Multiplication and Division with Whole Numbers, and Expressions: Students will build on their place value understandings from fourth grade, and begin to compare digits that are to the left of other digits, in addition to the right, multiply three and four digit numbers, and divide with two digit divisors.

Grade 5 Math Unit 2

Four Operations with Decimals: Students will deepen their understanding of decimals as they work with decimals to the thousandths place. Students will extend their strategies for computing with whole numbers to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals.

Grade 5 Math Unit 3

Students will extend their knowledge of adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators from fourth grade to fractions with unlike denominators.  Students will extend their knowledge of multiplying fractions by whole numbers to multiply fractions by other fractions and mixed numbers.  Students will consider the contexts for dividing unit fractions by whole numbers and dividing whole numbers by unit fractions and the relationship of the quotient to the dividend and divisor.  Students will also use their knowledge of fractions to create and interpret line plots with fractional measures on the scale. 

Grade 5 Math Unit 4

Convert Units of Measure Unit description: Students will extend their knowledge of metric and customary conversions from fourth grade to work with metric units of more sizes, as well as to convert customary volume and mass units.   Essential Outcomes of the Unit Measurement and Data- Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system. 5.MD.1 Convert …

Grade 5 Math Unit 5

Students will build on their understanding of area from fourth grade to consider 3-D shapes and their volumes.  Students will develop methods for finding the volume of rectangular prisms that include multiplying the area of the base times the height, multiplying length by the width by the height, and counting unit cubes. 

Grade 5 Math Unit 6

Students will begin to learn about the coordinate system.  Students will be able to graph an ordered pair in the first quadrant and consider what that ordered pair might represent.  Students will extend their understanding of patterns to interpret two connected numerical patterns with two rules.