Houghton Mifflin Math "Online" Textbook Click Here: ca.gr5math.com
Access for "Student Works" section needs Code: DB8011B4F0...All else is right there including chapter tutorials, self-check quizzes, extra practice problems, math skills video games, and more!
Many students in Room 24 voted Math as their favorite subject. Great! We'll be using interactive DVD "warm ups" that reveal answers for the kids at the click of a button, video resources that introduce and review key concepts in engaging ways, and colorful, easy-to-use textbooks that don't "overkill" the problem solving. I love the real-world links, and how clearly the kids will be able to follow the subject matter and pre-test, check for knowledge as they go along, as well as cummulatively assess their learning at every stage. You can count on weekly math quizzes throughout the year on Fridays, and quiz "Math Repairs" will almost always be the norm before a final grade is given. Monday's "Math Repairs" let me and the students see the difference between simple calculation errors and conceptual mistakes that require reteaching.
In the First Semester (Aug.-Dec.), Students Will Be Reviewing and/or Learning...
Multi-step multiplication and long division, and beginning "Minute Math" quizzes which continue until all levels have been mastered
Prime factorization with exponential form
Order of operations using PEMDAS: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Acronym for: paranthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, adding, and subtracting)
How to find the greatest common factor (GCF)
Beginning algebra using variable expressions, function machines, and graphing ordered pairs on the four-quardrant plane
Decimal comparisons, rounding, and representations on a numberline
Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals
Decimal/fraction/percent equivalencies
Finding the mean, median and mode of a data set of numbers
Least common denominator (LCD) of fractions for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing them
Reducing fractions to simplest form
Ordering and fractions from the least to the greatest
Second Semester (Jan.-May) Subject Matter
Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing positive and negative integers
Fraction/decimal/percent equivalencies and calculating parts of a number
Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing positive and negative integers as well as ordering integers
Identifying different types of lines and shapes
Identifying different types of angles (acute, obtuse, right, and straight angles, etc.) and knowing how to measure them with a protractor
Calculating the perimeter, area, surface area and volume of 3-D objects such as rectangular prisms
REVIEWING AND PREPARING FOR STATE TESTING
***Please know that Progress Reports do not reflect grades from the District's summative math assessments. These assessments--identical for fifth graders district wide--are always given at the end of each semester, right before report cards, and weigh into your child's grade.
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