Math

Curriculum Information
Duval County uses the mathematics curriculum called Math Investigations or M.I. This curriculum offers activity-based mathematics that encourage students to think creatively, develop and articulate their own problem-solving strategies, and work cooperatively with their classmates. Many math Investigations activities involve engaging games that reinforce students' understanding of important mathematical concepts and skills. Students will not only be asked to find the answer, but students will also need to explain their thinking and show their work. Students do not work out of a textbook. Instead, students will receive a new workbook each time we start a new unit.

Multiplication Tables
Many parents want to know how they can help their student. By the time a child reaches 5th grade, the child should have already mastered their multiplication tables. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. We're going to be working hard throughout the year to master our multiplication tables before the students reach middle school. Please practice with your student. This simple skill will help your student master harder skills throughout their mathematical life. I have also included a game in my Educational Games section that has multiplication table flashcards :)

Skills Block
In addition to our Math Investigations curriculum, we work on basic math skills. These are the basic math skills we have worked on so far this year (the bolded items are things we are currently working on):
* Addition (review)
* Subtraction with borrow and borrowing with zeros
* Place Value to the billions place
* Rounding numbers
* Different ways to write numbers (word form, short word form, standard form, expanded form)
* Exponents

Math Investigations - Our Current Math Unit Math 1st Unit - Mathematical Thinking at Grade 5
The first unit we will explore is called Mathematical Thinking at Grade 5. In this unit, students will exlore factors and multiples of three important landmark numbers: 100, 1,000, 10,000.  
     Vocabulary
      * Even Numbers
     * Odd Numbers
     * Factor Pairs
     * Factors
     * Common Factors
     * Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
     * Prime Numbers
     * Composite Numbers
     * Square Numbers
     * Multiples
     * Common Multiples
     * Least Common Multiples (LCM)
     * Multiplication Clusters - below is an example of an easy cluster to help solve 6 x 25
              ex. 4 x 25 = 100
                 +2 x 25 =   50
                   6 x 25 = 150

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