Grade 5 Mathematics
Student Unit Overview
Unit 2: Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals Unit Overview
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Essential Questions 
The “big picture”
Knowledge Targets
What I need to know
Reasoning Targets
What I can do with
what I know
Skill Targets
What I can
demonstrate
Product Targets
What I can make to
show my learning
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How does understanding the relationship between decimals and
whole numbers help you solve problems?
How does representing mathematical concepts using models
facilitate understanding and communication of those ideas?
How can algebraic expressions be used to represent real-world
mathematical situations?
 I can identify situations when I need to multiply and when I need
to divide.
 I can use models to represent multiplying a decimal and a whole
number.
 I can use models to represent multiplying decimals.
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I can multiply a whole number by a power of 10.
I can multiply 3-digit by 2-digit numbers.
I can find the product of multi-digit factors.
I can solve word problems involving multiplication.
I can find the product of a decimal number and a power of 10.
I can estimate products of whole numbers and decimals.
I can multiply a decimal by a whole number.
I can multiply two decimals.
 I can critique the reasoning of others by using what I know about
estimating products and expressing that in writing.
 I can model with mathematics by representing and solving
problems involving decimal multiplication and then record my
representations using pictures, words, and numbers.
Curriculum and Instruction
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