5th Grade Curriculum Map for Math
Unit 1: Place Value and Decimals
(4 to 5 weeks)
Student Learning Outcomes for this unit:
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 know when moving left on place value chart each column is 10x greater, and moving right
each column is 1/10 the value
 how to multiply and divide using powers of 10 and explain my answers
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how to multiply by 10, 100, and 1,000
how to multiply and divide using exponents
how to use exponents to solve metric conversions
how to use my understanding of place value to write decimals in different ways
how to compare decimals to the thousandths place
how to use my knowledge of place value to round a decimal to any place
how to add and subtract decimals to the thousandths place
how to multiply a decimal number (to the thousandths) by a single digit whole number
how to choose a reasonable product when multiplying a decimal by a single digit number.
how to divide a decimal number (to the thousandths) by a single digit whole number
how to divide decimals with a remainder
how to solve word problems using decimal operations
Unit 2: Multi-Digit Whole Number and Decimal Operations
(6 to 7 weeks)
Student Learning Outcomes for this unit:
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how to multiply whole numbers by multiples of ten
how to estimate products to check for the reasonableness of my answer
how to multiple using an area model and using the standard algorithm
how to divide using multiples of ten
how to estimate quotients using my basic math facts
how to divide two and three digit dividends by multiples of ten and check my answer for
accuracy
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how to divide 2, 3, and 4 digit dividends by a two-digit divisor using standard algorithm
how to divide decimal dividends by multiples of ten using standard algorithm
how to divide decimals by a two-digit divisor using standard algorithm
how to find decimal quotients even if the dividend and divisor are whole numbers
how to check my quotient using multiplication
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how to solve division word problems involving multi-digit division
how to use exponents to write equations to solve metric conversions
how to use whole number multiplication to express equivalent measurements
how to use decimal multiplication to express equivalent measurements
how to solve two-step word problems involving measurement and multi-digit multiplication
Unit 3: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
(6 to 7 weeks)
Student Learning Outcomes for this unit:
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how to show equivalent fractions
how to add/subtract fractions with unlike denominators by creating equivalent fractions
how to add/subtract fractions with whole numbers
how to add/subtract mixed numbers by creating equivalent fractions
how to solve two step word problems involving fractions
commonly used fractions will help to estimate my answers
how to solve multi-step word problems and explain my answers
Unit 4: Multiplication and Division of Fractions
(5 to 6 weeks)
Student Learning Outcomes for this unit:
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how to record data with fractions on a line plot
how to find a fraction of a whole number
how to multiply a whole number by a fraction
how to solve multi-step fraction word problems
how to solve and create fraction word problems
how to use area models to multiply fractions
how to solve word problems using tape diagrams
how to change a fraction to a decimal
rewrite a problem using decimals as factors
how to compare the size of the product to the size of the factors
how to solve word problems by multiplying fractions and decimals
how to convert given measurements to solve multi-step word problems
how to divide a whole number by a fraction and a fraction by a whole number
Unit 5: Volume and Area
(4 to 5 weeks)
Student Learning Outcomes for this unit:
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how to calculate the volume by counting unit cubes
how to use multiplication to calculate volume
how to find the total volume of two connected rectangular prisms
how to solve word problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms
the area of rectangles with mixed number sides lengths
how to use multiplication to calculate area
how to solve real world area problems
how to draw different types of trapezoids based on types of angles
how to draw parallelograms based on types of angles
how to draw rectangles and rhombuses based on types of angles
how to draw kites and squares based on types of angles
how to classify two-dimensional figures on their properties
Unit 6: Coordinate Plane
Student Learning Outcomes for this unit:
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how to draw a coordinate system on a plane
know how to name points using coordinate pairs
how to interpret points on a coordinate plane
how to plot points on a coordinate plane.
how to make a number pattern from a given rule
how to compare with lines and patterns
how to persevere when solving real world word problems
how to interpret numerical expressions
(4 to 5 weeks)