• Grade 5:  What your child is learning this marking period...
     
    English Language Arts:
    Strand: Writing
     

    With some guidance & support from adults, use technology, including the internet to produce & publish writing as well as to interact & collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single setting.

     

     

     
    Math:

    Number and Operations – Fractions

    Apply and extend previous understanding of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.

     

    Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that 3/4 multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size 3/4. If 9 people want to share a 50-pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

     

    Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.

    Interpret the product (a/b) × q as a parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the result of a sequence of operations a × q ÷ b. For example, use a visual fraction model to show (2/3) × 4 = 8/3, and create a story context for this equation. Do the same with (2/3) × (4/5) = 8/15. (In general, (a/b) × (c/d) = ac/bd.)

    Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.

     

    Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.

    Interpret division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number, and compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for (1/3) ÷ 4, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (1/3) ÷ 4 = 1/12 because (1/12) × 4 = 1/3.

    Interpret division of a whole number by a unit fraction, & compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for 4 ÷ (1/5), and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the relationship between multiplication & division to explain that 4÷(1/5)=20 because 20×(1/5)=4.