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Mathematics — Grade 5

Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with non-negative rational numbers.

Objective 1.03. Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.

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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

One Grain of Rice
One Grain of Rice is a mathematical folktale from India that covers the concept of doubling.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Katherine Williamson.
I have, who has...?
A chain review game involving teacher made cards on the skills of adding and subtracting fractions, and equivalent fractions. This lesson can serve as a review for many math concepts.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
By Sherry Russell.
Everyday, ordinary Olympics
Students will use a stopwatch to time themselves performing in various events, record data, and then compare and order decimals to determine bronze, silver and gold medal winners.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
By Linda Hill-Wise.
Domino fractions
This is a review activity on the lesson of adding and simplifying fractions. This activity will provide a new approach to seeing a fraction and simplifying it, and the activity will allow students to set up and solve equations. This activity also works for subtraction of fractions.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)
By Angelica Young.
Am I a square?
Students should discover how their height is related to their arm span. They will learn how to do spatial and visual estimation, use measuring tools, recognize factional parts of an inch, gather data, and organize and create a graph based on their findings.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
By Priscilla Hege.

Resources on the web

What's the beat?
This lesson emphasizes the connections between science and mathematics by using a performance, or authentic, assessment format. Students explore applications involving their own heart. In this activity, students use the average adult's number of heartbeats... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations
What if we changed the book? Problem-posing with “Sixteen Cows”
In this lesson that combines children's literature and mathematics, students are challenged to observe a text and make changes in order to create math problems. After hearing the story read aloud, students are invited to brainstorm some literary and mathematical... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Talking, writing, and reasoning: Making thinking visible with math journals
Students are encouraged to talk about and record their attempts at math problems as they work and record solutions, strategies, and other observations. As an opening activity, students explore their thoughts about math in journals and share them with classmates.... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
More or less estimator
This activity allows the user to estimate quantities and sizes including the number of objects in a set, the lengths of a curve, and the area of a shape (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics)
Provided by: Shodor
Create an address number: Grades 5-6
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students look for all the possible solution sets for a mathematics problem involving a three-digit house number. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Competing coasters
Students look at attributes that vary from roller coaster to roller coaster. Illuminations provides an activity sheets and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. After students have discussed their roller coaster experiences, they compare and... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations
Comparison estimator
This activity allows the user to compare two quantities (which may be the number of objects in each of two sets, the lengths of two curves, or the area of two shapes) by estimating. (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics)
Provided by: Shodor
Beverage sharing and serving
Students determine, using a nonstandard cup or plastic drinking container, the minimum amount of fruit drink needed to serve class members. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. Students will:... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations