Transcript What Math do Students Learn? Fifth Grade

WHAT MATH DO STUDENTS LEARN?
FIFTH GRADE
Focus on Understanding
This year students will be learning the
Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS).
One of the most important things about the
standards is that students need to DEEPLY
understand math concepts.
Critical Areas
The MAFS have Critical Areas for each grade level, these
are the main focus of math instruction.
For Fifth Grade, these are:
 Developing fluency with addition and subtraction of
fractions, and developing understanding of the
multiplication of fractions and of division of fractions in
limited cases (unit fractions divided by whole numbers and
whole numbers divided by unit fractions)
 Extending division to 2-digit divisors, integrating decimal
fractions into the place value system and developing
understanding of operations with decimals to hundredths,
and developing fluency with whole number and decimal
operations
 Developing understanding of volume
 Using grade-level appropriate Mathematical Practices
This is HOW
students will
be learning
about the
content.
Report Card
The most important standards for Fifth Grade are evaluated on the
report card:
 *Demonstrates understanding of the place value system for
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whole numbers and decimals
*Fluently multiplies and models division
*Adds, subtracts, and multiplies fractions and decimals,
divides fractions and whole numbers, and divides decimals
Interprets expressions and analyzes numerical patterns
*Converts units and finds volume of figures
Solves problems about line plots with fractions
Graphs points on the coordinate plane to solve problems and
classifies 2-D shapes into categories
*Uses grade-level appropriate mathematical practices
*Denotes critical Power Standard for the grade level.
Investigations
To help build a deep understanding, we will be
spending the majority of our time working
with Investigations in Number, Data, and
Space.
Investigations in Class
In school, students:
 investigate problems
 work in collaborative groups
 use various strategies
 communicate thinking orally and in writing
 play educational games
Investigations at Home
At home, students may be asked to:
 practice an activity or game
from class
 collect some information to
be used in class
 solve a few problems and explain how they solved the
problems
 solve problems in more than one way
Helping at Home
You can help your child by:
 reading all of the Family Letters that are sent
home
 helping your child find a place at home to keep
game materials and directions that are sent
home
 playing the games together that are sent home
Helping at Home
 asking your child questions when they are stuck
rather
than giving them an answer
 “What do you need to find out?”
 “How can you get started?”
 “Have you done anything like this in
school?”
 keeping a positive attitude about math
Helping at Home
Online Student and Parent access to math
software and Student Math Handbook
Florida Standards Assessment (FSA)
 Students in 5th grade will take the Math FSA towards
the end of the school year.
 FSA will test students’ understanding of the MAFS.
 The questions on FSA expect students to deeply
understand concepts.
 5th Grade Math will be taken on the computer again
this year. The students did a great job testing on the
computer last year!
 http://fsassessments.org/
FSA Sample 5th Grade Question
Parent Resources
Visit the District website’s Elementary Math page for
more information about the Fifth Grade standards,
our math program, and how you can assist your
child:
http://www.collier.k12.fl.us/math/mcE.htm
Visit the Investigations website for games and
activities to play online:
http://investigations.terc.edu/families/doing_math/g
ames_index/