Subject: Math

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of division & attend to precision Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them Solve real world ...

Description: Use this interactive and lightly scripted lesson as a tool for demonstrated the real-life applications of fractions.  Your 5th graders will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of division & attend to precision
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
• Solve real world problems involving multiplications of fractions and mixed numbers (e.g. by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem)
• Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions based on the process and solutions to a problem
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

CCSS: 5.NF.6, MP1, SL.5.1.D

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of division & attend to precision Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them Apply and extend ...

Description: Use this 1 hour as review, practice or formative assessment for dividing whole numbers by unit fractions.  In this scripted 1 hour lesson, your 5th graders will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of division & attend to precision
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
• 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
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

CCSS: 5.NF.7, MP1, MP6

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of fractions & multiplication, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively Make sense of problems and persevere ...

Description: Practice, review or introduce multiplication of fractions by whole numbers with this engaging and scripted 1 hour lesson.  Multiple opportunities to practice with different strategies and partners helps to solidify your students understanding of the "why" of this process.  Your 5th graders will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of fractions & multiplication, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction
• Using pictures, number lines and repeated addition to multiply fractions by whole numbers
• Using number lines to multiply fractions by whole numbers
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

CCSS: 5.NF.4, MP1, MP2, MP4, MP6, MP8

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math in cubic units, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively Create solid shapes using counting ...

Description: Explore volume in a concrete and interactive way with this 1 hour lesson.  Use this lesson as an introduction, review or formative assessment.  In this 1 hour scripted lesson, your 5th graders will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math in cubic units, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively
• Create solid shapes using counting cubes with specific volumes.
• Calculate volume of a shape by counting cubes.
• Practice volume creation and calculations (stacking cubes and creating landmarks or buildings using cubes)
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

CCSS: 5.MD.3, MP1, MP2, & MP4

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively Practice using the area model, repeated subtraction and ...

Description: Practice, review or introduce the concept of area model division with this interactive and scripted 1 hour lesson.  Your 5th graders will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively
• Practice using the area model, repeated subtraction and mental math to find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors
• Demonstrate their understanding of these skills by playing a game to create and solve problems in teams
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

CCSS: 5.NBT.6, MP2, MP4, MP6, MP7, & MP8

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of fractions Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others Solve real-life word problems Identify and write ...

Description: Fractions get much more complicated in 4th grade....denominators now have 100!  Help your students practice the "language" of math in strategic partnerships and groups with this scripted lesson (60-90 minutes).  They will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of fractions
  • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
  • Solve real-life word problems
• Identify and write fraction/decimal amounts using visual models (number lines and shaded grids)
• Apply these skills to real world applications utilizing meters, decimal and money amounts
• feature measuring with meters and connecting decimal amounts to money amounts. Tasks feature partner work, group work, and independent problem solving
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine next instructional steps

CCSS: 4.NF.6