Fifth Grade Resources
Units of Study
San Diego Unified School District (here's the District's CCSS website--lots of resources!)
Grade 5 Year at a Glance
Grade 5 Focus Areas
CCSS Lesson Map
Georgia Units: (even though the state has actually pulled out of CCSS, the resources they created are AMAZING! Here's their math website.)
Year-Long Planning Map
5th Grade Overview
Unit 1: Order of Operations
Unit 2: Decimals
Unit 3: Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals
Unit 4: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Fractions
Unit 5: Geometry and the Coordinate Plane
Unit 6: 2D Figures
Unit 7: Volume and Measurement
North Carolina Unit: (they have a great website for the Public Schools of North Carolina with lots of support resources.)
North Carolina Scope and Sequence
University of Texas Scope: (they have a great website called Mathematics Common Core Toolbox--check it out!)
UT Sequenced Units-5th Grade
EngageNY Fifth grade math resources. This seems to be everyone's gold standard for CCSS materials.
Fifth Grade Curriculum Map from West Contra Costa Unified School District. Their applets seem cool, too. Check out their study guides as well They seem great.
Bridges in Mathematics: (the Bridges in Mathematics website)
Activity Standards Correlations
TONS of Standards-Based Activities
Yearlong Assessment
This is cool: math standards written in kid-friendly language: (From the Ontario-Montclair School District)
Kid Friendly Math Standards
Resources from Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics:
5th Grade Flipbook (FlipBooks are meant to help teachers understand what each standard means in terms of what students must know and be able to do. They provide only a sample of instructional strategies and examples.)
Math Vocabulary from Granite School District in Utah
Vocabulary Cards A-L
Vocabulary Cards M-Z
5th Grade Vocabulary List
Compare the CCSS to the current state standards: (from Tulare County Office of Ed. A great website for resources, too!)
Math Standard Comparison: 5th Grade
Howard County Public School System Common Core Assessments. VERY well designed assessments for each standard. Check them out!
Videos explaining 5th grade standards from Southeast Comprehensive Center. Really interesting!
"I Can Statements" for each standard from Dr. Bobb Darnell on his website called Achievement Strategies, Inc. Check them out!
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Activities and Lessons by Strand
(activities listed are from: Illustrative Mathematics, Inside Mathematics, LearnZillion, Howard County Common Core Assessments )
Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Write and interpret numerical expressions.
Picturing Factors in Different Orders
You Can Multiply Three Numbers in any Order
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.OA.A.1 (Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.)
LearnZillion video: Interpret Parentheses as "Do This First"
LearnZillion video: Add Parentheses to an Expression to Make it Easier to Solve
LearnZillion video: Change the Value of an Expression by Moving the Parentheses
LearnZillion video: Make an Equation True by Placing the Parentheses Correctly
LearnZillion video: Write a Mathematical Expression Using Parentheses to Represent a Real Live Situation
Howard County assessment page with beautiful assessments of this standard, plus more!!
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.OA.A.2 (Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. For example, express the calculation "add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2" as 2 × (8 + 7). Recognize that 3 × (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product.)
Words to Expressions
Video Game Scores
Comparing Products
Seeing is Believing
LearnZillion video: Write Expressions to Represent Numerical Situations
LearnZillion video: Describe Relationships Between Expressions
LearnZillion video: Describe Relationships Between Expressions with Fractions or Decimals
LearnZillion video: Use Expressions with Parentheses to Solve Problems
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Analyze patterns and relationships.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.OA.B.3 (Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. Identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns, and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. For example, given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 0, and given the rule "Add 6" and the starting number 0, generate terms in the resulting sequences, and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other sequence. Explain informally why this is so.
Performance Assessment Task:
Hexagons in a Row
LearnZillion video: Identify the Relationship Between Two Numerical Patterns
LearnZillion video: Create Ordered Pairs Using a Table
LearnZillion video: Create a Line Graph on a Coordinate Plane
LearnZillion video: Graph and Compare Patterns on a Coordinate Plane
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Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten
Understand the place value system.
Are These Equivalent to 9.25?
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.1 (Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.)
Kipton's Scale
Tenth's and Hundredths
Which Number is it?
LearnZillion video: Determine the Value of a Digit in the Thousandths Place
LearnZillion video: Understand that Place Value Increases Ten Times with Each Shift to the Left in a Multi-Digit Number
LearnZillion video: Use Number Lines to Show Increases in Place Value with Each Shift to the Left in a Multi-Digit Number
LearnZillion video: Use Base Ten Blocks to Understand How Place Value Decreases with Each Shift to the Right in a Multi-Digit Number
LearnZillion video: Use Number Lines to Show Decreases in Place Value with Each Shift to the Right in a Multi-Digit Number
LearnZillion video: Recognize Place Value Relationships by Multiplying and Dividing by Ten
Howard County assessment page with beautiful assessments of this standard, plus more!!
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.2 (Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.)
Marta's Multiplication Error
Multiplying Decimals by 10
LearnZillion video: Explain Patterns In Zeros When Multiplying a Power of Ten
LearnZillion video: Represent Powers of Ten Using Whole Number Exponents
LearnZillion video: Explain Patterns in the Placement of the Decimal Point When a Decimal is Multiplied by a Power of Ten
LearnZillion video: Explain Patterns in the Placement of the Decimal Point When Dividing a Decimal by the Powers of Ten
Howard County assessment page with beautiful assessments of this standard, plus more!!
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.3 (Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.)
Are These Equivalent to 9.25?
Comparing Decimals on the Number Line
Placing Thousandths on the Number Line
Performance Assessment Task:
Decimals
Fractions
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.3.A (Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000).)
LearnZillion video: Represent Decimal Values to the Thousandths Using Base Ten Blocks
LearnZillion video: Read and Write Decimals to the Thousandths Using a Place Value Chart
LearnZillion video: Write Decimals in Expanded Form
Howard County assessment page with beautiful assessments of this standard, plus more!!
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.3.B (Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.)
Drawing Pictures to Illustrate Decimal Comparisons
LearnZillion video: Compare Decimals Using Fractions
LearnZillion video: Compare Decimals Using a Number Line
LearnZillion video: Compare Decimals Using Base Ten Blocks
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.4 (Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place. Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.)
Rounding to Tenths and Hundredths
Performance Assessment Task:
Decimals
Fractions
LearnZillion video: Represent Decimal Numbers on a Number Line
LearnZillion video: Round Decimals to the Nearest Whole Number
LearnZillion video: Round Decimals to the Nearest Tenth
LearnZillion video: Round Decimals to the Nearest Hundredth
LearnZillion video: Round Decimals to Any Place
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.B.5 (Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.)
Elmer's Multiplication Error
Performance Assessment Task:
Fruits and Vegetables
LearnZillion video: Multiply Multi-digit Numbers Using an Area Model
LearnZillion video: Multiply Multi-digit Numbers Using Partial Products
LearnZillion video: Use the Standard Algorithm for Multiplication
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.B.6 (Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.)
Minutes and Days
Performance Assessment Task:
Fruits and Vegetables
LearnZillion video: Divide 4-Digit Dividends by 2-Digit Divisors by Setting Up an Equation
LearnZillion video: Divide 4-Digit Dividends by 2-Digit Divisors by Estimating and Adjusting the Quotient
LearnZillion video: Use an Area Model for Division of 4-Digit Dividends by 2-Digit Divisors
LearnZillion video: Divide 4-Digit Dividends by 2-Digit Divisors by Using a Rectangular Array
LearnZillion video: Divide 4-Digit Dividends by 2-Digit Divisors by Using Expanded Notation
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.B.7 (Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.)
What is 23 Divided by 5?
The Value of Education
LearnZillion video: Multiply Decimals to the Hundredths by Using Fractions
LearnZillion video: Multiply Decimals by Whole Numbers by Using an Area Model
LearnZillion video: Use Multiplication to Multiply Decimals by Decimals
LearnZillion video: Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals Using an Area Model
LearnZillion video: Divide Decimals by Using Fair Sharing
LearnZillion video: Divide Decimals by Using a Number Line
LearnZillion video: Divide Decimals Using Knowledge of Multiplication
LearnZillion video: Estimate the Addition and Subtraction of Decimals Using Smart Rounding
LearnZillion video: Add Decimals Using Base Ten Blocks
LearnZillion video: Subtract Decimals Using Base Ten Blocks
LearnZillion video: Add Decimals Using a Number Line
LearnZillion video: Subtract Decimals Using a Number Line
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Domain: Number and Operations-Fractions
Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
To Multiply or not to Multiply?
Measuring Cups
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.A.1 (Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.))
Egyptian Fractions
Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators
Finding Common Denominators to Add
Jog-A-Thon
Finding Common Denominators to Subtract
Making S'mores
Fractions on a Line Plot
Performance Assessment Task:
Cindy's Cats
LearnZillion video: Find Common Denominators by Creating Area Models
LearnZillion video: Add Fractions with Unlike Denominators by Creating Area Models
LearnZillion video: Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators by Creating Area Models
LearnZillion video: Add Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators by Creating Area Models
LearnZillion video: Subtract Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators by Creating Area Models
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.A.2 (Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers. For example, recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + 1/2 = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < 1/2.)
Do These Add Up?
Salad Dressing
Performance Assessment Task:
Fractions
Cindy's Cats
LearnZillion video: Estimate Answers to Problems Involving Fractions Using Area Models
LearnZillion video: Estimate Answers to Problems Involving Fractions Using Number Lines
LearnZillion video: Use Area Models to Assess the Reasonableness of Answers to Problems Involving Mixed Numbers
LearnZillion video: Use Benchmark Fractions to Assess the Reasonableness of Answers to Problems Involving Fractions
LearnZillion video: Use Area Models to Assess the Reasonableness of Answers to Problems Involving Mixed Numbers
LearnZillion video: Estimate Answers to Problems Involving Fractions Using Area Models
LearnZillion video: Estimate Answers to Problems Involving Fractions Using Number Lines
LearnZillion video: Use Area Models to Assess the Reasonableness of Answers to Problems Involving Mixed Numbers
LearnZillion video: Use Benchmark Fractions to Assess the Reasonableness of Answers to Problems Involving Fractions
LearnZillion video: Estimate Mentally to Assess the Reasonableness of Answers to Problems Involving Fractions
LearnZillion video: Use Benchmark Fractions to Determine the Reasonableness of an Answer
LearnZillion video: Find Common Denominators by Using Number Lines
LearnZillion video: Write Equations to Solve Word Problems by Determining the Important Information
LearnZillion video: Solve Word Problems Involving the Addition and Subtraction of Fractions Using Number Lines
LearnZillion video: Solve Word Problems Involving the Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Numbers Using Number Lines
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Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division.
Painting a Wall
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.3 (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?)
What is 23 Divided by 5?
Converting Fractions of a Unit into a Smaller Unit
How Much Pie?
Performance Assessment Task:
Fractions
LearnZillion video: Interpret Fractions as Division of the Numerator by the Denominator Using Area Models
LearnZillion video: Interpret Fractions as Division of the Numerator by the Denominator Using Number Lines
LearnZillion video: Use Picture Models to Divide Whole Numbers Leading to Answers in the Form of Fractions
LearnZillion video: Use Picture Models to Divide Whole Numbers Leading to Answers in the Form of Mixed Numbers
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.4 (Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.)
Folding Strips of Paper
Connor and Makayla Discuss Multiplication
Performance Assessment Task:
Cindy's Cats
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.4.A (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.))
LearnZillion video: Multiply a Whole Number by a Fraction Using Area Models (1)
LearnZillion video: Multiply a Whole Number by a Fraction Using Area Models (2)
LearnZillion video: Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction Using Area Models (1)
LearnZillion video: Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction Using Area Models (2)
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.4.B (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.)
LearnZillion video: Find the Area of a Rectangle with Fractional Side Lengths by Tiling
LearnZillion video: Find the Area of a Rectangle by Multiplying a Fraction and a Whole Number
LearnZillion video: Find the Product of a Whole Number and a Fraction by Using Area Models
LearnZillion video: Find the Product of a Fraction and a Mixed Number by Using Area Models
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.5 Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by:
Fundraising
Calculator Trouble
Comparing a Number and a Product
Grass Seedlings
Reasoning About Multiplication
Running a Mile
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.5.A (Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication.)
LearnZillion video: Interpret Multiplication as Scaling Using Visual Models
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.5.B (Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n × a)/(n × b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.)
LearnZillion video: Understand Multiplication by a Fraction Equivalent to One
LearnZillion video: Understand Multiplication by a Fraction Greater Than One
LearnZillion video: Understand Multiplication by a Fraction Less Than One
LearnZillion video: Solve Multiplication Word Problems by Comparing the Size of the Product and Factors
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.6 (Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.)
Running to School
Drinking Juice
Half of a Recipe
Making Cookies
To Multiply or not to Multiply?
Performance Assessment Task:
Cindy's Cats
LearnZillion video: Multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number Using Visual Representations
LearnZillion video: Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction Using Visual Representations
LearnZillion video: Multiply Fractions by Mixed Numbers Using Visual Representations
LearnZillion video: Multiply Mixed Numbers by Mixed Numbers Using Visual Representations
LearnZillion video: Write Equations to Multiply Fractions and Mixed Numbers
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.7 (Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.1)
How Many Servings of Oatmeal?
Banana Pudding
Dividing by One-Half
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.7.A (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.)
Painting a Room
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.7.B (Interpret division of a whole number by a unit fraction, and 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 and division to explain that 4 ÷ (1/5) = 20 because 20 × (1/5) = 4.)
Origami Stars
How Many Marbles?
LearnZillion video: Divide Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions Using a Model
LearnZillion video: Divide Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions Using a Number Line
LearnZillion video: Divide Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions Using the Multiplicative Inverse
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.7.C (Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, how much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?)
Salad Dressing
Standing in Line
How Many Marbles?
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Domain: Measurement and Data
Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.A.1 (Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.)
Minutes and Days
Converting Fractions of a Unit into a Smaller Unit
Performance Assessment Task:
Fruits and Vegetables
LearnZillion video: Select Appropriate Measurement Conversions
LearnZillion video: Solve Real World Distance Problems with Unit Conversions
LearnZillion Video: Solve Real World Liquid Volume Problems with Unit Conversions
LearnZillion video: Solve Real World Mass Problems with Unit Conversions
LearnZillion video: Solve Real Life Problems Involving Multiple Unit Conversions
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Represent and interpret data.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.B.2 (Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. For example, given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid each beaker would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally.)
Fractions on a Line Plot
LearnZillion video: Solve Multi-Step Problems Using Information in a Line Plot
LearnZillion video: Solve Multi-Step Addition and Multiplication Problems Using Information in a Line Plot
LearnZillion video: Redistribute Items Equally Using the Information in a Line Plot
LearnZillion video: Use the Information From More Than One Line Plot to Solve Problems
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Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume.
Box of Clay
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.3 (Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.)
Performance Assessment Task:
How Many Cubes?
LearnZillion video: Identify the Difference Between a Square Unit and a Cubic Unit
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.3.A (A cube with side length 1 unit, called a "unit cube," is said to have "one cubic unit" of volume, and can be used to measure volume.)
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.3.B (A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes is said to have a volume of n cubic units.)
LearnZillion video: Find Volume by Counting Cubes
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.4 (Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.)
Performance Assessment Task:
How Many Cubes?
LearnZillion video: Identify and Label Three-dimentional Figures
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.5 (Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume.)
You Can Multiply Three Numbers in Any Order
Performance Assessment Task:
How Many Cubes?
LearnZillion video: Compare Rectangular Prisms with Different Dimensions Using the Volume Formula
LearnZillion video: Explore Volume of Prisms by Scaling Dimensions
LearnZillion video: Find Volume by Multiplying the Base Times the Height
LearnZillion video: Find Volume by Multiplying Length X Width X Height
LearnZillion video: Find Missing Edge Lengths on Composite 3D Prisms
LearnZillion video: Recognize that Volume is Additive by Finding the Volume of a 3D Figure Composed to Two Rectangular Prisms
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.5.A (Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base. Represent threefold whole-number products as volumes, e.g., to represent the associative property of multiplication.)
Using Volume to Understand the Associative Property of Multiplication
LearnZillion video: Use Volume to Understand the Associative Property of Multiplication
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.5.B (Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = b × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems.)
Carl's Aquarium
LearnZillion Video: Use Multiplication (V = L X W X H) to Find the Volume of a Solid Figure
LearnZillion Video: Find the Volume of a Solid Figure Using the Base X Height Formula (V = b X h)
LearnZillion Video: Find the Missing Dimensions of 3-D Figures Using the Volume Formula
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.5.C (Recognize volume as additive. Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.)
LearnZillion video: Find the Volume of Complex Rectangular Prisms
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Domain: Geometry
Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.A.1 (Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).)
Battleship Using Grid Paper
Performance Assessment Task:
Granny's Balloon Trip
LearnZillion video: Use a Model to Identify Parts of a Coordinate Plane
LearnZillion video: Plot Points on a Coordinate Plane
LearnZillion video: Read Coordinates of a Point on the Coordinate Plane
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.A.2 (Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.)
Meerkat Coordinate Plane Task
Performance Assessment Task:
Granny's Balloon Trip
LearnZillion video: Find Distance Between Points on a Coordinate Plane by Counting
LearnZillion video: Move a Point and Describe its Location on a Coordinate Plane
LearnZillion video: Determine the Shortest Distance Between Two Points on a Coordinate Plane
LearnZillion video: Draw a Shape on a Coordinate Plane
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Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.3 (Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.)
Performance Assessment Task:
Sorting Shapes
LearnZillion video: Analyze and Compare Triangles by their Sides
LearnZillion video: Classify and Compare Quadrilaterals
LearnZillion video: Identify Attributes of Polygons
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.4 (Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.)
What is a Trapezoid? Part 2
Performance Assessment Task:
Sorting Shapes
LearnZillion video: Classify Quadrilaterals in a Hierarchy
LearnZillion video: Classify Triangles in a Hierarchy
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If you find other activities, email me and I'll add them to this site!!
Thank you to 4th Grade Loma Portal teacher, Amy Kinseth, for creating this page of Teacher Common Core Materials. Please email her with questions or comments at [email protected].