Fourth/Fifth Grade Main Lesson
- Review of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Multiplication tables through twelve
- Mental Math (internal computation using the four processes)
- Daily math practice sheets
- Weekly practice sheets for homework
- Multiple digit multiplication
- Multiple digit long division
- Review of measurement and time
- Measurement conversions
- Square numbers and square roots
- Greatest common factors
- Least common multiples
- Introduction to fractions through stories, drawings, paper cutting, and games
- Definition of fraction, numerator, and denominator
- Equivalent fractions
- Improper fractions and mixed numbers
- Expanding and Simplifying/Reducing fractions
- Adding and subtracting fractions, mixed numbers, and whole numbers
- Reciprocals
- Multiplying and dividing fractions
- Form Drawing; Celtic braiding and knots
Fifth Grade Language Arts
- Review of different types of sentences: interrogative, exclamatory, imperative, and declarative
- Dictionary skills: alphabetizing, dictionary searches, and definitions
- Parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, article, pronoun, and conjunction
- Plural nouns, possessive nouns, proper nouns, pronouns, and possessive pronouns
- Verb tenses: past, present, and future
- Prepositional phrases
- Introduction to parts of the sentence: subject and predicate
- Introduction to spelling and usage rules for commonly misspelled and misused words
- Synonyms, antonyms, and homophones
- Composition: the sentence; the paragraph; punctuation; writing a rough and final draft
- Comma usage
- Recitation of speech exercises and poems
- Composition of poems
- Peer sharing of written work
- Letter writing
Fifth Grade Math
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Write and interpret numerical expressions.
- Analyze patterns and relationships.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
- Understand the place value system.
- Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
- Divide with one and two digit divisors
Number and Operations—Fractions
- Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
- Convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers.
- Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
Measurement and Data
- Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
- Represent and interpret data.
Geometry
- Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
- Calculate perimeter.