Activities to Reinforce Decimals at Home

Students are investigating decimals as a way to show numbers less than 1 (.075 lbs of deli cheese) and numbers between whole numbers (the marathon is 26.2 miles long.)

You can build on your child's work in this unit by looking for everydayt examples of decimals and talking about what they mean.  Discuss problem situations that involve decimals as they arise.

Look in the newspaper or online at the weather statistics for our area.  What is the average amount of precipitations for the month?  How much rain or snow has there been so far this month?  How claose are we to the average?

ex.  January average:  4.80 inches of rain

So far this month:  3.94 inches of rain

Track your favorite sports team's record.

2005 Boston Red Sox:  95 wins, 67 losses
95 wins/162 games = 0.586

Another idea, that is beneficial to both students and their parents is to talk about their math homework with them.  When you see your child using a strategy that is not familiar to you, ask for an explanation.  The conversation will be educational for both you and your child.

Thanks for always supporting your student!!
Smiles!

Adding Mixed Fractions

Here's a review for practicing adding mixed fractions:

Anyone Want to Try This App?

Would love some feedback on this app:

I found this when I searched for FREE FIFTH GRADE MATH APPS in the app store.

Let me know if you try it and what you think!

Smiles!!

Think Through Math

Parents, we would like all math students to be on www.thinkthroughmath.com completing at least two lesson per week. This is in addition to any normal math homework.

All students received their log in info. months ago.

This is a great website for practicing the math skills we are learning in class.

Thank you for your support!

The Fifth Grade Team

P.S.

The student's user name is there 6 digit school id # and their last name in lower case.
The student's password is their full birth date. January (01) 25th, 2005

example: user name: 123456clifford
              password 01252005

Multiplication Facts

 

We've noticed that many of our learners have come to 5th Grade without complete mastery of their basic multiplication facts. (Multiplication is introduced in the 2nd grade with mastery expected in 3rd.  They are expected to not only know their multiplication facts by the time they reach 5th grade but also be able to multiply two digit numbers by two digit numbers.)  Because of this, they are struggling with the new concepts that are introduced in 5th grade

 

.  A few weeks ago, every learner was sent home with a sheet to get them started online with Xtra Math.  Sadly, some that need it the most still have not begun.  This is now required daily homework.  It takes no more than 5 minutes.  If your learner is unable to login, please let me know as we want every student to be successful.  Weekly timed multiplication tests will be given until we all show mastery.  Once your student has mastered their multiplication facts, they will join the Math Club and not be required to do XtraMath nor the multiplication timed tests.

My goal, with your help,  is to have every student up to speed within the next 3 weeks.

 

Because parents are our partners in educating their children, I wanted to share a few resources.  Hopefully you will find them helpful in getting your child up to speed.

 

Mammoth Math

Scholastic

Multiplication Games

Family Education Tips

Kids Numbers

Sumdog

Big Brainz