WELCOME BACK !!!

Welcome to the 2014- 2015 school year!!!

We are excited to be back and are looking forward to a great year.

We have a lot of great things planned for this year so lets get started.


A major focus over the next several weeks will be for all students to become FLUENT with their Multiplication facts.  To help emphasize the importance of this fluency this year and for the rest of the students lives, we are including this Khan Academy Video.

Please feel free to look back at some of the videos and items from last year as well.  There will be some discrepancy between this year's curriculum and last year's as the state standards have changed.


Multiplication 2: The multiplication tables: Introduction to the multiplication tables from 2-9.

CONGRATULATIONS 5TH GRADE YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!

On the first day of classes, I challenged the students to get 90% or more passing the  STAAR Math test this year.  I told them if they did, I would shave my head.  5th graders, you did a great job!!            


 92% passing with 37% scoring Level III Advanced!

I guess it is time to pay up.  Here you go.

Long Division

Introduction to long division: Dividing into larger numbers. Introduction to long division without remainders

Tree diagrams

Tree diagram to count outcomes:

Reading Bar Graphs (Double Bar Graphs)

This video actually looks at reading double bar graphs since there are two different bars for each student.

Reading bar graphs: Reading Bar Graphs

Reading pictographs

Reading pictographs: Reading Pictographs

Today we will begin studying Median, Mode and Range.  You will notice that the video below also covers finding Mean.  Finding Mean is NOT developmentally appropriate for 5th grade at this time and we will not be studying that concept.  In order to avoid confusion and frustration at this time, please skip to the 1 minute 41 second mark and watch from there.  We will however be studying finding the range of a set of data which is not covered in this video.



Example: Finding mean, median and mode: Mean Median and Mode

Line Graphs - Finding Change Over Time

Today we will begin looking at and working with different types of graphs.  The first type we will look at is a line graph.  The main idea I want you to remember for now is that line graphs show changes in data over time.  Of course there is more to line graphs than that, but that is what I want you to focus on as we begin.


Reading line graphs: Reading Line Graphs

Comparing Celsius and Farenheit temperature scales: Comparing Celsius and Farenheit temperature scales

Time to leave for home:

Area videos

Introduction to area and unit squares:
Rectangle area as product of dimensions same as counting unit squares:

Here are two videos from Khan Academy discussing perimeter.  We will be watching them in class on Friday November 22.




Introduction to perimeter:
Perimeter of a shape:

Prime factorization

Here is a video we will be watching Tuesday.  It discusses the idea of prime factorization or the process of breaking a number down to it prime number factors.  We will only be viewing the first 3 minutes and 34 seconds.  We do not get into exponential notation in 5th grade.


Prime Factorization: Prime Factorization

Prime number assignment- Due Monday October 28

As we have discussed, in class, you will need to memorize the first 25 prime numbers between
1 and 100 by Monday October 28.

If you need another copy of the first 25 prime numbers here is the list:

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 

61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 87, 89, 97

Prime and Composite Numbers videos

Prime Numbers: Identifying prime numbers


Recognizing Prime Numbers: Recognizing Prime Numbers