The Math with Confidence Fifth Grade Instructor Guide provides helpful getting-started information, scripted lessons, and easy-to-implement activities. At this level, parents and students should expect to spend 30-45 minutes daily, which includes 10-15 minutes of parent-led instruction. Lessons are grouped into units rather than weeks, which offers families more flexibility for additional review and practice for a busy schedule. There are 16 units (144 regular lessons). Each unit concludes with an optional enrichment lesson. Guides also include answer keys and reproducible blackline masters. Math with Confidence Fifth Grade Manipulative Kit and Student Workbooks sold separately. Also available is the Math with Confidence Fifth Grade Set, which includes the Fifth Grade Math with Confidence Instructor Guide, Student Workbook A and Student Workbook B.
Fifth Grade Math With Confidence Instructor Guide
SKU
018842
ISBN
9781944481735
Grade 5
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Traditional
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Charlotte Mason
A methodology based on the work of a 19th century educator who maintained that children learn best from literature (Living Books), not textbooks.
Classical
A methodology based on the Latin Trivium (three stages of learning), including the grammar stage (memorization and facts), logic stage (critical thinking), and rhetoric stage (developing/defending ideas).
Unit Study
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A methodology based on the work of a 20th century educator that emphasizes student and sensory-driven discovery learning and real-life applications.
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Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
Multi-Sensory
Curriculum that employ a variety of activities/components.
Presentation
Sequential
Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
Spiral
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Focus is on the “why,” often with a unifying concept as well as specific skills; coverage may be broader.
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Student-led materials; parent acts as a facilitator.
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Teacher-led lessons; may utilize discussions, hands-on activities and working together.
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Product Overview
- Open-and-go Instructor Guide is easy to follow so you can teach math with confidence
- Provides scheduling options, overviews and objectives, full lessons, instructions for activities, material lists for each unit, optional enrichment lessons, answers to student pages, and reproducible blackline masters
- Helpful manipulative kit available separately
Description
Publisher's Description of Fifth Grade Math With Confidence Instructor Guide
Teach Fifth Grade Math with confidence!
This scripted, open-and-go program from math educator Kate Snow will give you the tools you need to teach math with confidence–even if it’s been years since you learned these concepts yourself.
Engaging, hands-on lessons will help your child develop a strong understanding of math, step by step.
Your child will develop strong math skills and a positive attitude toward math with fun games and real-world applications.
All you’ll need are this Instructor Guide, the two Student Workbooks (Part A and Part B), and a few simple manipulatives (like base-ten blocks and fraction tiles) to make math come alive for your child.
This scripted, open-and-go program from math educator Kate Snow will give you the tools you need to teach math with confidence–even if it’s been years since you learned these concepts yourself.
Engaging, hands-on lessons will help your child develop a strong understanding of math, step by step.
- adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals
- adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators
- multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers
- multi-step fraction and decimal word problems
- solving measurement problems with fractions and decimals
- line graphs and the coordinate plane
- geometry and volume
- mean and median
Your child will develop strong math skills and a positive attitude toward math with fun games and real-world applications.
All you’ll need are this Instructor Guide, the two Student Workbooks (Part A and Part B), and a few simple manipulatives (like base-ten blocks and fraction tiles) to make math come alive for your child.
- Daily review to ensure children retain what they’ve learned and master essential skills
- Step-by-step examples help your child develop math study skills and greater independence
- Games and real-world applications make math fun and relevant
- Clear directions and explanatory notes make teaching straightforward for the parent
- Hands-on, incremental lessons that steadily build conceptual understanding
- Optional extension activities and enrichment book recommendation link math lessons with everyday life
Category Description for Fifth Grade Math with Confidence
Throughout the fifth-grade year, Fifth Grade Math with Confidence teaches multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers, adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators, multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers, word problems using fractions and decimals, fractions and decimals to express measurements and solve measurement word problems, volume, geometry, line graphs, coordinate planes, and finding the mean and median of a data set. This program begins with a review of fourth grade concepts. The Instructor Guide, Student Workbook Part A and Student Workbook Part B are required. Available separately or in a convenient set. A few manipulatives are required for your math tool kit. We offer these as a package or separately.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback Book |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 5 |
| Brand: | Well-Trained Mind Press |
| ISBN: | 9781944481735 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 1.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 3.8 |
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