5th Grade Part E, Creative, Interactive Elementary Math...Together, We Can Do This!
MEASUREMENT AND DATA, PART E! Interactive, Creative and Challenging math support that will encourage, develop skill and confidence with Measurement, Data Collection, Graphing and Interpretation of Graphs for 5TH GRADE STUDENTS.
Michael Thurman, M.Ed.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(218)
What's included
9 live meetings
9 in-class hoursHomework
2-4 hours per week. Homework will be assigned weekly and I will monitor students between classes, and even communicate with them through the program itself while they are working. I can designate mid-weekly class check-ins. Generally speaking, homework that is assigned on a Monday, for example, would not be due until the following Monday. However, this can be flexible when circumstances require it. Assignments will be differentiated, and there are always ways to remediate, practice grade level concepts, or move ahead. Homework is necessary go move learning forward.Assessment
The student will be assessed by the completion of their assigned online work. Grading is instantaneous and visible by the teacher, as well as by the parents and students. Missed problems will be explained instantaneously via the program. I can also monitor student work remotely as they work and offer suggestions in real time. This aspect does not require video conferencing. It is done through my digital math platform, a simply awesome feature. That time would be arranged via email and a determined time to watch the student work could be established. There will be no waiting from class to class to see progress. Misconceptions that may result will provide teacher/student dialog in the next class. Again, the classwork will be differentiated. Students who need more time on a concept will receive it. Those who need challenge can move ahead if desired. I will monitor all aspects of success and struggle and parents will be able to see their student's progress as well. Students will be required to strive for an 80% on each learning target that has been taught and then assigned. This demonstrates a baseline of mastery of the concept for the teacher. If desired, students can move beyond 80% as the questions often become more rigorous. A diagnostic aspect of my program will allow me to see areas of strength and weakness and communicate with parents regarding specific points of need or challenge.Grading
includedClass Experience
US Grade 5
This 5th grade math course will benefit students in homeschooling, public, private settings when they partner with me, their math specialist, for learning, weekly support and success! This class is Part E, MEASUREMENT AND DATA for 5th graders. It can function as a stand-alone class, or as part of series that is being listed by Math You Can Do! However, students needing remediation, on grade level practice, or above grade level challenge will also benefit from the material that is taught in these small classes. This course, MEASUREMENT AND DATA, Part E, is the 5th course in a series of courses that covers all 6 strands of mathematics required of elementary students in grade 5. We dive into "MEASUREMENT AND DATA" with this listing. Students in the United States will cover both US Customary Units and the Metric System. Students in Europe and other parts of the world that only use the Metric System will be able to opt out US Customary unit instruction if so desired. This course will help students continue to build their number sense, skill, confidence and computational efficiency, as well as develop understanding of data collection and organization on different kinds of graphs, as well as measurement skill in US Customary units, or Metric Units, or both, depending on the need. In addition, time will be spent on the calculation of the volume of rectangular prisms. This class can also be offered for private tutoring. Private tutoring fees would apply. This is Math You Can Do by Michael Thurman. What will be Taught Measurement and Data Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system. Week 1 5.MD.1 Students will convert among different size measurement units (mass, weight, liquid volume, length, time) within one system of units (metric system, U.S. standard system and time). Homework: Convert time units (5-X.1) Add and subtract mixed time units (5-X.2) Compare and convert customary units of length (5-Y.2) Compare and convert customary units of weight (5-Y.3) Week 2 (Continued) 5.MD.1 Students will convert among different size measurement units (mass, weight, liquid volume, length, time) within one system of units (metric system, U.S. standard system and time). Homework: Compare and convert customary units of volume (5-Y.4) Compare and convert customary units (5-Y.5) Conversion tables - customary units (5-Y.6) Compare customary units by multiplying (5-Y.7) Week 3 (Continued) 5.MD.1 Students will convert among different size measurement units (mass, weight, liquid volume, length, time) within one system of units (metric system, U.S. standard system and time). Homework: Convert customary units involving fractions (5-Y.8) Convert mixed customary units (5-Y.9) Add and subtract mixed customary units (5-Y.10) Multi-step problems with customary unit conversions (5-Y.11) Week 4 (Continued) 5.MD.1 Students will convert among different size measurement units (mass, weight, liquid volume, length, time) within one system of units (metric system, U.S. standard system and time). Homework: Compare and convert metric units of length (5-Y.13) Compare and convert metric units of weight (5-Y.14) Compare and convert metric units of volume (5-Y.15) Compare and convert metric units (5-Y.16) Convert metric units involving decimals (5-Y.17) Week 5 (Continued) 5.MD.1 Students will convert among different size measurement units (mass, weight, liquid volume, length, time) within one system of units (metric system, U.S. standard system and time). Homework: Conversion tables - metric units (5-Y.18) Convert metric mixed units (5-Y.19) Add and subtract metric mixed units (5-Y.20) Multi-step problems with metric unit conversions (5-Y.21) Multi-step problems with customary or metric unit conversions (5-Y.22) Week 6 Understand and apply the statistics process. 5.MD.2 Students will identify and gather data for statistical questions focused on both categorical and numerical data. Select an appropriate data display (bar graph, pictograph, dot plot). Make observations from the graph about the questions posed. Homework: Interpret bar graphs (5-V.4) Create bar graphs (5-V.6) Interpret pictographs (5-V.7) Create pictographs (5-V.8) Week 7 (Continued) 5.MD.2 Students will identify and gather data for statistical questions focused on both categorical and numerical data. Select an appropriate data display (bar graph, pictograph, dot plot). Make observations from the graph about the questions posed. Homework: Interpret line plots (5-V.9) Create line plots (5-V.10) Create and interpret line plots with fractions (5-V.11) Week 8 Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition. 5.MD.3 Students will recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement. 5.MD.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. 5.MD.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. 5.MD.4 Measure volumes by counting unit cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft. and improvised units. 5.MD.5 Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume. 5.MD.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. Homework: Volume of rectangular prisms made of unit cubes (5-DD.13) Week 9 5.MD.5.b Students will apply the formulas V =l × w × h and V = b × h for rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems. Homework: Volume of cubes and rectangular prisms (5-DD.15) Volume of cubes and rectangular prisms: word problems (5-DD.18) 5.MD.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. Volume of compound figures (5-DD.16)
Learning Goals
The goal of this initial class, Week 1, is simply to introduce and learn the format and interactive program which will be used for this 9 week course. (For returning students, we will jump right into the first topics listed on the syllabus.) New students will interact, be able to ask questions and gain experience using my interactive program. I will introduce all aspects of my one hour per week class period; fact fluency, computational fluency and the specific targeted pre-algebra skills for a particular class, and then explain how students can use their interactive math program to practice what they learn between scheduled classes. The following 7 weeks are detailed in "Class Experience." Subsequent courses, usually 4,8-11 week courses, are continually being developed and listed that cover all 6 strands of mathematics: Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Numbers and Base Ten- Whole Numbers and Decimals, Numbers and Base Ten-Fractions, Measurement, Data and Probability, and Geometry. This course can stand alone, provide extra support or be a part of sequential learning, depending on the need or desire. Conceptualization of math topics is always key, producing an outcome of understanding, efficiency and accuracy with computation, using standard algorithms. Mathematical problem-solving strategies will be taught as well. This course will primarily focus and MEASUREMENT AND DATA necessary for 5th graders.
Other Details
Supply List
Paper and pencil is required, of course, and a device to access a student's online subscription (math homework) is needed. Subscriptions for IXL will be PROVIDED BY ME and included when students enroll with no cost to parents. Students will have access to their IXL subscriptions as long as they are enrolled in my classes that are offered and are actively participating in them. There are NO books, worksheets, etc. needed; no paperwork to be kept. Simple, Neat and Mobile! Take your class with you anywhere you want. There will be a cap size of 6 students per class creating an ideal learning environment. There will be continuous, sequential math courses offered by "A Creative, Interactive Math Journey...Together, We Can Do This!". Again, these courses could easily provide all of the mathematical training needed for families who homeschool, as well as provide help and support in traditional settings.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined May, 2020
5.0
218reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Kentucky Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Education from University of Minnesota Minneapolis
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Western Kentucky University
Hi, there! My name is Mr. Thurman and I enjoy teaching math. And, at “Math You Can Do” we’re always cooking up some good “recipes” for a tasty math experience! I was a public and private school educator for 36 years, and have experience teaching 3rd through 6th grade math. I was a principal for 5 years too, but I must say, it is much more fun and rewarding to teach. I have undergraduate degrees in music and in elementary education from Western Kentucky University. As well, I have a master's degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and a theology degree from Bethany Global University. I am offering math classes for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders because, for the last 20 years of my career, I have been doing just that, working as a math specialist for intermediate students. We will be using a fun math program which allows me to teach you, and then monitor your work when we're not in class together, enabling me to see just where I can best help you until we meet again. I can even communicate with you while you are working between our online classes. And yes, you can and WILL excel in math!! You might even learn to love it! (Conceptual Math producing Efficiency and Accuracy)
If you had asked me when I was your age, students, if I wanted to be a math teacher when I grew up, I would have said, "NO!" I had to work hard at math when I was young, and, to be quite honest, I don't think some of my teachers really knew how best to teach the subject. Here's the big idea I share with my students: LEARNING TAKES PLACE OVER TIME! It can't be rushed...especially with math. Our class motto will be," Learning takes place over time AND it's all about the effort!"
My wife is a music teacher and we have 3 grown daughters. We played music together as a family for many years and performed 45 concerts in 5 countries in Europe. Now, we have 9 grandchildren, 4 boys and 5 girls. I have been a professional musician for many years now and play french horn in Orchestra Kentucky of Bowling Green and we perform lots of concerts. We have a little Yorkie named Sir James Paul McCartney Thurman. We call him Paul and I don't think he knows he's a dog! 😃Reviews
Live Group Class
$180
for 9 classes1x per week, 9 weeks
60 min
Completed by 7 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-11
3-6 learners per class
