Does your child learn best with a hands-on approach?  By engaging in multi-sensory lessons - movement, hands-on activities, and games - learners will interact with and demonstrate understanding of new skills in several different ways.  I believe in building relationships with students, creating a risk-friendly class environment, and using interactive lessons to motivate students to learn.   The result is typically that we all have fun and the children learn a lot along the way!

This class is the third of four quarter-long classes, although it can operate as a stand alone class for fractions skills.  Students will need materials (that are typically found around the home) for this class to fully participate in the hands-on activities in the class.  Each week, resources will be provided by the teacher for practice with the skill at home.  Students will apply the skills they've learned by completing project based activities during the semester.  An end-of-class assessment will be given the final week of the class and parents will be provided with a progress report providing information of how well their child mastered the objectives taught.

In class, learners will participate in whole class discussions as well as small group work in breakout rooms.  Learners need to have the tech skills to communicate via Zoom chat, go between tabs, and use interactive learning software.  Nearpod, Google Jamboard, and Classkick will be used to allow learners to collaborate and share work during class.  If your child will be joining class from a tablet, please make sure to download these free apps to their device.  I will provide a username and password for your child to have a Classkick Portfolio which will store their work for the duration of the course.  No personal information is required for the account.  Blooket and Gimkit games will be used to practice skills in a fun way with some friendly competition.  

The sequence of lessons/skills for Action Math: Grade 5 - Fraction Operations are as follows:
FRACTIONS OPERATIONS – 11 weeks
Topic 1: Equivalent fractions, converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers
Topic 2: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators
Topic 3: Add and subtract mixed numbers
Topic 4: Fractions as division
Topic 5: Multiply fractions by whole numbers
Topic 6: Multiply fractions by fractions
Topic 7: Multiplying mixed numbers (minor skill focuses: scaling and area)
Topic 8: Divide a whole number by a fraction
Topic 9: Divide a fraction by a whole number
Topic 10: Solve dividing fraction word problems
Topic 11: Solve multiplying and dividing word problems – mixed review

Materials needed for this class are:
-lined paper and pencil (all classes)
-white board and dry erase marker (all classes)
-handouts provided by teacher to be printed (all classes)

***This class will typically meet Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of each week but may be adjusted for holidays.  There will be a break between quarters to allow for potential make up days.***

The other courses for Action Math: Grade 5 are:
-Quarter 1 - Place Value & Number Operations
-Quarter 2 - Number Operations
-Quarter 4 -  Measurement, Data & Geometry

**See other course descriptions for complete list of skills.**