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 first of four quarter-long classes.  Upon completion of all four courses, students will have learned the fifth grade math skills as stated in the Common Core Standards (see topic sequence below).  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: Quarter 2 - Number Operations are as follows:
QUARTER 2 – Number Operations – 8 weeks
Topic 1: Multiply by a 1-digit factor using standard algorithm
Topic 2: Multiply by a 2-digit factor using standard algorithm
Topic 3: Understand multiplying decimals (using an area model)
Topic 4: Multiply decimals using standard algorithm
Topic 5: Divide by a 1-digit divisor using traditional long division
Topic 6: Divide by a 2-digit divisor using traditional long division
Topic 7: Divide decimals by whole number divisors
Topic 8: Divide decimals by decimal divisors

Materials needed for Quarter 2 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 3 - Fraction Operations
-Quarter 4 -  Measurement, Data & Geometry

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