Join me for an ongoing course designed to boost your 5th and 6th-grade math skills! This comprehensive course is aimed at helping students reinforce essential math concepts through interactive lessons, hands-on activities, and engaging exercises. Meeting once a week, this course is perfect for students in traditional school, homeschool, or those taking one of my other courses. Let's make math fun and engaging as we review and strengthen key skills!

Semester 1: Dates and Topics
August 23:

Introduction and assessment of current understanding.
Reviewing basic arithmetic operations and properties of numbers.
Understanding integers and rational numbers.
August 30:

Performing operations with integers.
Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers.
September 6:

Performing operations with rational numbers.
Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents.
September 13:

Solving problems involving rational numbers.
Review and practice problems.
September 20:

Understanding ratios and rates.
Solving problems involving unit rates.
September 27:

Solving problems involving proportions.
Using proportions to solve real-world problems.
October 4:

Understanding and solving percent problems.
Calculating discounts, tax, and tips.
October 11:

Review and practice ratios, proportions, and percents.
Assessment and feedback.
October 25:

Understanding and using variables.
Writing and evaluating expressions.
November 1:

Solving simple and multi-step equations.
Understanding properties of operations.
November 8:

Solving inequalities.
Graphing solutions on a number line.
November 15:

Review and practice expressions and equations.
Assessment and feedback.
November 22:

Understanding and classifying geometric figures.
Understanding properties of two-dimensional figures.
December 13:

Exploring angles and their measurements.
Using a protractor to measure and draw angles.
December 20:

Understanding area and perimeter.
Calculating area and perimeter of various shapes.
Semester 2: Dates and Topics
January 10:

Review of ratios and rates.
Solving advanced problems involving unit rates.
January 17:

Using tables to find equivalent ratios.
Solving problems involving proportions.
January 24:

Using proportions to solve real-world problems.
Understanding and solving percent problems.
January 31:

Calculating discounts, tax, and tips.
Review and practice ratios and proportions.
February 7:

Understanding statistical questions.
Collecting and organizing data.
February 14:

Displaying data using graphs and charts.
Calculating measures of center (mean, median, mode).
February 21:

Calculating measures of variability (range, interquartile range).
Understanding probability and chance events.
February 28:

Solving problems involving probability.
Review and practice statistics and probability concepts.
March 7:

Writing and solving two-step equations.
Solving equations with variables on both sides.
March 14:

Understanding and solving inequalities.
Graphing inequalities on a number line.
March 28:

Understanding and using the distributive property.
Simplifying expressions using the distributive property.
April 4:

Review and practice expressions and equations.
Assessment and feedback.
April 11:

Reviewing number sense and operations.
Reinforcement activities.
April 25:

Reviewing ratios, rates, and proportional relationships.
Solving more complex word problems.
May 2:

Reviewing geometry, statistics, and probability.
Practice problems and exercises.
May 9:

Comprehensive review of all topics covered.
Final assessment and celebration of achievements.