Below is a list of the content that will be covered in each grade level

September

• Place Value- From the millions to the hundredths place
•Money-Using money to understand decimals
• Compare and order decimals
• Solve 1 and 2 place decimal addition and subtraction problems in number stories
• Continue addition and subtraction practice (with and without regrouping using decimals)

• Making change
• Addition and subtraction up to $1000
• Use practical application in rounding and estimation
• Ordering decimals (reference is to money)

• Solving open sentences

• Introduction to order of operations, using parenthesis to make sentences true

• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week

October & November

•Discover the relationship between fractions and decimals. What is a mixed number and where does it fit in?

• Compare and order fractions and decimals using the number line

•Introduction to GCF (Greatest Common Factor)

•Addition and Subtraction with like denominators-stressing "COMMON NAME"

•Addition and Subtraction with unlike denominators- finding common denominators

•Probability-relate fraction to probability

•Introduction to Percent and its relationship to decimals and fractions.

• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week-students will vary as to what level they are on.

December & January

• Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication with variables and symbols- An Algebraic Approach

•Functions/Patterns- Can you guess my rule? Can you create a function machine?

•Mixed up word problems. The student will need to identify the operation and write a math sentence for the problem.

•Multi-digit multiplication

•Multi-digit division by 1 digit division

• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week

February

•Review all terminology associated with lines, line segments, rays, and angles and work with the protractor

• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week

March & April

•Two dimensions-Defining a polygon. Naming families of polygons by attributes learned.

-Triangles- define by both sides and angles.

-Quadrilateral Family-by side length, parallel versus perpendicular lines, angles

-Define REGULAR polygon, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, and decagon

•Define circle and all components-why is a circle not a polygon?

•Congruent Figures-what does it mean to be congruent?

•Lines of Symmetry

•Calculating Perimeter in all different scenarios (word problems, missing sides, etc)

•Beginning formulas of Area-bridge from counting number of squares covered to formulas established for square, rectangle, and triangle. These formulas should come from the array model (rectangle and square) and visual model for the triangle.

•Students are secure in naming and differentiating between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional figures.

-Identify the base in a 3-dimensional figure and find the area of the base.

-Introduction with volume of a 3-dimensional prism (using cubes as a visual)

• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week

May

•Variables, Expressions, Functions and one-step Equations

• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week (goal is for all students to be finished with multiplication and division 0-12)