What are we learning in Mathematics?

First Quarter 2016-2017

First Quarter

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Numeration

Generate and Analyze

Place Value

Use place value understanding

Patterns

and properties of operations to

perform multi-digit arithmetic

nearest 10 or 100

Write numbers in standard form,

subtraction

Write consecutive whole

numbers on number lines

addition, or subtraction

Use patterns to determine

Compare 3-digit numbers and
write number sentences showing
Compare and order three 4-digit
numbers using a place-value

Find a rule and extend the table,

Place Value

Represent fractions with

denominators of 10, 100, and 1000 as
decimals

Write decimals in standard form,

word form, and expanded form
through thousandths

Compare and order decimals through

thousandths

Read and write 3-digit and 4-digit

Adding and Subtracting

Decimals

Learn how digits within a multi-digit

whole number relate to each other by

Represent decimals (tenths and

hundredths) as fractions

word form

Identify the value of digits in whole

numbers up to billions

numbers in standard, expanded, and

the comparison

given a table of number pairs

locations on a number line

Extend tables of ordered pairs for

billions

situations involving multiplication,

expanded form, and word form

Identify and extend whole-number

patterns involving addition and

Use pictures and place-value

blocks to model 3 digit numbers

patterns

Write the standard, expanded, and

word form of whole numbers in the

Identify and extend repeating

geometric and repeating numeric

Use place value understanding

to round whole numbers to the

Compute sums and differences

chart

Make an organized list to solve

problems

Number Sense: Addition

and Subtraction

Model and apply the

Relate addition to subtraction,

Use mental math to add and

Use number lines to explore how
to round 2 or 3-digit numbers to
the nearest 10 or 100

Estimate sums of 2-digit and 3Develop strategies to estimate

differences

compatible numbers, and

Use number lines to compare and

compensation

Round whole numbers through

Use an organized list to solve

thousandths

problems

Use rounding and compatible

numbers to estimate sums and
differences of whole numbers and

Addition and Subtraction of

Whole Numbers

and hundredths using models

Round whole numbers to estimate

hundredths, and thousandths

Solve multi-step word problems

Add numbers to hundreds and

Multiplication of Whole

regrouping

Numbers

Subtract numbers to thousands with

and without regrouping

Compute sums and differences of

decimals involving tenths,

thousands with and without

Add and subtract decimals in tenths

mentally
sums and differences

decimals

Apply a variety of methods to add

and subtract whole numbers

Using Place Value to Add

hundred-thousands

millions and decimals through

digit numbers

associative properties of addition,

Use place-value to round numbers

subtract two-digit numbers

Compare whole numbers through

and use the two properties

together to check their work

mentally using the commutative and

order numbers

Commutative, Associative, and

Identity Properties of Addition

their place value

Identify and apply Commutative,

Subtract numbers with zeros to

Associative, Identity and Zero

thousands

properties of multiplication

Use a picture or diagram to translate

Mentally compute products of whole

and Subtract

Use an expanded algorithm to

an everyday situation into a number

numbers using place-value patterns

sentence or equation

and the properties of multiplication

add and subtract 3-digit

Use place-value blocks to model

Multiplying by 1-digit

3-digit addition using place

Use place-value blocks to model

Use arrays to multiply by 10 and 100

subtracting 3-digit numbers with

Multiply by multiples of 10 and 100

regrouping

Break apart factors to multiply

Solve 3-digit addition problems

Use compensation to multiply

with sums up to 4-digits

mentally

Solve addition problems with

Use rounding to estimate products

three 2-digit or 3-digit numbers

Decide if the answer to a problem is

Draw a picture to help write a

number sentence and solve a

expanded algorithm

Estimate differences

Subtract 3-digit numbers with

numbers by 1-digit numbers using

regrouping

the standard algorithm

Multiply 2-digit, 3-digit, or 4-digit

represent repeated multiplication of

the same number

Use the distributive property to

simplify expressions and solve
equations

Use partial products or the

traditional algorithm to multiply
multi-digit numbers by a one-digit
number

Dividing by 1-Digit Divisors

Identify missing information in word

problems

Find the quotient of a division

problem whose dividend is a multiple
of 10, where division involves a basic

Estimate products to check for

reasonableness

subtracting across zero in 3-digit

Use exponential notation to

Record multiplication using an

numbers

reasonable

problem

Use place-value blocks to model

numbers

Numbers

value

to estimate products of whole

Number Sense & Fluency:

numbers

Use rounding or compatible numbers

fact

Use rounding and compatible

numbers to estimate quotients of
whole numbers

Meanings of
Multiplication

Write multiplication number

sentences

Write multiplication sentences

for arrays and use arrays to
solve problems

Use the commutative property

of multiplication

Find quotients using the model of

sharing money

Divide 3-digit whole numbers by 1digit divisors

Divide numbers with zeros in the

quotient

Use pictures and equations to help

represent the remainder in a division
problem

Write math stories for given

multiplication facts

Write explanations of
multiplication problems to
demonstrate understanding

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What are we learning in Mathematics?

Second Quarter 2016-2017
Second
Quarter

Grade 3

Grade 4

Multiplication Facts: Use

Multiplying by 2-Digit

Patterns

Numbers

Use patterns to multiply with

2, 5, and 9 as factors
Use patterns and properties to

multiples of 10 using an array

multiply with 0 and 1 as

factors

Divide by multiples of 10

Estimate with 2-digit divisors

Divide larger whole numbers

Identify one and two-digit

quotients

Multiplying Decimals

Multiply 2-digit factors by

Multiply two 2-digit numbers

Estimate products of whole

numbers and decimals

multiples of 10

Use mental math to multiply

decimals by 10,100, and 1,000

products

Analyze word problems and locate

missing or extra information.

Multiply using arrays and an

expanded algorithm with partial

Create visual representations for

division problems

Multiply 2-digit factors using

arrays

Solve multi-step problems

Known Facts

numbers

and number patterns to

Multiplication Facts: Use

Use compatible numbers to

Dividing by 2-Digit Divisors

estimate the product of 2-digit

10 as a factor

multiply by multiples of 10

Use rounding to estimate the

product of 2-digit numbers

Use patterns to multiply with

Use basic multiplication facts

Use mental math to multiply 2digit numbers

Use patterns to find products

with factors of 2, 5, and 9

Multiply 2-digit numbers by

Grade 5

Use number sense or models to

find products involving decimals

Find products of whole numbers

 Break apart a multiplication

fact into the sum of two other

Solve problems that involve two

and decimals using the standard

questions

algorithm

facts
Use known facts to find
products with 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8
as factors

Number Sense & Developing

Use the Associative Property of

Record division as repeated

subtraction

possible combinations
Solve multi-step problems

Use repeated subtraction to

model division

to find products
Multiply to find the number of

Use place value to understand

the algorithm of long division

with 3-digit dividends and 1-digit

problems involving sharing

and record solutions using
division number sentences

divisors

Use mental math to divide

decimals by 10, 100, or 1,000

Estimate quotients of decimal

division

Understand and explain the

placement of the decimal point in
decimal division

Divide decimals by whole

numbers

Divide whole numbers by

decimals

Divide a decimal by a decimal

Use multiple steps to solve problems

and place-value concepts to

find the answer to division

Solve word problems by writing

Use compatible numbers,

rounding, multiplication facts,

Use multiplication tables to

problems

Use basic facts and patterns of

zeros to solve division problems

Use models to solve division

Dividing Decimals

Use the standard algorithm to

divide 2-digit by 1-digit numbers

Meanings of Division

Solve multi-step problems

Divisors

Multiplication
Use known facts and patterns

numbers

Fluency: Dividing by 1-Digit

Multiply three numbers

Find the product of two decimal

estimate quotients

Divide whole numbers by 1-digit

divisors resulting in quotients

Numerical Expressions,
Patterns & Relationships

equations that represent the

problem situation

with remainders

Interpret remainders

Use words and models to

variables to represent relations

involving division

represent multiplication and

expressed verbally

Solve problems by using

division problems accurately

Write and solve number stories

objects and drawing a picture

Division Facts
Relate division and

fact families
Use fact families with divisors
of 2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9
Solve multiple-step problems
Use multiplication and division
facts to find the value of an
unknown in an equation
Divide with 0 and 1
Use multiplication and division
facts to solve problems
Draw a picture and write a
number sentence to solve a
division problem

number sentences to solve

expressions with 3 or more

problems

numbers and two or more

operations

Understand what prime and

expressions

Determine whether a number is

prime or composite

Identify multiples of a number

Use models and computations to

find equivalent fractions

Use a number line to compare,

order, and find equivalent

Use the order of operations to

evaluate expressions with whole

composite numbers are

Use the order of operations to

simply and solve basic algebraic

Identify factors of whole numbers

using multiplication

Use given values for variables to

evaluate numerical or algebraic

Ordering

Write numerical expressions with

Draw pictures and write related

Fraction Equivalence and

multiplication facts using

numbers and decimals

Determine a rule for a completed

table, and use the rule to write an
expression

Extend patterns in a table using

given rules

Identify relationships between

corresponding terms in a

fractions

sequence

Translate words into algebraic

expressions

Use objects and reasoning to solve

problems

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What are we learning in Mathematics?

Third Quarter 2016-2017

February

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Understanding Fractions

Dividing by 1-Digit Divisors

Adding & Subtracting

Define and Identify numerator

and denominator

Divide regions into equal parts

and use models to identify
fractional parts of a region or
set

Use repeated subtraction to model

division
Record division as repeated

subtraction
Use place value to understand the

algorithm of long division

Use the standard algorithm to
divide 2-digit by 1-digit numbers

Identify fractional parts of a

set

Identify fractions and mixed

numbers on a number line

Use benchmark fractions to

estimate fractional parts

Identify and draw fractional

parts of a length

Lines, Angles, and Shapes

Fraction Comparison &

Equivalence

Write equivalent fractions

Identify fractions that are in simplest

form

Find the simplest form of fractions

Explain how to estimate fractional

amounts of objects

Identify and describe points, lines,

and planes
Learn geometric terms to describe

parts of lines, and types of angles

Understand how to find the measure

circle to find angle measures

Use a smaller angle to measure a

larger angle by repeating the unit

Find unknown angle measures by

Determine common multiples and

least common multiples of numbers
Find common denominators for
fractions with unlike denominators
Use models and computational
procedures to add and subtract

of an angle using equivalent

fractions
Use unit angles and fractions of a

Use a number line to estimate sums

and differences of fractions

Make a table and use a pattern

to solve a problem

Fractions

fractions with unlike denominators

Solve problems involving addition

and subtraction of fractions

Draw a picture and write an equation

to solve a problem

Use models to compare

fractions with the same
denominator

Use models to compare

fractions with the same
numerator

Use benchmark numbers to

adding and subtracting

Measure and draw angles using a

protractor
Identify polygons
Identify and classify triangles
Identify quadrilaterals
Determine if a plane figure has line
symmetry and, if so, how many lines

compare fractions

Use a number line to compare

fractions

of symmetry it has
Solve problems by making and
testing generalizations

Adding & Subtracting Mixed

Numbers

Write improper fractions as mixed

numbers and mixed numbers as
improper fractions

Place improper fractions and mixed

numbers on a number line

Estimate sums and differences of

fractions and mixed numbers by
rounding to the nearest whole
number

Use models and computational

procedures to add and subtract
mixed numbers

Solve more complex problems

involving the addition and
subtraction of mixed numbers

Time

March

Tell and write time to the half

hour and quarter hour

Tell and write time to the

minute

Adding and Subtracting

Multiplying and Dividing

Fractions & Mixed Numbers

Fractions and Mixed

with Like Denominators

Numbers

Use models to add fractions with

Use fractions to represent division

Solve simpler unit of time

conversions

like denominators

add and subtract fractions with

two events

like denominators and solve

Work backward to solve

problems

Area

What does area mean?

How can you measure area?
What are different ways to find

the area of a shape?

How can you use simpler

problems to solve a problem?

How can rectangles with the
same area have different
perimeters?

Measure the area of a shape by

counting the number of square

Use standard units of area and

counting to measure the area of
a shape

number & multiply mixed numbers

Use compatible numbers and

rounding to estimate with fractions

Give the product of two fractions

mixed numbers

Find the area of rectangles

Use the number line to add and

Compare the size of the product to

subtract fractions with like

the size of one factor without

denominators

multiplying

Identify and write mixed

Divide whole numbers by fractions

numbers as improper fractions

Discover the inverse relationship

and improper fractions as mixed

between multiplication and division

numbers

to help with division of unit fractions

Use addition to represent a

by whole numbers

Use models to add and subtract

Concepts

Multiply a fraction by a whole

procedures to add or subtract

Extending Fraction

figures with given areas

Use unit fractions and

multiplication to describe
fractions

Use diagrams and write equations to

solve problems with unit fractions

mixed numbers

Use square units to make

Locate and place fractions on a

number line

Use models and computational

fraction in a variety of ways

units that cover a region

Use computational procedures to

Find the elapsed time between

problems

Volumes of Solids

Identify three-dimensional shapes

according to face, edges, and vertices

Identify different views of a solid

Use objects to act out or break apart

problems into simpler ones in order

Find the area of rectangles by

Multiply fractions by whole

counting square units or by

numbers using models or symbols

using a formula

to solve problems

Use the area of rectangles to

to reach a solution

rectangular solids

Count cubic units and use formulas

model the distributive property

to find the volume of rectangular

Solve a problem by working a

prisms

simpler problem

Find volumes of irregular solids

Solve complex problems asking

Use objects and reasoning to solve

for the area of irregular shapes

Determine the volume of

problems involving volume

Compare different rectangles

with the same area to discover
the change in perimeter

Use equal-area parts of figures

to model unit fractions

Select appropriate units and

tools for measuring the area of
given items

April

Measurement and Data

Solving Measurement
Problems

Choose an appropriate unit

and tool
Identify objects that weigh
about an ounce, a pound, or a
ton
Identify objects with a mass of

Units of Measure

length to another (feet, inches,

Use diagrams to show data and

analyze how the quantities are
related to solve real-world
measurement problems

Convert from one unit of customary

yards)

Convert from one unit of customary

capacity to another (gallons, quarts,

about one gram or kilogram

Read and interpret data from a

involve money and giving change

pictograph and a bar graph

Make a pictograph from a table

or tally chart
Make a bar graph to represent
data in a table or tally chart

Solve real world problems that

weight to another (pounds, ounces,

Break a problem into smaller,

tons), and apply this skill to compare

more manageable pieces and find

quantities

Use the formulas for the

to solve real-world problems
Construct a line plot using given
data

Use a line plot to answer

questions about a data set

Display a data set of

Convert one metric unit of length

into another (millimeters,

perimeter and area of rectangles

Convert from one customary unit of

by counting

a pattern to fit

pints, cups)

centimeters, meters, kilometers)

Convert from one metric unit of

capacity to another (milliliter, liter)

Convert from one metric unit of mass

to another (milligrams, grams,
kilograms)

measurements in fractions of a
unit

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What are we learning in Mathematics?

Fourth Quarter 2016-2017
Grade 3
April

Measurement and Data

Choose an appropriate unit
and tool
Identify objects that weigh

Read and interpret data from a

Solving Measurement

Units of Measure

related to solve real-world

yards)

pints, cups)

Solve real world problems that

involve money and giving change
by counting

Convert from one unit of customary

capacity to another (gallons, quarts,

measurement problems

Convert from one unit of customary

length to another (feet, inches,

Use diagrams to show data and

analyze how the quantities are

ton
about one gram or kilogram

Grade 5

Problems

about an ounce, a pound, or a

Identify objects with a mass of

Grade 4

Convert from one customary unit of

weight to another (pounds, ounces,

pictograph and a bar graph

Make a pictograph from a table

or tally chart
Make a bar graph to represent

Break a problem into smaller,

tons), and apply this skill to compare

more manageable pieces and find

quantities

a pattern to fit

data in a table or tally chart

into another (millimeters,

perimeter and area of rectangles

centimeters, meters, kilometers)

Use a line plot to answer

questions about a data set

Construct a line plot using given

data

Convert one metric unit of length

Use the formulas for the

to solve real-world problems

Display a data set of

Convert from one metric unit of

capacity to another (milliliter, liter)

Convert from one metric unit of mass

to another (milligrams, grams,
kilograms)

measurements in fractions of a
unit

May

Two-Dimensional Shapes

Measurement Units

and Their Attributes

and Conversions

Identify and describe lines and

line segments
Identify and classify polygons

quarts, gallons

Construct frequency tables and

line plots

Read, interpret, and explain

graphs

Compare the relative sizes of

customary units

Organize and interpret data from

surveys

units of capacity- cups, pints,

Identify and classify triangles

Cut apart shapes and

Estimate fluently with customary

Interpret line plots and identify

outliers

unit of length

and quadrilaterals
Combine and separate shapes

Estimate and measure length by

choosing the most appropriate

Identify and classify angles

Data

Recognize the difference between

rearrange the pieces to make

new shapes
Solve a problem by first solving
a simpler problem

Estimate fluently and measure

with units of weight

Convert between customary units

Estimate and measure length to

Make and test generalizations

Use standard units to find the

units to find perimeter

Find the perimeter of common
shapes
Match shapes to given

can have the same perimeter

conduct a sample survey

Use information from a line plot

to solve problems involving data

Write math explanations that

metric unit for measuring length

relate to line graphs to show data

Estimate fluently with milliliters

changing over time

using these metric units

Classifying Plane

Estimate and measure with units

of mass- grams and kilograms

Convert between metric units

Compare several different units of

time and freely convert from one

perimeters
Recognize that different shapes

Create a survey question and

and liters. Measure capacity

perimeter of a shape
Select appropriate tools and

the nearest centimeter, and

choose the most appropriate

Perimeter

ad frequency table and line plot

unit of time to another

Figures

polygons

measurements, or quantities that

led to a result that is given.

Classify two-dimensional figures

into categories based on their

Solve problems that require

finding the original times,

Identify and describe attributes of

properties

Classify and describe attributes

of triangles

Describe attributes of
quadrilaterals

Recognize special cases of other

shapes

Classify quadrilaterals


June

Liquid Volume and

Mass
Choose an appropriate unit
and tool
Estimate and measure in cups,
pints, quarts, and gallons
Identify objects which hold
about a cup, pint, quart, or
gallon

Step up to 5th Grade

milliliters and liters

Use the distributive property to

evaluate expressions
Identify missing numbers in

algebraic expressions
Use variables to write algebraic

expressions
Identify variable and operation in

algebraic expressions
Use basic facts and patterns to

divide mentally
Solve word problems involving

division of large numbers

Read, write, and compare decimals

to thousandths
Identify place value for digits in

decimal numbers
Use place value to round decimals

to any place
Estimate quotients with 2-digit

divisors
Add decimal numbers using

Identify objects that hold about

a liter or a milliliter
Estimate and measure in
grams and kilograms
Identify objects with a mass of
about one gram or kilogram
Estimate and measure in
ounces, pounds and tons
Identify objects that weigh
about an ounce, a pound, or a
ton

Coordinate Geometry

Estimate and measure in

decimal grids

Make and test generalizations

Identify and graph points on a

coordinate grid

Find the distance between two

points by using ordered pairs

Identify x and y-coordinates of a

point

Find the distance between two

points by finding competent
distances first
Graph ordered pairs and look for
a pattern
Work backward to solve a problem

Step up to 6th Grade

Understand the concept of a ratio

and use ratio language to
describe a ratio relationship
between two quantities

Find the rate and unit rate to

compare quantities

 Draw a picture to solve a

problem involving units of
capacity and mass

Data
Use a line plot to organize the
results of an experiment
Collect data by measuring
lengths to the nearest fourth
of an inch and make line

Divide by fractions
Multiply fractions and whole

numbers
Measure volume by counting unit

cubes
Understand what volume is
Find volume of rectangular prisms
using a formula

proportional

Read and interpret data from a

pictograph and a bar graph
Make a pictograph from a table
or tally chart
Make a bar graph to represent
data in a table or tally chart

Create and use ratio tables to

solve a proportion

Use unit rates to compare two

rates that have the same unit of
measure

Find surface area of a rectangular

prism

Multiply decimals that require

the insertion of zeros in the

plots to organize the data

and draw conclusions

Determine whether ratios are

product

Identify the greatest common

factor of a set of numbers

Write expressions to describe

patterns in an input/output table

Use the properties of operations

to rewrite expressions

Solve problems by using tables

and graphs to draw
conclusions

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