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Math Skills – 5th Grade
Note: Students need to be able to apply these skills by creating visuals and solving word problems.
We use:
– Mr. D’s Class Fifth Grade Math iBook
– Mr D’s Class Math Companion iBook
– Math in Focus textbook
– Mr. D’s Class Problem Solving Math iBook!
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Links:
Zearn
XtraMath
Math Playground
Fraction Manipulatives
Cuisenaire Rods
Math Frame Manipulatives
Kahoot!
Timed Test
Pentominoes Puzzle
Scholastic Pentominoes – Computer only!
Math Maven’s Mysteries
Create a Graph
Using a Ruler – Computer Only
Prodigy
Pascal’s Triangle
Problem Solving
– from The Teacher Next Door
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Multiplication Fact Songs
Ebook Project
Coding!
Hopscotch Coding App Tutorials:
Crossy Road: http://safeYouTube.net/w/TJEf
Don’t Drop the Phone: http://safeYouTube.net/w/2MEf
Make a Fireworks App: http://safeYouTube.net/w/2ME
Geometry Dash: http://safeYouTube.net/w/wOEf
Subway Skaters: http://safeYouTube.net/w/GOEf
Draw with Emojis: http://safeYouTube.net/w/mMEf
Quiz Maker: http://safeYouTube.net/w/1NEf
Falling Bird: http://safeYouTube.net/w/JNEf
Inserting a background: http://safeYouTube.net/w/nOEf
Making a notepad: http://safeYouTube.net/w/UPEf
Advanced – Escape the Room: http://safeYouTube.net/w/eNEf
Using Java:
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming/drawing-basics/pt/making-drawings-with-code
Hour of Code:
https://hourofcode.com/us/learn
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Our iPad Apps:
5 Dice: Order of Operations Game
Arithmetick
Base Ten Blocks
Coop Fractions
Division for Kids
Equivalent Fractions
Fraction Factory
Fractions
Freddy Fraction
GeoBoard
Hopscotch
Jumbo Calculator
Long Division Touch
Math Quizzer
Middle School Math
Number Frames
Number Line
Number Pieces
Virtual Manipulatives
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Laptop or Desktop Computer Math Games:
- http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
- Multiplication.com
- Grand Slam Math Word Problems
- Math Fact Practice
- Math Mayhem
- Math Flashcards
- E-Lab
- Softschools Math Games
- Virtual Manipulatives
- Math Playground
- Math-Play.Com
- Timestables.com
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Many Microbes
A Petri dish hosts a healthy colony of bacteria. Once a minute every bacterium divides into two. The colony was founded by a single cell at noon. At exactly 12:43 (43 minutes later) the Petri dish was half full.
At what time will the dish be full?
Email Mr. D the answer and win a prize! Please don’t tell anyone about this puzzle, let them find it themselves.
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A man buys a horse for $60. He sells the horse for $70. He then buys the horse back for $80. And he sells the horse again for $90. In the end, how much money did the man make or lose? Or did he break even?
Email Mr. D the answer and win a prize! Please don’t tell anyone about this puzzle, let them find it themselves.
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Fun Illusions!
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Problem Solving Strategy – S-CUBED
S – Star the important words
C – Circle the numbers
U – Underline the labels in the question
B – Bracket the question
E – Eliminate extra information
D – Draw a picture
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Platonic Solids:
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Geometric-Solids/
Perfect Circle freehand:
http://safeYouTube.net/w/HMjf
