Ms.+Bowen's+Math

=Ms. Bowen's Math Page= Links to math sites for review and practice can be found on my Portaportal: [|Ms. Bowen's Portaportal] Guest access is d-fly.

4th Quarter:
Students are reviewing for the fifth grade math SOL by completing weekly homework in our Measuring Up books.
 * In Mrs. Bowen's math classes we are working on computation and estimation focusing on dividing whole and decimal numbers with two digit divisors and four digit dividends as well as multiplying two and three digit whole and decimal numbers. We are also learning adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.**
 * Due Friday: Lessons 9 through 12.**

3rd Quarter:
Items are listed from our current unit to completed units of study.


 * Mid February to end of April:** We are currently studying representations of parts of a whole through connections with fractions, decimals, and percents. Students should be able to:
 * Identify equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents
 * Find the simplest form of fractions (involves greatest common factor)
 * Identify decimals to the thousandths place
 * Add, subtract, multiply, and divide with decimals
 * Add and subtract mixed numbers and fractions with like and unlike denominators with regrouping for subtraction (involves least common denominator)

We will also cover the characteristics of even, odd, prime, and composite numbers and we might get to order of operations.

//Completed// We are working on Geometry, focusing on the characteristics of regular polygons. We're mainly using the Investigations curriculum but also have some practice from the math book and a few other sources. We are incorporating technology using the //LogoPaths// software from the Investigations Curriculum by which students draw and measure regular polygons.

** Math Unit Test on Feb. 3rd will cover: **
Classifying triangles by side lengths (equilateral, scalene, and isosceles) Classifying triangles by angle measures (acute, obtuse, equilateral) Identifying multiple names for regular polygons Identifying relationships among quadrilaterals (parallelograms, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, trapezoids) Drawing examples of regular polygons (triangles and polygons) Identifying and measuring angle sizes in regular polygons using a protractor and critical reasoning

** Math Unit test on Dec. 15 **
Perimeter of regular polygons (review packet) Area of regular polygons (review packet) Surface Area of cubes and rectangular prisms (review packet) Volume of cubes and rectangular prisms (review packet and Area and Volume packet) Perimeter of Circles (About Circles packet) Area of right triangles (Area and Volume packet)
 * Below is the content students should know as well as the study/review materials students should have in their binders to use to study. **

We are continuing our exploration of three dimensional shapes, area and surface area using the computer aided design software, Fablab Modelmaker, and creating our own 3-D shapes using Silhouette Studio printers. Students will design rectangular prisms of varying shapes and sizes and construct them as 3-D models that help students connect mathematics concepts to the concrete, hands-on problem solving we are challenged with in class.

We will explore volume and delve briefly into Euler's Formula involving the faces, edges, and vertices of regular polyhedrons as an enrichment extension. See [|Euler's Formula]