Using manipulatives, students will make the connection between concrete to representational in adding and subtracting decimals using practical problems.

Computers use sorting to direct information across a network. This activity is a simulated representation of how a computer might sort information through a network.  Students will compare decimals and place them in boxes along the guiding arrows. Each box will contain 2 decimals. Students are to compare the two decimals in each box, then move the greater decimal forward to the next box on the right, The lesser decimal will be moved to the next box on the left. Each time the decimals are moved forward, the decimals in the boxes are compared and then moved to the appropriate box according to the rule (lesser: left, greater: right).Once each number has been moved to the circles at the top of end of the sort, the decimals should be in order from least to greatest. This is a variation of the activity foud here: https://www.csunplugged.org/en/resources/sorting-network/ 

Students will be shown different layouts of hotel rooms and be given a survey about which one was their favorite. The students will interpret the data to try to explain why certain rooms were more favorable than others. Students will then be given graph paper and asked to design their own hotel room. Students will determine the area and perimeter of the objects in their hotel rooms. Lastly, students will be shown the actual area and perimeter of hotel room items to compare to the ones that they created.

Measuring distance to determine perimeter -- Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

This is a google slides mini lesson on diameter and radius of a circle.  The first slide consists of a definition of a diameter and radius.  Students will discuss and realize the difference between the two.  Then they will make a text box for the answer.  They will type the answer in the text box, then complete the slides.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Emily Rathbone teach about dividing decimals.

Determining the effect on measures of center when a single value of a data set is added, removed, or changed Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Solving problems involving addition and subtraction with fractions and mixed numbers. Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

6.13     The student will solve one-step linear equations in one variable, including practical problems that require the solution of a one-step linear equation in one variable. Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

 I created the Equations True or False Jamboard to give my students practice with identifying equations.  They used a graphic organizer to solve each equation and then sorted it to the true or false column.  You could also have students work the problems on whiteboards.  Before doing the sort, we practiced finding the answers to equations and creating equations that were true.  We talked about the equal and not equal sign and how that might change whether or not an equation is true or false.  This activity supports sol 3.17.   

HyperDocs are GoogleDocs that allow students to interact with teacher-curated content to explore a subject.  This HyperDoc, created by Fern Vogt, focuses on equivalent fractions.  There are Khan Academy videos and plenty of opportunities for students to practice.

 I created this partner game to give my students practice estimating sums and differences.  This game supports sol 3.3a, estimate and determine the sum or difference of two whole numbers.  Before playing the game, students should have already studied rounding.    In this game, students take turns flipping over four cards and rounding the number.  Then, they add the rounded numbers to find the sum or subtract the rounded numbers to find the difference.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Emily Rathbone teach about estimating and solving multistep word problems using whole numbers.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Kieasha King teach about estimation and determining the difference in two numbers.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Kieasha King teach about estimation and determining the sum.

Mic Drop Maths is a mathematics podcast for 5th graders based on the VA Standards of Learning. Each episode addresses one standard and is broken into segments including concept, real-world application, math history, literature connections, misconceptions, and more! There is music, sound effects, jokes, and student voice in each engaging and entertaining episode. 

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Victoria Valenciana Brannen teach about even and odd numbers and determine rules about even and odd numbers.

A Visual Arts Activity Inspired by Works of Art from the VMFA Collection

Cultures all over the world create decorative patterns, perhaps inspired by the enduring patterns humans see in the natural world that surrounds us, from the cycle of the seasons to the pattern of the stars in the heavens. These hands-on activities, which can be adapted for a number of grade and ability levels, introduce repeating and alternating patterns, as well as the concept of a visual motif.