Unit 5 is typically a six-week unit taught from April to June.
Mathematics is a tool used to solve problems in everyday life. In this unit, students develop measurement skills and explore transformational geometry. The many practical applications of measurement enable students to make connections among number and geometry concepts.
Prior to Grade 4, students developed skills for estimating and measuring length, weight, time, and capacity. They explored the concepts of area and perimeter by estimating and counting. Students also used measurement models to investigate whole number operations. In Grade 4, students measure with increased precision and develop formulas to determine area and perimeter. They determine equivalencies within a measurement system and use manipulatives to determine volume. In this unit, students also examine situations that negative numbers can model, including temperature. The concepts and skills developed in this unit provide the foundation for multi-step measurement problem solving in Grade 5 and for investigating integers on a number line.
In Grade 3, students explored the movement of plane figures. Their focus was on the rigid motion of the object being moved as they investigated slides, flips, and turns. Grade 4 students begin to analyze and describe transformations with increased precision. They identify lines of reflection and points of rotation, as well as describe slides as translations horizontally and/or vertically. Grade 5 students will apply these understandings to transformations in designs.
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