Mathematics 5 curriculum guide 2015 I table of contents acknowledgements

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MATHEMATICS 5 CURRICULUM GUIDE 2015
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FRACTIONS
Unit Overview
Focus and Context
Outcomes Framework
In this unit, students will further their understanding of fractions using 
concrete, pictorial and symbolic representations to create and compare 
equivalent fractions. While the goal is to develop symbolic methods, 
students work from personal strategies to more efficient ones. Fractions 
with denominators of 10, 100 and 1 000 are connected to decimals. 
Through thousandths grids and base ten materials, students will express 
a given pictorial or concrete representation as a fraction or a decimal. 
They will also write a fraction from a given decimal and vice versa. 
When working with fractions and decimals, students should understand 
that decimals are simply another form of a fraction. 
GCO
Develop number sense.
SCO 5N7
Demonstrate an understanding of fractions by using concrete, pictorial and symbolic 
representations to:
• create sets of equivalent fractions
• compare fractions with like and unlike denominators
SCO 5N9
Relate decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals (to thousandths).

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MATHEMATICS 5 CURRICULUM GUIDE 2015
FRACTIONS
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Mathematical 
Processes
SCO Continuum
[C] 
Communication 
[PS] Problem Solving
[CN] Connections
[R] Reasoning
[ME] Mental Mathematics [T] Technology
and Estimation
[V] Visualization
Grade 4 
Grade 5 
Grade 6 
Strand: Number 
Specific Outcomes 
Specific Outcomes 
Specific Outcomes 
4N8 Demonstrate an
understanding of fractions 
less than or equal to one by 
using concrete, pictorial and 
symbolic representations to: 

name and record 
fractions for the parts 
of a whole or a set 

compare and order 
fractions 

model and explain that 
for different wholes, 
two identical fractions 
may not represent the 
same quantity 

provide examples of 
where fractions are 
used.
[C, CN, PS, R, V] 
4N9 Represent and describe
decimals (tenths and 
hundredths) concretely, 
pictorially and symbolically. 
[C, CN, R, V] 
4N10 Relate decimals to fractions 
and fractions to decimals (to 
hundredths). 
[C, CN, R, V] 
4N11 Demonstrate an 
understanding of addition 
and subtraction of decimals 
(limited to hundredths). 
[C, CN, R, V] 
5N7 Demonstrate an 
understanding of fractions 
by using concrete, pictorial 
and symbolic 
representations to:
•
create sets of equivalent
fractions
•
compare fractions with 
like and unlike
denominators 
[C, CN, PS, R, V] 
5N9 Relate decimals to fractions 
and fractions to decimals 
(to thousandths). 
[C, CN, R, V] 
6N4 Relate improper fractions to 
mixed numbers. 
[CN, ME, R, V] 
6N5 Demonstrate an 
understanding of ratio, 
concretely, pictorially and 
symbolically. 
[C, CN, PS, R, V] 
6N6 Demonstrate an 
understanding of percent 
(limited to whole numbers), 
concretely, pictorially and 
symbolically. 
[C, CN, PS, R, V] 

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