Mathematics 5 curriculum guide 2015 I table of contents acknowledgements

Suggested Resources
• interactive dice and interactive 
coin on interactive white 
board
• Resource Link: https://www.
k12pl.nl.ca/curr/k-6/math/
grade-5/links/unit11
-adjustable spinners
-Math Five Live
Incorporate probability vocabulary into your classroom.
Discuss the likelihood that Sports Day will go ahead as 
scheduled. Is it likely to rain tomorrow? Is it possible that 
there will be frost to threaten the school’s garden? Build prediction 
and probablity into the read-aloud being shared with students to 
discuss how likely it is that particular events will happen.

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MATHEMATICS 5 CURRICULUM GUIDE 2015
Specific Outcomes
PROBABILITY
Suggestions for Teaching and Learning
Students will be expected to:
Statistics and Probability (Chance and Uncertainty)
5SP4 Continued...
Provide these spinners. 
As a class discussion, ask students:
• Which spinner is more likely to spin a two?
• Which spinner is less likely to spin a two?
• Which spinner is equally likely to spin a two or three?
Place a variety of coloured multilink cubes in a bag: perhaps 15 red, 
10 blue, 5 green and 5 yellow. Students should recognize that each 
cube in the bag has an equal chance of being picked since they are all 
the same size and shape. Ask them which colour is more likely to be 
picked than the other colours. Of the other colours in the bag, which 
colours are equally likely to be picked? 
Students sometimes think that the presence of more examples of an 
item in question means that there is a greater chance of getting that 
result. Some students think that because there are more stars in Set B 
than Set A, there is a better chance of selecting one in a random draw.
Their hands-on exploration should help them see that the likelihood 
of getting a star (or a heart) is the same in both cases.
3D Animated Math Probability Spinner Video
could be used to 
reinforce the possible outcomes of a probability experiment. This 
short animation features cowboys riding through the desert and 
coming upon a directional signpost. They have to use their spinner to 
decide which road to choose. The spinners are examples of likely, less 
likely, equally likely, impossible and certain.
5SP4.1 (Continued) Identify 
outcomes from a given probability 
experiment that are less likely, 
equally likely or more likely to 
occur than other outcomes.