Mathematics 5 curriculum guide 2015 I table of contents acknowledgements

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MATHEMATICS 5 CURRICULUM GUIDE 2015
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Resources/Notes
NUMERATION
General Outcome: Develop Number Sense
Authorized Resource
Journal
• 
Provide students with a large number, up to one million, and ask 
them to describe a situation where they would see that number 
outside of school.
(5N1.7)
Performance
• 
Ask students to scan newspapers, magazines, e-news etc. to find 
examples of large numbers in headlines and stories. They could 
create a collage using numbers and phrases collected.
(5N1.7)
• Ask students to take part in a thought experiment to discuss how 
they would go about finding out how far a line of 1 000 000 
people standing shoulder to shoulder would reach if the line 
started in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and moved west.
Students would not be able to physically test this probe, but the 
discussion around how to go about solving it will highlight student 
understanding of measurement and magnitude of number, problem 
solving strategies and mathematical ideas.
Paper and Pencil
• Students could choose from the options presented in this RAFT 
chart to write about large numbers and how they might combine to 
reach one million. This RAFT is designed to be used linearly: i.e., 
each line taken together rather than a patchwork of any one choice 
from each column.
Suggested Resource
• 
A Million Dots 
- Andrew 
Clements
Math Focus 5
Lesson 5: Exploring One Million
TR: pp. 33-35
SB: p. 53
(5N1.7, 5N1)
(5N1.7)
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