This Unit is adapted from Math Makes Sense 5.
The purpose of this unit plan is to review and expand students’ understanding of fractions, decimals and the relation between the two. Students will focus on equivalent fractions and decimals, expanding addition and subtraction operations with decimals into the thousandths. According to the BC Curriculum, the students will be coming into grade 5 having learned the following about fractions and decimals in grade 4:
- Fractions and decimals are types of numbers that can represent quantities (Big Idea)
- Decimals to hundredths
- Ordering and comparing fractions
- Addition and subtraction of decimals to hundredths
These students will be expected to move forward and learn about the following in grade 6:
- Mixed numbers and decimal numbers represent quantities that can be decomposed into parts of a whole (Big Idea)
- Improper fractions and mixed numbers
- Percent and ratios
It is, therefore, imperative that we work off the prior knowledge of students and prepare them for what they will learn in grade 6 by covering what is required under the BC Curriculum for grade 5. This unit plan focuses on the following areas of the BC Curriculum: