The test for this unit will be August 30th. Study Guides were sent home August 23rd.
In this unit, students are introduced to volume as a measurable attribute of solid figures by building on their understandings of area and multiplication. Students begin by first making sense of volume by building objects and counting the cubes, then analyzing images of prisms constructed of unit cubes and analyzing their structure. Students observe that multiplying the number of cubes in one layer by the number of layers of cubes gives the volume. Students recognize that the number of cubes in one layer represents the area of a rectangle. Students then generalize that they can use the product of the area of the base and the height of a rectangular prism to determine its volume and write expressions to represent the volume.
In this unit, students are introduced to volume as a measurable attribute of solid figures by building on their understandings of area and multiplication. Students begin by first making sense of volume by building objects and counting the cubes, then analyzing images of prisms constructed of unit cubes and analyzing their structure. Students observe that multiplying the number of cubes in one layer by the number of layers of cubes gives the volume. Students recognize that the number of cubes in one layer represents the area of a rectangle. Students then generalize that they can use the product of the area of the base and the height of a rectangular prism to determine its volume and write expressions to represent the volume.
- 5.NR.5: Write, interpret, and evaluate numerical expressions within authentic problems.
- 5.NR.5.1: Write, interpret, and evaluate simple numerical expressions involving whole numbers with or without grouping symbols to represent actual situations.
- 5.GSR.8: Examine properties of polygons and rectangular prisms, classify polygons by their properties, and discover volume of right rectangular prisms.
- 5.GSR.8.3: Investigate volume of right rectangular prisms by packing them with unit cubes without gaps or overlaps. Then, determine the total volume to solve problems.
- 5.GSR.8.3_2.0_1: gaps, overlaps, volume, unit cubes, rectangular prism, cubic units, space, length, width height, base, area
- 5.GSR.8.3_2.0_2: Find the area of rectangles and squares.
- 5.GSR.8.3_2.0_3: Identify the length, width and height.
- 5.GSR.8.3_3.0_1: Find the volume of right rectangular prisms by packing them with unit cubes without gaps or overlaps.
- 5.GSR.8.3_3.0_2: Determine total volume to solve problems.
- 5.GSR.8.3_4.0_1: Solve for volume using realistic problems and justify the answer.
- 5.GSR.8.4: Discover and explain how the volume of a right rectangular prism can be found by multiplying the area of the base times the height to solve authentic, mathematical problems.
- 5.GSR.8.3: Investigate volume of right rectangular prisms by packing them with unit cubes without gaps or overlaps. Then, determine the total volume to solve problems.