I used this Powerpoint in my classroom over two days.

On the first day I focused on vocabulary and the difference between 2D objects and 3D objects.

On the second day we reviewed and completed the practice slides together.

The Powerpoint goes breaks each topic into step by step instructions and allows the students to attempt the skill on their paper, white board, or with mental math. The foldable vocabulary page can be printed from the Powerpoint.

I wrote tips about using the foldable in your Interactive Math Notebooks, aka Math Journal, in the notes of the foldable slide.

The last few slides have a chant that can help students remember when to use the two strategies. I printed the last slide to put up on my math wall.

I showed this Powerpoint on my Smart Board.

I had a lot of fun adding visuals to this PowerPoint which the kids enjoyed.

Common Core Standards Addressed:

Fifth Grade Common Core Standard Mathematics
5.MD.3
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
3. Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.
a. A cube with side length 1 unit, called a “unit cube,” is said to have “one cubic unit” of volume, and can be used to measure volume.
b. A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes is said to have a volume of n cubic units.

5.MD.4
4. Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.

5.MD.5
5. Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume.
a. Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base. Represent threefold whole-number products as volumes, e.g., to represent the associative property of multiplication.
b. Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = b × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole number edge lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems.
c. Recognize volume as additive. Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.




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