Implementing the Common Core
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For the past 11 years, I have provided small group math support to children in the second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. During this time I have worked with well over 600 students.
My resources consist of ready-made, turnkey math lesson plans and worksheets. Each lesson plan includes an instructor's guide, which provides a clear explanation for each Common Core Standard covered. A corresponding student worksheets section creates ample opportunity for students to practice and master all required skills.
My materials allow differentiation within the classroom because they have been designed to help instruct children who may be struggling with a particular grade level math concept, and also as enrichment activities.
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5.NF.B.4.B Finding the Area of Rectangles with Fractional Side Lengths
1. In finding the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths, the Common Core allows for the use of (a) either the distributive property of multiplication or (b) the multiplication of improper fractions.
2. These Lesson Plans explain how to find the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths using both methods. Students use graph paper to draw area models that demonstrate an understanding of the use of the distributive property of multiplication. Students draw additional area mod
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.B.4
, 5.NF.B.4b
4.NBT.B.5 and 5.NBT.B.5 Multiplication of Whole Numbers
1. These Lesson Plans show the multiplication of whole numbers using strategies that increase students' knowledge of place value.
2. These Lesson Plans review the basic skills that students need to have acquired while in the third grade to successfully perform fourth grade multiplication. These third grade skills include:
- Knowing the products of all two one-digit numbers (6 x 4 = 24).
- The use of the commutative, associative, and distributive properties of multiplication.
- The use of
4th - 5th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.B.5
, 5.NBT.B.5
5.NBT.A.1 Place Value Comparisons
1. These Lesson Plans explain that a digit in one place has ten times the value of the same digit in the place directly to its right. Conversely, a digit has one tenth of the value of the same digit in the place directly to its left.
2. Students will create and use charts and equations to explore the relationships between the places. For example, a two in the ones place has a value (2) that is 10 x 10 or 100 times the value of a two in the hundredths place (0.02). These Lesson Plans focus
5th
Math, Place Value
CCSS
5.NBT.A.1
4.MD.B.4 and 5.MD.B.2 Line Plots Using Mixed Numbers to 1/4 of a Whole
1. These Lesson Plans create line plots using mixed numbers to fractions of 1/4 of a whole.
2. Students practice the addition of mixed numbers by breaking the mixed numbers apart into whole numbers plus fractions and adding each of these parts separately. Students practice the subtraction of mixed numbers by using the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. (Fourth and Fifth Grade Standards 4.NF.B.3.C and 5.NF.A.1).
3. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow te
4th - 5th
Fractions, Math, Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.B.4
, 5.MD.B.2
, 4.NF.B.3c
 +1
5.NF.B.5, 5.NF.B.5.A, and 5.NF.B.5.B Multiplication as Scaling
1. These Lesson Plans explain that multiplication can be thought of as scaling. This means that the product in a multiplication problem is either greater than, less than, or equal to one factor based on the size of the other "scale" factor.
2. Students will practice and solve problems using the four different scale factor rules. These rules are as follows:
(i) Multiplying by whole number greater than one results in a greater product.
(ii) Multiplying by a fraction greater than one als
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.B.5
, 5.NF.B.5a
, 5.NF.B.5b
5.MD.B.2 Line Plots Using Fractions to 1/8 of a Whole
1. This second set of Lesson Plans for Standard 5.MD.B.2 explains how to graph a set of data on a line plot using fractions to 1/8 of a whole.
2. These Lesson Plans include a discussion on how to partition a number line to 1/8 intervals, find equivalent fractions on the number line, and create and solve an expression to find the mean or average.
3. Students also have the opportunity to perform and describe a science experiment based on the line plot data.
4. These Lesson Plans in
5th
Fractions, Math, Measurement
CCSS
5.MD.B.2
5.MD.B.2 More Line Plots Using Fractions to 1/8 of a Whole
1. This third set of Lesson Plans for Standard 5.MD.B.2 provides additional practice partitioning number lines and creating line plots using fractions to 1/8 of a whole. Students create line plots using up to 14 data points and continue to create expressions and perform operations with the fractions.
2. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow teachers to modify and create additional practice problems for students.
5th
Fractions, Math, Measurement
CCSS
5.MD.B.2
4.NBT.B.6, 5.NBT.B.6, and 6.NS.B.2 Division of Whole Numbers
1. These Lesson Plans explain the division of whole numbers using strategies that increase students' understanding of place value.
2. These Lesson Plans review the basic skills that students need to have acquired while in the third grade to successfully perform fourth and fifth grade division. These third grade skills include:
- Knowing that the answer to a division problem can be found by arranging objects into equal groups or rows.
- Knowing the products of all two one-digit numbers (6
4th - 6th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.B.6
, 5.NBT.B.6
, 6.NS.B.2
4.NBT.B.5 How to Create an Area Model Using Base-Ten Pieces
1. These Lesson Plans describe how to create area models by arranging base-ten pieces.
2. Students will create area models for one-digit by two-digit (example: 8 x 14) and two-digit by two-digit (example: 21 x 16) multiplication problems.
3. This skill can be utilized by fourth and fifth grade students in both the multiplication and division standards. Students will also create equations and use the partial products method of multiplication to find their solutions.
4. These Lesson
4th - 5th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.B.5
, 4.NBT.B.6
, 5.NBT.B.5
 +1
5.NF.B.3 Fractions as a Division Problem
1. These Lesson Plans explain that a fraction (a/b) is a division problem where the numerator (a) is divided by the denominator (b).
For example:
3/4 = 3 ÷ 4
2. The answers to these division problems can be either a fraction less than one whole or a mixed number depending on the size of the numerator compared to the denominator.
3. Students will solve word problems by drawing pictures, creating equations, and exploring the inverse relationship between multiplication and division. Stu
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.B.3
5.MD.B.2 An Introduction to Line Plots Using Whole Numbers
1. These Lesson Plans provide an introduction to fifth grade line plots using whole numbers.
2. Students will learn how to create a line plot from a set of data, how to use the line plot to create and solve an expression, and how to perform all additional calculations to find the mean and the range of the set of data.
3. These Lesson Plans include a study guide with definitions, worksheets designed to provide practice creating line plots and performing calculations, and templates that a
5th
Math, Measurement
CCSS
5.MD.B.2
5.NF.B.6 Mixed Number Multiplication Word Problems
1. In this second set of Lesson Plans for Standard 5.NF.B.6, students will solve word problems involving the multiplication of mixed numbers by both fractions and by whole numbers. (For example: Finding 2/3 of 2 1/2.)
2. Students will model this multiplication using both pictures and an area model.
3. Students will check their solutions by using both the distributive property of multiplication and by changing any mixed number into an improper fraction.
4. These Lesson Plans provide
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.B.4a
, 5.NF.B.4b
, 5.NF.B.5b
 +1
5.NF.B.7.C Real World Problems Involving the Division of and by Unit Fractions
1. These Lesson Plans cover word problems that involve the division of (a) a unit fraction by a whole number and (b) a whole number by a unit fraction. Unit fractions have a numerator of 1.
2. Students will create "visual fraction models" that include both pictures and number lines. The division is modeled both by the partitioning of the pictures and number lines into equal parts and by repeated subtraction on a number line.
3. Students will create equations, explore the inverse or
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.B.7
, 5.NF.B.7a
, 5.NF.B.7b
 +1
5.NBT.A.3.A Read and Write Decimals
1. These Lesson Plans explain different methods used to represent decimals. These representations include drawing a picture, using a number line, using words, using a place value chart, using the expanded decimal form, using the expanded fraction form, as decimal fractions, as an expression, and by using base-ten pieces.
2. Students will also practice breaking decimals into a sum of smaller parts. For example:
0.35 = 1 tenth plus 25 hundredths.
3. Fifth grade students work with decimals
5th
Decimals, Math, Place Value
CCSS
5.NBT.A.3
, 5.NBT.A.3a
5.MD.C.3, 5.MD.C.4, and 5.MD.C.5 Volume as an Attribute of Solid Figures
These Lesson Plans explain that volume is an attribute of solid figures or three-dimensional shapes. Volume is a measurement of how much space a solid figure occupies or "takes up." Volume can be measured by finding a figure's capacity, or how much of either a liquid or a solid the figure can hold.
In these Lesson Plans students will:
- Learn the difference between plane (two-dimensional) and solid (three-dimensional figures).
- Locate and describe three-dimensional figures around the clas
5th
Math, Measurement
CCSS
5.MD.C.3
, 5.MD.C.3a
, 5.MD.C.3b
 +5
5.NF.B.6 Fraction Multiplication Word Problems
1. In this first set of Lesson Plans for Standard 5.NF.B.6, students will solve word problems that involve the multiplication of fractions by fractions. (For example: Finding 2/3 of 3/4).
2. Students will model the solutions to these word problems using both number lines and area models.
3. These Lesson Plans also provide teachers with the opportunity to reinforce skills acquired by students in the following other Fifth Grade Fraction Standards:
5.NF.B.4.A (Multiplication by a Fract
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.B.4a
, 5.NF.B.5b
, 5.NF.B.6
5.NF.A.1 Addition of Fractions and Mixed Numbers
1. This first set of Lesson Plans for Standard 5.NF.A.1 covers the addition of fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators.
2. Students will add fractions by finding a common denominator. This common denominator can be found by multiplying the denominator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second fraction and is not necessarily the lowest common denominator.
3. Students will explore the associative and commutative properties of addition by breaking mixed numbers a
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.A.1
4.NF.B.3.D and 5.NF.A.2 Benchmark Fractions
1. These additional Lesson Plans for Standards 4.NF.B.3.D and 5.NF.A.2 provide practice for students in comparing fractions to benchmark fractions.
2. Benchmark fractions can be easily compared to other fractions and include 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1/1. Knowledge of these fractions can be used to see if a solution to a fraction word problem makes sense.
3. Students will model the fractions using both pictures and number lines.
4th - 5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
4.NF.B.3d
, 5.NF.A.2
5.NF.B.4.A Multiplication by a Fraction as a Sequence of Operations
1. These Lesson Plans explain that the product for a number multiplied by a fraction can be found two different ways depending on whether a student chooses to divide or multiply the number first. In other words:
2/3 x 4 =
"Four Divided by Three Times Two" or
"Four Times Two Divided by Three"
2. Students will draw pictures, create expressions, and use a number line to show these two sequences of operations.
3. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow teachers to modify and creat
5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.B.4
, 5.NF.B.4a
5.NBT.A.3.B and 5.NBT.A.4 Compare and Round Decimals
1. These Lesson Plans compare decimals to the thousandths place using both a number line and a place value chart. Students explain their comparisons based on their knowledge of decimal place value. (Standard 5.NBT.A.3.B).
2. Decimals are rounded to any place through the use of a number line. (Standard 5.NBT.A.4).
3. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow teachers to modify and create additional practice problems for students.
5th
Decimals, Math, Place Value
CCSS
5.NBT.A.3
, 5.NBT.A.3b
, 5.NBT.A.4
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About the store
Experience
For the past 11 years, I have provided small group math support to children in the second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. During this time I have worked with well over 600 students.
My resources consist of ready-made, turnkey math lesson plans and worksheets. Each lesson plan includes an instructor's guide, which provides a clear explanation for each Common Core Standard covered. A corresponding student worksheets section creates ample opportunity for students to practice and master all required skills.
My materials allow differentiation within the classroom because they have been designed to help instruct children who may be struggling with a particular grade level math concept, and also as enrichment activities.
Teaching style
Engage students within a small group setting.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Magna Cum Laude, Boston College,
Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honor Society
My own education history
Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Additional biographical information
15-year career in business and finance prior to working as a math instructor.
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