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5th grade math simulations for Microsoft PowerPoint
Stock Market Crash Simulation Activity│1929 │Great Depression │PowerPoint Game
This interactive PowerPoint activity will review the climate of the 1920's and introduce the basic of trading on the stock market to your 5th graders.Students will work together in "investment teams" and trade on the stock market with their starting $1,000. The game winds its way through the 1920s, eventually crashing on Black Tuesday. I highly recommend using this as an activity to introduce the stock market crash. The first time I tried this activity, I had already taught about Black Tuesda
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5th - 8th
Student Run Newscast PBL (5 lesson plans, 5 news segments, 23 student jobs)
Student Run Newscast Project Based Learning This resource is a bundle of my 5 New Segment Project Based Learning Enrichment Packets, complete with job descriptions, graphic organizers and the writing process. Each one is centered around completing a news segment that when put altogether, creates a complete classroom news broadcast. Each segment includes engaging tasks, graphic organizers, informative writing lessons and research strategies that give students a voice and choice in their i
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2nd - 8th
Personal Finance Budget Simulation
Fifth grade students in Texas are expected to be able to describe the importance of creating a budget in which income and expenses are balanced. Use this fun simulation/game to introduce the concept in a relevant way to your kiddos!
To play, students will only need whiteboards or lined paper to keep track of their expenses. Each student will start out with $20 in allowance money and will be asked to make spending decisions as they travel throughout the mall with their best friend.
An unexpec
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4th - 6th
Translations, Rotations, and Reflections (Transformations in Geometry)
This PowerPoint presentation uses animations to demontrate 3 types of tranformations: translations, rotations, and reflections. Students can actively create their own transformational shape that can then be translated, rotated, or reflected to build a tessellation. Turn Geometry into a fun art project where students can add color to their tessellation to create an image out of te transformed shape.
Common Core, Geometry, transformations, translations, rotations, reflections
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Thanksgiving Feast: Project Based Instruction
Engage your students in this relevant project where they plan a Thanksgiving feast. From calculating serving sizes and calories from real food labels, to making a shopping list and sticking to a budget. This project helps students see the real life uses for a variety of math skills. Editable price tags allow you to differentiate for your students. Activities included in this product: Activity 1: Making A Shopping List: Student read real food labels to find serving size on a variety of Than
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Personal Financial Literacy
Fifth graders in Texas are expected to be able to define four types of taxes (payroll, income, sales, and property). They are also expected to explain the importance of developing a budget and balance budgets.Make these abstract skills come to life in The Game of Life--a real world financial literacy situation. Students will randomly draw a job and associated salary (found at the end of the powerpoint). Then, as the teacher guides them through the slides, they will have to make financial decisio
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4th - 6th
2 Dice Probability Bingo Game
Simple Bingo game where students can use a bingo game as an experiment to discover which values are the highest probability in either the sum of 2 dice or the difference of 2 dice.
Students fill in the sheets with values they think will come up. They get to fill in one square per round if the have a value that matches the sum/difference of the dice. After the first game is played, it should be played again to allow students to use their understanding to improve their chances. Eg. using more
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5th - 8th
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Vacation Simulation: Adding Decimals, Reading, Writing
Are you looking for a high interest, challenging way for students to demonstrate their knowledge of adding decimals. Vacation Simulation challenges students to add decimals/money while planning a four day vacation.
Out-of-the-Box has created a vacation journal which includes everything needed for students to plan their vacations. Contents include amusement parks choices, lodging choices, transportation choices, restaurants and menus, plus gift shops. Guided by their journals, student
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4th - 5th
Thanksgiving Real World Fraction Computation
Those zany caterers from Feed Your Face catering are at it again! This time, students will help them solve Thanksgiving menu challenges while practicing fraction computation. Great for math centers, warm-up problems, or homework.
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5th - 7th
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Conceptual Understanding for Operations: Rectangular Models
This PowerPoint includes animations for operations of whole numbers, decimals fractions and place value with rectangular models. You can demonstrate to students side-by-side the procedural and conceptual steps to add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers. To properly show animation, present to Presentation View. This item is designed to make teachers' explanation of operations meaningful and connect different levels of rigor. Topics include: place value, adding whole numbers, subt
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1st - 9th, Adult Education
Real World Thanksgiving Practice with Elapsed Time
The caterers at Feed Your Face Catering are back to tackle a new math skill--elapsed time! They know that the trickiest part of cooking a Thanksgiving meal is making sure everything is hot and ready at the same time, and the caterers are here to help! By solving three elapsed time challenges, students will practice adding time and figuring out elapsed time in a real world context.
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3rd - 5th
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$1,000,000.00 Math Challenge
Let your students practice real world math skills with this common core aligned simulation. Students are able to practice subtraction and multiplication will decimals in a fun and engaging way. This activity was used to culminate and allow students to show their understanding of concepts such as place value to the millions, basic operations with decimals, applying and estimating taxes, budgeting, and recording purchases. The students loved it!
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4th - 6th
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Protractors - Reading Left to Right by Shooting Pool
Have some fun!Students need more interactive visual ways to help with their understanding. Shooting Pool is a fun way to help students with learning to read a protractor with the use of the pool table. Students learn about orienting the protractor, measuring with the protractor and then hitting the white ball to send it toward the other colored ball to sink the colored ball into the pocket. This presentation focuses on a protractor that you read from left to right so that students do not get
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4th - 7th
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Classroom Checking Accounts
Teach the students all about addition, subtraction, money, responsibility and so much more, all at the same time.
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3rd - 8th
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Mad Scientist Lab Classroom Transformation
Students will become mad scientists for the day! The students will be creating robots with place value blocks, conducting an experiment, and reviewing reading skills with an article about robots. This is a perfect transformation for a fun review on place value, character traits, and the scientific method.This resource includes:-list of materials and supplies -detailed explanation of how to implement this transformation-creating robots examples and handouts-lab booklet-recording sheet for interac
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3rd - 5th
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Introduction to Symmetry
This PowerPoint presentation has been designed to give a visual representation of how to introduce the concept of symmetry in the classroom. The slideshow is animated and walks the students through the process step-by-step when trying to problem solve symmetry questions.
There are four different shapes shown. You can adjust the presentation to stop the animation in order to have the students try to problem solve it first or you can use it simply as an introductory guide before teaching the
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3rd - 6th
Changing Mixed to Improper
The two slides on this PPT are animated to show the check mark method of changing a mixed number into an improper fraction.
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4th - 9th
Problem Solving Using the "Draw a Picture" Strategy
This PowerPoint presentation introduces the idea of how to use the "draw a picture" strategy in math. This presentation can be approached in two ways:
1) Show the entire presentation so students can see how the "draw a picture" strategy can be used to find the answer to a problem solving question.
2) Show the first slide and give students the opportunity to try and solve it themselves before showing the answer.
It is a two-part problem solving question with the first part being relatively
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4th - 8th
2-Dimensional Polygons & Open/Figures Figures
Slide show about 2-D polygons & open/closed figures. Includes vocabulary, illustrations, facilitation cycle.
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5th
Place Value Disk
This is a digital Place Value Disk Tool Box! You can use these to create centers, model on the board, and create worksheets, the opportunities are endless.
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K - 8th, Staff
Creating Equivalent Ratios using Moveable Color Tiles in PowerPoint
This PowerPoint was created to help my students visually and manually learn and practice with equivalent ratios. There are 5 pages (or slides if uploaded to Google Classroom, etc.). Each of these pages has the student moving colored tiles to create a ratio and, then, creating equivalent ratios by adding the same number of tiles to the previous tiles.There are summary-type questions, too, so that the student repeats what was discovered.After the “hands-on” exercises, there are three written probl
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5th - 8th
Reduced Multiplication Tables
In this method of the "reduced multiplication tables", we use the propiety conmutative, reducing terms in each one of them, memorazing with the minimum effor and getting the best results. Enjoy it!.
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3rd - 6th
Coordinate Plotting - X Marks The Spot
Coordinate Plotting of all quadrants through the use of an interactive PowerPoint. Students are able to have fun with coordinate plotting as they move around the island looking for the treasure.
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5th - 7th
How much is a million
The purpose of this Power Point is to introduce students to the concepts of 1 million, and 1 billion as they look at some things that they are familiar with such as money, sand, and outer space objects.
Students in Math and Science sometimes have no idea what very large numbers such as millions or billions mean. One of the best ways to teach the concept is to ask students to imagine what they think is equal to millions or billions. Using real-life examples gives students something to make conne
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5th - 8th
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Importance of learning math in 5th grade
Since math forms the basis for many other subjects — like science, engineering, and technology — it's essential that kids develop strong math skills starting in elementary school, as it makes them more likely to succeed in the more challenging middle and high school courses.
Benefits of learning math in 5th grade
Learning math in 5th grade has many benefits. It helps students:
- Develop problem-solving, logical reasoning, and critical-thinking skills
- Prepare for more complex mathematical concepts in higher grades
- Understand how math is used in real-life situations
By ensuring that 5th graders have a solid understanding of math concepts, teachers can help set them up for future success
Key topics covered in 5th grade math
In 5th grade, students are introduced to more challenging mathematical concepts. They'll likely continue to build on their understanding of fractions and decimals, and explore new concepts like numerical expressions.
Decimals
Fifth graders will continue to build on their knowledge of decimals by learning how to read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
Operations with Fractions
Fifth grade math involves extending their understanding of how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions with unlike numerators and denominators. Fifth graders will start learning how to simplify fractions, convert fractions to mixed numbers, and find common denominators.
Measurement
In 5th grade, measurement concepts become more complex, and involve learning about volume and capacity.
Algebraic Thinking
In 5th grade math, teachers will introduce the concept of algebraic thinking. This includes working on numerical expressions. They learn to solve simple one-step equations and use algebraic thinking to solve real-world problems.
Data
Fifth graders will learn about the coordinate system, along with how to create and interpret graphs and charts.
How to find math resources for 5th grade
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Frequently asked questions
What types of 5th grade math resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular math worksheets, games and resources can be found on topics like: fractions, decimals, algebra, probability, and geometry.
What are some good resources for practicing math in 5th grade?
Websites like TPT offer free and paid resources, including worksheets, for 5th grade students practicing math. You can also find refresher lessons for concepts learned in earlier grades.
What are 5th graders learning in math right now?
Fifth graders will learn decimal and fractional expressions and explore numerical expressions, volumes and diagrams.
How much math practice should my student do each day?
The amount of practice varies depending on your student's needs, but generally, 20-30 minutes of practice per day is recommended.
What if my student doesn't enjoy math?
Sprinkle a little fun into your math lessons by using games, videos, puzzles, and real-life scenarios. If a child in your class seems to find math boring or uninteresting, you can also try connecting it to their interests or hobbies. Additionally, teachers can encourage a positive attitude and celebrate small successes.
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