Year 5 Unit Overview - Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Unit Information Duration of Unit
Year 5 Unit Overview - Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Unit Information Duration of Unit
Unit Information
Duration of Unit
Term 1: Unit 1 Mathematic
5 weeks (following the Unit outline) or 10 weeks (depending on extended or
Year 5
reinforced content)
Unit Outline
In this unit students apply a variety of mathematical concepts in real-life, lifelike and purely mathematical
situations. Through the proficiency strands Understanding, Fluency, Problem solving and Reasoning, students
have opportunities to develop understandings of:
Number and place value explore and identify factors and multiples, revise multiplication and division
facts, round and estimate to check the reasonableness of answers, explore mental computation strategies
(split and compensate) for multiplication, solve problems using mental computation strategies, compare
and evaluate strategies and use a written strategy for addition and subtraction.
Chance identify and describe possible outcomes, describe equally likely outcomes and represent
probabilities of outcomes using fractions.
Fractions and decimals compare and order unit fractions, create a range of models for fractions, add and
subtract fractions with like denominators.
Data representation and interpretation identify different types of data, distinguish between numerical and
categorical data, collect primary data, organise data using tables, create dot plots and column graphs,
interpret dot plots and column graphs, identify and pose questions to collect different data types, use
technology to create representations.
Throughout this unit, students will require ready access to ICT at a whole-class, small-group and individual level.
Such ICT includes spreadsheet software, graphing software, graphic calculators or mobile device apps. The
misunderstandings and common misconceptions that students may have in this unit include:
Chance: that certain outcomes are 'harder' to achieve than others based on their experiences with chance
events (e.g. playing a game where rolling a '6' is necessary to begin); and a '6' is harder to roll than any
other number, rather than having an equal chance.
Fractions and decimals: the larger the denominator the larger the unit fraction; and that ordering fractions
is dependent on the denominator only and ignore the numerator.
Data representation and interpretation: the marked intervals on scales can only represent one unit.
Content Descriptions Content to be taught
Number and Algebra
Statistics and Probability
Proficiency Strands
Understanding:
- Making connections between representations of
numbers
- Using fractions to represent probabilities,
- Comparing and ordering fractions and decimals and
representing them in various ways
- Describing transformations
- Identifying line and rotational symmetry
Problem Solving:
- Formulating and solving authentic problems using
whole numbers and measurements
- Creating financial plans
Fluency:
- Choosing appropriate units of measurement for
calculation of perimeter and area
- Using estimation to check the reasonableness of
answers to calculations
- Using instruments to measure angles
Reasoning:
- Investigating strategies to perform calculations
efficiently
- Continuing patterns involving fractions and decimals
- Interpreting results of chance experiments
- Posing appropriate questions for data investigations
- Interpreting data sets
The content descriptors and assessments can be viewed The content descriptors and assessments can be viewed
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Fortnightly formative assessments will be implemented to help monitor the students learning
progress throughout the unit. The formative assessments or monitoring techniques include:
Various work sheets that relate to the information learnt that fortnight.
Review and reinforce lessons.
Feedback to
students
Cross-word and Find-a-word activities (which directly relates to the terminology learnt in that
current week).
An end of Unit summative assessment (Digging into Data) will be undertaken by the students. This
is to determine the students knowledge and understanding they have gained throughout the term.
The teacher will done through:
Their understanding and fluency skills (classifies and interprets data)
Their problem solving and reasoning skills (poses questions about data in context)
Whether they have achieved all the points stated in the Evidence of Learning (EOL) checklist
(see appendix 1).
The teacher will plan ways to provide ongoing feedback both written and verbally and
modify specific sections of the curriculum so the students can maintain their strengths and
improve their weaknesses.
A teacher-student conversation will be held to reflect/ discuss their progress and what they
need to improve on.