Planning a Unit in mathematics

Unit: Year 5 D2Calculating, measuring and understanding shape / Lessons: 10
Learning objectives - Most children will learn to:
  1. Solve one-step and two-step problems involving whole numbers and decimals and all four operations, choosing and using appropriate calculation strategies, including calculator use
  2. Use knowledge of rounding, place value, number facts and inverse operations to estimate and check calculations
  3. Use understanding of place value to multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 or 1000
  4. Use efficient written methods to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals with up to two places
  5. Refine and use efficient written methods to multiply and divide HTU U, TU TU, U.t U and HTU U
  6. Use a calculator to solve problems, including those involving decimals or fractions (e.g. to find of 150g); interpret the display correctly in the context of measurement
  7. Read and plot coordinates in the first quadrant; recognise parallel and perpendicular lines in grids and shapes; use a set-square and ruler to draw shapes with perpendicular or parallel sides
  8. Estimate, draw and measure acute and obtuse angles using an angle measurer or protractor to a suitable degree of accuracy; calculate angles in a straight line
  9. Read, choose, use and record standard metric units to estimate and measure length, weight and capacity to a suitable degree of accuracy (e.g. the nearest centimetre); convert larger to smaller units using decimals to one place (e.g. change 2.6kg to 2600g)
  10. Interpret a reading that lies between two unnumbered divisions on a scale
  11. Draw and measure lines to the nearest millimetre; measure and calculate the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons; use the formula for the area of a rectangle to calculate the rectangle's area
  12. Understand the process of decision making
/ Vocabulary
problem, solution, answer, method, strategy, compare, order, explain, predict, reason, reasoning, pattern, relationship
operation, calculation, calculate, calculator, equation, add, subtract, multiply, divide, sum, total, difference, plus, minus, product, quotient, remainder, calculator, memory, display, key, enter, clear
place, place value, decimal, decimal point, decimal place, estimate, approximate, approximately
measure, measurement, measuring scale, scales, balance, metre stick, tape measure, ruler, measuring cylinder, metric unit, standard unit, length, distance, perimeter, area, surface area, mass, weight, capacity, units of measurement and their abbreviations
days of the week, months of the year, second (s), minute (min), hour (h), day, month, calendar, timetable, 12-hour clock, 24-hour clock, am and pm
angle, degree (), angle measurer, protractor, set-square, acute, obtuse, right angle position, direction, parallel, perpendicular, reflection, reflective symmetry, line of symmetry, mirror line, translation, coordinates, x-coordinate, y-coordinate, origin, x-axis, y-axis / Building on previous learning
Check that children can already: / Children's targets
I can decide what calculations to do to solve a problem and how to do them (mental methods, jottings, written methods, calculator)
I can use rounding to estimate and check calculations
I can multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000
I can add and subtract whole numbers and decimals with two places in columns
I can use an efficient method to multiply HTU by U and TU by TU
I can use a calculator to solve weight problems involving decimals
I can recognise parallel and perpendicular lines in shapes and in the environment
I can estimate and measure angles less than 180
I can recognise acute, obtuse and right angles
I can choose and use a suitable metric unit to estimate and measure weight
I can use benchmarks to help me to estimate weight
I know how many grams there are in a kilogram
I can work out the reading between two unnumbered divisions on kitchen and bathroom scales
I can explain the difference between perimeter and area
I can solve problems involving calculating a perimeter or area
I can explain why I decided to use a particular method to solve a problem
I can describe what was special about the problem that prompted my decision
Target Pupils
Intervention Materials Used