Unit 5, Lesson 2
Thousandths on Diagrams and in Words
Grade 5
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In this lesson, students represent decimals to the thousandths in different ways. First, students use hundredths grids to represent fractions and decimals. They also write decimals representing a shaded region. Then students analyze language to describe a decimal represented on a hundredths grid, focusing on the value of each digit in a decimal and how it is represented in the corresponding diagram. These different ways of viewing a decimal lead naturally to the expanded form and word form of decimals which students will study in greater detail in future lessons.
- Engagement
- MLR2
- Critique (orally and in writing) different ways to name a decimal to the thousandths represented with a diagram.
- Represent decimals to thousandths with a diagram and diagrams with a decimal number.
- Let’s represent numbers on diagrams as decimals, fractions, and words.
Required Preparation
None
Teacher Reflection Questions
Think about a recent time from class when your students were confused. What did you do to support them in reasoning about their confusion together as a community of learners?