Unit 8
Putting It All Together
Unit Goals
- Students consolidate and solidify their understanding of various concepts and skills related to major work of the grade. They also continue to work toward fluency goals of the grade.
Unit Narrative
In this unit, students revisit major work and fluency goals of the grade, applying their learning from the year.
In Section A, students deepen their understanding of the standard algorithm for multiplication and practice using it to find the value of products. They also revisit algorithms that use partial quotients to divide whole numbers. In Section B, students solve real-world problems about volume and have opportunities to model with mathematics.
The base of the Great Pyramid of Giza is a square.
Each side of the base is 230 meters long.
The pyramid is now 137 meters tall.
If the pyramid was shaped like a rectangular prism,
what would be the volume of the prism?
Section C focuses on operations with decimals and fractions. In the final section, students review major work of the grade as they create activities in the format of the warm-up routines they have encountered throughout the year (Notice and Wonder, Estimation Exploration, Number Talk, True or False? and Which Three Go Together?).
The sections in this unit are standalone sections, not required to be completed in order. Within a section, lessons can also be completed selectively and without completing prior lessons. The goal is to offer ample opportunities for students to integrate the knowledge they have gained and to practice skills related to the expected fluencies of the grade.