6-week Course Outline
Overview: During this 6-week Summer Success course, students will be provided multiple strategies to approach and solve different mathematics problems. This course will focus on a different essential mathematics concept each week. The focus skills have been carefully selected based on the most crucial 5th grade mathematics concepts. This will ensure students are prepared for the transition into the new school year. Signing your child up for this course will help increase their confidence and success with the skills outlined below.
Week 1
Decimals: Addition & Subtraction - Students will review and practice addition and subtraction with decimals to the thousandths place.
Week 2
Decimals: Multiplication & Division - Students will review and practice multiplication and division with decimals to the thousandths place.
Week 3
Fractions & Mixed Numbers: Addition & Subtraction - Students will review and practice addition and subtraction with fractions/mixed numbers.
Week 4
Fractions & Mixed Numbers: Multiplication & Division - Students will review and practice multiplication and division with fractions/mixed numbers.
Week 5
Volume - Students will review the formula used to find the volume of rectangular prisms. Students will practice using this formula to find the volume of irregular shapes.
Week 6
Multi-Step Word Problems: Mixed Operations - For the final week of this six week course, students will review many different 5th grade skills while working through multi-step word problems. Problem solving skills will be extremely important this week!