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Math Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 5 WorksheetMath Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 5 Worksheet
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Public Schools of North Carolina
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5th - 7th
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Math Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 5

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Looking for a way to challenge the problem-solving abilities of your young mathematicians? Then look no further. This collect of newsletter worksheets engages learners with a variety of interesting word problems that cover topics ranging from multiplication and division to area, perimeter, and volume.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

word problems, Problem Solving, problem solving strategies, area, perimeter, multiplication word problems, division word problems, fraction word problems, volume

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Hand out these newsletters at the beginning of each week, using them as warm-up activities and/or options for children finishing their classwork early
  • Allow children to compare and discuss their answers with a partner before correcting them as a class

Classroom Considerations

  • Despite being intended for use with fifth graders, these problems are difficult enough to be used in the sixth and even seventh grades

Pros

  • Ten different newsletters are included in this resource, each one offering between seven and nine math problems
  • Provided with each newsletter is an answer key that offers explanations for the given solutions
  • Included in the newsletters are descriptions of different problem solving strategies and tips for setting personal learning goals

Cons

  • None

Common Core

5.NBT.A.1 5.NBT.A.2 5.NBT.B.5 5.NBT.B.6 5.NBT.B.7 5.MD.C.3.a 5.MD.C.4 5.MD.C.5.a 5.G.B.3 6.RP.A.3.a 6.NS.B.3 6.EE.A.2.a 6.G.A.1 6.G.A.2 MP4 MP6

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