Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Fifth Grade – MATH

Month: August

Skills Modifications:

1. Single, two and multi-digit addition:

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Flash-cards with peer (single digit).

· Oral answers rather than written.

2. Add subtract to 1,000:

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

3. Review borrowing:

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use of visual aids.

4. Compare and order numbers to millions:

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use of visual aids.

5. Review math terms: sum, difference, product, quotient, divisor, dividend:

· Oral answers rather than written.

6. Steps of division – single digit:

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Reduce number of problems.

7. Given add/subtraction problems students can determine what information is needed to solve it:

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Oral answers rather than written.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

8. Student must be able to explain in writing how they solved problem:

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Fifth Grade – MATH

Month: September

Skills Modifications:

1. Create, plot #’s and read # lines.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use of visual aids.

· Use peer helper or peer buddy.

2. Front-end estimation/rounding to any given # to billions.

· Only do rounding. No front end estimation.

3. Associative, Distributive, zero property, property of one.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use peer helper or peer buddy.

4. Exponents to the Nth form.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

5. Read & interpret & create bar graph label axis and title.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use of visual aids.

6. Explain in writing how problems are solved.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use of visual aids.

· Oral answers rather than written.

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Fifth Grade – MATH

Month: October

Skills Modifications:

1. Read/identify to thousandths place.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

1. Multiply, divide, add, subtract, using money.

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

2. Rounding decimals.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use peer buddies.

3. Compare/order to 1000ths.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

4. Add.subt./mult./divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

5. Explain in writing how problems are solved.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Oral answers rather than written.

· Adapt difficulty level.

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Fifth Grade – MATH

Month: November

Skills Modifications:

1. Find missing terms in Algebraic notation.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

2. Add/subtract/multiply/divide decimals.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

3. Algebraic and Arithmetic calculators.

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use peer buddies.

4. Given x, find y in sentence.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

5. Given ordered pairs – graph on line graph.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

6. Use graph to solve/create word problems.

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Use of visual aids.

· Use peer buddies.

7. Explain in writing how to solve the problems.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Oral answers rather than written.

· Adapt difficulty level.

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Fifth Grade – MATH

Month: December

Skills Modifications:

1. Identify denominator/numerator.

· Use of visual aids.

2. Add like denominators/unlike denominators.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use peer buddies.

3. Compare/order fractions unlike and like denominators.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use peer buddies.

· Use of visual aids.

4. Round fractions to 0, ½, and sums and differences.

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

· Use peer buddies.

5. Find equivalent fractions.

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

6. Find common factors.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

7. Review simplest terms.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aids.

· Adapt difficulty level.

8. Problem solving (same).

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Oral answers rather than written.

· Adapt difficulty level.

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Fifth Grade – MATH

Month: January

Skills Modifications:

1. Change improper fractions to mixed numbers.

2. Change mixed numbers to improper fractions.

3. Simplest form.

4. Review equivalent fractions.

5. Rename fractions before subtracting.

6. Change fractions to decimals to fractions.

7. Multiplying fractions.

8. Finding parts of a whole (3/4 of 12).

9. Cross-canceling when multiplying fractions.

10. Problem solving (same).

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Fifth Grade – MATH

Month: February

Skills Modifications:

1. Use recipicals to divide fractions.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

2. Compare fractions using <, >, = symbols.

· Use of manipulatives.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aides.

· Adapt difficulty level.

3. Use formula to double sides to get area and perimeter.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Use of visual aides.

· Adapt difficulty level.

4. Use information to make graphs.

· Reduce number of problems.

· Allow more time.

· Adapt difficulty level.

5. Review all skills.