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5th Grade Unit 0: Growth Mindset

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5th Grade Unit 0: Growth Mindset
Unit Driving Question How does mindset affect the learning of mathematics? Big Ideas Math is about learning, not about performing. Math is about making sense. Math is filled with conjectures, creativity, and uncertainty. Mistakes are beautiful things.
Resources
Jo Boaler Week of Inspiration: This is a suggested resource that gives you multiple weeks worth of lessons and videos to engage your students’ thinking. They will learn to look at problems in a different way and discover other strategies that can be helpful in a variety of mathematical contexts. The first week is broken down into Grade 3-4 and Grades 5-9. Then the second week and third week are broken into 3rd-5th grade tasks.
Big Idea 1: Math is about learning, not about performing.
Focus of Understandings Develop a Productive Mathematical Disposition Student actions support the idea that everyone can learn mathematics. Develop Accurate and Appropriate Procedural Fluency Students development of fluency should be over time and should not be equated to speed.
Big Idea 2: Math is about making sense.
Focus of Understandings Develop a Productive Mathematical Disposition Students explain that learning math with understanding takes time because of deep mathematical reasoning. Develop Mathematical Reasoning Students focus on understanding mathematics and ask questions in order for the mathematics to make sense. Develop a Deep and Flexible Conceptual Understanding Students make connections to prior knowledge in order to better comprehend mathematical concepts. Develop Strategies for Problem Solving Students use different methods/strategies to illustrate how they understand mathematics.
Big Idea 3: Math is filled with conjectures, creativity, and uncertainty.
Focus of Understandings Develop a Productive Mathematical Disposition Students will persevere and become resilient, effective problem solvers. Develop the Ability to Make Conjectures, Model, and Generalize Students make conjectures, explain and justify their thinking, as well as the thinking of others. Develop the Ability to Communicate Mathematically Students explain how math can be creative and can give examples of creative math.
Big Idea 4: Mistakes are beautiful things.
Focus of Understandings Develop a Productive Mathematical Disposition Students explain the role mistakes play in learning and growing their brains. Students set goals and reflect on their learning, making adjustments as they work toward their goals. Develop Mathematical Reasoning Students will recognize when they make mistakes and logically critique misconceptions.