Wanted: Real-Life 5th Grade Math Activities

Do you have great ways you use real-life activities in your math classroom, or would simply like to learn more about how others do this?  If so, this posting is for you.  

I'm currently a 5th grade math teacher in northeastern Indiana and I'm also pursuing my Master's.  For my graduate courses I must conduct action research and I have chosen to focus on how I can incorporate real-life activities into my classroom to provide meaningful and engaging learning experiences, but I need your help.  

Hopefully, we'll compile a number of great resources we all can use.  

Please reply to this posting to share your lesson/activity idea.  If possible, put the standard/skill in the subject area (or at the top of your message) to facilitate the searching process.  Also, if you have links to sites that already have a number of great resources aligned to 5th grade content and the common core, please list those as well.  

Here is an Overview of the 5th Grade Common Core Standards 

(Additional descriptions can be found at:  http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf)  

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Write and interpret numerical expressions.

• analyze patterns and relationships. 

number and operations in Base ten

• Understand the place value system.

• Perform operations with multi-digit whole 

numbers and with decimals to hundredths.

number and operations—fractions

• Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add 

and subtract fractions.

• apply and extend previous understandings 

of multiplication and division to multiply and 

divide fractions.

measurement and data

• Convert like measurement units within a given 

measurement system.

• represent and interpret data.

• Geometric measurement: understand concepts 

of volume and relate volume to multiplication 

and to addition.

Geometry

• Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve 

real-world and mathematical problems.

• Classify two-dimensional figures into categories 

based on their properties

Make sure to click on the comment section to share any ideas and to view lessons others have shared. :)