Lisa Kindsvater Page 1



Lisa Kindsvater Page 1

MATH VOCABULARY

(One Hundred Word List For 5th Grade)

Teach by Cards

Whole Number

Sum

Difference

Product

Quotient

Addend

Minuend

Subtrahend

Factor

Partial Product

Dividend

Divisor

Place Value (From billionths to thousandths)

Fractions

Numerator

Denominator

Proper Fractions

Improper Fractions

Mixed Numbers

Common Denominators

Uncommon Denominators

Reciprocal

Invert

Divisibility Rules

Decimal

Decimal Point

Mixed Decimal

Annexation of Zeros in Decimals

Percent

Squares

Square Roots

Terminating Decimal

Repeating Decimal

Real Life Application (I use real life application any time on all vocabulary. However, these are best taught using real life applications immediately. I also use hands-on application and experimentation.)

Average

Estimation

Rounding

Probability

Possible Outcomes

Perimeter

Area

(For the following I use cards, posters, and hands on equipment when necessary.)

Metric and English Measures

Metric Prefixes: Kilo, Hecto, Deca, Deci, Centi, Milli

Linear Measures

Meter (with prefixes)

Inch

Foot

Yard

Mile

Liquid Measures

Liter (with prefixes)

Teaspoon

Tablespoon

Pint

Cup

Fluid Ounces

Quart

Gallon

Weight Measures

Gram (with prefixes)

Ounce

Pound

Ton

Metric Ton

Measures of Time

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Day

Week

Month

Year

Leap Year

Decade

Score

Century

Millennium

Temperature Measurements

Thermometer

Degrees

Fahrenheit

Celsius

Formula

Positive and Negative (Temperatures below zero)

Picture Representation

Equivalent Fractions

Learn by Example

Remainder

Common Factors

Greatest Common Factors

Reduce

Simplify

Lowest Terms

Cancellation on multiplication of fractions

Cross Multiplication

Multiples

Least Common Multiples

Least Common Denominator

Borrowing with Subtraction of Fractions

Greater Than

Less Than

Trial and Error

Algebraic Equation ( At this age I use the balance scale idea for the equations and other ways to teach variables. They get a little nervous about seeing an “ x” in an equation in their books. So I try to difuse that by showing them examples from first and second grade and how it used to be a box or blank line. Then we talk about how it varies and changes from one situation to the next. I think this year I will let “g” stand for girls and “b” stand for boys and show how the variable will change from one situation to the next.

Variable

Balanced Equations

Graphs (We did a fundraising mini pizza dinner for the student body and all parents and guests who signed up to attend. There was a form to fill out. We took these forms and created our own graphs. We started our with a tally graph. We added an extra column for frequency. From the results of these graphs, I have taught or will teach the following terms:

Tally Graph

Frequency

Pictograph

Bar Graph

Average

Estimation

Probability

Profit

Conversions for bigger recipe

Fractions

Dry and Liquid Measures

Misleading Concepts

Other Graphs (By pictorial representation and hands on action)

Line Graphs

Ordered Pair

Origin

Plot

Scale Drawing

Geometry ( I always teach geometry by visual representation. First, we make a visual representation on the board or on their paper. Then we look for visual representation in the classroom. Then we think of visual representations outside the classroom. Outside in creation is intended. I try to show how they build on one another. We use hands-on manipulatives as necessary. I use charts in helping them with definitions and any kind of representations, such as cards, that I can. I plan on using some of the tables, circles, mappings, and models learned from the workshop.)

Geometry

Point

Line

Plane

Line Segment

Congruent

Line

Ray

Angle

Intersection Lines

Perpendicular Lines

Parallel Lines

Simple Closed Figure

Similar Figures

Congruent Figures

Polygon

Triangle

Quadrilateral

Parallelogram

Rectangle

Square

Rhombus

Trapezoid

Pentagon

Hexagon

Heptagon

Octagon

Vertex

Diagonal

Right Angle

Acute Angle

Obtuse Angle

Straight Angle

Right Triangles

Isosceles Triangles

Equilateral Triangles

I realize about five of these word are repeated. I did this to show in one activity how repetition is so important in learning the vocabulary in Mathematics. Also, any time I get the opportunity to use the concepts in real life situations, it is grasped a little easier by the student. Conversion became a reality, not book work. Profit, average, and frequency became real terms, not just words in a book.

I also realize that some of these words, especially words like triangle and square, are used in much earlier grades. However, students are grasping them not only as a square on a page, but its properties as well. Students’ minds are growing and developing and they are grasping new things every year. The expected difficulty level increases each year.

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