Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing And Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 5

Each volume includes a collection of mathematical tasks focused on the big mathematical ideas in the grade level that create opportunities for students to engage in (1) visual mathematics, (2) play, and (3) investigation. For each big idea the text will introduce and explore the big ideas and address the questions: What is the big idea and why is it important? Activities in the three areas -- visual math, play, and investigation -- will be provided for exploring each big idea along with space for students to write and draw what they are thinking about each concept. The big ideas for Grade 5 are:
1. Thinking in cubes
2. Estimating with fractions
3. Using fraction equivalence
4. Exploring the coordinate plane
5. Seeing and connecting patters across representations
6. Understanding fraction multiplication visually
7. What does it mean to divide with fractions?
8. Thinking in powers of ten
9. Using numbers and symbols flexibly

JO BOALER is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University and co-founder and faculty director of youcubed. She serves as an advisor to several Silicon Valley companies and is a White House presenter on girls and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). The author of seven books, including Mathematical Mindsets, and numerous research articles, she is a regular contributor to news and radio in the United States and England.

JEN MUNSON is a doctoral candidate at Stanford University, a professional developer, and a former classroom teacher. She works with teachers and school leaders across the United States to develop responsive, equitable mathematics instruction.

CATHY WILLIAMS is the co-founder and the executive director of youcubed at Stanford University. Before working at youcubed, she was a high school math teacher and worked in mathematics curriculum and administration at the county and district levels in California.