Wednesdays, in my fifth-grade math classes, are review days - a time when my students work on a math spiral review paper.  Also known as 'window panes', these are math worksheets divided into what looks like multiple window panes where students get an opportunity to review previously-acquired skills. While MathFactLab is a site dedicated to math fact fluency, I do like to also share here some of other work that I've produced over the years.  

The problems on all my spiral reviews are differentiated by a method called 'Parallel Tasks', in which each problem has (usually) three levels of difficulty.  Students are then able to self-select their 'just-right level' for  each problem.  Usually, in the case of word problems, students will see a blank where a number would be expected.  Below the problem, there are three sets of numbers that can go in the blank: a, b, or c.  The 'a' set of numbers make grade-level problems accessible to students working below grade level.  The 'b' sets are aimed at those working at grade level and the 'c' set is for those who need a challenge.

The beauty of parallel tasks is that you can successfully meet the needs of almost all of your students with one set of problems.  Also, students who might find one skill more challenging than another can mix and match: they might choose b for some, and a or c for others.  

Grade 5 Math Spiral Review 1 Worksheet

As this is the first math review worksheet of the year that I give my students, with the exception of some place-value work, it primarily review 4th grade math skills.  

In 5th Grade Math Spiral Review 1, students are asked to

• convert numbers to the thousandths place between number form, word form and expanded form
• add and subtract whole numbers
• multiply multi-digit whole numbers
• divide multi-digit whole numbers
• practice some basic multiplication facts

This math worksheet provides practice with the following standards: 

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.3
  Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.3.A
  Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000).
• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.4
  Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.5
  Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.6
  Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.B.6
  Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

Download Grade 5 Math Review Worksheet #1.

While MathFactLab is focused on strategy-based approach to math fact fluency, as I am a fifth-grade teacher, I also like to share some of the resources I have produced over the years for my students, even if they have little to do with multiplication facts, etc.  I hope this worksheet proves helpful to you.

This blog was written by Mike Kenny, 5th grade math teacher and founder of MathFactLab.