5th Grade, Unit 8
In this unit, students convert units within the same measurement system. They extend their knowledge of perimeter and area and explore the concept of volume. Students also classify polygons according to properties. They begin to formulate the idea of a hierarchy of quadrilateral properties.
Family Letters
There is one Family Letter for Unit 8. Currently available translations are linked below.
Unit Vocabulary
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- acute triangle
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- area
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- base of a parallelogram
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- base of a prism
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- base of a triangle
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- closed shape
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- complex figure
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- composite solid
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- concave polygon
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- cone
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- congruent
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- convex polygon
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- cube
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- cubic unit
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- cylinder
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- dimensions
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- edge
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- equilateral triangle
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- face
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- frequency table
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- height of a parallelogram
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- height of a triangle
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- isosceles triangle
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- length
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- line plot
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- mile (mi)
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- net
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- obtuse triangle
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- one-dimensional
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- open shape
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- parallelogram
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- perimeter
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- perpendicular
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- polygon
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- prism
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- pyramid
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- quadrilateral
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- rectangle
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- rectangular prism
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- regular polygon
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- rhombus
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- right triangle
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- scalene triangle
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- sphere
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- square
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- surface area
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- three-dimensional
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- ton (T)
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- trapezoid
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- triangular prism
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- two-dimensional
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- unit cube
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- vertex (vertices) of a 2-D figure
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- vertex (vertices) of a 3-D figure
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- volume