Academic Vocabulary - MATH GRADE 5 - Content Builder for the PLC

Q: What areas are covered under perimeter, area, and volume vocabulary?

STANDARD 5.4(H), covering vocabulary and problem representation related to perimeter, area, and volume, including measures like length, width, height, and units of measure.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Blue Pony

Academic Vocabulary content builder for the PLC focused on Grade 5 math, aligning key academic terms from TEKS standards and corresponding vocabulary used on STAAR assessments. The material organizes vocabulary around specific standards, including comparing and ordering decimals, solving decimal products and quotients, adding and subtracting positive rational numbers, and working with multiplication, division, equations, patterns, simplification, and perimeter/area/volume concepts. Related vocabulary terms are mapped to assessment usage.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages6

Reading Time15 min

AccessFree to download

Standards Alignment

Decimal Comparison and Ordering

Decimal Products and Money Contexts

Decimal Quotients and Algorithms

Rational Numbers: Addition and Subtraction

Division of Whole Numbers and Unit Fractions

Multi-step Equations and Unknown Quantity

Numerical Patterns and Graphing Rules

Simplifying Numerical Expressions with Grouping

Perimeter, Area, and Volume

Academic Vocabulary CONTENT BUILDER FOR THE PLC MATH GRADE 5 Academic Vocabulary Analysis Grade 5 Math STANDARDS (TEKS): academic vocabulary directly taken from the standard STAAR: academic vocabulary used on the assessment (source released tests) STANDARD 5.2(B) compare and order two decimals to thousandths and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or = | STANDARDS (TEKS) | | STAAR | | Related Academic Vocabulary | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thinking | Content | Content | Common | | | Compare | Decimals | Greater than | | Comparison symbol | | Order | Thousandths | Less than | | Greatest to least | | Use | > (greater than) | | | Least to greatest | | Represent | < (less than) | | | Tenths, hundredths | | | = (equal to) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vocabulary term used on STAAR | | | | STANDARD 5.3(E) solve for products of decimals to the hundredths, including situations involving money, using strategies based on place-value understandings, properties of operations, and the relationship to the multiplication of whole numbers | STANDARDS (TEKS) | | STAAR | | Related Academic Vocabulary | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thinking | Content | Content | Common | | | Solve | Products | Total | | Factors | | Use | Decimals | | | Tenths | | | Hundredths | | | | | | Place-value | | | | | | Properties of operations | | | | | | Multiplication | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vocabulary term used on STAAR | | | | STANDARD 5.3(G) solve for quotients of decimals to the hundredths, up to four-digit dividends and two-digit whole number divisors, using strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm | STANDARDS (TEKS) | | STAAR | | Related Academic Vocabulary | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thinking | Content | Content | Common | | | Solve | Quotients | | | Tenths | | Use | Hundredths | | | | | | Dividend | | | | | | Divisor | | | | | | Strategies | | | | | | Algorithm | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vocabulary term used on STAAR | | | | Academic Vocabulary Analysis Grade 5 Math STANDARDS (TEKS): academic vocabulary directly taken from the standard STAAR: academic vocabulary used on the assessment (source released tests) STANDARD 5.3( K) add and subtract positive rational numbers fluently | STANDARDS (TEKS) | | STAAR | | Related Academic Vocabulary | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thinking | Content | Content | Common | | | Add fluently | Positive | < (less than) | | Fractions | | Subtract fluently | Rational numbers | > (greater than) | | Decimals | | | | Greatest amount | | Denominator | | | | Least amount | | Difference | | | | Total amount | | Mixed number | | | | | | Numerator | | | | | | Sum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vocabulary term used on STAAR | | | | STANDARD 5.3( L) divide whole numbers by unit fractions and unit fractions by whole numbers | STANDARDS (TEKS) | | STAAR | | Related Academic Vocabulary | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thinking | Content | Content | Common | | | Divide | Whole numbers | Equal | | Dividend | | | Unit fractions | | | Divisor | | | | | | Quotient | | | | | | | | | Vocabulary term used on STAAR | | | | STANDARD 5.4(B) represent and solve multi-step problems involving the four operations with whole numbers using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity | STANDARDS (TEKS) | | STAAR | | Related Academic Vocabulary | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thinking | Content | Content | Common | | | Represent | Multi-step
problems | Relationship | | Addition (sum) | | Solve | Operations | Per | | Division (quotient) | | Use | Whole numbers | Decrease | | Multiplication (product) | | | Equation | | | Subtraction (difference) | | | Unknown quantity | | | Variable (letter for unknown quantity) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Voca

FAQs

What is the purpose of the Academic Vocabulary content builder for Grade 5 math?

It maps academic vocabulary taken from TEKS standards to the vocabulary used on STAAR assessments, helping align classroom language with assessment expectations.

Which Grade 5 topic focuses on comparing and ordering decimals?

STANDARD 5.2(B), which compare and order two decimals to thousandths and use symbols >, <, or = for comparisons.

What areas are covered under perimeter, area, and volume vocabulary?

STANDARD 5.4(H), covering vocabulary and problem representation related to perimeter, area, and volume, including measures like length, width, height, and units of measure.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Blue Pony