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🧮 5th Grade · Math5.MD.C.4Unit 8: Volume

Counting cubes

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🎯 Objective: Students measure volume by counting unit cubes in cm³, in³ and ft³.

Lesson outline

  1. Build prisms with 12, 18 and 24 cubes.
  2. Record l, w, h and volume.
  3. Practice.
  4. Exit: build a 12-cube prism two ways.

Lesson 2 of 5 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

5.MD.C.4

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grade 5 — typical US scope & sequence

🏁 Unit goals

  • Understand volume as unit cubes
  • Use V = l × w × h and V = B × h
  • Find volumes of combined solids

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🎯 Practice: Volume📚 All 5th Grade skills🎮 Learning games⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Volume”

  1. What is volume?
  2. Counting cubes
  3. Volume formulas
  4. Composite figures
  5. Volume design project

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