Waldorf Block: Fifth Grade Geometry and the Wonder of Numbers
Join Waldorf teacher Mr. Andrea for an adventure through Fifth Grade Geometry and the Wonder of Numbers. The names of all the lessons can be found in the list as you scroll down.
Living Lessons are video lessons where a teacher leads the class through the main lessons for this grade. You can use these lessons as examples to follow for your own teaching or can use them as supplements to your own teaching (we all need a break now and then. I would have loved to have these available on days I was ill or was taking care of my fussy baby). Scroll down to the class listings below to see the full syllabus and to view some free samples!
“Join Waldorf teacher Mr. Andrea for an adventure through Fifth Grade Math. In this first fractions block, we will explore decimal-fractions through their history and application through various times and places, giving the students an interesting context to bring these operations to life and lay the foundation for higher math functions such as business math and algebra later on. Students will learn and practice the four operations, rounding, expanded notation, fraction-decimal conversions, money, and place value with decimal-fractions. Each Living Lesson set is a complete video course for the block and includes chalkboard drawings, teacher instruction, main lesson book drawings, music, watercolor, and more. The exact contents of the block can be found below in the description.”
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Your Instructor
Nicholas Andrea now resides in the lush woodlands of northern Delaware with his family after spending the last six years teaching at the Asheville Waldorf School in North Carolina as a grades, music, and aftercare teacher. Nicholas earned his Waldorf Elementary and Music certifications at Sunbridge Institute in Spring Valley, NY. He is passionate about the Waldorf curriculum and believes in its ability to raise capable, compassionate, and creative human beings. After the birth of their son last October, Nicholas and his partner Cassie wanted more time at home with their baby which has led Nicholas to finding Earthschooling.
Nicholas is also passionate about music, speech arts, and history. Known in other circles as “The Bard,” Nicholas’s lifelong love of music has led him to a variety of instruments including world percussion, dijeridoo, flutes of various kinds, and Irish and Scottish bagpipes. He is also a published poet, and he spends his spare time plumbing the mysteries of world history in order to understand how we got where we are and where we go from here.
Course Curriculum
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StartLesson #1: Intro and Searching for the Perfect Circle (50:23)
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StartLesson #2: Threefoldness (48:02)
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StartLesson #3: Sixfoldness (85:17)
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StartLesson #4: Ninefoldness (57:12)
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StartLesson #5: Twelvefoldness (59:09)
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StartLesson #6: Fourfoldness (43:54)
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StartLesson #7: Fivefoldness (52:18)
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StartLesson #7B: Painting of a Forget-Me-Not with Geometry Overlaid (35:44)
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StartLesson #8: Sevenfoldness (66:27)
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StartLesson #9: Eightfoldnes (57:50)
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StartLesson #10: Introducing Pythagoras and His Mystery School (54:48)
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StartLesson #11: Introducing the Pythagorean Theorem (45:41)
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StartLesson #12: Pythagoras’ Great Discovery (42:09)
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StartLesson #13: Carl Gauss and Introducing the Wonder of Numbers (48:52)
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StartLesson #14: Triangular, Square, and Rectangular Numbers (55:29)
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StartLesson #15: Rules of Divisibility, Part I (56:09)
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StartLesson #16: Rules of Divisibility, Part II (62:15)
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StartLesson #17: Sum and Difference Theorems, Part I (52:39)
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StartLesson #18: Sum and Difference Theorems, Part II (58:53)
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StartLesson #19: Block Review and Block Quiz (54:15)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE