Marvelous Mathematics
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We finish fourth grade math with a unit on Personal Financial Literacy. The students will be learning new vocabulary to speak the language of math: fixed expenses, variable expenses, budget, interest, loan, profit, financial institutions. Their last major grade for the year is
In Fourth grade, we build upon the numerical fluency of third grade expectations within multiplication. Use these sites to improve your student's fluency in multiplication.
For multiplication practice go here:
http://www.multiplication.com/
www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
www.aplusmath.com/games/picture/MultPicture.html
The above sites are great for recall of multiplication facts!
For division check this one out:
Watch this video tutorial to help you with "long division" with single digit divisors http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/multiplication-division/single-digit-division.htm
Watch this video tutorial to help you with "long division" with double-digit divisors http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/multiplication-division/double-digit-division.htm
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/division.php
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/division.html
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/Tunnel/divide.htm
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php
This game will make your head spin, or I should say POP! Fun way to get fast with arithematic and multiples!
http://www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com/math-frozen-bubble.html
During this year, we will focus on fourth grade curriculum with an emphasis on higher-order thinking. Our units this year are: Place Value of Whole Numbers & Decimals, Arithmetic Operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, & dividing), Statistics, Measurement, Geometry, Fractions, and Problem Solving.