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.quia.com/mc/65626.html

www.quia.com/cc/65626.html

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.