I love teaching math, and I want students to love learning math!  Prior to 4th grade, students have worked to master the building blocks of math.  What we will do this year, is take those smaller parts they should now have mastered (addition, subtraction, multiplication facts, fraction foundations, and basic word problem understanding) and put them together to solve more complex, multi-step problems.  In class we will often work through problems using an, "I do, we do, you do," approach.  Students must be willing to try even when a concept seems difficult or uncomfortable at first.  They will make mistakes, and that's ok!  Making mistakes is a part of how we learn math.   

Math journals will be used in class to record examples and steps for every major concept we will cover this year.  This will be a great reference for students to look back at when doing homework or studying for a quiz and will serve as a resource for parents.  Math journals should be taken home daily.  We will have homework in math Monday through Thursday.

**All can be accessed through ClassLink - go to www.ccboe.net and scroll down for the ClassLink icon - your child should have their login as it does not change from year to year and they use it daily at school - all school books, websites, resources, and Google sites may be reached through their ClassLink account**

MyPath (on IReady, often just called iReady)

• Work MUST be done AT SCHOOL only (county rule).

• The county requires weekly practice on this site in both math and reading.

• Lessons are customized to the level and needs of your child.

• Students can earn treats, loot, and class rewards!

IReady Math Book

• Doing homework directly in the book is best, but if the book is forgotten at school, you can access it by going to iReady and looking for the bookshelf.  You may print out the page, or you may have your child look at the questions on a device, then number and work the answers on a piece of paper. 

• Other teaching videos are available on this site.  

Reflex Math

• 5-10 minutes, should be done DAILY at home OR at school, until they get the "green light."

• This daily multiplication/ division fact practice will help your child build fluency.

• Students play games as they improve their speed and accuracy.  

• Knowing multiplication facts fluently (without having to think it out), is crucial to fourth grade success.  Multiplication is used in nearly every fourth grade skill, and having this quick recall allows all brain focus to go to the new, much more complex skills, which we will be learning.

Math Journal

• Used daily in class as I teach step-by-step methods for solving complex math problems.  Fourth grade standards include multi-step problems, as well as those involving many actions to solve.  

• Students copy exact examples and steps as I introduce new concepts.  They should use this as a resource when working on their own (in class and during homework).  

• Should be taken home and returned to school daily.  

An overview of the fourth grade curriculum includes, but is not limited to:

• Review of place value, comparing and ordering, rounding

• Review of addition and subtraction including estimation

• Multiplicative comparison

• Factors and multiples

• Multiplying up to 4 digits by 1 digit and multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits

• Understanding of the uses of division including the meaning of the remainder and how to interpret the remainder in a word problem

• Division of up to a 4 digit dividend by a 1 digit divisor

• Understanding and creating equivalent fractions

• Comparing and ordering fractions

• Converting mixed numbers and improper fractions

• Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators (or denominators of 10 or 100)

• Converting fractions with 10 or 100 into decimals

• Comparing and ordering decimals

• Measurement conversion (weight, length, capacity within customary and metric systems)

• Line plots

• Perimeter and area, including additive area

• Basic geometric parts including lines, rays, points, etc.

• Angles, including measuring and additive

• Types of polygons, triangles, and quadrilaterals