Grade 4

Welcome to the Grade 4 Family Focus Page

Highlighted on this page:

  • Developing Computational Fluency for Grade 4 Brochure - this will show you the strategies we teach in school for adding and subtracting.

  • Quarter links to bring you to the I Can Statements for each units in that quarter. Click the link for each Quarter listed below.

  • Connecting Math with 4th Graders at home and around town

Grade 4 Developing Computational Fluency - LNES.pdf

Computational Fluency for Grade 4

Click the image to the left to open a PDF that shows you the Computational Fluency strategies that we use to solve problems with all 4 operations (there are two pages, so be sure to scroll down).

Quarter 1

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Quarter 2

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

Quarter 3

Unit 7

Unit 8


Quarter 4

Unit 9

Unit 10

Connecting Math with 4th Graders

At Home:

  • Ask your child to help you make a recipe for dinner. Use measuring cups to add fractions, such as ¼ + ¼ or ¼ + 1/3 . Find equivalent fractions. For example, measure ½ cup. Then ask, ‘What other measuring tools can we use to equal to 1/2?’ Try different combinations – 1/3 +1/3 ; 1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8; ¼+1/4

  • Have your child help you measure for an area rug in your home. First use rulers and then use yardsticks. Find the length and width and then multiply these two measurements to find the area. Use decimals or fractions for parts of a foot or yard. For example: 2 feet 6 inches is 2 ½ feet or 2.5 feet.

On the Go:

  • Before starting on a car trip, estimate the distance of the trip. When you reach your destination, have your child write down the new mileage on your odometer. Show him how to figure the actual number of miles you traveled by subtracting the mileage when you left home from the new number. Then have him compare the actual mileage to the estimated mileage.

  • Check the time, before you leave. Then when you arrive, check the time again. Find the time that has passed, or elapsed time.

At The Grocery Store:

  • As you wait in a grocery checkout lane, use the time to have your child estimate what the total cost of your groceries will be. Tell him that one easy way to estimate a total is to round off numbers. That is, if an item cost 98 cents, round it off to $1. Explain that the answer he gets won't be the exact cost, but it will be about that. Tell him that the word about shows that the amount you say is just an estimate.

  • In the produce section of the store, explain to your child that what you pay for fruit and vegetables is based, in large part, on the quantity you buy and what it weighs—that produce is usually sold for a certain amount per pound. Tell him/ her that pounds are divided into smaller parts called ounces, and it takes 16 ounces to make one pound. Show your child the scale that is used to weigh produce, and let him/her weigh different amounts or determine how much of an item it will take to make a pound.