Math Expectations by the End of 4th Grade:
Increased problem solving skills, strategies, and processes when working through complicated math problems
Multiplication and division fact mastery
Using fractions and decimals in basic computations
Basic geometry terminology and rules
Not just the "what" but the "why" when it comes to math problems. Justify your thinking for any and all math computations.
Unit 1: Factors and Multiples
Students apply understanding of multiplication and area to work with factors and multiples.
Unit 2: Fraction Equivalence and Comparison
Students generate and reason about equivalent fractions and compare and order fractions with the following denominators: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
Unit 3: Extending Operations to Fractions
Students learn how to multiply whole numbers by fractions. Students learn to add and subtract fractions with like denominators, and to add and subtract tenths and hundredths.
Unit 4: From Hundreds to Hundred Thousands
Students read, write and compare numbers in decimal notation. They also extend place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers and add and subtract within 1,000,000.
Unit 5: Multiplicative Comparison and Measurement
Students interpret, represent, and solve multiplicative comparison problems using an understanding of the relationship between multiplication and division. They use this thinking to convert units of measure within a given system from larger to smaller units.
Unit 6: Multiplying and Dividing Multi-Digit Numbers
Students multiply and divide multi-digit whole numbers using partial products and partial quotients strategies, and apply this understanding to solve multi-step problems using the four operations.
Unit 7: Angles and Angle Measurement
Students learn to draw and identify points, rays, segments, angles, and lines, including parallel and perpendicular lines. Students also learn how to use a protractor to measure angles and draw angles of given measurements, and identify acute, obtuse, right, and straight angles in two-dimensional figures.
Unit 8: Properties of Two-Dimensional Shapes
Students classify triangles and quadrilaterals based on the properties of their side lengths and angles, and learn about lines of symmetry in two-dimensional figures. They use their understanding of these attributes to solve problems, including problems involving perimeter and area.