Check in weekly for updates on what we are learning in math class and for examples of anchor charts students will be using to support their math practice.
Please understand plans are subject to change based on student progress, scheduling, or unexpected events (e.g. emergency drills, assemblies, staff absences).
On Monday, and possibly Tuesday, students will present their party planning results. They will share the details of their party plans including the location, decorations, and menu they chose, and whether they stayed within budget or went over budget.
Activities for the remainder of the week may include some of the following:
"Which One Doesn't Belong?" - Students are shown a picture of four numbers, shapes, or items. In a small group, they share which one they think doesn't belong and why. As a class, we share someone else's idea and reasoning. This activity helps students develop communication, listening, and reasoning skills.
"Esti-Mystery" - "Each image invites students to wonder what number is represented by the image. As you click through each Esti-Mystery, clues will appear that will allow the students to use math concepts to narrow the set of possibilities to a small set of numbers. In the end, the students will need to call upon their estimation skills to solve the mystery and find the missing number." https://stevewyborney.com/2018/11/esti-mysteries-estimation-meets-math-mysteries/
"Number Talks" - Number talks provide opportunities to practice mental math and computation skills. Students share different ways to get to a given number using any or all of the operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). Using order of operations extends the activity. Based on ideas from the book Number Talks by Sherry Parrish.
We encourage students to practice basic multiplication facts over the summer. Knowing basic math facts fluently and automatically (automaticity) allows students to focus on problem-solving and more complex computations.
Thank you for all your support this past year.
Be well and have a great summer!
Mon: Unit 14 Review
Tues: Unit 14 Test
Wed & Thurs: Students will work in pairs to plan a party! They will establish a starting budget, then determine the cost of their menu, decorations, entertainment, invitations, and a location. After they finish planning their party, they will present their starting budget, share the details of their party planning, and whether they stayed within budget or went over budget.
Fri: School closed
Mon: Lesson 14-7 Classify Polygons (HW SPB pp. 167-168)
Tues: Cycle 3 IXL Benchmark Assessment
Wed: EOY Reveal Math Assessment
Thurs: Lesson 14-8 Classify Triangles (HW SPB pp. 169-170)
Fri: Field Day!
If your 4th grader is absent for any of the end of year assessments they will take it upon their return to school.
Next week, we wrap up Unit 14 with Lessons 14-9/14-10 Understand and Draw Lines of Symmetry, a unit review, and the unit test.
Mon: Lesson 14-5 Add/Subtract Angle Measures (HW SPB pp. 163-164)
Tues: School Closed
Wed: Lesson 14-6 Solve Problems Involving Unknown Angle Measures (HW SPB pp. 165-166)
Thurs-Fri: Camping Trip
Mon: School Closed
Tues: Lesson 14-1 Understand Lines, Line Segments, and Rays (HW SPB pp. 155-156)
Wed: Lesson 14-2 Classify Angles (HW SPB pp. 157-158)
Thurs: Lesson 14-3 Draw and Measure Angles (HW SPB pp. 159-160)
Fri: Lesson 14-4 Understand Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (HW SPB pp. 161-162)
See examples of Lessons 14-1 through 14-4 below.
Mon: 13-10 Display and Interpret Data on a Line Plot (HW SPB pp. 151-152)
Tues: 13-11 Solve Problems Involving Data on a Line Plot (HW SPB pp. 153-154)
Wed: Field Day!
Thurs: Unit 13 Review
Fri: Unit 13 Test
Next week, we start the last unit, Unit 14 Geometric Figures. Please see the Unit 14 Family Letter below for information about the unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Family Letter_ Geometric Figures.pdf
Mon: 13-6 Solve More Problems That Involve Units of Measure (HW SPB pp. 143-144)
Tues: 13-7 Perimeter (HW SPB pp. 145-146)
Wed: 13-8 Area (HW SPB pp. 147-148)
Thurs & Fri: Solve Problems Involving Perimeter and Area (HW SPB pp. 149-150)
This week we begin learning and practicing converting customary units of measurment.
Mon: 13-2 Customary Units of Weight (HW SPB pp. 135-136)
Tues: 13-3 Customary Units of Capacity (HW SPB pp. 137-138)
Wed: Customary Units of Length (Reveal Math does not include an explicit lesson on customary units of length/distance. We will be giving students teacher created notes page to complete during the mini-lesson, in-class practice, and homework page.)
Thurs: 13-4 Convert Units of Time (HW SPB pp. 139-140)
Fri: 13-5 Solve Problems Involving Units of Measure (HW SPB pp. 141-142)
Mon: NJSLA - ELA Reading
Tues: NJSLA - ELA Writing
Wed: NJSLA - Math
Thurs: Begin Unit 13 Measurement and Data with Lesson 13-1 Relate Metric Units
Please see the Unit 13 Family Letter below for information about the unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Family Letter_ Units of Measurement and Data.pdf
Mon: Lesson 12-5 Solve Problems Involving Money
Tues: Unit 12 Review
Wed: Unit 12 Test
Thurs: Review multi-digit multiplication and divison strategies. Take a look at the NJSLA practice test and discuss test-taking strategies.
Fri: Spiral review of fraction equivalence and comparison and mixed numbers renaming and addition/subtraction
This week, students will have the opportunity to explore a NJSLA math practice test. They will be able to familiarize themselves with the format used for the test. If you would like to check out the practice tests, here is the link: Practice Tests
New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA) are next week, April 27-29. For more information about NJSLA visit NJSLA-Adaptive. Please remind your 4th grader to get a good night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast each day so they feel their best and can put in their best effort during testing. Students are reminded a test does not measure who they are as a person; it does not test their integrity or character. It may measure how well they retain what they have learned and how they might apply what they know to topics they have not learned yet.
Thank you for your continued support!
Lessons for the week as follows:
Mon: Lesson 12-2 Understand Decimal Notation
Students will be given a copy of a decimal place value chart to put in their blue math folder sheet protector. With a dry erase marker they can write and model decimal numbers to help them read and compare decimal amounts.
Tues: Lesson 12-3 Compare Decimals
Wed: Lesson 12-4 Adding Decimals Using Fractions
Thurs: School Closed
Fri: Lesson 12-5 Solve Problems Involving Money
The Unit Review will be on Monday, 4/20, and we anticipate the unit test will be on Tuesday, 4/21.
Decimal Place Value Chart.pdfExpress Tenths & Hundredths AnchorChart-1.pdf
Mon: Ease back into school routines and review Lessons 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4
Tues: Lesson 11-5 Solve Problems Involving Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Wed: Unit 11 Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers Review
Thurs: Unit 11 Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers Test
Fri: Unit 12 Decimal Fractions begins with Lesson 12-1 Understand Tenths and Hundredths. Please see the Unit 12 Family Letter below for information about the unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Family Letter_ Decimal Fractions.pdfOn Monday, students will play math games, solve algebraic math puzzles, and enjoy math riddles.
When we return from Spring Break, we will work on Lesson 11-5 Solve Problems Involving Fractions and Mixed Numbers, review the strategies learned throughout the unit and then assess mid-week.
Unit 11 will actually start this week.
Mon: Lesson 11-1 Represent Multiplication of a Unit Fraction by a Whole Number
Tues: Lesson 11-2 Understand Multiplying a Whole Number by a Fraction
Wed: Lesson 11-3 Multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number
Thurs & Fri: Lesson 11-4 Multiply a Mixed Number by a Whole Number
Mon: Lesson 10-6 Word Problems Involving Addition/Subtraction of Mixed Numbers
Tues: Unit 10 Review
Wed: Unit 10 Test
Thurs: Unit 11 Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers begins; Lesson 11-1 Represent Multiplication of a Unit Fraction by a Whole Number.
Please see the Unit 11 Family Letter below for information about the unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Family Letter_ Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers.pdf
Lessons for the week:
Mon: Lesson 10-2 Represent Adding Mixed Numbers (HW SPB pp. 103-104)
Tues: Lesson 10-3 Adding Mixed Numbers (HW SPB pp. 105-106)
Wed: Lesson 10-4 Representing Subtracting Mixed Numbers (HW SPB pp. 107-108)
Thurs & Fri: Lesson 10-5 Subtracting Mixed Numbers (HW SPB pp. 109-110)
This week we wrap up Unit 9 Add/Subtract Fractions and will start Unit 10 Addition/Subtraction Strategies with Mixed Numbers. Please see the Unit 10 Family Letter below for information about the unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Lessons for the week:
Mon: Lesson 9-6 Solve Problems Involving Fractions (HW SPB pp. 99-100)
Tues: Unit 9 Review
Wed: Unit 9 Test
Thurs: Lesson 10-1 Understand Decomposing Mixed Numbers (HW SPB pp. 101-102)
Fri: Lesson 10-2 Represent Adding Mixed Numbers (HW SPB pp. 103-104)
Family Letter_ Addition and Subtraction Strategies with Mixed Numbers.pdf
Lessons for the week as follows:
Mon: ❄️Snow Day!❄️
Tues: Lesson 9-3 Add Fractions w/ Like Denominators (HW SPB pp. 93-94)
Wed: Lesson 9-4 Representing Subtracting Fractions (HW SPB pp. 95-96)
Thurs: Lesson 9-5 Subtract Fractions w/ Like Denominators (HW SPB pp. 97-98)
Fri: Lesson 9-6 Solve Problems Involving Fractions (HW SPB pp. 99-100)
Next week students will practice and review the strategies learned throughout this unit by completing the Unit 9 Review.
We anticipate the unit test will be on Tuesday, 3/3.
9-3 Example
9-4 Example
9-5 Example
9-6 Example
This week we wrap up Unit 8 Fraction Equivalence with a unit review and test. Unit 9 Addition and Subtraction with Fractions (like denominators only) will start later in the week. Please see the Unit 9 Family Letter below for information about the unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Tues: Unit 8 Review-Students will practice the skills and apply the strategies they have learned throughout this unit.
Wed: Unit 8 Test
Thurs: Lesson 9-1 Understand Decomposing Fractions (HW SPB pp. 89-90)
Fri: Lesson 9-2 Represent Adding Fractions (HW SPB pp. 91-92)
Family Letter_ Addition and Subtraction Meanings and Strategies with Fractions.pdf
Lessons for the week as follows:
Mon: Unit 8 Fraction Equivalence begins with Lesson 8-1 Equivalent Fractions (HW SPB pp. 79-80)
Tues: Lesson 8-2 Generate Equivalent Fractions Using Models (HW SPB pp. 81-82)
Wed: Lesson 8-3 Generate Equivalent Fractions Using Number Lines (HW SPB pp. 83-84)
Thurs: Lesson 8-4 Compare Fractions Using Benchmarks (0, 1/2, and 1) (HW SPB pp. 85-86)
Fri: Lesson 8-5 Other Ways to Compare Fractions {See anchor chart below.} (HW SPB pp. 87-88)
Next week we will review and practice these skills. We anticipate the unit test will be mid-week.
Comparing Fractions Anchor Chart.pdfStudents needed more practice with Lesson 7-7 Make Sense of a Remainder, so the Unit 7 Test was rescheduled to Monday, 2/2. The remainder of the week as follows:
Tues: Reveal Math Benchmark Assessment #2
Wed: 3rd Grade Fraction Review - What is a fraction? What is a numerator? What is a denominator?
Thurs: School Closed
Fri: Unit 8 Fraction Equivalence begins with Lesson 8-1 Equivalent Fractions (HW SPB pp. 79-80)
Please see the Unit 8 Family Letter below for information about the unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Family Letter_ Fraction Equivalence.pdfLessons for the week as follows:
Mon: ❄️ Snow Day! ❄️
Tues: Lesson 7-7 Make Sense of a Remainder (HW SPB pp. 75-76)
Remainders may be interpreted four different ways when solving word problems.
The remainder may be the answer.
Ignore the remainder.
Add one to the quotient.
Make the remainder a fraction.
Wed: Lesson 7-8 Multi-Step Word Problems (HW SPB pp. 77-78)
Thurs: Unit 7 Review
Friday: Unit 7 Test
Lessons for the week as follows:
Tues: Lesson 7-4 Understand Partial Quotients {see anchor chart and video below} (HW SPB pp. 69-70)
Wed: Lesson 7-5 Partial Quotients and Area Models (HW SPB pp. 71-72)
Thurs & Friday: Lesson 7-6 Understand Remainders (HW SPB pp. 73-74)
Unit 7 Division Strategies begins this week. Please see the Family Letter below for information about this unit including vocabulary students will learn and use.
Before we dive into division strategies, students will have the opportunity to learn and practice multi-digit multiplication with regrouping (aka standard or traditional algorithm). Although this strategy is not in the Reveal Math curriculum for 4th grade, I think students will be more apt to check their division answers for accuracy if they know how to multiply using an algorithm.
Lessons and homework for the week as follows:
Mon: Multiplication with Regrouping (HW Multiplication practice page)
Tues: Lesson 7-1 Divide Multiples of 10, 100, and 1000 (HW SPB pp. 63-64)
Wed: Lesson 7-2 Estimate Quotients (HW SPB pp. 65-66)
Thurs: Lesson 7-3 Find Equal Shares (HW SPB pp. 67-68)
Fri: Lesson 7-4 Understand Partial Quotients (2 day lesson so homework will be assigned on Monday.)
Family Letter_ Division Strategies with Multi-Digit Dividends and 1-Digit Divisors.pdfHappy New Year! We hope your winter break was rejuvenating and memorable. May the new year bring joy, peace, and good health to all.
On Monday and Tuesday, students will work in stations and start the new year setting a math goal, it may be a specific topic, strategy, or skill they want to practice and master in the upcoming months. Lessons for the rest of the week as follows:
Wed & Thurs: Lesson 6-8 Solve Multi-Step Word Problems
Fri: Lesson 6-8 Quiz
Lessons for the week:
Mon: Lesson 6-6 Multiply Two Multiples of 10 (HW SPB pp. 57-58)
Tues: Lesson 6-7 Multiply Two 2-Digit Factors {Partial Products and Area Model Strategies} (HW SPB pp. 59-60)
Wed: Unit 6 Review (Lessons 6-1 through 6-7. Lesson 6-8 will be addressed in the new year.)
Thurs: Unit 6 Test (Lessons 6-1 through 6-7. Lesson 6-8 will be addressed in the new year.)
Fri: Fact Fluency Quiz and Math Vocabulary Jeopardy
Lesson 6-8 Solve Multi-Step Multiplication Word Problems will be addressed in January. We wanted to make sure students had ample time to practice solving multi-step word problems using multiplication.
See below for a brief review of each lesson and the different strategies students will be learning.
Lessons for the week as follows:
Mon: Lesson 6-2 Estimate Products (HW SPB pp. 49-50)
Tues: Lesson 6-3 Use the Distributive Property to Multiply (HW SPB pp. 51-52)
Wed: Lesson 6-4 Multiply 2-Digit by 1-Digit Factors {Distributive Property & Area Model Strategies} (HW SPB pp. 53-54)
Thurs/Fri: Lesson 6-5 Multiply Multi-Digit by 1-Digit Factors {Distributive Property & Area Model Strategies} (HW SPB pp. 55-56)
See below for a brief review of each lesson and the different strategies students will be learning.
This week we will finish Unit 5 Numbers and Number Patterns and begin Unit 6 Multiplication Strategies with Multi-Digit Numbers. Please see the Family Letter below for information about this unit.
Lessons for this week as follows:
Mon: Lesson 5-6 Analyze Features of a Pattern (HW SPB pp. 45-46)
Tues: Unit 5 Review
Wed: Unit 5 Test
Thurs: Unit 6 Readiness Diagnostic and Fact Fluency Quiz
Fri: Lesson 6-1 Multiply by Multiples of 10, 100, and 100 (HW SPB pp. 47-48 Students will be given the option of doing homework over the weekend or doing two homework assignments on Monday.)
Family Letter_ Multiplication Strategies with Multi-Digit Numbers.pdfLessons for this short week as follows:
Mon: Lesson 5-4 Number or Shape Patterns (see below)
Tues: Lesson 5-5 Generate a Pattern (see below)
Wed: Multiplication fact fluency practice using flashcards and games.
Lesson 5-4 Number or Shape Patterns
Lesson 5-5 Generate a Pattern
We were able to review Unit 4 on Friday, so the unit test will be on Monday. Then we will begin Unit 5 Numbers and Number Patterns. Please see the Family Letter below for information about this unit.
Lessons for the week as follows:
Mon: Unit 4 Multiplication as Comparison Test
Tues: Unit 5 Numbers and Number Patterns Readiness Diagnostic and basic multiplication facts practice
Wed: Lesson 5-1 Understand Factors of a Number (HW SPB pp. 35-36)
Thurs: Lesson 5-2 Understand Prime and Composite Numbers (HW SPB pp. 37-38)
Fri: Lesson 5-3 Understand Multiples (HW SPB pp. 39-40 Students will be given the choice of doing homework over the weekend or doing two homework assignments on Monday.)
Family Letter_ Numbers and Number Patterns.pdfLessons for the week as follows:
4-1 Understand Comparing with Multiplication (HW SPB pp. 27-28)
4-2 Represent Comparison Problems (HW SPB pp. 29-30)
4-3 Solve Comparison Problems Using Multiplication (HW SPB pp. 31-32)
4-4 Solve Comparison Problems Using Division (HW SPB pp. 33-34)
See examples below of the types of problems students will encounter in these lessons.
The unit review and assessment will be next week (week of 11/17).
Due to the short week, we will hold off on starting Unit 4 Multiplication as Comparison. Instead we will review and practice basic multiplication facts through games, discuss multiplication strategies, and share different ways to study multiplication facts (e.g. flash cards, songs, homemade quizzes, online games).
Mon: NJSLA Adaptive field test for Reading and Math. Students will start the Unit 3 Review. They will be able to study and practice the skills they have learned throughout the unit. (HW Workbook Unit 3 Review pp. 97-99 Choose 3 problems to complete for homework.)
Tues: Complete Unit 3 Review and play addition/subtraction math games. (No homework.)
Wed: Unit 3 Test (No homework.)
Thursday: NJSLA Adaptive field test for writing. In math, Unit 4 Multiplication as Comparison begins. Please see the Family Letter below for information about this unit. (No homework.)
Friday: Halloween themed math puzzles and games.
Family Letter_ Multiplication as Comparison.pdfThis week we will be working on the following lessons
Tues. & Wed.: Lesson 3-8 Represent and Solve Multi-Step Word Problems (Wed. HW SPB pp. 23-24, #2 and 3 only)
Thurs & Fri.: Lesson 3-9 Solve Multi-Step Word Problems - 2 days (Thurs. HW SPB pp. 25-26 Choose 2 problems on pg. 26 to solve.)
Next Week: Unit 3 Review - Students will review and practice the skills they have learned throughout this unit and then Unit 3 Test.
See right and below for examples of the type of word problems and bar models students will solve/use in Lessons 3-8 and 3-9 .
Lessons for the week as follows:
Tues.: Lesson 3-5 Strategies to Subtract Multi-Digit Numbers (HW SPB pp. 17-18)
Wed.: Lesson 3-6 Subtraction Algorithm & Lesson 3-7 Subtraction Algorithm with Regrouping
{Back in my day we called it "borrowing."} (HW Lesson 3-7 SPB pp. 19-20)
Thurs.: Lesson 3-7 Subtraction Algorithm with Regrouping (HW Lesson 3-7 SPB pp. 21-22)
Mon.: Unit 2 - Generalize Place Value Test
Tues.: Unit 3 begins! Please see the Family Letter below for information about this unit. Lesson 3.1 Estimate Sums & Differences (HW SPB pp. 9-10)
Wed.: Lesson 3.2 Strategies to Add Multi-Digit Numbers (HW SPB pp. 11-12)
Thurs & Fri..: Lesson 3.3 Addition Algorithm & Lesson 3.4 Addition Algorithm with Regrouping {Back in my day we called it "carrying over."} (Thurs.: HW SPB pp. 15-16)
Unit 3 Family Letter.pdfLessons for the week as follows:
Mon.: 2-3 Compare Multi-Digit Numbers (Homework SPB pg. 5-6)
Students will use symbols to compare greater numbers, < Less Than, > Greater Than, = Equal.
Tues. & Wed.: 2-4 Round Multi-Digit Numbers - 2 days (Wed. Homework SPB pg. 7-8)
Thurs.: School Closed
Fri.: Unit 2 Review - Students will review and practice the skills they have learned throughout this unit.
Next Week: Unit 2 Test
Check out the rounding anchor chart students will use to support their rounding practice.
Rounding Anchor Chart.pngThis week we wrap up Unit 1: Math is... with Lesson 1-6 Math is Ours. We will discuss the behaviors and mindsets that help us "do" math and develop norms for productive discussions, independent work, and group work.
Then we will start Unit 2 Place Value Structure. Please see the Family Letter below for information about this unit.
Lessons for this week as follows:
Wed.: 2-1 Structure of Multi-Digit Numbers (Homework SPB pg. 1-2)
Thurs.: 2-2 Read and Write Numbers to One Million (Homework SPB pg. 3-4)
Fri.: Place Value Games (No homework)
Students will receive their own Reveal Math Student Practice Book (SPB) to complete homework assignments. Students will be bringing their practice book home and are expected to bring it back to school. If your 4th grader is having trouble answering a particular homework problem/question or are struggling to complete homework, please encourage them to write a note at the top of the homework page explaining their difficulty or advise them to speak to Ms. Colón or Ms. Cordeiro when they come to math class.
Unit 2 Family Letter.pdfThis week, we kick off the new Reveal Math curriculum with Unit 1: Math is... Please see the Family Letter below.
Lessons for this week as follows:
1-1 Math is Mine
1-2 Math is Exploring and Thinking
1-3 Math is in My World
1-4 Math is Explaining and Sharing
There will be no homework assigned this week.
Family Letter_ Math Is….pdfThis week in math class we will be working on the following:
Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset discussion
What characteristics support productive growth and learning?
How can struggle be productive?
What do we do or say to ourselves when we reach our frustration level?
Reveal Math Course Diagnostic (paper/pencil based)
This year, Montclair Public Schools has adapted and will implement Reveal Math as the math curriculum in the elementary schools. Please see the introductory letter from Reveal Math below. (Note: The online platform and usernames/passwords are not accessible yet.)
This diagnostic provides baseline data and pinpoints which math skills a student has mastered or needs instruction and/or practice.
IXL Math Benchmark Assessment (adaptive computer-based assessment)
IXL also provides baseline data and identifies areas of strength and areas that require instruction and/or practice.
More "getting to know you" activities and practicing routines
Thank you for your support and have a great week!
Family Letter_ Welcome to Reveal Math.pdf