Grade 4

Entering Grade 4

Focus: Multiplication fluency & fraction sense

Incoming Grade 4 students should know how to:

• Multiply and divide within 100 fluently

• Understand fractions on a number line

• Round multi-digit numbers to the nearest 10 and 100

• Understand area and perimeter

• Tell time and calculate elapsed time

• Solve two-step word problems

• Add and subtract within 1,000

• Classify quadrilaterals

Enrichment Activities

Technology Free:

• Times table card game: Use a deck of cards (Ace=1, face cards=10). Flip two cards and multiply. Play war — highest product wins.

• Fraction strips: Cut paper strips into equal parts to build a visual fraction kit. Compare and order fractions.

• Garden area project: Design a dream garden on graph paper. Calculate area and perimeter of each bed.

Digital:

• Khan Academy — Grade 3 review: Target the multiplication and fractions units to solidify incoming 4th grade skills.

• Prodigy Math: Game-based adaptive platform with a free tier; curriculum aligns to grade level.

• Mathigon / Polypad: Free virtual manipulatives for fractions, arrays, and number lines — excellent visual tool.