• Math in Focus addresses topics in greater depth at each grade.
• Click here: Scope and Sequence to see how mathematics skills are introduced and expanded within each grade level.
• Your fourth grader will focus on:
  • building problem-solving skills and strategies
  • multiplying and dividing with 1-digit numbers and 2-digit numbers
  • using tables, graphs, data and probability
  • adding and subtracting with fractions and decimals
  • understanding relationships between fractions and decimals
  • studying angles, line segments, area and perimeter

Supporting at Home

• You can help your child build confidence as well as communication skills in mathematics by practicing newly acquired skills at home by encouraging opportunities to use math in everyday situations.
• While reading newspapers and magazines, invite your child to:
  • estimate sums and differences
  • look for tables and line graphs and interpret them
  • keep an eye out for decimal numbers
• At home or at the supermarket, challenge your child to:
  • identify symmetric shapes and tessellations
  • calculate the change he or she will get after buying groceries
  • estimate monthly household bills.
• On car or bus trips, allow your child to:
  • read decimal distances on the odometer
  • calculate a fraction of the total distance traveled between two places
  • make associations between turns and right angles.

Parent Resources:

Parents are encouraged to use the resources below throughout the year. The Parent Resource videos are meant to provide a framework for success at home as well as at school.

Click here: Chapter Background & Parent Support Videos