Mathematics

Term 1

Grades 4/5

September – November

Number Sense and Operations

Most of the term will be spend on the following:

• place value, rounding numbers, reading and writing numbers and counting money

• addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

• Students are presently working on the following strategies to solve math problems:

Addition / Subtraction Strategies (in order of efficiency):

• Splitting strategy

• Adding-on strategy

• Moving strategy

• Compensation strategy

• Traditional algorithm

Multiplication Strategies

1) Place Value

2)Repetitive Addition

3) By 10's and 1's

4) Traditional

5) Magic squares

Division Strategies

1. Traditional Long division

2. Traditional short

3. Box method

4. Repetitive Adding/subtracting