4th Grade
How is mathematics a tool to care for the earth? (E-K)
How can mathematics be a tool to seek justice? (J-S)
How do fractions help us share and distribute resources?
Fractions 4.NF
How can mathematics be used for good or evil? (I-D)
Sin tainted everything including how mathematics is used.
Examples of misuse include greed and misleading graphs.
Good examples could include using graphs to help people understand the number of animals in an endangered population or math that church leaders use to care for the poor.
How can we enjoy creation through thinking mathematically? (C-E)
Take students on a nature walk to locate symmetry in creation. (4.G.A.3)
How do other communities use mathematics? (C-B)
God built rules into creation which mathematics is built upon; different cultures use the rules in different ways.
Mathematics is a cultural activity – the people who used it also left their fingerprints.
The traditional algorithm for multiplication and lattice multiplication are examples of how different groups of people used the same structure built in mathematics in different ways to perform the same task.
How can understanding and using mathematics help build community? (C-B)
How can mathematics help us be good stewards? (E-K)
The Statistics Portal reported that $80 billion dollars were spent on state lotteries in 2016. The census reported approximately 250 million people aged 18 and older.
Write those numbers in standard form. 4.NBT.A.2
What is the average amount spent on lottery tickets for adults in 2016? Do you think this is a wise use of resources?
What patterns and relationships did God embed in creation? (O-D)
How can we enjoy creation through thinking mathematically? (C-E)
How do patterns reflect the orderliness of creational structure? 4.OA.C
How does analyzing patterns bring us closer to an understanding of creation and the Creator?
How does mathematics reflect the beauty of creation? (B-C)
How can mathematics be seen as an art? (B-C)
Designing patterns develops God’s creation 4.OA.C
How does geometry reflect the beauty of creation? 4.G
What makes geometry beautiful? Ugly? Intriguing?
Can we worship God in the way that we do mathematics? (G-W)
Work to the best of their ability
Luke 10:27 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.”
How do our attitudes toward mathematics reflect our attitudes towards God’s creation?
How can we reflect the body of Christ? (C-B)
How can understanding and using mathematics help build community? (C-B)
How can we work in our class so that all members’ gifts are used and celebrated?
I Cor. 12:12-27
How is mathematics a language that helps us communicate? (S-W)
How can estimation help us serve? 4.OA.A.3
How does an image reflector make sense of problems and demonstrate perseverance in solving them? (I-R) MP1, 4.OA.A.3
How does a growth mindset towards mathematics help us work hard to solve problems?
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord”-Colossians 3:23a