4th grade will be using this accredited program for math called:

I-Ready

https://www.curriculumassociates.com/products/i-ready

CURRICULUM

A balanced mathematics program prepares confident students for success in life. CCSD's curriculum fosters enduring understanding of mathematical concepts, encourages mathematical thinking and problems solving, and helps students to connect mathematics to real life situations. Kitty Ward 4th graders are taught multiple strategies for solving math problems including but not limited to: standard algorithms, number bonds, tape diagrams, number lines, etc. In addition students are taught to use RDSW as a strategy for solving word problems.

R-Read the problem

D- Demonstrate/Draw a model of the problem

S - Solve the problem (show work)

W - Write the answer to the problem in a complete sentence and tell how you solved the problem and verify how you know your answer is correct.

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING AT HOME

At home, you and your child can: • Solve real-life word problems (e.g., If each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will be needed?). • Use drawings or models when solving problems. Ask questions that promote thinking: What is a good place to start? Does this problem remind you of another problem? Can you tell me what is happening in the story problem? What are you trying to figure out? Can you prove it? Can you solve it another way? • Look for graphs in the newspaper, magazines, advertisements, and ask questions about the data. • Look for angles, lines, and shapes all around. Determine and classify shapes by their properties (e.g., parallel lines, perpendicular lines, angles, lines of symmetry).