Fourth Grade Mathematics Curriculum
Trimester 1

AREAS OF FOCUS

Number and Operation
     Multiplication
           Arrays
           Breaking numbers apart
           Clusters
      Division
           Sharing
           Partitioning

RESOURCES

Arrays and Shares

Packages and Groups

Using Big Numbers

Math at Hand

MATERIALS

• Array Cards

• Interlocking cubes

• Graph paper

CONCEPTS AND CONTENT
IN THE FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the meaning of multiplication and division including multiple representations.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of multiplication by:

Attaining fluency with multiplication facts through 12.

Demonstrating an understanding of multiples through 12.

Determining factors of numbers up to 100.

Classifying numbers according to prime, factors or composite.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of division by:

Attaining fluency with division facts up through 12.

Understanding and using the divisibility rules of 3, 4, 6, and 9.

Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency with multiplication and division including:

Multi-digit multiplication

Division with one and two digit divisors

Multiplication and division with money.

HELP AT HOME
Parents can help their children

Work with your child in their acquisition of multiplication and division facts.

Play games with your child such as SkipBo, Yahtzee and Rummikub.

Look at the license plate numbers on your block.  Find one that is divisible by 2.  One that is divisible by 3 etc.  Find two whose products are equal.

How much would it cost for your family to go to the movies and eat at a fast food place?  Figure all costs.

Suppose you have to pay 23 cents a minute to use the telephone.  How much did you spend today?  How much would that be in a year?

Select 5 cards and arrange them in a row.  Place a 6^th card known as the “target card” below the row of 5 cards.  Can you multiply, divide, add or subtract any combination of the 5 cards to equal the target card?

Trimester 3

AREAS OF FOCUS

Geometry
     Two dimensional shapes
     Three dimensional shapes
     Geometric terminology
     Spatial sense
     Problem solving

RESOURCES

The Problem Solver 4

Using Geometry

Math at Hand

Seeing Solids and Silhouettes – 3-D Geometry

Moving on with Pattern Blocks

MATERIALS

Geometric Solids

Interlocking cubes

Protractor

Graph paper

Pattern blocks

Geoboards

CONCEPTS AND CONTENT
IN THE FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM

Students will demonstrate an understanding of spatial sense by:

Using spatial reasoning to understand properties and relationships of shapes.

Developing an understanding of transformations: reflection, translation and rotation.

Students will understand and apply characteristics of two-dimensional and three-dimensional geometric shapes by:

Identifying, comparing, classifying, and analyzing attributes

Building a three dimensional shape from a two-dimensional view.

Students will investigate, describe and reason about the results of subdividing, combining and transforming shapes using models and representations.

HELP AT HOME
Parents can help their children

Continue to work with your child in their acquisition of multiplication and division facts.

Be a geometry scout.  Look for geometric shapes and discuss how they are used in everyday life.

Put jigsaw puzzles together.

Use building materials such as blocks, Lego’s, straws, cans or boxes to make simple structures.  Draw these structures from different perspectives.

Build models of any sort.  Help read and interpret directions.  Discuss geometric shapes integral to the structure.

Discuss the use of 2D and 3D geometry as it relates to real life situations such as architecture, art, sports or fashion design.

Play games such as Jenga, Tangrams, or Chess. 

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