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MATH-4th Grade


OUTCOME/ ESSENTIAL QUESTION

 

CONTENT

 

OBJECTIVE/SKILL

 

ASSESSMENT

 

Why is it important to know how to gather and organize data to analyze?

 

Data

 

*Name values of variables (D.B2.K1)
*Describe a classroom of students using  variables (D.B2.K2)
*Gather, organize, and analyze data by using variables, making data tables, and drawing bar graphs (D.B2.A1)
*Distinguish between categorical and numerical variables
(D.B2.K1)
*Investigate the concept of averages (D.B2.K3)
*Find the median of a data sheet (D.B2.K3)
*Recognize the utility of the TIMS Laboratory Method in problem-solving
*Solve a problem by using a graph and by extending patterns in a data table (D.B2.A1)
*Recognize the importance of solving problems in more than one way
(N.B4.A1)
*Investigate the relationship between arm span and height
*Represent data in a point graph
(D.B2.K1)
*Use patterns in tables and graphs to make predictions (D.B2.A1)
*Estimate quantities (N.B3.A2)
*Use a calculator when appropriate (N.B4.K1)
*Solve word problems
(N.B4.A1)
*Communicate solutions orally and in writing (D.B1.A3)

 

*Daily assignments
*Unit Reviews
*Unit Assessments
*Teacher created materials
*DOM
*NWEAs
*Use of manipulatives
*Teacher observations
*Boardwork
*Games/Activities
*Group Activities
*KS Math Assessment

 

Why is it important to know the relationship between length and perimeter?

 

Geometric Investigations
















Numbers and Number Operations

 

*Find the perimeters of irregular polygons (G.B2.K5)
*Find the area of irregular polygons (G.B2.K5)
*Use measurement to solve problems (G.B2.A1)
*Communicate problem-solving solutions
*Investigate the relationship between length and perimeter (G.B2.A2)
*Gather, organize, and analyze data by using pictures, variables, data tables, and point graphs
(D.B2.K1)
*Use patterns in tables and graphs to make generalizations about data
(A.B3.A1)
*Problem solve with area and perimeter
(G.B2.A2)
*Justify a statement using mathematics (N.B1.A2)
*Identify goals
*Reflect on their own work
*Understand the purpose of a portfolio
*Identify angles in shapes (G.B1.K1)
*Identify angles as acute, right, or obtuse (G.B1.K1)
*Estimate degree measures of angles
(G.B2.A2)
*Find degree measures of angles (G.B2.K5)
*Build shapes and angles (G.B2.A1)
*Communicate solutions


*Link multiplication to counting things that come in groups of equal size (N.B1.K1)
*Link multiplication to repeated addition
(N.B4.K6)
*Use strategies to solve multiplication facts for 5s and 10s (N.B4.K1)
*Write multiplication number sentences (N.B4.K5)

 

See Above

 

   
Objective/Skill continued-
*Calculate the value of collections of nickels and dimes (N.B4.K1)
*Understand that other number systems exist
*Recognize key elements of Hindu-Arabic system
*Recognize and using patterns to write numbers (A.B1.K2)
*Understand the ones' place and tens' place (N.B2.K3)
*Understand the idea of counting by groups (N.B1.K1)
*Understand different representations of the same amount (N.B1.A1)
*Understand the hundreds' and thousands' place (N.B2.K3)
*Understand grouping and regrouping in base-ten (A.B4.K1)
*Understand the meaning of each column in a multidigit number (N.B1.K1)
*Translate between different representations (concrete, pictorial, symbolic) of quantities (A.B3.K1)
*Understand addition and subtraction algorithms (N.B4.K1)
*Explore negative numbers in a variety of contexts
 
 
What does multiplication mean?
What are the basic multiplication facts?

 

Products and Factors
















Using Data to Predict

 

*Explore multiplication through rectangular arrays (N.B2.K5a)
*Explore multiples, prime numbers, and square numbers (N.B1.K1).
*Find products of more than two factors (N.B4.K7)
*Use factor trees to factor numbers into primes (N.B4.K7)
*Solve number puzzles that involve the words multiple, factor, and prime and square numbers
*Use exponents to write products of repeated factors
*Recognize that there are many strategies for doing simple multiplication problems (N.B4.K1)
*Use efficient strategies to do multiplication problems
(N.B4.A1)


*Use patterns in graphs to make predictions about data (D.B2.K1)
*Draw a best-fit line
*Investigate the concept of averages
(D.B2.A2e)
*Find the mean, median, and mode of a data  set
(D.B2.A2d/e)

 

See Above

 

How can we make predictions based on patterns in tables and graphs?





Why is it important to read and write large numbers?

 

Using Data to Predict (continued)







Place Value Patterns

 

*Measure length (G.B2.A1)
*Identify and use variables in an experiment (A.B2.K2)
*Use patterns in tables and graphs to make predictions about data (D.B2.A1g/h)
*Work together to solve a problem
*Look back to examine the reasonableness of a solution (N.B1.A2a)
*Persist in the problem-solving process
*Communicate problem-solving strategies
*Assess concepts and skills developed since the beginning of the year


*Read large numbers (N.B1.K1a)
*Write large numbers (N.B1.K1a)
*Order large numbers (N.B1.K2a)
*Investigate big numbers (N.B1.A1a)
*Use diagrams to solve problems
*Use patterns in data tables to solve problems
*Use patterns in our base-ten system to visualize the relative magnitudes of larger numbers
*Construct proportional models to extend base-ten pieces to 1,000,000
*Link the powers of 10 to the place value system
*Construct a proportional number line for numbers to 1 million
*Place benchmark numbers on a number line for big numbers (1000 to 1 million)
*Use benchmark numbers to position numbers between 1000 and 1 million










 

See Above

 

   
Objective/Skill continued-
*Use patterns in our base-ten system to visualize the relative magnitudes of larger numbers
*Estimate the number of objects in a collection (N.B3.K1)
*Estimate 10% of a number (N.B3.K1)
*Use 10% as a standard for error analysis
*Use benchmarks to round numbers
*Recognize a number can be rounded in many ways
*Estimate sums and differences of large numbers (N.B3.K2)
*Use paper and pencil to find sums and differences of larger numbers (N.B4.K1)
*Know efficient strategies to use in problem solving (N.B3.A4)
*Recognize that there are many strategies for doing simple multiplication problems (N.B4.A2)
*Use efficient strategies to do multiplication problems involving 5 and 9 (N.B4.K2)
 
 
Why should we learn strategies for doing multiplication?
Why is important to be able to estimate with multiplication?
 
Patterns in Multiplication
















Measurement
 
*Use the conventional order of operations
*Identify and describing patterns in the multiples of 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10
*Explore the inverse relationship between multiplication and division (N.B4.K6c)
*Recognize that there are many strategies for doing simple multiplication problems (N.B4.A2)
*Use efficient strategies to do multiplication problems involving the last six facts (N.B4.A2)
*Use the calculator efficiently in problem solving
*Communicate problem-solving strategies
*Understand multiplication as repeated addition
(N.B4.K6b)
*Discover patterns when multiplying a one-digit number by numbers that end in zeros
*Use an unknown in a number sentence (A.B2.A1)
*Understand and use a multiplication algorithm (N.B1.A1c)
*Know when, how, and why estimation is used (N.B3.K3)
*Explore different ways of finding and using convenient numbers
*Multiply multidigit numbers that end in zeros
*Estimate products (N.B3.K1)

*Understand the concept of volume
(G.B2.K2b)
*Use appropriate units for measuring volume
(G.B2.K2b)
*Measure volume by displacement
*Estimate volume
(G.B2.K2b/3)
*Collecting and organizing data
(D.B2.K1a/d)
*Graph data using a point graph
(D.B2.K1h)
*Use patterns in tables and graphs to make
predictions about data (D.B2.A1d)
*Communicate the solution to a problem
 
See Above
 
Why is communication in math important?
Why should we learn to work in cooperative groups?







Why is it important to know about the different shapes and solids?
 
Measurement











Shapes and Solids
 
*Solve problems in cooperative groups
*Communicate problem-solving strategies
*Collect and use data to solve problems (D.B2.A1a-h)
*Solve problems involving multiplication and division (N.B4.K3b/c/d/e)
*Assess concepts and skills developed since the beginning of the year
*Compare and contrast the following elements of different labs:
-variables (A.B2.K1)
-measurement procedures (G.B2.A2)
-number of trials
-types of graphs (D.B2.A3)
-problems solved
*Reviewing portfolios
*Reflecting on one's own work

*Identify lines, line segments, rays, and points
*Investigate parallel and perpendicular lines
*Investigate angles
*Measure angles with a protractor
*Identify turn (rotational) symmetry
(G.B3.K2)
*Identify line (reflective) symmetry
(G.B3.K2)
*Explore two and three dimensions (G.B3.K3)
*Make nets for solids
*Make solids from nets
*Visualize a three-dimensional shape from a two-dimensional net
*Investigate properties of prisms
*Draw three-dimensional shapes
*Find the volume of prisms
*Construct a geometric solid (G.B1.A1b)
*Identify faces, edges, and vertices of a solid
*Describe a regular solid
*Construct a net
 
See above
Mid-Year Test
 
Why is it important to learn how to read and write decimals?

 

Using Decimals



















Multiplication

 

*Measure lengths in metric units (mm, cm, dm, and m) (G.B2.A1b)
*Link the base-ten pieces model for decimals with a number line model (meterstick)
*Determine which unit of measure for length in most appropriate in a given context (G.B2.A2)
*Write and read decimals through hundredths (N.B1.K1c)
*Establish connections between concrete, pictorial, verbal, and symbolic representations of decimals (N.B1.K1c)
*Link common fractions and decimals
*Write decimals to the tenths place (N.B1.K1c)
*Write decimals to the hundredths place (N.B1.K1c)
*Identify variables that need to be controlled in an experiment
*Measure to the nearest hundredth of a meter
(G.B2.K2a)
*Use patterns in graphs to make predictions
*Order decimals (N.B1.K2c)
*Identify larger and smaller decimal fractions in relationship to each other (N.B1.K2b)
*Identify the relationship between a common and a decimal fraction
*Find 10% of various quantities
*Measure to the nearest tenth of a centimeter
(G.B2.K2a)
*Multiply by ten and by one-tenth (N.B4.K2)


*Model multiplication (N.B4.K3)
*Multiply by multiples of ten
*Estimate products (N.B3.K1)
*Use unknowns in multiplication sentences
(A.B2.A2b)
*Compute products using the all-partials method

 

See above

 

Why is it important to know how to use different methods to multiply multidigit by multidigit numbers?

 

Multiplication


















Exploring Fractions

 

*Model multiplication with base-ten pieces (N.B1.A1c)
*Use the all-partials method to multiply one-digit by multidigit numbers
*Estimate products (N.B3.A3)
*Visualize products (N.B3.A3)
*Multiply using the compact method
*Connect multiplication models to the all-partials method
*Use the all-partials method to compute two-digit by two-digit multiplication problems
*Multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers using the compact method
*Understand that other number systems exist and contributed to the development of our system
*Recognize key elements of the Hindu-Arabic system
*Recognize and using patterns to calculate (N.B4.K1)

*Identify fractional parts of a whole (N.B1.K1b)
*Compare the size of fractions using a physical model (N.B1.K1b)
*Add and subtract fractions with like denominators (N.B4.K3f)
*Compare fractions (N.B1.K2b)
*Recognize equivalent fractions

 

See above

 

Why should we be able to recognize fractions and the wholes they represent?
What is a fraction?
When are fractions used?

 

Exploring Fractions



















Division

 

*Write equivalent fractions
*Represent fractions using manipulatives and symbols (N.B1.A2b)
*Find a fraction for a given quantity when a unit whole is given
*Identify the unit whole when a fraction is given
*Order fractions (N.B1.K2b)
*Use manipulatives to add fractions
*Use pattern blocks to show different fractions
*Work cooperatively to solve a problem
*Communicating problem-solving strategies
*Write number sentences to represent solutions

*Plan and conduct a survey
*Collect, organize, graph, and analyze data
*Bin data
*Use multiplication and division to solve problems involving time (A.B2.K2c)

 

See above
Mid-Term Test

 

How does division relate to multiplication?
What do we do with the leftover parts after dividing?

 

Division

 

*Model division (N.B3.K3e)
*Connect the symbols with division situations (N.B4.K5)
*Use the forgiving method  for division
*Explore the meaning of remainders
*Model division using the base-ten pieces
*Estimate quotients (N.B3.A2)
*Interpret remainders
*Solve problems involving multiplication and division (N.B4.A1)
*Choose appropriate methods of computation
(N.B4.A1)
*Measure length in cm
(G.B2.K2a)
*Collect data over time
*Identify the manipulated, responding, and fixed variables in an experiment

 

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