Grade 4 Curriculum

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Grade 4 | Counting
☐ Skip count by 1,000's
☐ Definition of Skip Counting
☐ Skip Counting
☐ Skip Count by 100
Grade 4 | Addition
☐ Use a variety of strategies to add numbers up to 10,000
☐ Addition Tips and Tricks
☐ Addition Worksheets
☐ Who Wants to be a Mathionaire - Addition Quiz
☐ Addition in Columns
☐ Addition
Grade 4 | Subtraction
☐ Use a variety of strategies to subtract numbers up to 10,000
☐ Subtraction by Addition (Complements Method)
☐ Quick Subtraction
☐ Subtraction by Regrouping (Borrowing)
☐ Subtraction Worksheets
☐ Subtraction
Grade 4 | Multiplication
☐ Understand various meanings of multiplication
☐ Long Multiplication
☐ Multiplication - Times Tables
☐ Long Multiplication Worksheets
☐ Multiplication Worksheets
☐ Math Trainer - Multiplication
☐ Test your Multiplication - Times Tables From 2 to 15
☐ Reaction Math
☐ Use a variety of strategies to multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers (with and without regrouping)
☐ Multiplication Tips and Tricks
☐ Long Multiplication
☐ Multiplication - Times Tables
☐ Long Multiplication Worksheets
☐ Multiplication Worksheets
☐ Math Trainer - Multiplication
☐ Test your Multiplication - Times Tables From 2 to 15
☐ Use a variety of strategies to multiply two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers (with and without regrouping)
☐ Multiplication Tips and Tricks
☐ Long Multiplication
☐ Long Multiplication Worksheets
☐ Multiplication Worksheets
☐ Math Trainer - Multiplication
☐ Multiplication - Times Tables
☐ Test your Multiplication - Times Tables From 2 to 15
☐ Develop fluency in multiplying multiples of 10 and 100 up to 1,000
☐ Multiplication Tips and Tricks
☐ Ten Times Tables
☐ Understand, use, and explain the associative property of multiplication
☐ Commutative, Associative and Distributive Laws
☐ Definition of Associative Law
☐ Activity: Commutative, Associative and Distributive
☐ Develop fluency with multiplication facts up to 10x
☐ Multiplication - Times Tables
☐ Multiplication Tips and Tricks
☐ Definition of Times Tables
☐ Math Trainer - Multiplication
☐ Multiplication Worksheets
☐ Mixed Times Tables
☐ Printable Multiplication Table
☐ Printable Multiplication Table - Small Size
☐ Test your Maths
☐ Test your Multiplication - Times Tables From 2 to 15
Grade 4 | Division
☐ Use multiplication and division as inverse operations to solve problems
☐ Reciprocal
☐ Division
☐ Inverse
☐ Definition of Inverse Operation
☐ Use a variety of strategies to divide two-digit dividends by one-digit divisors (with and without remainders)
☐ Division Worksheets
☐ Division
☐ Division and Remainders
☐ Test your Maths
☐ Interpret the meaning of remainders
☐ Division and Remainders
☐ Division Worksheets
☐ Definition of Remainder
☐ Division
☐ Long Division With Remainders
☐ Long Division Worksheets
☐ Understand various meanings of division
☐ Division
☐ Division and Remainders
☐ Long Division Animation
Grade 4 | Numbers
☐ Develop an understanding of the properties of odd/even numbers as a result of multiplication
☐ Even and Odd Numbers
☐ Definition of Odd Number
☐ Definition of Even Number
☐ Select appropriate computational and operational methods to solve problems
☐ Definition of Problem
☐ Census Puzzle
☐ Read and write whole numbers to 10,000
☐ Activity: Count to a Billion
☐ Definition of Whole Number
☐ Place Value
☐ Counting
☐ Counting Names to 1000
☐ Round numbers less than 1,000 to the nearest ten, or to the nearest hundred
☐ Rounding Numbers
☐ Definition of Rounding
☐ Compare and order numbers to 10,000
☐ Ordering Game
☐ Rounding Numbers
☐ Definition of Ordering
☐ Ordering Numbers
☐ Understand the place value structure of the base ten number system: 10 ones = 1 ten 10 tens = 1 hundred 10 hundreds = 1 thousand 10 thousands = 1 ten thousand
☐ Place Value
☐ Definition of Place Value
☐ Recognize equivalent representations for numbers up to four digits and generate them by decomposing and composing numbers
☐ Definition of Equivalent
☐ Place Value
☐ Composing and Decomposing Numbers
☐ Round decimals to the nearest whole number.
☐ Rounding Numbers
Grade 4 | Decimals
☐ Develop an understanding of decimals as part of a whole
☐ Decimals, Fractions and Percentages
☐ Decimals
☐ Add and subtract decimals to tenths and hundredths using a hundreds chart
☐ Decimals
☐ Adding Decimals
☐ Decimal Worksheets
☐ Subtracting Decimals
☐ Understand how to extend the place value structure of the base ten number system to include decimals: tenths, hundredths, thousandths ...
☐ Place Value
☐ Decimals
Grade 4 | Fractions
☐ Add and subtract proper fractions with common denominators
☐ Proper Fractions
☐ Adding Fractions
☐ Subtracting Fractions
☐ Fraction Worksheets
☐ Definition of Denominator
☐ Common Denominator
☐ Fractions
☐ Express decimals as an equivalent form of fractions to tenths and hundredths
☐ Convert Decimals to Fractions
☐ Decimal to Fraction Converter
☐ Decimals, Fractions and Percentages
☐ Fraction/Decimal Chart
☐ Decimal Fraction Worksheets
☐ Decimals
☐ Develop an understanding of fractions as locations on number lines and as divisions of whole numbers
☐ Interactive Fractions
☐ Number Line
☐ Match the Fraction
☐ Fraction Number Line
☐ Match the Fraction - Fraction to Number Line
☐ Match the Fraction - Fraction to Pizza
☐ Match the Fraction - Words to Number Line
☐ Match the Fraction - Words to Pizza
☐ Recognize and generate equivalent fractions (halves, fourths, thirds, fifths, sixths, and tenths) using manipulatives, visual models, and illustrations
☐ Equivalent Fractions
☐ Interactive Fractions
☐ Match the Fraction
☐ Fraction/Decimal Chart
☐ Fraction Number Line
☐ Use concrete materials and visual models to compare and order unit fractions or fractions with the same denominator (with and without the use of a number line)
☐ Number Line
☐ Fraction Number Line
☐ Ordering Game
☐ Ordering Numbers
☐ Understand the difference between proper, improper and mixed fractions
☐ Proper Fractions
☐ Improper Fractions
☐ Mixed Fractions
Grade 4 | Measurement
☐ Select tools and units appropriate for the length measured (metric)
☐ Measuring Metrically with Maggie
☐ Metric Length
☐ Activity: Discover Lengths
☐ Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Use a ruler to measure to the nearest metric unit (whole centimeters or whole meters)
☐ Definition of Ruler
☐ Metric Length
☐ Activity: Discover Lengths
☐ Know and understand equivalent metric standard units of length: 10 millimeters = 1 centimeter, 100 centimeters = 1 meter, 1,000 meters = 1 kilometer
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Metric Length
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to the mass of the object being measured (grams, kilograms and tonnes)
☐ Metric Mass (Weight)
☐ Measuring Metrically with Maggie
☐ Definition of Gram
☐ Definition of Kilogram
☐ Activity: Discover Mass
☐ Measure mass using grams
☐ Metric Mass (Weight)
☐ Measuring Metrically with Maggie
☐ Definition of Gram
☐ Definition of Balance Scales
☐ Definition of Spring Balance
☐ Weighing Jelly Babies
☐ Office Weighings
☐ Activity: Discover Mass
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to the capacity being measured (milliliters and liters)
☐ Measuring Metrically with Maggie
☐ Metric Volume
☐ Definition of Litre | Liter
☐ Definition of Millilitre | Milliliter
☐ Definition of Capacity
☐ Activity: Discover Capacity (Volumes)
☐ Measure capacity using milliliters and liters
☐ Measuring Metrically with Maggie
☐ Metric Volume
☐ Definition of Litre | Liter
☐ Definition of Millilitre | Milliliter
☐ Definition of Capacity
☐ Measuring 2 Litres
☐ Measuring Just 1 Liter
☐ Activity: Discover Capacity (Volumes)
☐ Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to the temperature being measured (degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit). Know the freezing and boiling points of water on the two scales.
☐ Measuring Metrically with Maggie
☐ Interactive Thermometer
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to an area being measured (square centimeters, meters or kilometers)
☐ Metric Area
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to a volume being measured (cubic millimeters, cubic centimeters, cubic meters or cubic kilometers)
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Metric Volume
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to a speed (velocity) being measured (m/s, km/h)
☐ Metric Speed (Velocity)
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Know and understand equivalent metric units of mass: 1,000 g = 1 kg, 1,000 kg = 1 tonne
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Metric Mass (Weight)
☐ Select tools and units appropriate for the length measured (US standard units)
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ US Standard Lengths
☐ Activity: Discover Lengths
☐ Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Use a ruler to measure to the nearest standard US unit (whole inches, whole feet, whole yards)
☐ Activity: Discover Lengths
☐ Definition of Ruler
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ US Standard Lengths
☐ Know and understand equivalent US standard units of length: 12 inches = 1 foot, 3 feet = 1 yard, 1,760 yards = 1 mile
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ US Standard Lengths
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to the mass of the object being measured (ounces, pounds and tons)
☐ US Standard Mass (Weight)
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ Activity: Discover Mass
☐ Measure mass using ounces
☐ Definition of Spring Balance
☐ Definition of Balance Scales
☐ US Standard Mass (Weight)
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ Activity: Discover Mass
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to the capacity being measured (fluid ounces, cups, pints and gallons)
☐ US Standard Volume
☐ Definition of Capacity
☐ Measuring Cups
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ Activity: Discover Capacity (Volumes)
☐ Measure capacity using fluid ounces, cups, pints and gallons
☐ Definition of Capacity
☐ US Standard Volume
☐ Measuring Cups
☐ Introduction to US Standard Units
☐ Activity: Discover Capacity (Volumes)
☐ Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to an area being measured (square inches, feet or miles)
☐ US Standard Area
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to a volume being measured (cubic inches, cubic feet, cubic yards or cubic miles)
☐ US Standard Volume
☐ Unit Converter
☐ Select tools and units appropriate to a speed (velocity) being measured (fps, mph)
☐ Unit Converter
☐ US Standard Speed (Velocity)
☐ Know and understand equivalent US standard units of mass: 16 oz = 1 lb, 2,000 lb = 1 ton (short)
☐ US Standard Mass (Weight)
☐ Unit Converter
Grade 4 | Time
☐ Calculate elapsed time in days and weeks, using a calendar
☐ 12-Month Calendar
☐ How Many Days Between Two Dates?
☐ Months
☐ A Day ...
☐ Weeks
☐ Puzzling Prattle
☐ Calculate elapsed time in hours and half hours, not crossing A.M./P.M.
☐ Stopwatches
☐ Adding and Subtracting Time
☐ Definition of Hour
☐ Midnight
Grade 4 | Geometry (Plane)
☐ Identify and name polygons, recognizing that their names are related to the number of sides and angles (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, and octagon)
☐ Shapes Freeplay
☐ Polygons
☐ 2D Shapes - Polygons and More
☐ Definition of Triangle
☐ Right Angled Triangles
☐ Definition of Quadrilateral
☐ Definition of Pentagon
☐ Pentagon
☐ Definition of Hexagon
☐ Hexagon
☐ Definition of Octagon
☐ Octagon
☐ Identify points and line segments when drawing a plane figure
☐ Line in Geometry
☐ Definition of Line Segment
☐ Definition of Line
☐ Uncross the Lines
☐ Point
☐ Find perimeter of polygons by adding sides
☐ Definition of Perimeter
☐ Perimeter
☐ Polygons
☐ Find the area of a rectangle by counting the number of squares needed to cover the rectangle
☐ Definition of Visual Estimation
☐ Visual Estimation
☐ What is Area?
☐ Draw and identify intersecting, perpendicular, and parallel lines and planes.
☐ Using a Ruler and Drafting Triangle
☐ Parallel Lines, and Pairs of Angles
☐ Perpendicular and Parallel
☐ Definition of Parallel
☐ Definition of Parallel Lines
☐ Definition of Perpendicular
☐ Definition of Perpendicular Lines
☐ Definition of Transversal
☐ Transversals
☐ Definition of Intersection
☐ Parts of an angle (arm/ray and point/vertex) and different ways of labelling an angle
☐ Definition of Ray
☐ Line in Geometry
☐ Definition of Arm of an Angle
☐ Definition of Angle
☐ Classify angles as acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex.
☐ Acute Angles
☐ Angles - Acute, Obtuse, Straight and Right
☐ Straight Angles
☐ Obtuse Angle Examples
☐ Reflex Angles
☐ Right Angles
☐ Definition of Acute Angle
☐ Definition of Right Angle
☐ Definition of Obtuse Angle
☐ Definition of Straight Angle
☐ Definition of Reflex Angle
Grade 4 | Geometry (Solid)
☐ Define and identify vertices, faces, and edges of three-dimensional shapes
☐ Spinning Icosahedron
☐ Spinning Octahedron
☐ Pyramids
☐ Spinning Tetrahedron
☐ Platonic Solids
☐ Platonic Solids Construction Tips
☐ Spinning Cube (Hexahedron)
☐ Spinning Dodecahedron
☐ Spinning Square Pyramid
☐ Spinning Triangular Pyramid
☐ Spinning Pentagonal Pyramid
☐ Definition of Vertex
☐ Definition of Face
☐ Definition of Edge
☐ Vertices, Edges and Faces
☐ Identify and number the edges, vertices and faces of three-dimensional shapes: cube, cylinder, sphere, torus, prism, pyramid and cone
☐ Vertices, Edges and Faces
☐ Prisms with Examples
☐ Cuboids, Rectangular Prisms and Cubes
☐ Spinning Cylinder
☐ Spinning Cone
☐ Sphere
☐ Torus
☐ Pyramids
☐ Spinning Cube (Hexahedron)
Grade 4 | Pre-Algebra
☐ Evaluate and express relationships using open sentences with one operation
☐ Open Sentences
☐ Definition of Operation
☐ Definition of Open Sentence
☐ Use the equality or inequality symbols (with and without the use of a number line) to compare whole numbers and unit fractions and decimals (up to hundredths)
☐ Comparing Numbers
☐ Compare Decimal Numbers 0 to 1
☐ Compare Unit Fractions
☐ Equal, Less and Greater Than Symbols
☐ Fraction Number Line
☐ Compare Numbers to 100
☐ Ordering Decimals
☐ Ordering Game
☐ Compare Numbers to 10
☐ Find the value or values that will make an open sentence true, if it contains equality or inequality symbols
☐ Open Sentences
☐ Comparing Numbers
☐ Equal, Less and Greater Than Symbols
☐ Describe, extend, and make generalizations about numeric (+,-,x,/) and geometric patterns
☐ Make your own Number Patterns
☐ Multiplication - Times Tables
☐ Pattern Match - Numbers
☐ Multiplication Tips and Tricks
☐ Pattern Match - Colors
☐ Definition of Number Pattern
☐ Pattern Match - Shapes
☐ Analyze a pattern or a whole-number function and state the rule, given a table or an input/output box
☐ Make your own Number Patterns
☐ Multiplication - Times Tables
☐ Pattern Match - Numbers
Grade 4 | Data
☐ Design investigations to address a question from given data
☐ How to Do a Survey
☐ Survey Questions
☐ Activity: Asking Questions
☐ Activity: Improving Questions
☐ Activity: Day of the Week Born
☐ Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments,and record appropriately
☐ How to Do a Survey
☐ Survey Questions
☐ What is Data?
☐ Showing the Results of a Survey
☐ Activity: Day of the Week Born
☐ Represent data using tables, bar graphs, and pictographs
☐ Data Graphs (Bar, Line, Pie)
☐ Showing the Results of a Survey
☐ Bar Graphs
☐ Pictographs
☐ What is Data?
☐ Activity: Parking Spaces
☐ Activity: An Experiment with a Die
☐ Activity: An Experiment with Dice
☐ Read and interpret line graphs
☐ Data Graphs (Bar, Line, Pie)
☐ Showing the Results of a Survey
☐ Line Graphs
☐ Develop and make predictions that are based on data
☐ Showing the Results of a Survey
☐ Survey Questions
☐ What is Data?
☐ Activity: Parking Spaces
☐ Formulate conclusions and make predictions from graphs
☐ Showing the Results of a Survey
☐ Line Graphs
☐ Bar Graphs
☐ Pictographs
☐ Understand accuracy and precision
☐ Accuracy and Precision
☐ Definition of Accuracy
☐ Definition of Precision
Grade 4 | Estimation
☐ Check reasonableness of an answer by using estimation
☐ Estimation (Introduction)
☐ Estimation Tips and Tricks
☐ Definition of Estimation
☐ Definition of Estimate
☐ Visual Estimation
☐ Estimation Games
Grade 4 | Money
☐ Make change, using combined coins and dollar amounts
☐ Money Master
☐ Currencies of the World
☐ Activity: Counting Coins
☐ Read and write decimals to hundredths, using money as a context
☐ Money Master
☐ Currencies of the World
☐ Use concrete materials and visual models to compare and order decimals (less than 1) to the hundredths place in the context of money
☐ Ordering Decimals
☐ Ordering Game
☐ Multiply decimals to hundredths by a whole number, especially in the context of money.
☐ Currencies of the World
☐ Multiplying Decimals
☐ Calculate a total cost using combined coins and dollar amounts
☐ Currencies of the World
☐ Money Master