Grade 4 Resources

Units 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Glossary | Mult. Table

Open Response Questions (All Units)

Unit 1 - Data About Us

Content Covered: Data collection, graphing and explore. Variables and averages

Vocabulary

Variable, Value, Categorical, Numerical, Value, draw a picture, Collected and organized, Graph

Web Resources

Histogram (NLVM): http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_174_g_2_t_5.html?open=instructions

Lab: Arm Span vs. Height

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Unit 2 - Geometric Investigations: A Baseline Assessment Unit

Content Covered: Area and perimeter. Angles: acute, right and obtuse. Angles in pattern blocks.

Vocabulary

Perimeter, Area, Angle, Vertex, Degrees

Web Resources

Area & Perimeter Activity (Shodor) http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/perimeter/index.html

Angles http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

Pattern blocks (Arcytech) http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml

Pattern Blocks (NLVM) http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_170_g_2_t_2.html?open=activities

SmartBoard Resources

Pattern Blocks Activity - pattern_blocks.xbc

Antopolis Playground Activity (Use virtual square inch tiles - Word document w/ smartboard) (See Math Coach or ITS for more information on this activity)

Lab: Perimeter vs. Length

Use Smartboard template with Lab: sq_inch_tiles_grid.xbk

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Unit 3 - Numbers and Number Operations

Content Covered: Multiplication as repeated addition. Roman numerals. Base ten pieces: pack, flat, skinny and bit. Addition and subtraction. Negative numbers

Vocabulary

Repeated addition, Multiplication, Multiplication sentence, Repeated addition, Roman numeral, Subtractive principle, Skinny, Flat, Bit, Pack, Positive number, Negative numbers

Web Resources

Base Ten Blocks (NLVM) http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_2_t_1.html

SmartBoard Resources

Lesson 6 - What’s Below Zero? Identify temperatires below zero using the thermometer. thermometer.xbk

* Student Practice Resources *

Grade 4 Skills Page: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_original.htm

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Unit 4 - Products and Factors

Content Covered: Multiples and rectangles, Factors and multiples, Prime, composite and square numbers

Vocabulary

Multiple, Even number, Odd numbers, Prime numbers, Square numbers, Exponent, Factors, Prime factors, Factor tree

Web Resources

Factor Tree (NLVM) http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_202_g_2_t_1.html

Factor Game (Illuminations) http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=12

SmartBoard Resources

Arrays - arrays.xbk

Lesson 1 - Square Inch Tiles: sq_inch_tiles_grid.xbk

Lesson 3 – Spinners: spinner.xbk

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Unit 5 - Using Data to Predict

Content Covered: Averages: mean, median and mode, Manipulated and responding variables, Fixed variable

Vocabulary

Best-fit line, Median, Average, Mean, Interpolation, Extrapolation, Manipulated variable, Responding variable, Fixed variables

Web Resources

Re-Create the graphs on p. 120, 122 &123 – Best Fit Line (Illuminations) http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=146

Lab: Bouncing Ball

Graph Master or Microsoft Excel can be used in conjunction with this lab. See Math Coach or ITS.

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Unit 6 - Place Value Patterns

Content Covered: Place value to the millions period, Powers of two, Base-ten pieces, Estimation - close enough, 10% of a number

Vocabulary

Period, Ones’ period, Thousands’ period, Millions period, Million thousand

SmartBoard Resources

Base ten pieces - base_10_chart.xbk

Lesson 6 – Using Estimation: number_lines.xbk

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Unit 7 - Patterns in Multiplication

Content Covered: Operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, Order of operations, Divisibility rules, Multiplying by 10, Multiplication, Estimation and convenient numbers, Rounding

Vocabulary

Order of Operations, Multiples, Factors, Divisible, All -Partials Methods, Estimates, Convenient Number

Web Resources

SmartBoard Resources

Lesson 2 - Divisibility - Use the venn diagram to place numbers by the divisibility of 2, 3 or 6 divisibility1.xbk

* Student Practice Resources *

Order of Operations (Funbrain) http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/alg.cgi

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Unit 8 - Measuring Up: An Assessment Unit

Content Covered: Volume vs. Number Assessment Lab, Mid-year test.

Vocabulary

Cubic CM, Measuring Volume by Displacement, Milliliters, Meniscus, Parallel Lines, Intersect, Perpendicular Line Segments, Line, Parallelogram, Rays, Vertex, Polygon, Turn Symmetry, Center of Turning, Faces Edges Vertices, Net

Web Resources

Cubes (Illuminations): http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=6

Fill and Pour (NLVM): http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_273_g_2_t_4.html

SmartBoard Resources

Graduated cylinder - grad_cylinder.xbk

Lab: Volume vs. Number

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Unit 9 - Shapes and Solids

Content Covered: Parallel, intersecting and perpendicular lines, Rays, Parallelograms and equilateral triangles, Symmetry and prisms, Finding the volume of a prism

Vocabulary

Line, Line segments, Perpendicular, Parallel, Intersect, Equilateral triangle, Parallelogram, Quadrilateral, Center of turning, Line symmetry, Prisms, Faces, Edge, Vertices