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United States · Common Core State Standards

4th Grade Mathematics

This curriculum transitions students from basic arithmetic to complex multi digit operations and abstract algebraic thinking. It emphasizes the foundational structure of the base ten system and the application of mathematical modeling to real world scenarios.

5 units·36 topics·Ages 9-10

01Place Value and Multi-Digit Operations

7 topics·Weeks 1-9

Students explore the relationship between digits in different positions and master the standard algorithms for addition and subtraction.

Understanding Place Value: Ten Times Greater

Students will analyze the relationship between adjacent place values, recognizing that a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right.

Stations RotationThink-Pair-Share
Reading and Writing Large Numbers

Students will read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

JigsawCollaborative Problem-Solving
Comparing Multi-Digit Numbers

Students will compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols.

Decision MatrixThink-Pair-Share
Rounding to Any Place Value

Students will use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.

Problem-Based LearningStations Rotation
Adding Multi-Digit Whole Numbers

Students will fluently add multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

Collaborative Problem-SolvingPeer Teaching
Subtracting Multi-Digit Whole Numbers

Students will fluently subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

Stations RotationThink-Pair-Share
Solving Multi-Step Word Problems (Addition/Subtraction)

Students will solve multi-step word problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers, assessing the reasonableness of answers.

Problem-Based LearningCollaborative Problem-Solving

02Multiplicative Thinking and Algebraic Patterns

6 topics·Weeks 1-9

Students move beyond repeated addition to understand multiplication as a comparison and identify numerical patterns.

Multiplication as Comparison

Students will interpret multiplication equations as comparisons (e.g., 35 is 5 times as many as 7) and represent these comparisons.

Gallery WalkThink-Pair-Share
Solving Multiplicative Comparison Problems

Students will solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number.

Problem-Based LearningCollaborative Problem-Solving
Multi-Digit Multiplication Strategies

Students will multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

Stations RotationJigsaw
Division with Remainders

Students will find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division.

Collaborative Problem-SolvingThink-Pair-Share
Factors, Multiples, and Primes

Students will find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-100 and determine whether a given whole number is prime or composite.

Stations RotationEscape Room
Generating and Analyzing Patterns

Students will generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule and identify apparent features of the pattern not explicit in the rule itself.

Concept MappingCarousel Brainstorm

03Fractions: Equivalence and Operations

10 topics·Weeks 10-18

Developing a deep understanding of fraction equivalence and beginning operations with fractions and mixed numbers.

Visualizing Fraction Equivalence

Students will explain why fractions are equivalent by using visual fraction models, paying attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the fractions themselves are the same size.

Gallery WalkStations Rotation
Comparing Fractions with Different Denominators

Students will compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction.

Decision MatrixThink-Pair-Share
Decomposing Fractions

Students will understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole, and decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator.

Collaborative Problem-SolvingConcept Mapping
Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Students will add and subtract fractions with like denominators, including mixed numbers, by replacing mixed numbers with equivalent fractions, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Stations RotationPeer Teaching
Solving Fraction Word Problems

Students will solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators.

Problem-Based LearningRAFT Writing
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers

Students will apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a whole number.

Collaborative Problem-SolvingStations Rotation
Solving Fraction Multiplication Word Problems

Students will solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number.

Problem-Based LearningThink-Pair-Share
Fractions with Denominators 10 and 100

Students will express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100.

Stations RotationJigsaw
Decimal Connections: Tenths and Hundredths

Students will use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100.

Think-Pair-ShareConcept Mapping
Comparing Decimals

Students will compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size and justify conclusions by using visual models or other strategies.

Decision MatrixGallery Walk

04Geometry, Angles, and Symmetry

7 topics·Weeks 19-27

Classifying geometric shapes based on properties of lines and angles.

Points, Lines, Rays, and Segments

Students will draw and identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines.

Gallery WalkStations Rotation
Understanding Angles and Their Measurement

Students will recognize angles as geometric shapes that are formed wherever two rays share a common endpoint, and understand concepts of angle measurement.

Think-Pair-ShareConcept Mapping
Measuring and Drawing Angles

Students will measure angles in whole-number degrees using a protractor and sketch angles of specified measure.

Stations RotationPeer Teaching
Adding and Subtracting Angles

Students will recognize angle measure as additive and solve addition and subtraction problems to find unknown angles on a diagram.

Collaborative Problem-SolvingProblem-Based Learning
Classifying Two-Dimensional Shapes

Students will classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.

Decision MatrixThink-Pair-Share
Lines of Symmetry

Students will recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts.

Stations RotationGallery Walk
Drawing Symmetrical Figures

Students will identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.

Project-Based LearningCollaborative Problem-Solving

05Measurement and Data Modeling

6 topics·Weeks 28-36

Solving problems involving measurement and conversion from a larger unit to a smaller unit.

Relative Sizes of Measurement Units

Students will know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units (e.g., km, m, cm; hr, min, sec).

Stations RotationThink-Pair-Share
Converting Measurement Units

Students will express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit and record measurement equivalents in a two-column table.

JigsawCollaborative Problem-Solving
Solving Measurement Word Problems

Students will solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals.

Problem-Based LearningRAFT Writing
Area and Perimeter Formulas

Students will apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world and mathematical problems.

Collaborative Problem-SolvingProject-Based Learning
Line Plots with Fractional Data

Students will make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8).

Gallery WalkStations Rotation
Interpreting Line Plots

Students will solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using information presented in line plots.

Think-Pair-ShareProblem-Based Learning