Grade 4 Math Instructional Focus
1st Nine Weeks

Concepts

TEKS

Technology Connections
Internet Sites

Print Resources

Literature Connections

Place Value & Number Sense

4.1A
4.5

 

Kamico Developmental Series: 
4.1A  Dare to Compare pp. 9 – 34 (game)
4.1A  Assessment pp. 35-36
4.5A  Estimation Sensation pp. 246-253
4.5A  Draco the Unroundable pp. 254 – 270
Assessment 271-272

TEA Study Guide:  pp. 101-103
TAKS Master:  pp. 17 – 19
Math in My World:  Chapter . Lesson  1.2, 1.4, 1.6

 

Addition & Subtraction

4.3A
4.10

 

Kamico Developmental Series:
4.3A Add-Vantage pp. 90-91
Subtraction Action pp. 92-97
The Great American Road Roace pp. 98-105
Assessment pp. 106-107

Gourmet:
Obj. 2 Mathematical Relations (number line) Lesson 3
Obj. 6 Addition/Addition Problem Solving Lessons 1-2
Obj. 10 Estimation Lesson 1

Math in My World: 2.3   2.5   2.6   2.4
 

Anno’s Counting House by Anno Mitsumasa
12 Ways
to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
If You Made A Million by David M. Schwartz
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
The Lunch Line by Karen B. Nagel
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Poems: “Smart” and “The Price of a Child”
by Shel Silverstein
Pigs Will Be Pigs by Amy Axelrod

Money, Addition, Subtraction

4.3

 

Gourmet:
Obj. 7 Subtraction/Subtraction with Problem Solving Lessons 1,2
Math in My Words:   2.7   2.9   2.8   2.10   2.11

 

Multiply by 1-Digit Multipliers

4.4A
4.4B
4.4C
4.4D

 

 

TAKS Masters
Arrays pp. 48-51
Problem Solving pp. 55-61
Patterns pp. 80-87

Kamico Developmental Series:
Seating Array-ngements pp. 132 – 145
Assessments pp. 146 – 150
Writing Solution Sentences pp. 151 – 157
Assessment pp. 159 – 160
Multiplication Seek-n-Find pp. 161 – 163
Assessment 164 – 165

TEA Study Guide:  pp. 115 - 117

Gourmet:
Obj. 8 Multiplication Lesson 2

Math in My World:   6.3   6.4   6.6   6.7   6.2

 

Second Nine Weeks

Concepts

TEKS

Technology Connections
Internet Sites

Print Resources

Literature Connections

Division Facts

4.4D
4.5B
4.4B

 

Step Up to TAKS:
Fact Families: Fact Families pp. 116-120

TAKS Master:
Problem Solving pp. 61-66

Gourmet:
Obj. 2 Mathematical Relations (Fact Families) Lesson 1
Obj. 9 Division Lesson 1, 2

Math in My World:  4.7   4.8   4.9   4.10   4.11   8.3
Remainders, see extended activity #40

A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pinczes
Divide and Ride by Stuart J. Murphy
The Door Bell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Professional Book:
Multiplication and Division Grade 2 – 3
Published by Creative Teaching Press
ISBN 1-57471-240-3 Cost $5.00

 

Divide by 1 & 2 Digit Numbers

4.4E

 

Math in My World:   8.4    8.5

 
 

Data & Graphs

4.13C
4.7

 

Step Up to TAKS:
Bar Graphs pp. 166 – 170

TAKS Master:
pp. 134-138

Gourmet:
Obj. 5 Probability/Statistics Lesson 2
Obj. 12 Mathematical Representations Lesson 2

Math in My World:    3.5    3.6    1.8    3.7

 

Professional Book:
Graphing Grades 2-3 by Creative Teaching Press
ISBN 1-57471-235-7   Cost $5.

 

Decimals

4.1B
4.2D
4.3B
4.10

 

Step Up To TAKS:
Decimals: pp. 19-32
Fraction and Decimal Assessment:  pp. 33-35
Fraction and Decimal Review:  pp. 206-208

TAKS Masters:
pp. 32-35
Addition and Subtraction of decimals:  pp. 42-47
Decimals and Fractions on a number line:  pp. 109-112

Gourmet:
Obj. 1 Number Concepts (Decimals) Lesson 5
Obj. 2 Mathematical Representations (Decimals on a Number Line) Lesson 3
Obj. 6 Addition with decimals Lesson 3
Obj. 7 Subtraction with Decimals Lesson 3

Math in My World:    12.2    12.2    12.3    12.6    12.7    12.8

 

 

Problem Solving

   

Ranges
STEP Up to TAKS pp. 101-103
Assessment (Number Concepts)  pp. 104-105
TAKS Master
  pp. 74-75

Estimation and Rounding (+ - X ¸)
TAKS Master pp 67-73
Mixed Review
pp 140-151

Assessments
STEP Up to TAKS  pp. 203-204
Mixed Practice pp. 175-198
Word Problem Review pp. 215-216

 

Third Nine Weeks

Concepts

TEKS

Technology Connections
Internet Sites

Print Resources

Literature Connections

Time

4.12 B

 

Step Up to TAKS:
Time Step 1 pp. 62 Step 2 pp. 64

Gourmet:
Obj. 4 Measurement (Time) Lesson 1, 2

Math in My World:    3.1    3.2    3.3

Addison Wesley:  Working Backwards

 

Geometry

4.8A, B, C
4.9A, B, D
4.10
 

Geometry Facts

4.8A Types of Angles

4.8C Matching 3D Shapes

4.8C Shape Properties

4.8C Illuminations: Geometric Solids

4.8C Find the 3D Shapes

4.9A Illuminations: Understanding Congruence, Similarity, and Symmetry Using Transformations and Interactive Figures

 

 

 

 

 

Step Up to TAKS:
Shapes:  pp. 41-43
Lines:     Step 6 p. 144
Angles:   pp. 49-52
Translations, Rotations, Reflections: pp. 54-55
Congruency: pp.45-48
Symmetry: Step 4A p. 139, Step 4B p. 140, Step 4C p. 141
Assessment pp. 56-57
Review pp. 209-210

TAKS Master:   pp. 89-108

Math in My World:   9.1    9.2    9.3    9.5    9.6    9.7    9.8

Gourmet:
Geometry
Obj. 3 TEKS 4.8A p. 1-4
Obj. 3 TEKS 4.8BH p. 1-2
Obj. 3 TEKS 4.8C p. 1-7
Obj. 3 TEKS 4.9B p. 1-5
Obj. 3 TEKS 4.9C p. 1-6
Obj. 3 Geometric Properties (Shapes, Congruency, Symmetry)
Lessons 1, 2, 3

 

The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns

A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman

Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert

The Quilt Maker’s Gift by Jeff Brunbeau

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

 

Fractions

4.2A, B, C, D
 

Visual Fractions

Fraction Index

4.2A Rename Fractions

4.2A Rename in Lowest Terms

4.2B Identify Mixed Fractions

4.2B Mixed Fractions with Circles

4.2C Fraction Sorter

4.2D Match Decimals and Fractions

4.2D More Matching Decimals and Fractions

4.2D Interactivate: Converter

4.2D Quia - Fraction Decimal Conversion

4.2D Convert fraction to a decimal

 

 

Step Up to TAKS:
Fractions: pp. 7-18

TAKS Master:   pp. 20-31

Gourmet:
Obj. Number Concepts (Fractions) Lesson 7

Math in My World:    10.1    10.2    10.4    10.6    10.7
 

 

Measurement

4.11A, B, C, D, E
4.12A

 

Step Up to TAKS:
Capacity: Step 4 p. 66
Temperature: Step 9 p. 71
Perimeter: pp. 72-77
Area: pp. 79-81
Measurement Assessment pp. 82-83
Measurement Review pp. 211-212

Gourmet:
Obj. 4 Measurement Lessons 3, 4, 5

TAKS Master: 
Weight and Mass pp. 114-116
Capacity  pp. 117-120
Measurement Mixed Review  pp. 121-124

Math in My World:  7.1    7.2    7.3    7.4    7.5    7.7

 

 

Data and Graphs

4.13 B

     

Computation

4.4 A, B, C, D, E

     

Probability

4.13 A