EII/Math Curriculum for Grade Four
Addition, Subtraction Facts, Multiplication, and Division Facts
Addition and Subtraction Problems
Multiplication/mastery of one digit multipliers at least
Division Problems/mastery of one digit divisor at least
Problem Solving (TOPS or other)
Quizzes on basic computation reflecting expectations of SAT 10 testing
Rounding/Estimation
Multiples
Lowest Common Multiple (L.C.M.)
Greatest Common Divisor (G.C.F.)
Divisibility
F.O.S.S. Measurement kit
Customary (English) measurement
Fractions: types (proper, improper, apparent, mixed numbers)
Comparing fractions
Equivalent fractions
Adding and subtracting like denominators/introduce borrowing
Reducing (using G.C.F.)
Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers
Multiplying fractions or/adding, subtracting unlike denominators
Decimals
Decimal Candelabra
Introduction of decimals beads and number cards
Place value using the yellow board/”graph paper application”
Money as “hundredths”
Activities for reading decimals numbers
Addition and subtraction of decimals
Pre-algebra
Basic solving for unknowns (use boxes and/or letter variables such as “n,” “x.”)
Powers of Number
“The Very Strange Continent” and/or “Powers Strips”
Mean, Median, Mode, Range
Concept of Percents
Overview of basic relationships between percents, decimals, and fractions (chart)
Squaring
Cross multiplication
Squaring binomials and trinomials
Congruence, Similarity, Equivalence with “Insets of Equivalence”
Perimeter
Classification of plane and solid figures
Chance and Data Handling
Data collection/Surveys: graphing applications
Probability/Outcome of random experiments
Permutations (depict possible arrangements of 2 to 3 objects