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Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
ConnectionsPrior Knowledges
1.1 How can students demonstrate
the use arrays to model
multiplication problems and find
multiples of a number?+B19
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
4: Model with
mathematics.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
Teacher Observation
(TO)- Do students
generate examples of
arrays of familiar
objects and find the
products represented
by these arrays?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
*multiplication
*array
*dimension
Resource Masters
(M)
Things That Come in
Arrays (M1), One-
Centimeter Grid
paper (M2)
Family Letter
(M4,6,and 8) 1.2 How can students use arrays to
model multiplication problems
and find factors of a 2 digit
number using arrays?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
4: Model with
mathematics.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Do students use
what they know about
multiplication to find all
the arrays for a given
number and label the
dimensions of each
array?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
*factor One-Centimeter Grid
paper (M2)
1.3 How can students use arrays to
model multiplication problems
and identify features of a prime,
composite, and square numbers?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
4: Model with
mathematics.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Teacher's discretion 10 minute Math:
Today's Number
*prime number
*composite
number
*square number
One-Centimeter Grid
paper (M2)
1.4 How can students use know
multiplication combinations to
solve more difficult
combinations?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students use
Array Cards to find the
products of pairs of
numbers from 1 x 2 to
12 x 12?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
*multiplication
combination
Array Cards in TK (M9-
M29)
Factor Pairs (M30)
Unit 1: Factors, Multiples, and Arrays
4th Grade Math
*Addition
*Multiplication
combinations with
products to 50
*Skip counting
*Recognize arrays
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 1 1
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
ConnectionsPrior Knowledges
Unit 1: Factors, Multiples, and Arrays
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays1.5 How can students manipulate
large arrays into smaller arrays?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students
determine the product
represented by
incomplete or partially
covered arrays?
Assessment:
Representing 8 x 6
(M31)
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Math Workshop:
Using Arrays to
Multiply
1A: Array Picture
Problems
1B: Factor Pairs
1C: Assessment:
Representing 8 X 6
M2 (as needed)
Assessment Checklist
(M32)
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 11-
12
1.6A Can students solve word
problems that involve
multiplicative comparisons?
4.OA.1
4.OA.2
4.OA.3
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
TO- Can students solve
multiplicative
comparison problems
using either
multiplication or
division equations?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Multiplicative
Comparison
Problems M (C2)
More Multiplicative
Comparison
Problems M (C3)
2.1 Can students use known
multiplication combinations to
identify multiplications not yet
known fluently?
4.OA.4 7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO-Can students use
knowledge of
multiplication
combinations they
know to find ones they
do no know?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
*product Quick Images: Seeing
Numbers (M33)
2.2 Can students use known
multiplication combinations to
determine the products of more
difficult combinations?
4.OA.4 7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students to use
multiplication
combinations they
know to help them
solve and commit to
memory the ones they
do not know fluently?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Multiplication cards
(M35-40 and TK)
As needed: Blank
Multiplication cards
(M41), Practicing
with Multiplication
Cards explanation
(M42)2.3 Can students identify whether
one number is a factor or a
multiple of another?
4.OA.4 2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students
identify whether a
number is multiple of a
given factor?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
*multiple
*factor
Multiple Cards (M46-
49 and TK)
Multiple Turn Over
(M45)
Multiple Turn Over
Recording Sheet
*Addition
*Multiplication
combinations with
products to 50
*Skip counting
*Recognize arrays
*Addition
*Multiplication
combinations with
products to 50
*Skip counting
Investigation 2: Multiplication Combinations
Unit 1 2
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
ConnectionsPrior Knowledges
Unit 1: Factors, Multiples, and Arrays
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.4 Can students use known
multiplication combinations to
determine the products of more
difficult combinations?
4.OA.4 2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO-At teacher's
discretion
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Math Workshop:
Multiplication
Combinations
2A: Multiplication
Cards
2B: Factor Pairs
2C: multiple Turn Over
Multiplication cards
(M35-40 and TK)
Array Cards (M9-M29
and TK)
Multiple Cards (M46-
49 and TK)
Multiple Turn Over
(M45)
Multiple Turn Over
Recording Sheet
2.5 Can students solve multiplication
combinations using one or more
strategies?
4.OA.4 2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students
demonstrating fluency
with multiplication
combinations?
Assessment:
Multiplication
Combinations (M51)
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Math Workshop:
Multiplication
Combinations
2A: Multiplication
Cards
2B: Factor Pairs
2C: multiple Turn Over
Multiplication
Combinations (M51)
As optional: M52
3.1 Can students identify the factors
of 100?
How can students use skip
counting to help them identify
multiples of a number.
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students able
to use knowledge of
multiplication
combinations and
reasoning to generate
factors of
100/200/300?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
One-Centimeter Grid
paper (M2)
Four 100 Charts
(M53)
300 Chart (M54)
*Addition
*Multiplication
combinations with
products to 50
*Skip counting
Investigation 3: Finding Factors
Unit 1 3
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
ConnectionsPrior Knowledges
Unit 1: Factors, Multiples, and Arrays
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays3.2 How were students able to use
their knowledge of the factors of
100 to find factors of multiples of
100.
Can students use known
multiplication combinations to
find related multiplication
combinations for a given
product?
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students able
to use knowledge of
multiplication
combinations and
reasoning to generate
factors of
100/200/300?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
One-Centimeter Grid
paper (M2)
Four 100 Charts
(M53)
300 Chart (M54)
3.3 How can students determine the
factors of a number?
4.OA.1
4.OA.2
4.OA.4
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students
identify, represent, and
explain why the factors
of 16 are the same as
48?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
One-Centimeter Grid
paper (M2)
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 40-
41
3.4 How can students determine the
factors of a number?
How will students use
representations to show that a
factor of a number is also a factor
of its multiples?
4.OA.4 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
End Of Unit
Assessment: M55-M56
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
*Addition
*Multiplication
combinations with
products to 50
*Skip counting
Unit 1 4
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
1.1 Can students record and organize
data in a box and describe the
shape of the data distribution?
4.NBT.4 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
6: Attend to precision.
Teacher Observation
(TO)- Can students
organize the data?
Can students describe
the shape of the data?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
data
bar graph
line plot
Resource Masters
(M)
1.2 Can students measure heights
and use the data to describe the
heights?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision
TO- Can students
measure carefully,
trying to be as accurate
as possible?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
outlier
range
1.3 Can students collect heights and
create a representation
comparing 2 data sets?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision
TO- Do students
organize and represent
the data clearly?
Do students create
graphs that make the
data sets easy to
compare?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
data
representation
Height Data from a
First-Grade Class
(M5)
Centimeter Grid
Paper (M6)
1.4 Can students collect heights and
create a representation
comparing 2 data sets?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision
To-Do students create
graphs that show the
data clearly and make it
easy to compare the
two sets of data? Do
students draw some
conclusions about how
much taller a fourth
grader is than a first
grader?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 7
1.5 Are students able to find and
compare the medians of the
heights?
4.MD.2 3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision
TO- Can students
choose a method that
makes sense for finding
the median?
Assessment:
Comparing Numbers of
Cavities (M7-8)
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
median Cavity Data from a
Fourth-Grade Class
(M9)
4th Grade Math
Unit 2: Describing the Shape of the Data
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Label a graph.
How to measure
in inches.
How to use the
measuring tool
to measure
something
longer than the
measuring tool.
How to set/label
two graphs on
one sheet of
paper to
compare the
data.
What is typical
and atypical in a
data set.
Unit 2 5
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Unit 2: Describing the Shape of the Data
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.1 Are students able to create a
survey question to compare 2
groups?
4.NBT.4 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Is the survey
question clear? Will it
give students the
information they are
interested in? How will
they record and keep
track of whom they
asked?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
survey
numerical data
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 10-
12
2.2 Are students able to collect data
for their survey question with 2
groups?
4.NBT.4 3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
TO- Are students able to
come up with and use
an organized system for
recording and keeping
track of responses? Do
students work together
to collect the data?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Assessment
Worksheet (M10)
2.3 Can students discuss how to
create representations to easily
compare 2 sets of data?
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
TO- Do students create
a representation or
representations that
allow for an easy
comparison of the data
sets?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
line plot
bar graph
2.4 Are students able to use their
representations to develop
conclusions about their data?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
TO- Can students draw
conclusions from their
data?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
conclusion Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 11-
12
2.5 Can students describe and
construct theories about 3 sets of
data?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students find
the median for Mystery
Data B? Are students
supporting their
theories with plausible
reasons, using what
they already know
about the height of
living objects and the
characteristics of the
data set?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Looking at Mystery
Data C (M15)
Mystery Data C Table
and Line Plot (M16)
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 20
Investigation 2: Using Data to Compare
Label a graph.
How to measure
in inches.
How to use the
measuring tool
to measure
something
longer than the
measuring tool.
How to set/label
two graphs on
one sheet of
paper to
compare the
data.
What is typical
and atypical in a
data set.
Unit 2 6
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Unit 2: Describing the Shape of the Data
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.6 Can students examine different
possibilities for what data sets
with the same median and
highest and lowest values could
look like?
4.NBT.4 3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
7: Look for and make
use of structure.
TO-Can students make
an accurate line plot?
Do students compare
different aspects of the
shape of the data? (ex.
Highest and lowest
values, outliers, median,
how is the data
concentrated, etc.)
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
value
2.7 Can students use the data as
evidence to answer questions
that require them to make
decisions based on the data?
4.NBT.4 3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
TO-Are students able to
gather information from
the line lots in order to
draw conclusions about
the data?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
3.5 Can students create and use
data to answer questions?
4.NBT.4 3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the
reasoning of others.
6: Attend to
precision.
End Of Unit
Assessment: M18-
M21
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Label a graph.
How to measure
in inches.
How to use the
measuring tool
to measure
something
longer than the
measuring tool.
How to set/label
two graphs on
one sheet of
paper to
compare the
data.
What is typical
and atypical in a
data set.
Investigation 3: Finding and Comparing Probabilities
Unit 2 7
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
1.1 Can students represent a
multiplication problem with
pictures, diagrams, or models?
4.OA.3
4.NBT.5
4: Model with
mathematics.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
Teacher Observation
(TO)- How are students
solving 14 X 12? Are
they breaking apart one
of the factors and
multiplying both parts
by the other factor?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
multiplication Resource Masters
(M)
Multiplication cards
(M9-M14)
1.2 Can students use arrays to model
multiplication?
Are students using/developing
strategies for multiplying that
involve breaking apart numbers?
4: Model with
mathematics.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Do students notice
that in order to make a
rectangle by combining
two arrays, one of the
dimensions must be the
same on both? Are
students considering
either factor as a
starting place for
combining arrays?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Array cards (Tool kit)
Printable array cards
(M17-M37)
1.3 Can students use arrays to model
multiplication?
Are students using/developing
strategies for multiplying that
involve breaking apart numbers?
4.NBT.5 2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- When part of an
array is covered, can
students visualize what
other arrays will
complete a match? Can
students record their
matches correctly with
an equation?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Math Workshop: Using
Arrays to Model
Multiplication
1A: Small Array/Big
Array
1B: Breaking Up arrays
1C: Solving
Multiplication
equation Small Array/Big
Array game
directions (M38-
M39)
Small Array/Big
Array Recording
Sheet (M40)
Array cards (Tool kit)
Printable array cards
(M17-M37)1.4 Can students use arrays to model
multiplication?
Are students using/developing
strategies for multiplying that
involve breaking apart numbers?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Can students
identify the larger array
that is created when the
two smaller ones are
combined? Can
students break a larger
array into two smaller
arrays, maintain on one
of the dimensions?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Math Workshop: Using
Arrays to Model
Multiplication
1A: Small Array/Big
Array
1B: Breaking Up arrays
1C: Solving
Multiplication
Problems
equation Small Array/Big
Array game
directions (M38-
M39)
Small Array/Big
Array Recording
Sheet (M40)
Array cards (Tool kit)
Printable array cards
(M17-M37)
Unit 3: Multiple Towers and Division Stories
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
addition
subtraction
basic X facts 0-
12
dividend
quotient
divisor
Unit 3 8
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
Unit 3: Multiple Towers and Division Stories
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays1.5 Can students use arrays to model
multiplication?
Are students using/developing
strategies for multiplying that
involve breaking apart numbers?
4.OA.4
4.NBT.5
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
Assessment:
Solving 18 X 7 (M43)
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Math Workshop: Using
Arrays to Model
Multiplication
1A: Small Array/Big
Array
1B: Breaking Up arrays
1C: Solving
Multiplication
Problems
equation Small Array/Big
Array game
directions (M38-
M39)
Small Array/Big
Array Recording
Sheet (M40)
Array cards (Tool kit)
Printable array cards
(M17-M37)
2.1 How will students solve division
story problems?
4.OA.4
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- What known
multiplication or division
relationships do
students use to solve
these division
problems? Are
students able to solve
division story problems
by acting out the
situation, showing either
the grouping or the
number being divided?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
division
2.2 How are dividends, divisors,
quotients, and remainders
related? How can a remainder
affect the answer in a division
word problem?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
TO- Are students able to
solve 44 ÷ 8 by using
number relationships
that they know, such as
8 X 5 and 8 X 6? Are
students able to
determine what to do
with remainders in the
context of the problem
situation?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
remainder
Investigation 2: Division addition
subtraction
basic X facts 0-
12
dividend
quotient
divisor
Unit 3 9
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StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
Unit 3: Multiple Towers and Division Stories
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.3 How can a remainder affect the
answer in a division word
problem? Can
students represent a division
problem with pictures, diagrams,
or models?
4.OA.3
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
TO- Are students using
known multiplication
relationship in solving
division problems? Do
students recognize that
the answer to the
question posed in the
problem may be
different from the
answer as expressed in a
division equation do to
the remainder?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Division Stories
2A: Small Array/Big
Array
2B: More Division
Stories
Array cards (Tool kit)
Printable array cards
(M17-M37)
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 28
2.4 Can students use known
multiplication combinations to
solve division problems? How
can a remainder affect the
answer in a division word
problem?
4.OA.3
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
7. Look for and make
use of structure
TO- How do students
find the missing factor?
(By using known
multiplications, skip
counting, repeated
addition) Are students
able to write
multiplication equations
that represent the
problem accurately?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Math Workshop:
Strategies for Division
2A: Missing Factors
2B:Small Array/Big
Array
2C: More Division
Stories
factor Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 31
2.5 Can students use known
multiplication combinations to
solve division word problems?
4.NBT.6 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students
recognizing and using
the relationship
between the numbers in
each pair of problems?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Math Workshop:
Strategies for Division
2A: Missing Factors
2B: Related
Multiplication and
Division Problems
Array cards (Tool kit)
Printable array cards
(M17-M37)
addition
subtraction
basic X facts 0-
12
dividend
quotient
divisor
Unit 3 10
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
Unit 3: Multiple Towers and Division Stories
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.6 Are students able to create a
story problem to represent a
division expression? Can students
use known multiplication
combinations to solve division
problems?
4.NBT.6 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
Assessment:
Writing and Solving a
Division Problem, M46
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
3.1 Can students understand the
effect of multiplying by a multiple
of 10? Can students find
multiples of 2-digit numbers?
4.NBT.6 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students able to
generate sequences of
the multiples of 2-digit
numbers? Do students
easily calculate the 10th
multiple in the sequence
and use it to find other
multiples?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
multiple
factor
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 39
3.2 Can students understand the
effect of multiplying by a multiple
of 10? Are
students able to represent a
multiplication problem with
pictures, diagrams, or models?
4.OA.1
4.OA.2
4.OA.4
4.NBT.5
4: Model with
mathematics.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students use
one of the available
tools to create a visual
representation of the
factors?
Are students able to use
their representation to
explain the
mathematical
relationship between
the two problems?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Multiplying Groups of
10
2A: Multiplying by
Multiples of 10: What
Happens?
2B: Multiple Towers
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 46
Investigation 3: Multiplying 10s addition
subtraction
basic X facts 0-
12
dividend
quotient
divisor
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Unit 3: Multiple Towers and Division Stories
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays3.3 Can students understand the
effect of multiplying by a multiple
of 10?
4.OA.1
4.OA.2
4.OA.4
4.NBT.5
4: Model with
mathematics.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Do students solve
the second problem in
each pair by relating it
to the first?
Can students create a
story problem that
represents one of the
pairs of the problems?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Multiplying Groups of
10
2A: Multiples of 10:
Related Problems
2B: Story Problems
About 10s
2C: Multiplying by
Multilples of 10: What
Happens?
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 47
3.4 Can students understand the
effect of multiplying by a multiple
of 10? Are
students able to use diverse
strategies to answer
multiplication combinations to 12
X 12?
4.OA.4
4.NBT.5
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
Assessment:
Multiplication
Combinations (M50)
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Multiplying Groups of
10
2A: Multiples of 10:
Related Problems
2B: Story Problems
About 10s
4.1 Can students determine the
effect on the product when a
factor is doubled or halved?
Are students able to represent a
multiplication or division problem
with pictures, diagrams, or
models?
4.OA.1
4.OA.2
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Are students
recognizing that in each
problem, one or two
factors have been
doubled?
Can students make
representations that
show the doubling or
double/half
relationship?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
doubled
halved
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 53-
54
Investigation 4: Strategies for Multiplication
addition
subtraction
basic X facts 0-
12
dividend
quotient
divisor
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Unit 3: Multiple Towers and Division Stories
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays4.2 Are students developing
strategies for multiplying that
involve breaking apart numbers?
Can students use arrays to model
multiplication?
4.NBT.5 7. Look for and make
use of structure.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Are students able to
break the numbers of
the final problem into
more manageable
parts?
Are students recognizing
the relationship
between the problems
in the set and the final
problem to be solved?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
4.3 Are students developing
strategies for multiplying that
involve breaking apart numbers?
Can students determine the
effect on the product when a
factor is doubled or halved?
4.OA.1
4.OA.2
4.NBT.5
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
6: Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- How are students
breaking apart these 2-
digit numbers to make
the problems easier to
solve.
Do students accurately
recombine all parts of
the problem to get the
final product?
Are students using
doubling and halving to
create an equivalent
problem?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Math Workshop:
Strategies for
Multiplication
2A: Multiplication
Cluster Problems
2B: More Multiplication
Problems
2C: Array Card Games
4.4 Are students developing
strategies for multiplying that
involve breaking apart numbers?
Can students determine the
effect on the product when a
factor is doubled or halved?
4.NBT.5 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
6: Attend to precision.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- How are students
breaking apart these 2-
digit numbers to make
the problems easier to
solve.
Do students accurately
recombine all parts of
the problem to get the
final product?
Are students using
doubling and halving to
create an equivalent
problem?
10 minute Math:
Seeing Numbers
Math Workshop:
Strategies for
Multiplication
2A: Multiplication
Cluster Problems
2B: More Multiplication
Problems
2C: Array Card Games
addition
subtraction
basic X facts 0-
12
dividend
quotient
divisor
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Unit 3: Multiple Towers and Division Stories
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays4.5 Are students able to solve division
problems by making groups of the
divisor?
Are students using known
multiplication combinations to
solve division problems?
Did students developed strategies
for multiplying that involve
breaking apart numbers?
4.NBT.5 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
6: Attend to precision.
End Of Unit
Assessment: M51-M52
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
addition
subtraction
basic X facts 0-
12
dividend
quotient
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1.1 Can students use units of
measurement to lengths in cm,
in, ft, yd, m?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.1
4.MD.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
Teacher Observation
(TO)- Are students able
to measure lengths
appropriately? Are
students able to
estimate lengths using
benchmarks?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Area
Volume
Perimeter
Linear -
Measurement
Inch
Foot
Yard
Centimeter
Meter
Benchmark
Resource Masters
(M)
1.2 Are students able to determine
when to estimate or us exact
measurements when needed?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.1
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can students find
relationships among
measurement tools?
Can students use and
read measurement tools
accurately?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Millimeter
Standard System
Metric System
Kilometer
Estimate
1.3 Can students find the perimeter
using standard units?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.1
4.MD.2
4.MD.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can student identify
and measure the
perimeter of objects?
Can students position
measurement tool
correctly?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Math Workshop:
Measuring Length
1A: Perimeter
Problems
1B: LogoPaths Activity:
Missing Measures
(optional)
1C: Assessment: How
Long Is Our Classroom?
Perimeter Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 8
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
*Linear
Measurement
*Perimeter
*2-D shapes
*Attributes of
Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
*Right Angles
*Area of
rectangles and
other shapes
through
decomposition
Unit 4: Size, Shape, and Symmetry
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4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 4: Size, Shape, and Symmetry
1.4 Can students find the perimeter
using standard units and identify
possible causes of measurement
errors?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision.
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Math Workshop:
Measuring Length
1A: Perimeter
Problems
1B: LogoPaths Activity:
Missing Measures
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 11-
13
1.5 Can students find the perimeter
using standard units and identify
possible causes of measurement
errors?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.1
4.MD.2
4.MD.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Math Workshop:
Measuring Length
1A: Perimeter
Problems
1B: LogoPaths Activity:
Missing Measures
(optional)
1C: Assessment: How
Long Is Our Classroom?
1D: Mapping 100 Feet
2.1 Can students define a polygon by
their attributes?
4.G.1
4.G.2
6: Attend to precision. TO- Are students
articulating properties
such as: it has to be
closed, it has to have
line segments for sides,
the sides cannot cross?
Are students identifying
shapes that are less
familiar as polygons?
What attributes do
students pay attention
to as they make their
rules?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Polygon
Line Segment
Endpoint
Vertex (Vertices)
Orientation
TO- Do students have a
sense of how long the
path of 100 feet long
will be? Do students
position the measuring
tool to get the most
accurate
measurements? Can
students accurately
keep track of the length
and calculate the total
measurement?
Investigation 2: Polygons of Many Types
*Linear
Measurement
*Perimeter
*2-D shapes
*Attributes of
Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
*Right Angles
*Area of
rectangles and
other shapes
through
decomposition
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4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 4: Size, Shape, and Symmetry
2.2 Are students able to make new
polygons by combining polygons?
Can students identify the number
of sides for various polygons?
4.G.1 6: Attend to precision. TO- Can students
combine two or more
polygons to make a new
shape that is a closed
figure? Do students
trace around the outside
edge of the polygonal
shapes and correctly
count the number of
sides?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Trapezoid
Equilateral
Triangle
Parallelogram
Hexagon
2.3A Are students able to identify lines
(parallel, perpendicular), angles
(right, acute, obtuse) and right
triangles?
4.G.1
4.G.2
4.MD.3
4.G.1
4.G.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision.
TO- Do students
understand that an
angle that turns through
n one-degree angles is
said to have an angle
measure of n degrees?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Point
line
ray
line segment
perpendicular
lines
parallel lines
angle
right angle
acute angle
obtuse angle
right triangle
Shape Cards (M19-
20)
2.3 Are students able to make new
polygons by combining polygons?
Can students identify the number
of sides for various polygons by
their attributes?
4.MD.3
4.G.1
4.G.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision.
TO- Can students
combine two or more
polygons to make a new
shape that is a closed
figure? Do students
trace around the outside
edge of the polygonal
shapes and correctly
count the number of
sides?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Math Workshop:
Working With
Polygons
3A: Guess My Rule with
Shape Cards
3B: Making Polygons
3C: LogoPaths Activity:
600 Steps (optional)
Side
Angle
Right Angle
Parallel
*Linear
Measurement
*Perimeter
*2-D shapes
*Attributes of
Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
*Right Angles
*Area of
rectangles and
other shapes
through
decomposition
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4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 4: Size, Shape, and Symmetry
2.4 Can students use vocabulary
words to describe attributes and
properties of quadrilaterals?
4.G.1
4.G.2
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
TO- What geometric
terms do students use
to state their rules? Can
students combine two
or more polygons to
make a new shape that
fits the given
description?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Quadrilateral Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 29
2.5 Can students use vocabulary
words to describe attributes and
properties of quadrilaterals?
Can students indentify
relationships between squares
and rectangles?
4.G.1
4.G.2
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
Assessment: What is a
Quadrilateral?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Square
Rectangle
3.1 Can students identifying right
angles as 90 degrees?
Can students measure acute
angles by using 90 degrees?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.6
4.MD.7
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Do students easily
reognize the shape of a
right angle? Can
students find
combinations of angles
that fit into a 90-degree
angle exactly?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Angle
Degree
Right Angle
Equilateral
Triangle
Investigation 3: Measuring Angles
*Linear
Measurement
*Perimeter
*2-D shapes
*Attributes of
Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
*Right Angles
*Area of
rectangles and
other shapes
through
decomposition
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4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 4: Size, Shape, and Symmetry
3.2 Can students measure acute
angles by using 90 degrees?
Can students use known angles to
measure other angles?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.6
4.MD.7
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Are students using
what they know about
90-degree to reason
about the number of
degrees of the angles in
the Power Polygon
pieces?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Math Workshop:
Measuring and
Building Angles
2A: How Many
Degrees?
2B: Building Angles
2C: LogoPaths Activity:
600 Steps, other
Polygons (optional)
Acute
Obtuse
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 41-
43
3.3 Can students measure acute
angles by using 90 degrees?
Can students use known angles to
measure other angles?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.6
4.MD.7
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Are students able to
draw polygons
containing only 90-
degree angles that have
more than four sides?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Math Workshop:
Measuring and Building
Angles
2A: How Many
Degrees?
2B: Assessment:
Building Angles
2C: LogoPaths Activity:
600 Steps, other
Polygons (optional)
Assessment Checklist
(M22)
3.4A Can students draw lines, parts of
lines, and angles?
Are students able to use the
relationship between the degree
measure of an angle and circular
arcs?
Are students able to use a
protractor to measure angles?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.5.a
4.MD.5.b
4.MD.6
4.G.1
5: Use appropriate
tools.
10 minute Math: Quick
Images
protractor
*Linear
Measurement
*Perimeter
*2-D shapes
*Attributes of
Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
*Right Angles
*Area of
rectangles and
other shapes
through
decomposition
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4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 4: Size, Shape, and Symmetry
4.1 Can students find the area of
symmetrical designs?
4.MD.3
4.G.2
4.G.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can students create
a symmetrical design?
Do students understand
that area is the measure
of the whole surface of
the design? How do
students find the area?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Symmetrical Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 52
4.2 Can students find the area of
symmetrical designs?
Can students identify the large
the unit of area, the a smaller the
umber of units needed to
measure the area?
4.MD.3
4.G.2
4.G.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- How do students
determine area?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
4.3 Can students identify the area of
polygons by decomposing
shapes?
4.MD.3
4.G.2
4.G.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Do students
recognize a turn of 90-
degrees? Do students
use congruence or
symmetry in their
explanation?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Math Workshop:
Finding Area
3A: Crazy Cakes
3B: LogoPaths Activity:
Mazes (optional)
4.4 Can students identify the area of
polygons by decomposing
shapes?
4.MD.3
4.G.2
4.G.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- How do students
find area? Do students
decompose shapes into
smaller to find area?
10 minute Math:
Quick Images
Math Workshop:
Finding Area
2A: Crazy Cakes
2B: LogoPaths Activity:
Mazes (optional)
2C: Measuring Area on
Geoboards
Square Unit
Pentagon
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 63-
64
Investigation 4: Finding Area
*Linear
Measurement
*Perimeter
*2-D shapes
*Attributes of
Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
*Right Angles
*Area of
rectangles and
other shapes
through
decomposition
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Prior
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4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 4: Size, Shape, and Symmetry
4.5 Are students able to find the area
of a rectangle?
Are students able to find the area
of a rectangle using are of a
triangle?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- How do students
determine area?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
Math Workshop:
Finding Area
3A: LogoPaths Activity:
Mazes (optional)
3B: Measuring Area on
Geoboards
3C: Area of Rectangles
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 66-
68
4.6 Are students able to find the area
of a rectangle?
Can students identify the area of
polygons by decomposing
shapes?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.3
4.G.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- How do students
decompose shapes?
How are students
finding the area of
rectangles? How are
students finding the
area of triangles?
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
4.7 Can students identifying right
angles as 90 degrees?
Can students measure acute
angles by using 90 degrees?
Can students identify the area of
polygons by decomposing
shapes?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.3
4.G.1
4.G.2
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively. 6:
Attend to precision.
End-of-unit-
assessment:
10 minute Math:
Today's Number
*Linear
Measurement
*Perimeter
*2-D shapes
*Attributes of
Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
*Right Angles
*Area of
rectangles and
other shapes
through
decomposition
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1.1 Can Students read, write, and
sequence numbers to 1,000?
4.NBT.1
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
Teacher Observation
(TO)- Are students able
to read and write
numbers up to 1,000?
Are students familiar
with the structure of the
number system in the
hundreds?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Activity: Making a
1,000 Book
Place Value Resource Masters
(M)
1.2 Can Students read, write, and
sequence numbers to 1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Ares students able
to read and write
numbers in the
hundreds? Do the
students use landmark
numbers to help them
locate other numbers?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 2
1.3 Can Students add and subtract
multiples of 10, 100, 1,000?
Can Students read, write, and
sequence numbers to 1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students easily
add and subtract
multiples of 10 and 100,
starting at any number?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Activity: Changing
Places (M15)
Changing Places
(M15)
Changing Places
Recording Sheet
(M12)
Change Cards for
Changing Places
(M10-11)1.4 Can Students use multiples of 10
and 100 to find the difference
between any 3-digit number and
1,000?
Can Students represent addition
and subtraction on a number
line?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- If students are
either adding up or
subtracting back, what
size are the "chunks" of
numbers that they use?
Do students make use of
landmark numbers at
"stopping-off places"
(e.g., 540+60=600)
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
1.5A Can students round numbers to
the nearest ten and the nearest
hundred?
Can students write numbers to
1,000 in expanded form?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.3
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students round
2- or 3-digit numbers to
the nearest ten or
nearest hundred?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
expanded form
less than
greater than
4th Grade Math
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
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4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
1.5 Can Students add and subtract
multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000?
Can Students use multiples of 10
and 100 to find the difference
between any 3-digit number and
1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students able to
read and write 3-digit
numbers? Do students
recognize the value of
digits in numbers? Can
students add multiples
of 10 mentally?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Math Workshop: The
Number System to
1,000
1A: Changing Places
1B: How Many Miles to
1,000?
1C: Assessment:
Numbers to 1,000
Digit Cards (M16-18)
and also in tool kit.
Assessment
Numbers to 1,000
(M19)
Assessment checklist
(M20)
1.6 Can Students add and subtract
multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000?
Can Students use multiples of 10
and 100 to find the difference
between any 3-digit number and
1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Are students able to
read and write 3-digit
numbers? Do students
recognize the value of
digits in numbers? Can
students add multiples
of 10 mentally?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Math Workshop: The
Number System to
1,000
1A: Changing Places
1B: How Many Miles to
1,000?
1C: Assessment:
Numbers to 1,000
Digit Cards (M16-18)
and also in tool kit.
Assessment
Numbers to 1,000
(M19)
Assessment checklist
(M20)
2.1 Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
Can Students identify, describe,
and compare addition strategies
by focusing on how each strategy
starts?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Do students have at
least one addition
strategy that they can
use accurately and
efficiently? Can
students record their
strategies and solutions
clearly?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Addition
Strategies
Investigation 2: Adding it Up
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Unit 5 23
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
2.2 Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
Can Students identify, describe,
and compare addition strategies
by focusing on how each strategy
starts?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Do students have at
least one addition
strategy that they can
use accurately? Do
students use the same
strategy for every
addition problem, or do
they choose a strategy
based on the number
relationships in the
problem?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
2.3 Can Students identify, describe,
and compare addition strategies
by focusing on how each strategy
starts?
Can Students develop arguments
about why two addition
expressions are equivalent?
Can Students use story contexts
and representations to support
explanations about equivalent
addition expressions?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
6: Attend to precision.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Can students solve
some or all of the starter
problems mentally, or
do they need to write
them down and break
them apart? Can
students accurately
follow through one of
the starts to solve the
final problem?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
2.4 Can Students use clear and
concise notation to record
addition and subtraction
strategies?
Can Students understand the
meaning of the steps and
notation of the U.S. algorithm for
addition?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
6: Attend to precision.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Can students
explain Solution1,
adding by place? Can
students explain the U.S.
algorithm, especially
what they "carried" 1
means and where it
comes from?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 29
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Unit 5 24
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
2.5 Can Students find combinations
of 3-digit numbers that add to
1,000?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
TO- Do students make
one 3-digit number and
then figure out how
much more they need to
get to 1,000? Do
students use place
value, such as focusing
on the 100s first as a
way of getting close to
1,000, and then filling in
the 10s and 1s?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Close to 1,000 (M21)
Close to 1,000
Recording Sheet
(M22)
2.6 Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
Can Students find combinations
of 3-digit numbers that add to
1,000?
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
6: Attend to precision.
Assessment: Solving
Addition Problem in
Two Ways (M23)
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
3.1 Can Students read, write, and
sequence numbers to 10,000?
Can Students understand the
structure of 10,000 and its
equivalence to one thousand 10s,
one hundred 100s and ten
1,000s?
4.NBT.1
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students
identify the first and the
last number on each
chart? Do students
notice and understand
the pattern of numbers
throughout the 100
chart? Can students
identify some numbers
in the middle of each
chart?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
3.2 Can Students read, write, and
sequence numbers to 10,000?
Can Students understand the
structure of 10,000 and its
equivalence to one thousand 10s,
one hundred 100s and ten
1,000s?
4.NBT.1
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Do students use
what they know about
the number of 100s in
10,000? Can students
keep track of the groups
of 10s as they work their
way up to 10,000?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 39
Investigation 3: Working with Numbers to 10,000
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Unit 5 25
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
3.3 Can Students read, write, and
sequence numbers to 10,000?
Can Students add and subtract
multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000?
Can Students recognize the place
value of digits in large numbers?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Can students
accurately read and
write numbers in the
thousands? Can
students identify the
pace values in a 3- or 4-
digit number? Do
students recognize
which digits of their
starting number will
change as the result of
their computation?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
3.4 Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
Can Students add and subtract
multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000?
Can Students find combinations
of 3-digit numbers that add to
1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Can students add
numbers in the
hundreds and
thousands? Do
students have at least
one addition strategy
that they can use
accurately? Do
students use clear and
concise notation? Do
students use their
chosen strategies
efficiently, combining
larger "chunks" of
numbers and using a
minimum number of
steps?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop: 2A:
Planning a Road Trip
2B: Changing Places on
the 10,000 Chart
2C: Close to 1,000
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Unit 5 26
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
3.5 Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
Can Students add and subtract
multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000?
Can Students find combinations
of 3-digit numbers that add to
1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Can students add
numbers in the
hundreds and
thousands? Do
students have at least
one addition strategy
that they can use
accurately? Do
students use clear and
concise notation? Do
students use their
chosen strategies
efficiently, combining
larger "chunks" of
numbers and using a
minimum number of
steps?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop: 2A:
Planning a Road Trip
2B: Changing Places on
the 10,000 Chart
2C: Close to 1,000
3.6A Can Students understand place-
value concepts to 1,000,000?
Can Students use >, =, and < to
compare numbers to 1,000,000?
Can Students write numbers to
1,000,000 in expanded form?
Can Students round numbers to
1,000,000?
4.NBT.1
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.3
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Do students write
the correct value for
each digit?
Do students “skip” an
addend when the digit is
0?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
4.1 Can Students understand the
action of subtraction problems?
Can Students represent
subtraction situations?
Can Students represent addition
and subtraction on a number
line?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Are students able to
show the action of the
subtraction problem
with representation?
Do students have at
least one efficient
strategy for solving
these problems? What
strategies are students
using?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
Investigation 4: Subtraction
Unit 5 27
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
4.2 Can Students solve subtraction
problems by breaking numbers
apart?
Can Students represent
subtraction situations?
Can Students find combinations
of 3-digit numbers that add to
1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Do Students
interpret the problems
correctly; that is, do
they know that they are
finding the difference
and not combining two
amounts? What
strategies do students
use? How do students
keep track of their
strategies as they are
showing their solutions?
Are students able to
write a story problem
that represents a
subtraction solution?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Math Workshop:
Subtraction Story
Problems
2A: Solving Subtraction
Problems
2B: What's the Story
2C: Close to 1,000
Subtraction
Strategies
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 57
4.3 Can Students solve subtraction
problems by breaking numbers
apart?
Can Students represent
subtraction situations?
Can Students find combinations
of 3-digit numbers that add to
1,000?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Do Students
interpret the problems
correctly; that is, do
they know that they are
finding the difference
and not combining two
amounts? What
strategies do students
use? How do students
keep track of their
strategies as they are
showing their solutions?
Are students able to
write a story problem
that represents a
subtraction solution?
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Math Workshop:
Subtraction Story
Problems
2A: Solving Subtraction
Problems
2B: What's the Story
2C: Close to 1,000
Subtraction
Strategies
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Unit 5 28
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
4.4A Can students understand the
meaning of the steps and
notation of the U.S. algorithm for
subtraction?
Can students use clear and
concise notation for recording
addition and subtraction
strategies?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Do students
understand how the
numbers are broken
apart to show
regrouping? Can
students use this
algorithm to solve
subtraction problems?
Do they understand the
shorthand notation of
the algorithm?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
4.4 Can Students understand the
action of subtraction problems?
Can Students develop arguments
about how the differences
represented by two subtraction
expressions are related?
Can students use story contexts
and representations to support
explanations about related
subtraction expressions?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Can students solve
the starter problems
mentally? Which starter
problems do student
choose to solve the final
problem? If the choose
the start that changes
one of the numbers to a
landmark, can they
accurately follow
through by making an
adjustment for the
change?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Unit 5 29
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
4.5 Can Students solve subtraction
problems by breaking numbers
apart?
Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Do students have at
least one strategy they
can use efficiently? Do
students record their
strategies clearly and
concisely? Is their
computation accurate?
What strategies do
students use? Can
students write amounts
of money accurately?
Do students look for
ways to balance positive
score with negative
scores? Can students
combine positive an
negative numbers?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
Solving Addition and
Subtraction Problems
2A: Which Is Farther?
How Much Farther?
2B: Money Problems
2C: Close to 1,000: Plus
and Minus
2D: Assessment:
Numbers to 10,000
4.6 Can Students solve subtraction
problems by breaking numbers
apart?
Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
4.NBT.2
4.NBT.4
4.MD.2
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Do students have at
least one strategy they
can use efficiently? Do
students record their
strategies clearly and
concisely? Is their
computation accurate?
What strategies do
students use? Can
students write amounts
of money accurately?
Do students look for
ways to balance positive
score with negative
scores? Can students
combine positive an
negative numbers?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
Solving Addition and
Subtraction Problems
2A: Which Is Farther?
How Much Farther?
2B: Money Problems
2C: Close to 1,000: Plus
and Minus
2D: Assessment:
Numbers to 10,000
*Solving
addition and
subtraction
problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers
*Composition of
numbers to
1,000
*Addition
*Variety of
subtraction
situations
*Addition and
subtraction
combinations
*Addition and
subtraction
relationships
Unit 5 30
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 5: Landmarks and Large Numbers
4.7 Can Students solve subtraction
problems by breaking numbers
apart?
Can Students add 3 and 4-digit
numbers?
Can students use clear and
concise notation for recording
addition and subtraction
strategies?
4.NBT.4 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Can students use
strategies efficiently to
solve addition
problems? Can students
use strategies efficiently
to solve subtraction
problems?
End-of-Unit Assessment
(M29)
10 minute Math:
Broken Calculator
Unit 5 31
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StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
1.1 Can students find the fractional
parts of a rectangular area?
Can students interpret the
meaning of the numerator and
the denominator of a fraction?
4.NBT.2
4.NF.1
4.NF.3.a
4.NF.3.b
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
Teacher Observation
(TO)-Can students find ¼
and ¾ of a rectangle?
Can students explain
how they know that it is
¼, either by
demonstrating that it is
composed of 6 out of 24
squares or by showing
that it is 1 of 4 equal
pieces?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Fraction,
Denominator
Numerator
Resource Masters
(M)
1.2 Can students find the fractional
parts of a rectangular area?
Are students able to identify
relationships between unit
fractions when one denominator
is a multiple of the other (e.g.,
halves and fourths, thirds and
sixths)
Can students identify equivalent
fractions?
4.NBT.2
4.NF.3.a
4.NF.3.b
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
TO- Can students find
and ⅓ and ⅙ of a 4X6
rectangle? Can students
identify ⅓ as one of
three equal parts of a
whole (and ⅙ as 1 out of
6 equal parts)?
Can students use correct
fraction notation for the
parts they identify?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Thirds
Sixths
1.3 How are fractions used in
problem-solving situations?
4.NBT.2
4.NF.3.d
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Can students find
fractional parts of 24
objects and/or group of
objects represented by
fractions with
numerators greater than
1?
Can students use
representations to show
that they have identified
the correct quantity?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
Unit 6 32
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
1.4 Can students find the fractional
parts of a rectangular area?
Are students finding fractional
parts of a group?
Are students comparing the same
fractional parts of different-sized
wholes?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Can students
interpret the meaning of
a fraction in the context
of area?
Which of the fractional
parts are students able
to find easily?
What strategies are
students using to find
fractional parts of the
5X12 rectangle?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
Finding Fractions of a
5X12 Rectangle, M11.
1.5 Can students find the fractional
parts of a rectangular area?
Are students able to write, read,
and apply fraction notation?
4.NBT.2
4.NF.1
4.NF.3.a
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Can students divide
a rectangle into
fractional parts and
identify each of the
fractions that they
draw?
Can students write an
equations that
represents the sum of all
the fractional parts
equaling 1?
Assessment: Identifying
and Comparing
Fractions (M12)
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: M12
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
Unit 6 33
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
1.6 Can students use representations
to add fractions that sum to 1?
Can students add fractions with
the same and related
denominators?
4.NBT.2
4.NF.3.a
4.NF.3.b
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
TO- Are students adding
fractions by using what
they know about
representing fractions
and reasoning from
their knowledge of
equivalent fractions and
fraction combinations?
Can students add
fractions with like
denominators mentally
and explain how they
know what the sum is?
Can students solve
problems with sums
greater than 1?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
Fractions
2A: Adding fractions
2B: Combinations That
Equal 1
2C: Finding Fractions of
a Rectangle
2D: Story Problems
About a Class
1.7 Can students estimate sums of
fractions?
Can students use representations
to add fractions that sum to 1?
Can students add fractions with
the same and related
denominators?
4.NBT.2
4.NF.2
4.NF.3.a
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
TO- Are students adding
fractions by using what
they know about
representing fractions
and reasoning from
their knowledge of
equivalent fractions and
fraction combinations?
Can students add
fractions with like
denominators mentally
and explain how they
know what the sum is?
Can students solve
problems with sums
greater than 1?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
2A: Adding fractions
2B: Combinations That
Equal 1
2C: Finding Fractions of
a Rectangle (5 X 12
and 10 X 10)
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
Unit 6 34
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
1.8A Can students use visual
representations to subtract
fractions
with like denominators?
Can students subtract fractions
with like denominators?
4.NF.3.a
4.NF.3.d
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
4: Model with
mathematics.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Are they using
rectangles or making
drawings that
match the context of the
problem? Are they
maintaining equal sized
parts?
Are students continuing
to reason about the size
of fractions?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
2.1 Can students interpret the
meaning of the numerator and
the denominator of a fraction?
Can students represent fractions
greater than 1?
Can students find fractional parts
of a rectangular area?
4.NF.1
4.NF.2
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
TO- Can students draw
representations of
fractions that range
from 0/2 to 2½,
including improper
fractions? Are students
recognizing that
fractions in which the
numerator and the
denominator are the
same equal 1?
Do students recognize
some equivalent
fractions and use this
understanding to create
their representations?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
How to Make
Fraction Cards
(M19), Blanks for
Fraction Cards (M16-
18)
Investigation 2: Ordering Fractions
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
Unit 6 35
Session Essential QuestionsContent
StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
2.2 Can students interpret the
meaning of the numerator and
the denominator of a fraction?
Can students represent fractions
greater than 1?
Can students find fractional parts
of a rectangular area?
4.NF.2 3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
TO- Can students draw
representations of
fractions that range
from 0/2 to 2½,
including improper
fractions? Are students
recognizing that
fractions in which the
numerator and the
denominator are the
same equal 1?
Do students recognize
some equivalent
fractions and use this
understanding to create
their representations?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 31
2.3 Can students interpret the
meaning of the numerator and
the denominator of a fraction?
Can students identify equivalent
fractions?
Can students order fractions and
justify their order through
reasoning about fraction
equivalencies and relationships?
4.NF.1
4.NF.2
3: Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
TO- How do students
decide which fraction is
greater?
Are students paying
attention to the value
and meaning of both the
numerator and
denominator?
Are students recognizing
equivalent fractions?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 35
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
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Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
2.4 Can students identify equivalent
fractions?
Can students compare fractions
to the landmarks 0, ½, 1, and 2?
4.NF.2 7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- How do students
decide whether a
fraction is less than ½ or
more than ½?
Do students recognize
fractions that are
equivalent to 0, 1, and
2?
Can students sort the
fractions by reasoning
about fraction
equivalencies and other
fraction relationships
they know?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Landmarks
2.5 Can students order fractions and
justify their order through
reasoning about fraction
equivalencies and relationships?
Can students compare fractions
to the landmarks 0, ½, 1, and 2?
Can students represent fractions
using a number line?
4.NF.1
4.NF.2
4.NF.3.a
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- How do students
order fractions?
How do students decide
about the order of
fractions that are close
in size but have different
denominators?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Math Workshop:
Comparing Fractions
3A: Making a Fraction
Number Line
3B: Capture Fractions
Capture Fractions
(M20-M21)
2.6 Can students order fractions and
justify their order through
reasoning about fraction
equivalencies and relationships?
Can students compare fractions
to the landmarks 0, ½, 1, and 2?
Can students represent fractions
using a number line?
4.NF.1
4.NF.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- How do students
order fractions?
How do students decide
about the order of
fractions that are close
in size but have different
denominators?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Math Workshop:
Comparing Fractions
3A: Making a Fraction
Number Line
3B: Capture Fractions
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: M23
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
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Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
2.7A Can students make a line plot to
display a data set of
measurements
involving fractions?
Can students add and subtract
mixed numbers with like
denominators using
representations and reasoning
about
fractions and the operations?
4.NF.3.c
4.MD.4
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- When students use
the information from
the table to complete
the line
plot can they correctly
plot the data? Are
students’ statements
about the data
accurate?
What strategies are
students using to solve
addition and subtraction
problems?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
3A.1 Can students multiply a whole
number and a fraction?
Can students use visual models to
solve word problems involving
multiplication of a whole number
and a fraction?
4.NF.4.a
4.NF.4.b
4.NF.4.c
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- What
representations and
strategies do students
use to
solve the problems? Can
students write a
multiplication equation
for the problem?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Decimal
3A.2 Can students multiply a fraction
and a whole number?
Can students use visual models to
solve word problems involving
multiplication of a fraction and a
whole number?
4.NF.4.a
4.NF.4.b
4.NF.4.c
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- What strategies do
students use to solve
the problems? Can
students write a
multiplication equation
for the problem? Can
students decide
whether their answers
to the problems are
reasonable?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop
2A: Multiplying
Fractions and Whole
Numbers (SAB p. 44F)
2B: More Multiplying
Fractions and Whole
Numbers (SAB 44G)
Investigation 3: Working With Decimals
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
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Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
3A.3 Can students multiplying fractions
and whole numbers?
Are students using visual models
to solve word problems involving
multiplication of a fraction and a
whole number?
4.NF.4.a
4.NF.4.b
4.NF.4.c
4: Model with
mathematics.
What strategies do
students use to solve
the problems? Can
students write a
multiplication equation
for the problem? Can
students decide
whether their answers
to the problems are
reasonable?
Assessment:
Multiplying
with Fractions, M41
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
Multiplying with
Fractions
2A: Multiplying
Fractions and Whole
Numbers
2B: More Multiplying
Fractions and Whole
Numbers
2C: Multiplying with
Fractions
3.1 How will students identify
everyday uses of fractions and
decimals?
Can students read and write
tenths and hundredths?
4.NF.5
4.NF.6
4.NF.7
4.MD.2
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision.
TO- Can students
represent the numbers
on the 10 X 10 square?
Do students read and
understand the meaning
of the decimal
numbers?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
3.2 Can students read and write
tenths and hundredths?
Can students order decimals and
justify their order through
reasoning about representations
and meaning of the numbers?
4.NF.6
4.NF.7
5: Use appropriate
tools.
6: Attend to precision.
Can students represent
tenths and hundredths
as part of the square?
Can students use the
representations and/or
reason about the
meaning of the decimal
numbers to compare
them? Can students
determine the value of
each number?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
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Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
3.3 Can students identify decimal and
fraction equivalents?
4.NF.5
4.NF.6
4.NF.7
5: Use appropriate
tools.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students fill in
the 10X 10 square to
represent the decimal?
Are students examining
their partially filled
squares to choose a
decimal card that will fill
the square? How are
students combining the
decimals to show the
total?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Fill Two Activity (M28)
3.4 Can students estimate the sums
of decimal numbers?
Can students use representations
to combine tenths and
hundredths?
4.NF.7
4.MD.2
4: Model with
mathematics.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Do students make
reasonable estimates?
Do students keep track
of the meaning of each
digit (i.e., which digit
represents tenths, which
represent hundredths,
and which represent
whole numbers)?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
3.5 Can students read and write
tenths and hundredths?
Can students order decimals and
justify their order through
reasoning about representations
and meaning of the numbers?
4.NF.7
4.MD.2
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Do students notice
whether their sum is or
is not reasonable? Do
students keep track of
the meaning of each
digit (i.e., which digit
represents tenths, which
represent hundredths,
and which represent
whole numbers)? Are
students able to add the
numbers accurately?
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
Comparing and
Combining Decimals
1A: Decimal Compare
1B: Fill Two
1C: Making Your Own
Running Logs
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 57-
58
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)
Unit 6 40
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StandardsPractices Assessments
Sample
Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
Unit 6: Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
3.6 Can students read and write tenths
and hundredths?
Can students order decimals and
justify their order through
reasoning about representations
and meaning of the numbers?
4.NF.7
4.MD.2
4: Model with
mathematics.
Continuation of same
assessments from
session 3.5
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Math Workshop:
Comparing and
Combining Decimals
1A: Decimal Compare
1B: Fill Two
1C: Making Your Own
Running Logs
3.7 Can students identify fractional
parts of a group?
Can students order fractions with
like and unlike denominators?
Can students compare decimal
numbers?
Can students read, write, and
interpret decimal fractions in tenths
and hundredths?
4.NF.2
4.NF.7
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
End Of Unit
Assessment: M31
10 minute Math:
Practicing Place Value
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: M31
*Fractions
*Fraction
relationships
*Equal shares
*Fractions as
part of a whole
*Numerator and
Denominator
*Halves,
Fourths, Eights
*Thirds and
Sixths
*Simple
Equivalent
Fractions (Halves
and Fourths)
*Mixed
Numbers
*Decimal
Fractions as
money (0.25,
0.5)]
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Connections
Prior
Knowledges
3.1 Can students find the number of
cubes (volume) that will fit into the
box made by a given pattern?
4.NF.7 1: Make sense of
problems and persevere
in solving them.
4: Model with
mathematics.
8: Look for and express
regularity in repeated
reasoning.
Teacher Observation (TO)-
While students find the
volume of given boxes,
how close are their
predictions? Are students
able to use the pattern to
construct the box?
10 mintue Math:
Practicing Place Value
Rectangular Prism Resource Masters (M)
3.2 Can students design patterns for
boxes that hold a given number of
cubes (volume)?
Can students see that cubes filling a
rectangular prism can be
decomposed into congruent layers?
4.NF.7 1: Make sense of
problems and persevere
in solving them.
4: Model with
mathematics.
8: Look for and express
regularity in repeated
reasoning.
TO- What strategies are
students using to
complete the pattern?
Are students able to
figure out how many
layers the box needs? Do
students understand the
relationship between the
actual box and the
squares that appear on
the pattern?
10 mintue Math:
Practicing Place Value
3.3 Can students see that cubes filling a
rectangular prism can be
decomposed into congruent layers?
Can students develop a strategy for
determining the volume of
rectangular prisms?
1: Make sense of
problems and persevere
in solving them.
4: Model with
mathematics.
8: Look for and express
regularity in repeated
reasoning.
TO- Are students able to
find the volume without
building the box? What
strategies are students
using to make the
pattern? Do students see
the relationship between
the number of layers and
the number of squares
they need to draw for
each side?
10 mintue Math: Quick
Images
Math Workshop:
1A: Finding the Volume
of More Boxes
1B: Building Boxes from
the Bottom Up
1C: Double the Number
of Cubes
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 48
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
*Cube
*Rectangular
Prism
*How many
cubes fit in an
open box
Unit 7: Moving Between Solids and Silhouettes
4th Grade Math
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Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
1.1 Are students able to estimate 2
digit multiplication problems?
Can students multiply multiples of
10?
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
Teacher Observation
(TO)-Are students using
multiples of 10 to make
their estimates?
10 minute Math:
Closest Estimate
estimate
multiplication
landmark
multiple
Resource Masters
(M)
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking:
SAB p. 1
1.2 Are students able to estimate 2
digit multiplication problems?
Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
4.NBT.5 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Can students create
story problem and solve
and 2-digit by 2-digit
multiplication problem?
10 minute Math:
Closest Estimate
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking:
SAB p. 5-6, 8
1.3 Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
Can students multiply multiples of
10?
Are students able to represent a
multiplication or division problem
with picture or diagrams?
4.NBT.5 7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO-Are to students able
to solve a set of
problems and using
break apart to solve 2-
digit problems?
10 minute Math:
Closest Estimate
cluster CM Grid paper
(Resource Master
(M11)
Unit 8: How Many Packages? How Many Groups
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Multiplication with2 Digit Numbers
*Multiplication
and Division
*Multiplication
Combinations 12
X 12
*Solve and
represent a 2-
digit and 1-digit
multiplication
problem by
visualizing or
story context
*Arrays
*Skip counting
*Relationship
between
multiplication
and division
*Remainders
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Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
Unit 8: How Many Packages? How Many Groups
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Multiplication with2 Digit Numbers1.4 Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
Can students multiply multiples of
10?
Are students able to represent a
multiplication or division problem
with picture or diagrams?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO-Can students identify
factors of numbers that
are multiples of 10?
Are to students able to
solve a set of problems
and using break apart to
solve 2-digit problems?
Can students estimate
and solve 2-digit
multiplication story
problems?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Multiplication Practice
2A: Factor Bingo
2B: Multiplication
Cluster Problems
2C: Assessment:
Solving Multiplication
Problems
factor Factor Bingo
Gameboards A and B
(M14-15)
Number Cards for
Factor Bingo (M16)
Factor Bingo Game
Explanation (M17)
Assessment
Checklist: Solving
Multiplication
Problems (M18)
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 14-
15
1.5 Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
Can students multiply multiples of
10?
Are students able to represent a
multiplication or division problem
with picture or diagrams?
4.OA.3
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
Teacher discretion 10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Multiplication Practice
2A: Factor Bingo
2B: Multiplication
Cluster Problems
2C: Assessment:
Solving Multiplication
Problems
2.1 Can student solve multiplication
problems by changing one factor
to create an easier problem?
Are students able to represent a
multiplication or division problem
with picture or diagrams?
4.OA.3
4.NBT.5
4.MD.2
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
TO- Can students solve
problems in which one
of the factors has been
changed to a multiple of
10?
10 minute Math:
Closest Estimate
*Multiplication
and Division
*Multiplication
Combinations 12
X 12
*Solve and
represent a 2-
digit and 1-digit
multiplication
problem by
visualizing or
story context
*Arrays
*Skip counting
*Relationship
between
multiplication
and division
*Remainders
Investigation 2: Strategies for Multiplication
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Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
Unit 8: How Many Packages? How Many Groups
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Multiplication with2 Digit Numbers2.2 Can student solve multiplication
problems by changing one factor to
create an easier problem?
Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
Can students multiply multiples of
10?
4.OA.3
4.NBT.5
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Are students able to
break apart a 2-digit
multiplication problem
to solve easily?
Are students able to
solve story problems
with the possibility of
rounding up?
10 minute Math:
Closest Estimate
Math Workshop:
Solving Multiplication
Problems
2A: more Multiplication
Cluster Problems
2B: Problems About
Oranges
2C: Factor Bingo
2.3 Can student solve multiplication
problems by changing one factor to
create an easier problem?
Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
Can students multiply multiples of
10?
4.NBT.5 3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- At teacher's
discretion
10 minute Math:
Closest Estimate
Math Workshop:
Solving Multiplication
Problems
2A: more Multiplication
Cluster Problems
2B: Problems About
Oranges
2C: Factor Bingo
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 29
2.4A Can students multiplying a 4-digit
number by a 1-digit number?
4.OA.3
4.NBT.5
4.MD.2
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Can students solve
the problems
accurately?
What strategies do
students use to solve
the problems? Were
they able to keep track
of all the parts of the
four digit
number?
10 minute Math: Close
Estimate with 4-Digit
Numbers
*Multiplication
and Division
*Multiplication
Combinations 12
X 12
*Solve and
represent a 2-
digit and 1-digit
multiplication
problem by
visualizing or
story context
*Arrays
*Skip counting
*Relationship
between
multiplication
and division
*Remainders
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StandardsPractices Assessments
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Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
Unit 8: How Many Packages? How Many Groups
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Multiplication with2 Digit Numbers2.4 Can student solve multiplication
problems by changing one factor to
create an easier problem?
Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
Can students multiply multiples of
10?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- Can students put
multiplication problems
into story contexts and
solve the problems?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Solving Multiplication
Problems
2A: More
Multiplication Cluster
Problems
2B: Writing
Multiplication Story
Problems
2C: Factor Bingo
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 31-
32
2.5 Can student break a problem into
smaller parts to solve 2 digit
multiplication problems and
combined sub products?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
Assessment Activity
(M19)
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop:
Solving Multiplication
Problems
2A: More
Multiplication Cluster
Problems
2B: Writing
Multiplication Story
Problems
Assessment Activity
(M19)
3.1 Are students able to solve division
problems by breaking the
problem into parts or represent
using pictures or diagrams?
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
4.MD.2
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Can students solve
division problems by
making groups of the
divisor?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
divisor
division
Investigation 3: Solving Division Problems
*Multiplication
and Division
*Multiplication
Combinations 12
X 12
*Solve and
represent a 2-
digit and 1-digit
multiplication
problem by
visualizing or
story context
*Arrays
*Skip counting
*Relationship
between
multiplication
and division
*Remainders
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Lessons/ActivitiesVocabulary Resources
Interdisciplinary
Connections
Prior
Knowledges
Unit 8: How Many Packages? How Many Groups
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Multiplication with2 Digit Numbers3.2 Are students able to use multiples
of 10 or break apart into parts to
solve division problems?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can students
accurately identify
landmark multiples (5th,
10th, 20th)?
Are students able to
solve division problems
with 2-digit and 3-digit
numbers?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Math Workshop: Using
Multiples of 10
2A: Problems About
Multiple Towers
2B: Solving Division
Problems
2C: Factor Bingo
remainder 300 Chart (M20)
Factor Bingo (M14-
15)
Number Cards for
Factor Bingo (M16)
Factor Bingo
Instructions (M17)
3.3 Are students able to use multiples
of 10 or break apart into parts to
solve division problems?
4.OA.3
4.OA.5
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- At teacher's
discretion
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Math Workshop: Using
Multiples of 10
2A: Problems About
Multiple Towers
2B: Solving Division
Problems
2C: Factor Bingo
Writing about
Mathematical
Thinking: SAB p. 48
3.4 Are students able to use multiples
of 10 or break apart into parts to
solve division problems?
4.OA.5,
4.NBT.5,
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
8: Look for and
express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
TO- At teacher's
discretion
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
Math Workshop: Using
Multiples of 10
2A: Problems About
Multiple Towers
2B: Solving Division
Problems
2C: Factor Bingo
Factor Bingo (M14-
15)
Number Cards for
Factor Bingo (M16)
Factor Bingo
Instructions (M17)
3.5A Can students divide a 4-digit
number by a 1-digit number?
4.NBT.6 1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Can students solve
the problems
accurately?
What strategies do
students use to solve
the problems?
Can students accurately
express any remainders
in the context of the
problem?
10 minute Math: Close
Estimate with 4-Digit
Numbers
*Multiplication
and Division
*Multiplication
Combinations 12
X 12
*Solve and
represent a 2-
digit and 1-digit
multiplication
problem by
visualizing or
story context
*Arrays
*Skip counting
*Relationship
between
multiplication
and division
*Remainders
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Unit 8: How Many Packages? How Many Groups
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Multiplication with2 Digit Numbers3.5 Are students able to use the
relationship between
multiplication and division to
solve problems?
4.OA.3
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
4.MD.2
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
TO- Are students able to
solve multiplication and
division problems with 2-
digit and 3-digit
numbers?
10 minute Math:
Counting Around the
Class
3.6 Are students able to solve
multiplication problems with 2
digit numbers by making groups
of the divisor?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable
arguments and
critique the reasoning
of others.
TO- Are students able to
communicate their
thinking clearly?
Assessment: End-of-the-
Unit Assessment (M21-
M22)
*Multiplication
and Division
*Multiplication
Combinations 12
X 12
*Solve and
represent a 2-
digit and 1-digit
multiplication
problem by
visualizing or
story context
*Arrays
*Skip counting
*Relationship
between
multiplication
and division
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1.1 Are students able to
interpreate the points
and shape of a graph in
terms of the situation
the graph represents?
Are students able to
find the difference
between two values on
a line graph?
4: Model with
mathematics.
Teacher Observation (TO)-
Can students answer
questions about features of
a 2 topic graph?
Can students use the motion
graph to answer questions
about what the different
parts of the graph show?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Graph
Axis
Resource Masters (M)
Writing about
Mathematical Thinking:
SAB p. 6
1.2 Are students able to
interperate the points
and shape of a graph in
terms of the situation
the graph represents?
Are students able to
identify features of a
graph that represents
quantity and those that
represent changes in
quantity?
4: Model with
mathematics.
TO- Can students classify
words or phrases that
describe speed and sketch a
graph?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Unit 9: Penny Jars and Plant Growth
4th Grade Math
*Graphing
*Temperature
*Line graphs
*Change over
time
*Individual
change on a
graph
*X-axis
*Y-axis
*Variables
*Tables
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
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Unit 9: Penny Jars and Plant Growth
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
2.1 Are students able to
find the value of one
quantity in a situation
of constant change,
given the value of the
other?
Can students create a
representation for a
situation of constant
change?
4.OA.3
4.OA.4
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students find the
number of something within X
amount of rounds given the
starting number and the
number of pennies added in
each round?
Can students make
representations of jars
situations using diagrams,
pictures, tables or graphs that
show the number of
something of each round?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Table Represen-
tation
Penny Jar Situation Cards
(M19)
Writing about
Mathematical Thinking:
SAB p. 15
2.2 Are students able to find
the value of one quantity
in a situation of constant
change, given the value
of the other?
Can students use tables
to represent the
relationship between
two quantities of
constant change?
Are students able to
interpret numbers in a
table in terms of what
they represent?
Can students create a
representation for a
situation of constant
change?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.6
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students determine
the number of something
for any given round later in
the sequence?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Writing about
Mathematical Thinking:
SAB p. 18
Investigation 2: Penny Jars and Towers
*Graphing
*Temperature
*Line graphs
*Change over
time
*Individual
change on a
graph
*X-axis
*Y-axis
*Variables
*Tables
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Unit 9: Penny Jars and Plant Growth
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.3 Are students able to find
the value of one quantity
in a situation of constant
change, given the value
of the other?
Can students use tables
to represent the
relationship between
two quantities of
constant change?
Can students write an
arithmetic expression for
finding the value of one
constant?
4.OA.5 2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students use the
sequence to determine if
the number is doubled in
the 20th round or not?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
Writing about
Mathematical Thinking:
SAB p. 21-22
2.4 Are students able to
indentify points in a
graph with
corresponding values in
a table?
Can students plot
points one coordinate
grid?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
4: Model with
mathematics.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students complete
a table and graph the
results?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Penny Jar Talbes A and B
(M23)
*Graphing
*Temperature
*Line graphs
*Change over
time
*Individual
change on a
graph
*X-axis
*Y-axis
*Variables
*Tables
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Unit 9: Penny Jars and Plant Growth
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.5 Are students able to
find the value of one
quantity in a situation
of constant change,
given the value of the
other?
Can students write an
arithmetic expression
for finding the value of
one constant?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students complete
a table to solve for
problems?
Can students compare
tables and graphs from 2
situations?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Assessment Checklist: Penny
Jar Compari-sons (M27)
Writing about
Mathematical Thinking:
SAB p. 35 & 37
2.6 Are students able to
find the value of one
quantity in a situation
of constant change,
given the value of the
other?
Can students write an
arithmetic expression
for finding the value of
one constant?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students identify
whether single and double
towers can ever have a
given number of windows?
Can students make table
and graph to compare 2
situations and answer
questions?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
*Graphing
*Temperature
*Line graphs
*Change over
time
*Individual
change on a
graph
*X-axis
*Y-axis
*Variables
*Tables
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Unit 9: Penny Jars and Plant Growth
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays2.7 Can students find the
steepness of graphs or
parts of graphs in
terms of rate of
change?
Can students make a
rule to relate one
variable to another in
terms of constant
change?
Can students use
symbolic letter
notation to represent
the value of one
variable in terms of
another?
4.OA.5 2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- At teacher's discretion 10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
2.8 Can students make a
rule to relate one
variable to another in
terms of constant
change?
Can students use
symbolic letter
notation to represent
the value of one
variable in terms of
another?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
7. Look for and make
use of structure.
TO- Can students create
rules for a pattern/
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
*Graphing
*Temperature
*Line graphs
*Change over
time
*Individual
change on a
graph
*X-axis
*Y-axis
*Variables
*Tables
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Unit 9: Penny Jars and Plant Growth
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays
3.1 Can students identify
points in a graph with
corresponding values in
a table?
Can students plot points
on a coordinate grid?
Can students find the
steepness of graphs or
parts of graphs in terms
of rate of change?
4.OA.5
4.MD.1
4.MD.4
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can students graph a
and make prediction for
growth?
Can students use their
graphs to answers questions
about slower and faster
growth?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
3.2 Can students plot
points on a coordinate
grid?
Can students find the
steepness of graphs or
parts of graphs in
terms of rate of
change?
Can students find the
steepness of graphs or
parts of graphs in
terms of rate of
change?
4.OA.5
4.MD.1
4.MD.4
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can students create a
new graph with similar data
and then compare the 2?
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
3.3 Can students identify
points in a graph with
corresponding values in
a table?
4.OA.5
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
4.MD.1
5: Use appropriate
tools.
Can students create their
own story to make a graph?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Matching Numbers, Stories,
and Graphs (M36)
Investigation 3: Collecting and Analyzing Measurements
*Graphing
*Temperature
*Line graphs
*Change over
time
*Individual
change on a
graph
*X-axis
*Y-axis
*Variables
*Tables
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Unit 9: Penny Jars and Plant Growth
4th Grade Math
Investigation 1: Representing Multiplications with Arrays3.4 Can students interpret
points and shape of a
graph in terms of the
situation?
Can students compare
tables, graphs, and
situations of constant
change and those with
out?
Can students plot points
on a coordinate grid?
4.NBT.5
4.NBT.6
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can students graph a
constant rate of change?
10 minute Math: Closest
Estimate
Decrease
3.5 Can students find the
steepness of graphs or
parts of graphs in
terms of rate of
change?
Can students write an
arithmetic expression
for finding the value of
one constant?
Can students write and
arithmetic expression
for finding the value of
one quantity in terms
of the constant rate?
4.OA.5
4.MD.1
1: Make sense of
problems and
persevere in solving
them.
2: Reason abstractly
and quantitatively.
5: Use appropriate
tools.
TO- Can students interpret
data to match stories to
graphs?
Assessment: End-of-the-
Unit Assessment (M37-
M39)
10 minute Math: Quick
Survey
*Graphing
*Temperature
*Line graphs
*Change over
time
*Individual
change on a
graph
*X-axis
*Y-axis
*Variables
*Tables
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Unit Author Title Strand
G4U1 Tang, Greg
The Best of Times: Math Strategies
That Multiply Multiplication and Division
Investigati
on 1:
Represent
ing
Multiplica
tions with
Arrays Cushman, Jean
Do You Wanna Bet?: Your Chance to
Find Out about Probability Data Analysis and Probability
G4U2 Nagda, Ann Whitehead
Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from
a Baby Tiger Data Analysis and Probability
G4U3 Anno, Masaichiro Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar Multiplication and Division
G4U3 Tang, Greg 4.OA.3 4.OA.4 Multiplication and Division
G4U3 Michelson, Richard Ten Times Better Multiplication and Division
G4U4 Adler, David A.
Shape Up!: Fun with Triangles and
Other Polygons 2D Geometry and Measurement
G4U4 Burns, Marilyn The Greedy Triangle 2D Geometry and Measurement
G4U4 Burns, Marilyn
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!: A
Mathematical Story 2D Geometry and Measurement
G4U4 Friedman, Aileen A Cloak for the Dreamer 2D Geometry and Measurement
G4U4 Tompert, Ann
Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale
Told with Tangrams 2D Geometry and Measurement
G4U5 McKissack, Patricia C. A Million Fish … More or Less
Addition, Subtraction, and the Number
System
G4U5 Schwartz, David M. How Much Is a Million?
Addition, Subtraction, and the Number
System
G4U5 Schwartz, David M.
On Beyond a Million: An Amazing
Math Journey
Addition, Subtraction, and the Number
System
G4U5 Wells, Robert E. Can You Count to a Googol?
Addition, Subtraction, and the Number
System
G4U6 Hutchins, Pat The Doorbell Rang Fractions
G4U6 Nagda, Ann Whitehead
Polar Bear Math: Learning about
Fractions from Klondike and Snow Fractions
G4U6 Adler, David A. Fraction Fun Fractions
G4U7 Clement, Rod Counting on Frank 3D Geometry and Measurement
G4U7 Pluckrose, Henry Arthur Knowabout: Capacity 3D Geometry and
G4U7 Schwartz, David M. Millions to Measure 3D Geometry and Measurement
G4U7 Macaulay, David Pyramid 3D Geometry and Measurement
G4U8 Birch, David The King's Chessboard Multiplication and Division
G4U8 Demi, Hitz
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical
Folktale Multiplication and Division
G4U9 Schwartz, David M.
G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet
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