4th Grade Math - Computation & Numerical Estimation

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Addition Computation

Add 2-, 3-, and 4-digit numbers with regrouping

Subtraction Computation

Subtraction of 2-,3-, and 4-digit numbers with regrouping

Subtraction Rhyme (lesson plan) - Rhyme for doing subtraction with regrouping from tens to ones from ERIC.

Multiplication/Division Facts

Recall from memory, in and out of sequence, multiplication and division facts through 9

Table Talk (lesson plan) - from ERIC developing strategies for learning multiplication facts.

Snake (lesson plan) - fun game for proficiency in facts using number cubes

Multiplication Computation

Multiply up to 4-digits by a 1- or 2-digit number

Division Computation

Divide a 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-digit number by a 1-digit number with and without a remainder

Computation in Context

Use whole number operations to solve real-world problems; choose appropriate operations and methods for solving real-world applications

How Much Water Can We Save While Brushing Our Teeth? (lesson plan) - Students will actively engage in research by collecting data, analyzing it, representing it in the form of two types of graphs, and discuss findings.

Using Charts, Tables

Use information from tables, charts, and graphs to solve problems involving the for basic operations of whole numbers

Collecting Data & Graphing (lesson plan) - collect, organize, and arrange information in a pictograph, create a survey and administer it to the class, find the range, mode, median, and mean of a set of data, create a pie, bar, and line graph on a computer

Computation with Money

Solve money problems using addition and subtraction up to $99

Estimation

Use rounding to estimate sums, differences, and products

Electrifying Possibilities - hands-on, group activity gives students an opportunity to investigate the lighting usage/costs at school and calculate cost and possible savings with a more efficient system; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Estimation Stations - a good old-fashioned activity estimating jelly beans in a jar that also teaches strategies for estimating; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Estimation with Money

Use rounding to estimate sums and differences with money

Fun with Estimation (lesson plan) - This activity is a timed game that allows students to practice their estimation skills while shopping for groceries.

Gifted Givers! - estimation lesson using play money; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Giving: How Much Does It Cost? - calculate the dollar cost of their gifts and the gifts in the song, Partridge in a Pear Tree and explore their options for giving gifts that don't "cost" a thing; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Planning a Picnic - students use estimation to plan a picnic for their class; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Shopping on the Internet - students use the Internet for a virtual shopping trip given a budget; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Fun with Estimation - another grocery shopping activity where students work in groups to shop; from ERIC.

Great Activity - students use estimation to decide what they are worth based on their height; from Lesson Plans Page.

Recognizing When to Estimate

Apply estimation strategies to predict results of operations

Bikes with No Brakes! - In this lesson students will be using a special hill and an imaginary bicycles to learn how simple it is to estimate numbers by rounding; from Learn NC.

Decimals

Add/subtract decimals without regrouping

Bingo Blitz (lesson plan) - Students will do math problems and find answers on their bingo cards.

Fractions

Add/subtract fractions

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