Welcome to 4th Grade’s Curriculum & Title I Night

Parents + Students + Teachers = Success

Angier Elementary

Literacy and Mathematics

Literacy: Benchmark

• Life Science - Observing Nature *How do we respond to nature?
• Character Matters - Characters’ Actions and Reactions *How do we reveal ourselves to others?
• Government and Citizenship - Government in Action *How can government influence the way we live?
• Perspectives in Literature - Understanding Different Points of View *What do we learn when we look at the world through the eyes of others?
• Technology and Society - Technology for Tomorrow *How do we make decisions about developing new technology?

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Knowledge Strands begin in kindergarten and continue through grade 6

• Themes Across Cultures - Confronting Challenges *How do we overcome obstacles?
• History, Culture, and Geography - The Transcontinental Railroad *How do communities evolve?
• Earth Science - Earth Changes *How do Earth’s natural processes impact our lives?
• Economics - Resources and Their Impact *How does access to resources influence people’s lives?
• Physical Science - The Power of Electricity *Where do scientific scientific discoveries lead us?

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Literacy in the Home

• Read with your child 30 minutes a night. As you are reading, stop and ask them questions and have them give a short summary of what they have read so far.
• Be sure to help your child with any unfamiliar words. Have them use their context clues and read on.
• Read to your kids: Reading to kids exposes them to richer vocabulary than they usually hear from the adults who speak to them, and can have positive impacts on their language, intelligence, and later literacy achievement.

Literacy in the World

• 35 percent of the world reads more due to coronavirus
• One of every three teenagers has not read a book for pleasure in a year
• 23 percent of adult Americans didn’t read a book in 2020
• People aged between 15 to 44 read for an average of 10 minutes or less per day
• Bill Gates reads 50 books a year
• 88 percent of rich people “devote thirty minutes or more each day to self-education or self-improvement reading”
• Just six minutes of reading per day means a lot for the development of young children
• If you only retain one of these book reading statistics, make it this one: 6 minutes of additional reading time per day can significantly improve children’s reading performance.

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4th Grade Math Big Ideas

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Numbers and Operations in Base Ten

• Place value understanding of numbers
• Place value understanding to multiply, divide, add and subtract

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Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Use of four operations to solve problems
• Factors/Multiples
• Patterns

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4th Grade Math Big Ideas Continued

Numbers and Operations - Fractions - Equivalence and ordering

• Build fractions from unit fractions
• Decimal notation for fractions; compare decimals

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Geometry -

• Draw and identify lines and angles
• Classify shapes by properties

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Measurement and Data

• Solve problems involving measurement and conversions
• Represent and interpret data
• Understand angles and measure angles

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Developing Understanding

• Prompting thinking and questioning
• Providing opportunities to manipulate, experience and see (use of resources)
• Develop thinking through investigation
• Reasoning and making connections
• Engaging in talk
• Encouraging children to make links and generalize

Helping Your Child See How Math is a Part of Daily Life

Parents can help influence their student’s math skills. You probably don’t even realize it, but whenever you:

• Sort objects
• Compare prices
• Make change
• Measure
• Read maps or schedules
• Work with family finances
• Use a calculator or calendar

You are a living textbook!

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Helping Your Child See How Math is a Part of Daily Life

• Make your child aware of when and how to use math
• Whenever possible, talk through activities with your child and encourage him/her to take part in them
• Think out loud, make estimates, check them, make mistakes, and try more than one way to solve a problem
• Allow your child to make mistakes and when you notice, ask him/her to explain the answer and then help him/her figure out the correct answer - don’t just give them the answer!

Math Activities to do with Your Child

Estimation Activities

• Ask your child to guess the number of items in your home. Make a list, then count them together. Examples may include pillows, windows, chairs, shoes, etc. Then compare estimates with an actual count. Make comparisons between items to help children understand the concepts of “more” or “less” and put them into categories
• Children can use regular units of measurements (rulers, measuring cups, etc.) to measure household items

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Math Activities to do with Your Child

Traveling Activities

• Discuss directions (north, south, east, and west) to give your child a sense of coordinates. Estimate the time of your arrival and compare to the actual time it took to arrive at a given destination
• Have competitions when traveling. Have children count red cars or see who can find the largest number formed by the numerals on a license plate
• Review multiplication facts constantly

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Math Activities to do with Your Child

Cooking/Shopping Activities

• Let your child help with cooking by measuring the ingredients and checking cooking times and temperatures. Children can also increase or decrease recipes
• Have your child figure out how to cut a pizza, cake, pie or sandwich for different numbers of people
• Have your child determine how much or how many of a grocery item is needed for the entire family, or how much is needed for a given recipe

Questions?