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MST Standard 3 Math: Grade 4
Through the integrated study of number sense and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and statistics and probability, students will:
  • understand the concepts of and become proficient with the skills of mathematics;
  • communicate and reason mathematically;
  • become problem solvers by using appropriate tools and strategies;
Algebra
Students will represent and analyze algebraically a wide variety of problem solving situations.
Variables and Expressions
  4.A.1

Evaluate and express relationships using open sentences with one operation

       
Algebra
Students will perform algebraic procedures accurately.
Equations and Inequalities
  4.A.3

Find the value or values that will make an open sentence true, if it contains < or > 

  4.A.2

Use the symbols <, >, = , and ≠ (with and without the use of a number line) to compare whole numbers and unit fractions and decimals (up to hundredths)

       
Algebra
Students will recognize, use, and represent algebraically patterns, relations, and functions.
Patterns, Relations, and Functions
  4.A.5

Analyze a pattern or a whole-number function and state the rule, given a table or an input/output box

  4.A.4

Describe, extend, and make generalizations about numeric ( +, -, ×, ÷ ) and geometric patterns

       
Communication
Students will organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication.
  4.CM.3

Provide reasoning both in written and verbal form

  4.CM.1

Understand and explain how to organize their thought process

  4.CM.2

Verbally explain their rationale for strategy selection

       
Communication
Students will communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others.
  4.CM.6

Answer clarifying questions from others

 
  4.CM.4

Organize and accurately label work

  4.CM.5

Share organized mathematical ideas through the manipulation of objects, drawing, pictures, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, models, symbols, and expressions in written and verbal form

       
Communication
Students will analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others.
  4.CM.7

Restate mathematical solutions shared by other students

 
  4.CM.8

Consider strategies used and solutions found in relation to their own work

 
       
Communication
Students will use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely.
  4.CM.11

Decode and comprehend mathematical visuals and symbols to construct meaning

  4.CM.9

Increase their use of mathematical vocabulary and language when communicating with others

  4.CM.10

Describe objects, relationships, solutions, and rationale using appropriate vocabulary

       
Connections
Students will recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas.
  4.CN.2

Compare and contrast mathematical ideas

 
  4.CN.3

Connect and apply mathematical information to solve problems

  4.CN.1

Recognize, understand, and make connections in their everyday experiences to mathematical ideas

       
Connections
Students will understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole.
  4.CN.4

Understand multiple representations and how they are related

  4.CN.5

Model situations with objects and representations and be able to make observations

       
Connections
Students will recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.
  4.CN.6

Recognize the presence of mathematics in their daily lives

  4.CN.7

Apply mathematics to solve problems that develop outside of mathematics

  4.CN.8

Recognize and apply mathematics to other disciplines

       
Geometry
Students will use visualization and spatial reasoning to analyze characteristics and properties of geometric shapes.
Shapes
  4.G.5

Define and identify vertices, faces, and edges of three-dimensional shapes

  4.G.4

Find the area of a rectangle by counting the number of squares needed to cover the rectangle

  4.G.2

Identify points and line segments when drawing a plane figure 

  4.G.3

Find perimeter of polygons by adding sides

  4.G.1

Identify and name polygons, recognizing that their names are related to the number of sides and angles (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, and octagon)

       
Geometry
Students will identify and justify geometric relationships, formally and informally.
Geometric Relationships
  4.G.7

Identify points and rays when drawing angles 

  4.G.8

Classify angles as acute, obtuse, right, and straight

  4.G.6

Draw and identify intersecting, perpendicular, and parallel lines 

       
Measurement
Students will determine what can be measured and how, using appropriate methods and formulas.
Units of Measurement
  4.M.7

Measure capacity, using milliliters and liters

  4.M.5

Measure mass, using grams

  4.M.6

Select tools and units appropriate to the capacity being measured (milliliters and liters) 

  4.M.4

Select tools and units appropriate to the mass of the object being measured (grams and kilograms)

  4.M.2

Use a ruler to measure to the nearest standard unit (whole, ½ and ¼ inches, whole feet, whole yards, whole centimeters, and whole meters)

  4.M.3

Know and understand equivalent standard units of length:12 inches = 1 foot3 feet = 1 yard

  4.M.1

Select tools and units  (customary and metric) appropriate for the length being measured  

       
Measurement
Students will use units to give meaning to measurements.
Units
  4.M.10

Calculate elapsed time in days and weeks, using a calendar

  4.M.9

Calculate elapsed time in hours and half hours, not crossing A.M./ P.M.

  4.M.8

Make change, using combined coins and dollar amounts 

       
Number Sense and Operations
Students will understand numbers, multiple ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.
Number Systems
  4.N.1

Skip count by 1,000's

 
  4.N.2

Read and write whole numbers to 10,000

  4.N.3

Compare and order numbers to 10,000

  4.N.4

Understand the place value structure of the base ten number system: 10 ones = 1 ten10 tens = 1 hundred10 hundreds  = 1 thousand10 thousands = 1 ten thousand

  4.N.5

Recognize equivalent representations for numbers up to four digits and generate them by decomposing and composing numbers

  4.N.6

Understand, use, and explain the associative property of multiplication

  4.N.7

Develop an understanding of fractions as locations on number lines and as divisions of whole numbers

  4.N.8

Recognize and generate equivalent fractions (halves, fourths, thirds, fifths, sixths, and tenths) using manipulatives, visual models, and illustrations

  4.N.9

Use concrete materials and visual models to compare and order unit fractions or fractions with the same denominator (with and without the use of a number line)

  4.N.10

Develop an understanding of decimals as part of a whole

  4.N.11

Read and write decimals to hundredths, using money as a context

  4.N.12

Use concrete materials and visual models to compare and order decimals (less than 1) to the hundredths place in the context of money

       
Number Sense and Operations
Students will understand numbers, multiple ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.
Number Theory
  4.N.13

Develop an understanding of the properties of odd/even numbers as a result of multiplication

 
       
Number Sense and Operations
Students will understand meanings of operations and procedures, and how they relate to one another.
Operations
  4.N.14

Use a variety of strategies to add and subtract numbers up to 10,000

  4.N.15

Select appropriate computational and operational methods to solve problems

  4.N.16

Understand various meanings of multiplication and division

  4.N.25

Add and subtract decimals to tenths and hundredths using a hundreds chart 

  4.N.23

Add and subtract proper fractions with common denominators 

  4.N.24

Express decimals as an equivalent form of fractions to tenths and hundredths 

  4.N.21

Use a variety of strategies to divide two-digit dividends by one-digit divisors (with and without remainders)

 
  4.N.22

Interpret the meaning of remainders

 
  4.N.20

Develop fluency in multiplying and dividing multiples of 10 and 100 up to 1,000

  4.N.19

Use a variety of strategies to multiply two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers (with and without regrouping) 

  4.N.17

Use multiplication and division as inverse operations to solve problems

  4.N.18

Use a variety of strategies to multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers (with and without regrouping)

       
Number Sense and Operations
Students will compute accurately and make reasonable estimates.
Estimation
  4.N.27

Check reasonableness of an answer by using estimation

  4.N.26

Round numbers less than 1,000 to the nearest tens and hundreds

       
Problem Solving
Students will build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving.
  4.PS.3

Interpret information correctly, identify the problem, and generate possible solutions

  4.PS.2

Understand that some ways of representing a problem are more helpful than others

 
  4.PS.1

Explore, examine, and make observations about a social problem or mathematical situation

       
Problem Solving
Students will solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts.
  4.PS.7

Represent problem situations in oral, written, concrete, pictorial, and graphical forms

  4.PS.8

Select an appropriate representation of a problem  

 
  4.PS.6

Translate from a picture/diagram to a numeric expression

  4.PS.5

Formulate problems and solutions from everyday situations

  4.PS.4

Act out or model with manipulatives activities involving  mathematical content from literature

       
Problem Solving
Students will apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems.
  4.PS.9

Use trial and error to solve problems

  4.PS.10

Use process of elimination to solve problems

 
  4.PS.11

Make pictures/diagrams of problems

  4.PS.12

Use physical objects to model problems

  4.PS.13

Work in collaboration with others to solve problems

  4.PS.14

Make organized lists to solve numerical problems 

  4.PS.15

Make charts to solve numerical problems 

  4.PS.16

Analyze problems by identifying relationships

  4.PS.17

Analyze problems by identifying relevant versus irrelevant information

 
  4.PS.18

Analyze problems by observing patterns

  4.PS.19

State a problem in their own words

 
       
Problem Solving
Students will monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving.
  4.PS.20

Determine what information is needed to solve a problem

 
  4.PS.21

Discuss with peers to understand a problem situation

  4.PS.22

Discuss the efficiency of different representations of a problem

 
  4.PS.23

Verify results of a problem

  4.PS.24

Recognize invalid approaches

 
  4.PS.25

Determine whether a solution is reasonable in the context of the original problem

 
       
Reasoning and Proof
Students will recognize reasoning and proof as fundamental aspects of mathematics.
  4.RP.1

Use representations to support mathematical ideas

  4.RP.2

Determine whether a mathematical statement is true or false and explain why

 
       
Reasoning and Proof
Students will make and investigate mathematical conjectures.
  4.RP.4

Make conjectures from a variety of representations

  4.RP.3

Investigate the use of knowledgeable guessing by generalizing  mathematical ideas

       
Reasoning and Proof
Students will develop and evaluate mathematical arguments and proofs.
  4.RP.7

Discuss, listen, and make comments that support or reject claims made by other students

  4.RP.6

Develop and explain an argument using oral, written, concrete, pictorial, and/or graphical forms

  4.RP.5

Justify general claims or conjectures, using manipulatives, models, and expressions

       
Reasoning and Proof
Students will select and use various types of reasoning and methods of proof.
  4.RP.8

Support an argument by trying many cases

  4.RP.9

Disprove an argument by finding counterexamples

 
       
Representation
Students will create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.
  4.R.1

Use verbal and written language, physical models, drawing charts,  graphs, tables, symbols, and equations as representations

  4.R.2

Share mental images of mathematical ideas and understandings 

 
  4.R.3

Recognize and use external mathematical representations

 
  4.R.4

Use standard and nonstandard representations with accuracy and detail

       
Representation
Students will select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems.
  4.R.5

Understand similarities and differences in representations

  4.R.6

Connect mathematical representations with problem solving

  4.R.7

Construct effective representations to solve problems

 
       
Representation
Students will use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena.
  4.R.8

Use mathematics to show and understand physical phenomena (e.g., estimate and represent the number of apples in a tree)

  4.R.9

Use mathematics to show and understand social phenomena (e.g., determine the number of buses required for a field trip)

  4.R.10

Use mathematics to show and understand mathematical  phenomena (e.g., use a multiplication grid to solve odd and even number problems)

       
Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.
Collection of Data
  4.S.2

Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments and record appropriately

  4.S.1

Design investigations to address a question from given data

       
Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.
Organization and Display of Data
  4.S.3

Represent data using tables, bar graphs, and pictographs

       
Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.
Analysis of Data
  4.S.4

Read and interpret line graphs 

       
Statistics and Probability
Students will make predictions that are based upon data analysis.
Predictions from Data
  4.S.5

Develop and make predictions that are based on data

  4.S.6

Formulate conclusions and make predictions from graphs

       
 
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