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| Grades 3-4 Math Curriculum Overview - Adapted
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Number
Sense and Operations |
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1)
Exhibit an understanding of the base ten number
system by reading, modeling, writing, and interpreting
whole numbers to at least 100,000; demonstrating an
understanding of the values of the digits; and comparing
and ordering the numbers. |
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2)
Represent, order, and compare large numbers (to at
least 100,000) using various forms, including expanded
notation (e.g., 853=8 x 100 + 5 x 10 + 3). |
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3)
Demonstrate an understanding of fractions as parts
of unit wholes, as parts of a collection, and as locations
on the number line. |
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4)
Select, use, and explain models to relate common
fractions and mixed numbers (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8,
1/10, 1/12, and 1½), find equivalent fractions, mixed
numbers, and decimals, and order fractions. |
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5)
Identify and generate equivalent forms of common
decimals and fractions less than one whole (halves,
quarters, fifths and tenths). |
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6)
Exhibit an understanding of the base ten number
system by reading, naming, and writing decimals between 0
and 1 up to the hundredths. |
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7)
Recognize classes (in particular, odds, evens;
factors or multiples of a given number; and squares) to
which a number may belong, and identify the numbers in
those classes. Use these in the solution of problems. |
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8)
Select, use, and explain various meanings and
models of multiplication and division of whole numbers.
Understand and use the inverse relationship between the
two operations. |
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9)
Select, use, and explain the commutative,
associative, and identity properties of operations on
whole numbers in problem situations (e.g., 37 x 46 = 46 x
37, (5 x 7) x 2 = 5 x (7 x 2)). |
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10)
Select and use appropriate operations (addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division) to solve problems,
including those involving money. |
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11)
Know multiplication facts through 12 x 12 and
related division facts. Use these facts to solve related
multiplication problems and compute related problems
(e.g., 3 x 5 is related to 30 x 50, 300 x 5, and 30 x
500). |
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12)
Add and subtract (up to five-digit numbers) and
multiply (up to three digits by two digits) accurately and
efficiently. |
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13)
Divide up to a three-digit whole number
with a single-digit divisor (with or without remainders)
accurately and efficiently. |
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14)
Demonstrate in the classroom an
understanding of and the ability to use the conventional
algorithms for addition and subtraction (up to five-digit
numbers), and multiplication (up to three digits by two
digits). |
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15)
Demonstrate in the classroom an
understanding of and the ability to use the conventional
algorithm for division of up to a three-digit whole number
with a single-digit divisor (with or without remainders). |
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16)
Round whole numbers through 100,000 to
the nearest 10, 100, 1000. 10,000, and 100,000. |
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17)
Select and use a variety of strategies
(e.g., front-end, rounding, and regrouping) to estimate
quantities, measures, and the results of whole-number
computations up to three-digit whole numbers and amounts
of money to $1000, and to judge the reasonableness of the
answer. |
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18)
Use concrete objects and visual models
to add and subtract common fractions. |
Patterns,
Relations, and Algebra
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1)
Create, describe, extend and explain symbolic
(geometric) and numeric patterns, including multiplication
patterns like 3, 30,300,3000… |
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2)
Use symbol and letter variables (e.g. Δ. X) to
represent unknowns or quantities that vary in expressions
and in equations or inequalities (mathematical sentences
that use =, <,>). |
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3)
Determine values of variables in simple equations
(e.g. 4106 – Δ =37, 5 = μ + 3). |
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4)
Use pictures, models, tables, charts, graphs, words,
number sentences, and mathematical notations to interpret
mathematical relationships. |
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5)
Solve problems involving proportional relationships,
including unit pricing (e.g., four apples cost 80¢, so one
apple costs 20¢) and map interpretation (e.g. one inch
represents five miles, so two inches represent ten miles). |
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6)
Determine how change in one variable relates to a
change in a second variable (e.g., input-output tables). |
Geometry
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1)
Compare and analyze attributes and other
features (e.g., number of sides, faces, corners, right
angles, diagonals, and symmetry) of two- and
three-dimensional geometric shapes. |
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2)
Describe, model, draw, compare, and
classify two-and three-dimensional shapes (e.g., circles,
polygons—especially triangles and quadrilaterals—cubes,
spheres, and pyramids). |
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3)
Recognize similar figures. |
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4)
Identify angles as acute, right, or
obtuse. |
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5)
Describe and draw intersecting,
parallel, and perpendicular lines. |
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6)
Using ordered pairs of numbers and/or
letters, graph, locate, identify points, and describe paths
(first quadrant). |
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7)
Describe and apply techniques such as
reflections (flips), rotations (turns), and translations
(slides) for determining if two shapes are congruent. |
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8)
Identify and describe line symmetry in
two-dimensional shapes. |
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9)
Predict and validate the results of
partitioning, folding, and combining two- and
three-dimensional shapes. |
Measurement
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1)
Demonstrate an understanding of such
attributes as length, area, weight, and volume, and select
the appropriate type of unit for measuring each attribute. |
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2)
Carry out simple unit conversions within
a system of measurement (e.g., hours to minutes, cents to
dollars, yards to feet or inches, etc.). |
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