Math Skills Check
2015 - 2016
Skills Check
This year we will be implementing a few new teaching strategies. One is called a "skills check." Below are the math plus red units that we will focus on for the 2015 - 2016 school year. Students will take a skills check for each unit. A skills check will be approximately 10 - 15 math questions that correspond with each math unit. If all components of the skills check are passed with 80% or higher, the student will not be required to attend class connect sessions for that particular unit. If a student needs extra support in a particular area, he/she will be invited to class connect sessions on that topic.
For example, our first unit will be on "whole number sense." If a student passes all 4 components (place value, expanded form, compare/order numbers, and rounding) he/she will not be required to attend those class connect sessions. If the student just needs extra practice with rounding, he/she will only be required to attend the rounding class connect sessions.
After the student has attended their class connect sessions, he/she will try the skills check again. If the skills check is passed with 80% or higher, the corresponding lessons may be marked off. If a student is showing that he/she needs extra support, he/she may be referred to the math interventionist.
For example, our first unit will be on "whole number sense." If a student passes all 4 components (place value, expanded form, compare/order numbers, and rounding) he/she will not be required to attend those class connect sessions. If the student just needs extra practice with rounding, he/she will only be required to attend the rounding class connect sessions.
After the student has attended their class connect sessions, he/she will try the skills check again. If the skills check is passed with 80% or higher, the corresponding lessons may be marked off. If a student is showing that he/she needs extra support, he/she may be referred to the math interventionist.
4th Grade Math Units We Will Focus on This Year (In Order)
Unit 1: Whole Number Sense
*Place Value through 1,000,000
*Expanded Form
*Compare/Order Numbers
* Rounding
Unit 2: Whole Number Operations
*Estimation
*Addition
*Subtraction
*Multiplication (double-digit by double-digit and 4 digit by 1 digit.)
*Division
*Prime Numbers/Factors
Unit 3: Applications of Operations
*Order of Operations
*Distributive Property
Unit 4: Lines, Angles, and Rotation
*Types of lines and angles
*Rotation
Unit 11: Geometry
*Quadrilaterals
*Line Symmetry
Unit 13: Perimeter and Area Formula
*Perimeter
*Area
Unit 5: Fraction Sense
*Representing Fractions
*Equivalent Fractions
*Comparing/Ordering Fractions
Unit 8: Fraction Operations
*Add and Subtract Fractions
*Multiply fractions and whole numbers
Unit 9: Decimals and Equality with Fractions
*Decimals and Fraction Equivalents
*Comparing Decimals
Unit 6: Measurement
*Estimating Lengths
*Converting Units'
Unit 12: Algebra Thinking
*Algebraic Equations
*The Coordinate Plane
Unit 10: Mathematical Reasoning
*Story Problems
*Place Value through 1,000,000
*Expanded Form
*Compare/Order Numbers
* Rounding
Unit 2: Whole Number Operations
*Estimation
*Addition
*Subtraction
*Multiplication (double-digit by double-digit and 4 digit by 1 digit.)
*Division
*Prime Numbers/Factors
Unit 3: Applications of Operations
*Order of Operations
*Distributive Property
Unit 4: Lines, Angles, and Rotation
*Types of lines and angles
*Rotation
Unit 11: Geometry
*Quadrilaterals
*Line Symmetry
Unit 13: Perimeter and Area Formula
*Perimeter
*Area
Unit 5: Fraction Sense
*Representing Fractions
*Equivalent Fractions
*Comparing/Ordering Fractions
Unit 8: Fraction Operations
*Add and Subtract Fractions
*Multiply fractions and whole numbers
Unit 9: Decimals and Equality with Fractions
*Decimals and Fraction Equivalents
*Comparing Decimals
Unit 6: Measurement
*Estimating Lengths
*Converting Units'
Unit 12: Algebra Thinking
*Algebraic Equations
*The Coordinate Plane
Unit 10: Mathematical Reasoning
*Story Problems