Mrs. Sievers' Fourth Grade Math 
Grade Level Expectations
                                                                      From DESE


 

Number and Operations (N)
      1. Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and  
          number systems
                  A. Read, write and compare numbers
                           1.  Read, write and compare and whole numbers less than 100,000
                  B. Represent and use rational numbers
                           1. Use models, benchmarks (0, 1/2 and 1) and equivalent forms to judge the size 
                               of  fractions
                  C. Compose and decompose numbers
                          1. Recognize equivalent representations for the same number and generate them
                              by  decomposing and composing numbers
                 D. Classify and describe numeric relationships
                           1. classify and describe numbers by their characteristics, including odd, even, 
                              multiples and factors

     2. Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another 
               A. Represent operations
                          1. Represent and recognize multiplication and related division using various 
                              models,  including equal intervals on the number line, equal size groups, 
                              distributive property,  etc.
     3. Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates
              A. Describe or represent mental strategies
                            1.     Represent a mental strategy used to compute a given multiplication 
                                  problem (up to 2-digit by 2-digit multiple of)
              B.  Develop and demonstrate fluency
                            1. Demonstrate fluency with basic number relationships (12 X 12) of 
                               multiplication and  related division facts
             C.  Compute problems
                             1. apply and describe the strategy used to compute a given multiplication of 
                                2-digit by 2-digit numbers and related division facts
              D. Estimate and justify solutions
                             1. estimate and justify products of whole numbers and decimal and fractions

Algebraic Relationships (A)

      1 . Understand patterns, relations and functions
             A. Recognize and extend patterns 
                           1. describe geometric and numeric patterns
             B. Create and analyze patterns
                           1. analyze patterns using words, tables and graphs
      2.  Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures usin
           algebraic symbols
              A. Represent mathematical situations
                            1. using all operations, represent a mathematical situation as an expression or 
                               number sentence
              B. Describe and use mathematical manipulation
                             1. use the commutative, distributive and associative properties of addition and
                                multiplication for multidigit numbers
     3. Use mathematical models to represent and understand 
          quantitative relationships 
              A. Use mathematical models
                           1. model problem situations, using representations such as graphs, tables or   
                              number sentences
     4. Analyze change in various contexts
             A. Analyze change
                             1. describe mathematical relationships in terms of constant rates of change

Geometric and Spatial Relationships(G)

     1. Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and 
         develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships
              A. Describe and use geometric relationships
                           1. name and identify properties of 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional shapes describe the
                              attributes of 2- and 3-dimensional shapes using appropriate geometric 
                               vocabulary (rectangular prism, cylinder, pyramid, sphere, cone, parallelism, 
                              perpendicularity)
            C. Compose and decompose shapes
                           1. describe the results of subdividing, combining and transforming shapes
     2. Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other 
          representational systems
             A. Use coordinate systems
                           1. describe movement using common language and geometric vocabulary (forward
                               , back, left, right, north, south, east, west) 
     3. Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations
             A. Use transformations on objects
                           1. predict the results of sliding/ translating, flipping/ reflecting or turning/ 
                              rotating around the center point of a polygon 
             C. Use symmetry 
                           1. construct a figure with multiple lines of symmetry and identify the lines of 
                              symmetry 
     4. Use visualization, spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to solve problems
             A. Recognize and draw three-dimensional representations
                           1. given the picture of a prism, identify the shapes of the faces

Measurement (M)
     1. Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems and processes of 
        measurement
             A. Determine unit of measurement
                         1. identify and justify the unit of linear measure including perimeter and 
                            (customary metric)
            B. Identify equivalent measures
                          1. identify equivalent linear measures within a system of measurement
            C. Tell and use units of time
                           1. tell time to the nearest minute
            D. Count and compute money
                           1. determine change from $10.00 and add and subtract money values to $10.00 
     2. Apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements 
            A. Use standard or non-standard measurement
                           1. select and use benchmarks to estimate measurements (linear, capacity, weight)
             B. Use angle measurement
                            1.  select and use benchmarks to estimate measurements of 0-, 45- (acute), 
                                90- (right) greater than 90 (obtuse) degree angles
            C. Apply geometric measurements
                           1. determine and justify areas of polygons and non-polygonal regions imposed on 
                              a  rectangular grid

Data and Probability (D)

      1. Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize and display 
          relevant data to answer them
            A. Formulate questions
                        1. collect data using observations, surveys and experiments 
           C. Represent and interpret data
                       1. create tables or graphs to represent categorical and numerical data (including line
                           plots)
      2. Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data
           A. Describe and analyze data 
                       1. describe important features of the data set
      3. Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data
            A. Develop and evaluate inferences 
                       1. given a set of data, propose and justify conclusions that are based on the data


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