Math Goals

Mathematics Exit Goals for Grade 4

Number, Operation, and Computation Sense (State Goal 6)

·          Number sense for whole numbers and fractions: Read, write, order and round (to lead digit) whole numbers through 100,000,000; model fractions, represent equivalent fractions and mixed numerals in various forms, and compare fractions using fraction models to help or check.

·          Operation Sense involving all four operations with whole numbers: Select appropriate operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) when solving 1- and multi-step problems; solve teacher or student-generated word problems for all four operations; write number sentences to describe problem solutions; create problems for given number sentences; explain solution approach  orally and/or in writing.

·          Computation Sense involving whole numbers and fractions: Know multiplication and division facts; perform mental math on appropriate problems using a variety of strategies; multiply whole numbers by a 1-digit factor; divide whole numbers by a 1-digit divisor; add and subtraction fractions with like denominators, using fraction models to help or check; estimate to check reasonableness of results.

Measurement (State Goal 7)

·          Measurement skills.  Recognize appropriate units for measuring different attributes of objects; know basic equivalencies of common measurements within customary and metric systems; measure lengths to the nearest ¼” and ½ cm; calculate and compare perimeters of shapes using a model/picture; perimeters and draw rectangles/squares for given areas—using technology when appropriate.

·          Time/money skills: Calculate elapsed times, including from a.m. to p.m.; for amounts to $5, count up from cost to check change received; solve “money” problems.

·          Estimation skills: Approximate lengths in both customary and metric systems and check by measuring; estimate conversions between measures within the customary and metric systems.

Algebra Readiness (State Goal 8)

·          Patterning: Recognize, create, analyze, and extend geometric and numeric patterns, recording geometric patterns numerically.

·          Number properties: Explain computations using number properties (e.g. commutative, associative, zero, and distributive).

Geometry (State Goal 9)

·          Spatial sense: Build physical models of 3-dimensional shapes from nets; identify, describe, and draw 2- and 3-dimensional shapes; give examples of where geometric shapes are found.

·          Logical reasoning: Compare geometric figures on the basis of their properties including parallel, perpendicular, similar, congruence, line symmetry, angle measure; use properties of shapes to analyze a problem/solution in oral and/or written form.

Statistics and Probability (State Goal 10)

·          Statistics: Collect, organize, display, and interpret data using pictures, tallies, tables, pictographs, and bar, coordinate, or line graphs; calculate and analyze data using the mean and general “spread” of a data set with and without the use of technology; formulate questions, make predictions and decisions based on data and communicate reasoning.

·          List possible outcomes of 1- and 2-stage chance situations; compare the likelihood of events in terms of certain, more likely, or impossible; find and interpret experimental probabilities through simulations and activities; use numbers to describe the chance of an equally likely event occurring (e.g., 1 out of 4, ¼…); make predictions/decisions based on probabilities and communicate reasoning.

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