Pacing Guide for 4th Grade Math
The fourth-grade math curriculum was designed to be implemented over the course of a single school year. It includes eight units of study over 153 instructional days (including days for lessons, flex days, and unit assessments). We intentionally did not account for all 180 instructional days in order for teachers to fit in additional review or extension, teacher-created assessments, and school-based events.
Each unit includes a specific number of lessons, a day for assessment, and a recommended number of flex days (see the table below). These flex days can be used at the teacher’s discretion; however, for units that include both major and supporting/additional work, it is strongly recommended that the flex days be spent on content that aligns with the major work of the grade.
Each lesson was designed to be implemented within, approximately, a 50-minute class period. A suggested break down of a typical class period is shown below; however, this time allotment will vary depending on the lesson and lesson structure chosen by the teacher.
- 25–30 minutes: Anchor Tasks
- 15–20 minutes: Problem Set
- 5–10 minutes: Target Task
In addition to the main lessons, it is recommended to also allocate 10 minutes for daily application and 15 minutes for daily fluency. These additional blocks are meant to provide sufficient time and practice for these aspects of rigor.
|
Lessons |
Flex Days + Assessment |
Total |
Topic A: Topic A: Place Value of Multi-Digit Whole Numbers
Topic B: Topic B: Reading, Writing, and Comparing Multi-Digit Whole Numbers
Topic C: Topic C: Rounding Multi-Digit Whole Numbers
Topic D: Topic D: Multi-Digit Whole-Number Addition and Subtraction
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19 |
3 |
22 |
Topic A: Topic A: Multiplicative Comparison
Topic B: Topic B: Multiplication of up to Four-Digit Whole Numbers by One-Digit Whole Numbers
Topic C: Topic C: Multiplication of Two-Digit Whole Numbers by Two-Digit Whole Numbers
Topic D: Topic D: Multi-Step Word Problems
|
18 |
3 |
21 |
Topic A: Topic A: Understanding and Interpreting Remainders
Topic B: Topic B: Division of up to Four-Digit Whole Numbers by One-Digit Whole Numbers
Topic C: Topic C: Multi-Step Word Problems and Patterns
|
16 |
3 |
19 |
Topic A: Topic A: Factors and Multiples
Topic B: Topic B: Equivalent Fractions
Topic C: Topic C: Comparing and Ordering Fractions
|
15 |
2 |
17 |
Topic A: Topic A: Building, Adding, and Subtracting Fractions Less Than or Equal to 1
Topic B: Topic B: Building, Adding, and Subtracting Fractions Less Than 2
Topic C: Topic C: Building, Adding, and Subtracting Fractions Greater Than or Equal to 2
Topic D: Topic D: Multiplication of Fractions
Topic E: Topic E: Line Plots
|
21 |
3 |
24 |
Topic A: Topic A: Understanding Tenths
Topic B: Topic B: Understanding Tenths and Hundredths
Topic C: Topic C: Decimal Comparison
Topic D: Topic D: Decimal Addition
Topic E: Topic E: Money as a Decimal Amount
|
13 |
2 |
15 |
Topic A: Topic A: Metric Unit Conversion
Topic B: Topic B: Customary Unit Conversion
Topic C: Topic C: Fraction and Decimal Unit Conversions
|
12 |
2 |
14 |
Topic A: Topic A: Lines and Angles
Topic B: Topic B: Measures of Angles
Topic C: Topic C: Measures of Adjacent Angles
Topic D: Topic D: Shapes and Lines of Symmetry
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18 |
2 |
20 |
| Total |
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