In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad is shooting a film. On their fourth day of filming, they hope to shoot an extra scene, which means their film supply costs will go up. They look at their budget and find that if they lower their crew costs, they can film the extra scene without going over their budget for the day.

G4M1: Place Value, Rounding, and Algorithms for Addition and Subtraction. Contains 19 Lessons.

This lesson details how to facilitate a number talk. The target is 3rd grade students with addition, but this could also be used in 4th grade or at the end of 2nd grade. This task is remixable to provide more supports for various learners.

This lesson describes how to facilitate a number talk for subtraction. The target is 3rd grade students, but this could be adapted and used in 4th grade or at the end of the year in 2nd grade. This is remixable to provide more supports for various learners.

In this lesson, students represent and solve three-digit dividend division with divisors of 2, 3, 4, and 5 numerically.

Building on the programming basics learned so far in the unit, students next learn how to program using sensors rather than by specifying exact durations. They start with an examination of algorithms and move to an understanding of conditional commands (until, then), which require the use of wait blocks. Working with the LEGO MINDSTORMS(TM) NXT robots and software, they learn about wait blocks and how to use them in conjunction with move blocks set with unlimited duration. To help with comprehension and prepare them for the associated activity programming challenges, volunteer students act out a maze demo and student groups conclude by programming LEGO robots to navigate a simple maze using wait block programming. A PowerPoint® presentation, a worksheet and pre/post quizzes are provided.

Students will be given a task card stating how to spend a certain amount of money. Students must look through sale papers, find the items to purchase, add the totals, multiply quantities, subtract from the total, and write a check to purchase the items.

This resource allows you to assess student understanding of various math concepts, through writing.

This resource allows you to assess student understanding of various math concepts, through writing.

This resource allows you to assess student understanding of various math concepts, through writing.

This resource allows you to assess student understanding of various math concepts, through writing.

This resource allows you to assess student understanding of various math concepts, through writing.

This resource allows you to assess student understanding of various math concepts, through writing.

Students use a deck of cards to make two 5 digit numbers and add the two numbers to make the largest sum possible.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about mixed adding and subtracting of capacities (english units).

Problem of the Day resources are for use of spiral content review in Math class. Each resource has a week worth of problems, one for each day of the week. This allows for quick, re-teachable moments of standards your students may not have mastered the first time around, or that they need additional practice with.

This About the Cluster is from the authors of the NC2ML Instructional Frameworks. It provides background information about the mathematics content and pedagogy. This is not remixable since it has been created by the authors of the NC2ML Instructional Frameworks.

Using new knowledge acquired in the associated lesson, students program LEGO MINDSTORMS(TM) NXT robots to go through a maze using movement blocks. The maze is created on the classroom floor with cardboard boxes as its walls. Student pairs follow the steps of the engineering design process to brainstorm, design and test programs to success. Through this activity, students understand how to create and test a basic program. A PowerPoint® presentation, pre/post quizzes and worksheet are provided.

In this task, students use Van De Walle's concept of a "nice number" to round a number. This simply means to substitute a ?nice? number that is close so that some computation can be done more easily. The close number can be any nice number and need not be a multiple of ten or one hundred. It should be whatever makes the computation or estimation easier or simplifies numbers sufficiently in a story, chart, or conversation. The lesson begins on page 45 of the PDF file.

Fourth grade students learn about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle through a variety of experiences. The goal of this unit is for students to apply what they learn in class to help transform their life to a healthier lifestyle. To begin this unit, students watch a clip from the movie WALL-E to get their attention about the importance of eating healthy and exercising. What would life be like if we all lived a WALL-E way of life?

Students then dive into their learning by completing a nutrition pathway. Students independently learn about the different food groups, why vitamins and minerals are important, and the importance of exercise. Students then apply what they learned to interview our school’s Cafeteria Attendants. Through this process, they learn the “ins and outs” of what goes into planning lunch for our 1,100 student body.

To close out the unit, the students work in small groups to plan a nutritious class party. Each group creates a “company” and presents their plan to the class at the close of the unit. Students must include the five important food groups while staying within a $60.00 budget. Once each company presents their party plan, students vote on which company to “hire” to throw our class party. Students then close out the year with a more nutritious party while still having fun.