What are your 4th graders learning in math?

[Anonymous]

What are your 4th graders learning in math? My son attends a "good" elementary school in
FCPS (recently awarded Blue Ribbon but not sure that actually means anything). He told me he's bored out of his mind during math as they're doing 3-digit addition. What are your 4th graders learning in math currently?

[Anonymous]

Fractions.


This is a DC public charter school.

[Anonymous]

Two and three digit multiplication, a lot of decimal stuff and some prep for fractions.

School uses bridges curriculum but it’s been up and down- I never know if my kid is on track or not.

[Anonymous]

Factors and multiples.

I also think they are learning how to be precise and to not make careless mistakes. Or maybe that's just my kid.

[Anonymous]

Fractions and multiplying 2-3 digit numbers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Factors and multiples.

I also think they are learning how to be precise and to not make careless mistakes. Or maybe that's just my kid.

Same but in addition to careless mistakes or not being able to read his own writing things like greatest common factor are a struggle for DS’s because he still hasn’t mastered the multiplication table. So we starting to do multiplication flash cards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are your 4th graders learning in math? My son attends a "good" elementary school in
FCPS (recently awarded Blue Ribbon but not sure that actually means anything). He told me he's bored out of his mind during math as they're doing 3-digit addition. What are your 4th graders learning in math currently?

Usually it’s fractions and multiplication Boring, no way around it.

[Anonymous]

Mine is doing pre algebra

[Anonymous]

We are still on 3 digit addition and subtraction. A little fraction work. Like probability of pulling a blue marble out of a bag.

[Anonymous]

Multiplication, fractions, and stuff like prime numbers

[Anonymous]

You can easily find the curriculum for each grade level on the school website.

[Anonymous]

Christian school using Math in Focus, whose homework I just snagged: final assignment for a chapter on estimation. Sum and difference of two numbers, product of 3-digit and 1-digit, quotient of 3-digit and 1-digit.

[Anonymous]

OP is your child in advanced math or the regular track? If your child is bored and not in advanced math, maybe chat with the teacher on whether advanced math (if offered at your school in 4th) would be a good fit?

Though FCPS did just water down at least the 3rd grade advanced math curriculum compared to prior years. Not sure about 4th.

[Anonymous]

DD is in 4th grade and in the 4/5 math curriculum (faster paced will cover 4th grade and some of 5th grade this year). She is currently working on metric conversions (mili, centi, deci... etc)

[Anonymous]

I remember my 4 year old doing my 4th grader's fractions homework because he just couldn't be bothered, it was so boring. But novel for my preschooler!

But please make sure your kids' math skills are solid in elementary, because tracking starts in late elementary or early middle school, depending on your school system, and math becomes progressively more challenging. High school math, at the AP level, is no joke.