Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Write and solve a story problem for 487 – 364 = _____. Grab some coins in your left hand, count the coins. Grab some coins in your right hand, count the coins. What is the difference of the coin values you grabbed? What is the sum? You are asked to help stack books at the library. There are 8 shelves on a bookcase that you must stack. Each shelf holds 9 books. What is the total number of books that can be stacked on the 8 shelves? Read a math book from the attached list of books. Draw a figure with more than one line of symmetry. Use the correct symbol to compare. (‹, ›, or =) 1) 246 + 43 187 + 102 2) 367 – 123 298 + 98 Create 3 more statements and ask a family member to solve. You have $10. You bought an ice cream cone for you and your brother and received $5.14 in change. How much did an ice cream cone cost? Draw an illustration to represent how you determined your answer. your local take-out restaurant with a parent. Plan a meal for your family using the take-out menu. First, estimate the cost. Then, record the actual cost. What is the difference between your estimate and actual cost? Read a math book from the attached list of books. Survey at least 10 friends or family members to determine their favorite pizza toppings. Use the data from the survey to create a pictograph. Include all characteristics of a pictograph. Look at the previous day’s directions. Using the data from your survey. Choose the top four toppings and create a bar graph. Then, create 5 questions in order to analyze the data (include the answers). Select a day and create a schedule of activities for that day. Begin by recording the time you wake up to the time you go to bed. Compute the elapsed time between each activity. Share your schedule with your parent/guardian. Choose 5 activities from the schedule you made on the previous day. Make a clock face to show the end time for each of the selected activities.
Ask a family member to take you to the grocery store. In the vegetable section, select five different items. First, estimate the weight of each item and record your estimation. Next, weigh each item and record. Last, compare the actual weights and the estimates. Look around your for objects that are symmetrical. Draw the objects. Explain to a family member why those objects are symmetrical. Next, with a family member, look around your neighborhood for objects that are symmetrical. Draw those objects. Estimate the length and width of a table in your home. Then select a unit of measurement. Using your unit of measurement, find the perimeter of the table. Draw a picture of a pizza that you would love to eat. Cut the pizza so that each member in your family gets an equal share. In your math journal, write the fractional amount of pizza each family member will receive. July 2017 For Students Entering Grade 4 August 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday A family member wrote: 183 = 124 + What should go in the box? Draw a number line beginning with 0. Place only the following numbers on your number line: 4 ½, 2, 3.5, and 6⅞. How did you decide where to place the numbers? Draw a picture to model 48 as a product. The arranged an array of cupcakes in each pan. Each pan started out with the same number of cupcakes each day. If the baker had a total of 100 cupcakes, how could he have arranged them in 5 pans? Mary’s rectangle has the area of 36 sq. units. Jeanine has a rectangle with the perimeter of 30 units. The two rectangles have different lengths and widths. Could they both have the same area? Show your work to prove your answer. Read a math book from the list. Joe listed the first 10 multiples for the number 3. Luis listed the first 10 multiples for the number 4. What same numbers did both boys write? How could you describe the numbers that are the same on both boys’ list? Draw a model of a ruler that is 4 inches long. Label all whole numbers, halves, quarters, and eighths. Write an equivalent fraction for the whole number 4. Draw a picture to explain your answer. Explain how you could use multiplication to help you solve this problem: 56 ÷ ___ = 8
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