Every Day Counts® Element Organizer

Name of Element: Calendar Grade :4
Months / Concepts and Skills / Materials / Notes
August/September
p. 16-20 / §  Predict/analyze patterns
§  Multiples of 2 & 5
§  Attributes of 2D shapes
§  Rotation of 2D shapes / §  Calendar
§  Month strip
§  Calendar pieces
(for all months) / §  See p. 18 (ABAB)
§  Characteristics of square and rectangle
§  Vertical and horizontal
October
p. 30-34 / §  Multiples of 3 & 6
§  Attributes of triangles
§  Rotation of triangles
§  Lines of symmetry
§  Predict/analyze patterns / §  Teacher drawn table towards end of month p.33 / §  See p. 32 (ABC)
§  Scalene, isosceles, equilateral
November
p. 46-49 / §  Predict/analyze patterns
§  Multiple of 4 & 8
§  Attributes of quadrilaterals
§  Rotation of quadrilaterals
§  Lines of symmetry / §  See p. 48 (ABCD)
§  Compare trapezoid and rhombus
December
p. 60-63 / §  Predict/analyze patterns
§  Multiple of 5
§  Attributes of lines and line segments / §  Yarn/string
§  Paper chain materials / §  See p. 63 (ABCDE)
§  Perpendicular, intersecting, parallel
lines
§  P. 62 & 63 - student model for lines
§  P.62 – paper chain & number sentences to end year
January
p.74-78 / §  Tables to represent patterns
§  Multiples of 6
§  Attributes of solids
§  Terms to describe solids / §  Teacher made solids poster (p.77)
§  Chart paper to list characteristics of the solids (p. 78) / §  See p. 76 (AABCDE and ABCDEF)
§  Who am I? p. 78
100th day of school
p.92 / §  Addition up to 100
§  Making number sentences / §  Games = “Can You Make 100?” and “Number Sentences for 100”
February
p. 90-94 / §  Predict/analyze patterns
§  Multiples of 6
§  Angles (acute, obtuse, right, straight) / §  p. 92 – student model activity for measuring turns
§  p. 93 (ABCD)
§  rotation of angles
§  p. 94 – student modeling activity for angles
March
p. 104-108 / §  Predict/analyze patterns
§  Multiples of 2, 4, and 6
§  Use table to represent a pattern
§  Attributes of polygons
§  Use geometric language / §  P. 108 - teacher drawn table / §  P.106 (AABBCD)
§  Irregular polygons
§  Identify polygons by number of sides
April
p. 118-122 / §  Predict/analyze patterns
§  Patterns that increase in regular way
§  Appropriate notation to represent math reasoning / §  Growing pattern – p. 120
§  P. 121 Triangular numbers (oranges)
§  Consecutive numbers
§  Adding by pairing numbers p. 122
§  Equal quantities = algebraic skill p. 122
May/June
p.132-136 / §  Sort shapes by attributes
§  Recognize patterns / §  Post-it notes to number calendar pieces / §  P. 134 logic puzzle/attribute chain
§  Student created calendar pattern