Excerpt 5: Connections to and from other grades (Pages 32-46)

Description: Explanations and examples of how to implement the Operations & Algebraic Thinking standards in Grade 4. In Grade 4, students extend their understanding of multiplication and division, which made their debut in Grade 3. Knowing the lead-up to the Grade 4 content will help you leverage content from previous grades in your lessons; also, mathematical learning should always be explicitly connected to previous understandings. Let's look at the progression of content to Grade 4.