Grade 04 Mathematics - EC: M04.A-F.2.1.3

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

M04.A-F.2.1.3 M04.A-F.2.1.3

Add and subtract mixed numbers with a common denominator (denominators limited to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100; no regrouping with subtraction; fractions do not need to be simplified; and no improper fractions as the final answers).

Activities

A recipe for a milkshake needs cups of ice cream and cups of strawberries, and cups of milk. How many cups of ingredients do you need altogether to make the milkshake?

Gary is painting pieces of wood for a tree house. The first board he painted blue was feet long. The second board he painted red was feet long. How much longer is the blue board than the red one?

Explain the steps you would use to solve . Be sure to include the correct answer.

Lucy was making a blanket and bought yards of fleece to make it. When she was finished making the blanket she had yards of fleece left over. She told her friend that she used yards of fleece to make the blanket. Is Lucy correct? Explain.

Answer Key/Rubric

cups of ingredients to make the milkshake.

The blue board is feet longer than the red board.

The steps you would use to solve are listed below, but are not limited to,

Subtract the fractions

Subtract the whole numbers 10 – 4 =6

Combine the whole number and fraction to get the answer

Lucy is not correct.

Explanations may include, but not limited to:

You need to subtract the amount of material that she had left from the original amount of fleece. That will tell you what she used.

(yards she started with)(yards she had left over)= (yards that she used on the blanket)

Lucy said she used yards, but she actually used yards.

Lucy used more fleece than what she actually said.