4.2(E): Represent decimals, including tenths and hundredths, using concrete…
Represent decimals, including tenths and hundredths, using concrete and visual models and money.
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Mathematics outcome 4.2(E) (Number and operations) for Grade 4 says: “Represent decimals, including tenths and hundredths, using concrete and visual models and money.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Mathematics.
Fair Shares: Fractions and Decimals Grades 3–4
Is half always the same size? Where does three-quarters stand? Why is 3/4 + 2/4 not 5/8? Who jumped further, 1.4 m or 1.35 m? Four hands-on lessons where students fold, stand on a giant number line, measure recipes and measure their own jumps to make sense of fractions and decimals.
- Who jumped further, 1.4 m or 1.35 m? 50–60 min
Students do standing long jumps, measure them to the centimetre and write them as decimals of a metre, then settle an argument: is 1.35 m further than 1.4 m because 35 is bigger than 4? Students explain tenths and hundredths with a metre stick, write them as fractions and decimals, and compare decimals correctly.
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