Description
A workbook to foster math achievement and develop lifelong numerical reasoning skills
Math to the Music: A Numberock Workbook, Grade 4 provides hands-on activities that combine Rebecca McDonagh’s creative, standards-aligned teaching methodology with Numberock’s popular music content to create an engaging and unique educator resource. The activities in this workbook infuse math with music, movement, and humor to transform classrooms into multi-sensory learning environments. This multi-media approach blends the actionable elements of a workbook with the research-based methodologies of a teaching manual. Readers will also receive access to a digital companion site providing links to each lesson’s corresponding song and video, additional video content demonstrating the lessons in action, and access to printables. Math to the Music is an essential tool for teachers who want to boost student confidence and curiosity while fostering a love of math.
- Provides a concrete framework for whole-brain math teaching, using an approach proven to boost comprehension and test scores
- Makes math learning fun for elementary students of all ages, infusing humor and movement into lessons
- Offers printable workbook content and pedagogical instructions, for an all-in-one resource
- Boosts student confidence, showing even reluctant math learners that math can be inspiring and engaging
This is a wonderful guide for elementary school teachers looking for creative, fun ways to get their students interested in learning about numbers. The activities can also be adapted for homeschool and tutoring settings.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
ABOUT THE AUTHORS xi
INTRODUCTION xiii
Unit 1 Number and Operations in Base Ten 1
01 Place Value and Rounding 3
02 Computation with Whole Numbers 31
Unit 2 Operations and Algebraic Thinking 65
03 Understanding and Solving Problems 67
04 Fraction Concepts 97
Unit 3 Number and Operations: Fractions 117
05 Operations with Fractions 119
06 Decimals and Fractions 139
Unit 4 Measurement & Data 155
07 Measurement 157
Unit 5 Geometry 199
08 Classifying Shapes 201
ANSWER KEY 221
INDEX 239
