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(OA) Operations and Algebraic Thinking

MAT-04.OA

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Operations and Algebraic Thinking

 Narrative for the (OA) Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Algebraic thinking is about generalizing arithmetic operations and operating on unknown quantities.  It involves recognizing and analyzing patterns and developing generalizations about these patterns.  In algebra, symbols can be used to represent generalizations. Operations and Algebraic Thinking deals with the basic operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - the relationships they model, the kinds of problems they can be used to solve, as well as, their mathematical properties and relationships.

Fourth graders extend problem solving to multi-step word problems using the four operations posed with whole numbers.  Some problems might easily be represented with a single equation, and others will be more sensibly represented by more than one equation or a diagram and one or more equations. Consider two diving boards, one 40 feet high, the other 8 feet high. Students in earlier grades learned to compare these heights in an additive sense—“This one is 32 feet higher than that one”—using addition and subtraction to solve word problems. Students in Grade 4 learn to compare these quantities multiplicatively as well: “This one is 5 times as high as that one.”

Students reason about number or shape patterns, connecting a rule for a given pattern with its sequence of numbers or shapes. In examining numerical sequences and patterns, fourth graders can explore rules of repeatedly adding the same whole number or repeatedly multiplying by the same whole number.

Fourth graders also build upon earlier understandings about multiplication and division. Students examine various patterns in factor pairs by finding factor pairs for all numbers 1 to 100, and extend the idea of decomposition to multiplication and learn to use the terms multiple, prime number, composite number.

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MAT-04.OA.01

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MAT-04 Targeted Standards
(OA) Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Cluster: Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

MAT-04.OA.01 Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 x 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.

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Proficiency (Rubric) Scale

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 Student is able to
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  3.5 In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 “The Standard.” Student is able to
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  2.5 No major errors or emissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content.
2.0 Student is able to  -
  1.5 In addition to 1.0 content, student has partial knowledge of the 2.0 and/or 3.0 content.
1.0 Student is able to
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  0.5 Limited or no understanding of the skill id demonstrated.

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MAT-04.OA.02

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MAT-04 Targeted Standards
(OA) Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Cluster: Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

MAT-04.OA.02 Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.

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Proficiency (Rubric) Scale

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 Student is able to
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  3.5 In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 “The Standard.” Student is able to
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  2.5 No major errors or emissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content.
2.0 Student is able to  -
  1.5 In addition to 1.0 content, student has partial knowledge of the 2.0 and/or 3.0 content.
1.0 Student is able to
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  0.5 Limited or no understanding of the skill id demonstrated.

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MAT-04.OA.03

BPSS-MAT logo 4th Grade (MAT) Targeted Standard
(OA) Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Cluster: Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.

MAT-04.OA.03 Solve multi-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity (variable). Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding. 

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MAT-04.OA.04

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MAT-04 Targeted Standards
(OA) Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Cluster: Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.

MAT-04.OA.04 Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-100. Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is prime or composite.

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Proficiency (Rubric) Scale

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 Student is able to
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  3.5 In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 “The Standard.” Student is able to
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  2.5 No major errors or emissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content.
2.0 Student is able to  -
  1.5 In addition to 1.0 content, student has partial knowledge of the 2.0 and/or 3.0 content.
1.0 Student is able to
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  0.5 Limited or no understanding of the skill id demonstrated.

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MAT-04.OA.05

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MAT-04 Targeted Standards
(OA) Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Cluster: Generate and analyze patterns.

MAT-04.OA.05 Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself.

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Proficiency (Rubric) Scale

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 Student is able to
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  3.5 In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 “The Standard.” Student is able to
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  2.5 No major errors or emissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content.
2.0 Student is able to  -
  1.5 In addition to 1.0 content, student has partial knowledge of the 2.0 and/or 3.0 content.
1.0 Student is able to
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  0.5 Limited or no understanding of the skill id demonstrated.

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