Mathematics
“The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God”
― Euclid
Grade 3
Number Sense and Numeration
• Representing and ordering numbers to 1000.
• Representing money amounts to $10.
• Decomposing and composing three-digit numbers.
• Investigating fractions of a set.
• Counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 25’s, and 100’s.
• Adding and subtracting three-digit numbers in a variety of ways.
• Relating one-digit multiplication, and division by one-digit divisors, to real-life situations.
Measurement
• Measuring distance using kilometres.
• Telling time to the nearest 5 minutes.
• Identifying temperature benchmarks.
• Measuring perimeter using standard units.
• Measuring mass in kilograms and capacity in litres.
• Measuring area using grid paper.
• Comparing the length, mass, and capacity of objects using standard units.
• Relating minutes to hours, hours to days, days to weeks, and weeks to years.
Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Using a reference tool to identify right angles and to compare angles with a right angle.
• Classifying two-dimensional shapes by geometric properties (number of sides and angles).
• Classifying three-dimensional figures by geometric properties (number of faces, edges, and vertices).
• Relating different types of quadrilaterals.
• Naming prisms and pyramids.
• Identifying congruent shapes.
• Describing movement on a grid map.
• Recognizing transformations.
Patterning and Algebra
• Creating and extending growing and shrinking patterns.
• Representing geometric patterns with a number sequence, a number line, and a bar graph.
• Determining the missing numbers in equations involving addition and subtraction of one- and two-digit numbers.
• Investigating the properties of zero and one in multiplication.
Data Management and Probability
• Organizing objects into categories using two or more attributes.
• Collecting and organizing categorical and discrete data.
• Reading and displaying data using vertical and horizontal bar graphs.
• Understanding mode.
• Predicting the frequency of an outcome.
• Relating fair games to equally likely events.
Grades 4
Number Sense and Numeration
• Representing and ordering numbers to 10 000.
• Representing money amounts to $100.
• Developing the concept of place value to tenths.
• Representing and comparing fractions using fractional notation.
• Adding and subtracting three-digit numbers in a variety of ways.
• Multiplying and dividing two-digit whole numbers by one-digit whole numbers.
• Relating halves, fifths, and tenths to decimals
Measurement
• Measuring length using millimetres.
• Measuring time intervals to the nearest minute.
• Determining elapsed time.
• Measuring mass in grams and capacity in millilitres.
• Measuring volume using concrete materials.
• Determining area and perimeter relationships for rectangles.
• Comparing the mass and capacity of objects using standard units.
• Relating years to decades and decades to centuries.
Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Identifying geometric properties of parallelograms.
• Classifying two-dimensional shapes by geometric properties (number of sides, angles, and symmetry).
• Identifying a straight angle, a right angle, and half a right angle.
• Classifying prisms and pyramids by geometric properties.
• Constructing three-dimensional figures in a variety of ways.
• Describing location using a grid system.
• Performing and describing reflections.
Patterning and Algebra
• Relating the term and the term number in a numeric sequence.
• Generating patterns that involve addition, subtraction,multiplication, and reflections.
• Determining the missing numbers in equations involving multiplication of one- and two-digit numbers.
• Using the commutative and distributive properties to facilitate computation.
Data Management and Probability
• Collecting and organizing discrete data.
• Reading and displaying data using stem-and-leaf plots and double bar graphs.
• Understanding median.
• Comparing two related sets of data.
• Predicting the frequency of an outcome.
• Investigating how the number of repetitions of a probability experiment affects the conclusion drawn.