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Math Mammoth Grade 4 complete curriculum

November 2011 - the PDFs in the download version of this product are now enabled for annotation!
This means that if you prefer, your student can fill them in on the computer, using the typewriter and drawing tools in Acrobat Reader version 9 or greater.

Math Mammoth Grade 4 complete curriculum consists of two student worktexts (A and B), a separate answer key for each, chapter tests and an end-of-year test, cumulative reviews, and an easy worksheet maker (Internet access required) to make extra practice worksheets when needed.

173 pages
156 lesson pages


170 pages
156 lesson pages

4-A contents and samples
4-B contents and samples

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Prices & ordering

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Downloads:
(sold at Kagi)

Full set grade 4: $34.00
(part A and B worktexts, answer keys, tests, cumulative reviews, a worksheet maker, and Soft-Pak)

Full set for 4-A: $17.50
(part A worktext, part A answer key, tests, cumulative reviews, a worksheet maker, and Soft-Pak)

Full set for 4-B: $17.50
(part B worktext, part B answer key, tests, cumulative reviews, a worksheet maker, and Soft-Pak)

Supportive materials $8.95
(Aanswer keys, tests, cumulative reviews, worksheet maker, and Soft-Pak. NO worktexts. Not needed when you purchase the full set.)

Order downloads
at Kagi store

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CD:
(sold at Kagi)

Full set grade 2: $39.00
(part A and B worktexts, answer keys, tests, cumulative reviews, a worksheet maker, and Soft-Pak)

Order CD
at Kagi store

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Printed copies

You can purchase printed copies at Lulu or Rainbow Resource.

At Lulu:
Part A worktext $14.95
Part B worktext $14.95
Answer Keys $14.95
Tests & Cumulative
Reviews $12.95
(+ shipping)

At Rainbow Resource Center:
Math Mammoth grade 4 books
at Rainbow Resource

The two books (worktext part A and part B) for 4th grade focus on

• multi-step word problems and order of operations
• multi-digit multiplication
• long division and its applications
• problem solving using multiplication and division
• conversions between measuring units
• developing conceptual understanding of fractions and decimals
• geometry topics such as measuring angles, drawing polygons & circles, perimeter, and area of rectangles

Please see the sample files to see the table of contents and a complete lesson list.

Some main features of the Light Blue Series books are:

• focuses on understanding of mathematical concepts
• uses clear explanations and lots of visual aids
• mastery oriented: concentrates fairly long on a topic, with fairly few topics per grade
• emphasizes mental math and developing number sense
• very little teacher preparation needed

AN ADDED BONUS! Buying this in Kagi store (as a download), you will also get Soft-Pak programs completely FREE. The 7 programs in Soft-Pak (4 math, 1 language arts, 2 testing) offer both on-screen and printable activities in a low-graphic, high content format. Read more and see screenshots.

Introduction

In 4th grade math, students focus on multidigit multiplication and division, learning to use bigger numbers, solving multi-step word problems that involve several operations, and get started in studying fractions and decimals. This is of course accompanied by studies in geometry and measuring.

The year starts out with review of addition and subtraction, graphs, and money. We illustrate word problems with bar diagrams and study finding missing addends, which teaches algebraic thinking. Children also learn addition and subtraction terminology, order of operations, and statistical graphs.

Next come large numbers -- up to millions, and the place value concept. At first the student reviews thousands and some mental math with them. Next are presented numbers till one million, calculations with them, place value concept and comparing. In the end of the chapter we find more about millions and an introduction to multiples of 10, 100, and 1000.

The third chapter is all about multiplication. After briefly reviewing the concept and the times tables, the focus is on learning multidigit multiplication (multiplication algorithm). The children also learn why it works when they work on multiplying in parts. We also study order of operations again, touch on proportional reasoning, and do more money and change related word problems.

The last chapter in part A is about time, temperature, lenght, weight, and volume. Students will learn to solve more complex problems using various measuring units and to convert between measuring units.

In part B, we first study division. The focus is on learning long division and using division in word problems. The geometry chapter introduces students to measuring angles, and we do lots of drawing of different shapes and circles. Area and perimeter are other important topics in geometry.

Fractions and decimals are presented last in the school year. These two chapters practice only some of the basic operations with fractions and decimals. The focus is still on the conceptual understanding, building a good foundation towards 5th grade math, where fractions and decimals will be on focus.

When you use these books as your only or main mathematics curriculum, they can be like a "framework", but you do have some liberty in organizing the study schedule. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 should be studied in this order, but you can be flexible with chapters 4 (Time and Measuring) and 6 (Geometry) and schedule them somewhat earlier or later if you so wish. Chapter 3 (Multiplication) needs to be studied before long division in Chapter 5. Many topics from chapters 7 and 8 (Fractions and Decimals) can also be studied earlier in the school year; however finding parts with division should naturally be studied only after mastering division.

This product also includes an HTML page that you can use to make extra practice worksheets for computation, and a list of helpful Internet links for each chapter.

Manipulatives

Here is a list of manipulatives that are needed or recommended for grade 4. Measuring tapes are only used in the measuring chapter.

1. A ruler that measures in inches (for 4-A and 4-B).
2. A ruler that measures in centimeters (for 4-A and 4-B).
3. A measuring tape that measures in feet (for 4-A).
4. A measuring tape that measures in meters (for 4-A).

Reviews & testimonials

Very thankful for it. My son is doing great with these materials. He was able to complete all of grade 4 in 5 mos with excellent comprehension and retention. I really don't know what we would have done without it. I recommend your course to many parents in my area. Lots of kids at the Waldorf school are struggling with math and looking at the materials they are using there is no question about why that is so. They end up with rote memorization of their tables and then do not have quick recall because they have to go through the whole silly song they learn instead of having great recall of the visual as well as the sense of the problem. The way you have your workbooks designed to encourage mental math is excellent. Jonathan prides himself on being able to work the word problems in his head as much as possible - something sorely missing in math education today.

Thanks again.

Blessings,
Aliza
January 2012

Hi Maria,
please let me take this opportunity to thank you for your fabulous Math Mammoth program.

My daughter is using it since 4th grade (now working on 5th grade) and we are looking ahead for next year's 6th grade. Math Mammoth has in my opinion hard-to-beat advantages over other math curricula:

* it is virtually self teaching. My daughter prefers doing her math on her own and rarely needs my help. She is getting it! Your explanations are wonderfully clear, Maria.

* it is very rigious and the chapter length is just right with 2-3 pages.

* your warmheartedness and dedication to provide a good curriculum shine through.

* it is very affordable.

I also wanted to mention, that I really appreciate your recommendations/comments on how to continue after finishing 6th grade. I value your opinion and input on this. Thank you for taking the time to review the curricula.
May I mention that my older daughter does Life of Fred parallel with Math Mammoth, an approach that proved extremely worthwhile for us. Concepts are constantly mutually introduced and/or reinforced, helping her to get a really good foundation in math. It is also not as time consuming as it might sound, since we take Fred on a more relaxed and slower basis. She is now working with Math Mammoth 5th grade (almost finished) and Life of Fred Pre-Algebra with Biology (about 1/2 way through).

In general, I would like to say, that Math Mammoth is easier to work with independently for grades 3 and up. It was in some way very difficult for my 2nd grader, since he would 'need' more pictures and definitely more one-one-one teaching. I felt that Math Mammoth was sometimes quite abstract and harder to understand for him. For this reason, I will give it another year before using Math Mammoth with him. On the other hand, my youngest son might benefit from Math Mammoth right away since math seems to be 'his thing' and he is very quick in getting and using even abstracter concepts.

To sum it up, I cannot thank you enough for your program and I am extremely happy that I found Math Mammoth.

Best Regards,
Karin from NJ
April 2011

Dear Maria,
I just had to send you a message to tell you about our recent proof of success using Math Mammoth. Our state requires standardized tests each year for homeschoolers and we just received this year's scores for my daughter in the mail. We started using Math Mammoth during the second half of my daughter's 4th grade year and used it for the complete 5th grade year which has just concluded. Even though we used the 4th grade level Light Blue book for her 5th grade year, her Math Total score jumped 36 percentage points from last year to this year! Especially taking into consideration that she was taking a 5th grade level test, I find that level of improvement absolutely remarkable! Thank you so much for such a wonderful product that is so wonderfully easy to use!

Sincerely,
Robin Lindblad
June 2010

Hi there, I have to say, I'm thrilled with the work books! My 11 yo was really struggling. Although her grades claimed a math aptitude, she was missing many concepts. We also discovered that our province was a year behind! She is currently working through the 4th grade book and doing extremely well.

Noella
May 2010

Review: Math Mammoth grade 4 from Let's Play Math blog

TOS Review: Math Mammoth by Books and Bairns blog

We have been using the lightblue series level 4-A. I really have been raving about it since.

My son was lost in the math jungle, until we got your program. He just did not understand the other program we were trying. It had new material everyday and he did not understand the concept learned or the new one being taught. He needed my help to complete every problem and was falling behind in math. So, I got on the computer and browsed through your material again. I had been looking at it, but no one that I knew of was using the light blue series.

Well, it took me all of about 10 minutes to get my file. We began the series the next day, after about a week or so I could tell that things were finally sticking. He is already catching up in areas where he was having great difficulty before. The reason for this I believe is how each lesson/chapter is set up. Each lesson and chapter build on one another, but the student is given plenty of examples on how to do the work and plenty of practice without beating a dead horse, so to speak. He now feels smart in math and for that you can not put a price tag on. I also feel that your materials are very affordable, most math programs cost a great deal more, but in my opinion are not quite so thorough. Thanks for creating such a simple yet effective way to learn math.

Alicia
1 December, 2008