FOURTH GRADE 4 TH SIX WEEKS SKILLS Reporting Category TEKS 1 2D, 2H 2 4G, 5B 4 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B
Week 1 Personal Financial Literacy Materials: Blackline Masters: Skills 1, 2, 3, 4 (2 pages), 1 per student Teacher Copies: Skills 4 Pencils Paper Expenses: The amount of money needed to pay for or buy something. Fixed Expenses: Expenses that are paid on a regular basis as a fixed amount (amount does not change) such as rent, mortgages, car payment, insurance, etc. Variable Expenses: Expenses that do not have a fixed amount (amount paid changes) such as gasoline, groceries, clothing, entertainment, etc. Profit: When selling an item or service, the amount of money left from the total received after all expenses have been paid. Earn: To obtain money in return for work we do or services we provide. Income: The payment (money) people receive for providing work or labor. Mon Skills 1 Defining Expenses 1. After reviewing each vocabulary term with students, create a web diagram and write the word expenses in the center as shown. Making Math Connections- Fourth Grade Mathematics Curriculum Sharon Wells Mathematics Curriculum, Inc. 2015-2016 4 th Six Weeks: Skills Page 1
Review the definition of expenses. 2. Say: As adults we have expenses that we need to pay for on a regular basis. Some are fixed (ex. Mortgages) and others are variable (ex. Groceries) Have students fill in the web diagram by deciding which expenses their family (or themselves) may have on a weekly/monthly basis. 3. Have students work in small groups. Assign each group a word from the list of financial terms. Have them complete Skills 1, using their assigned vocabulary word. Tue Skills 2 Expenses Practice Independent Practice 1-5 Fixed Expenses: Variable Expenses: House payment, car payment, car insurance, college loan payment. Clothing, groceries, utilities, movie tickets, eating out, gasoline. 1 Fixed Expenses: Variable Expenses: total spent - $1,536 total spent - $685 2 $851 3 C 4 $419 5 Responses may vary, must come from variable expenses such as entertainment. Fourth Grade Mathematics Curriculum Sharon Wells Mathematics Curriculum, Inc. 2015-2016 4 th Six Weeks: Skills Page 2
Name Skills 1 Fourth Grade: 4 th Six Weeks, Skills Sharon Wells Mathematics Curriculum, Inc. 2015-2016
Name Skills 2, Page 1 The table below shows Mr. and Mrs. Sutton s expenses for the month of May. Use this information to complete the questions that follow. Clothing $125 House $865 Groceries $195 Car payment $340 Car insurance (monthly) $95 Utilities (electricity, water) $130 Movie Tickets $45 College loan payment $200 Cell phone bill (monthly) $36 Eating at a restaurant $75 Gasoline $115 List each of the Sutton s expenses under the correct category. Ask yourself, is it an expense they pay regularly that does not change (fixed) or is it an expense that changes (variable expense). Fixed Expenses Variable Expenses Fourth Grade: 4 th Six Weeks, Skills Sharon Wells Mathematics Curriculum, Inc. 2015-2016
Week 4 Data Analysis/ Graphs Materials: Blackline Masters: Skills 13, 14, 16, 1 per student Teacher Copies: Pencils Mon Skills 13 Dot Plot - Length of Bows Direct Teach Using the data from the dot plot have students create a frequency table in the space provided on Skills 13. Key (Sample) Length Frequency 5.0 1 5.5 2 6.5 1 7.5 1 8.0 3 8.5 2 9.0 1 Independent Practice 1-4 1 11 3 A 2 4 4 Teachers may want to use this time to assist students in need of remediation. = Tue Skills 14 Dot Plot Practice Independent Practice 1-4 Spinner Results 1 Spinner Results Numbers (Frequency) 1 2 2 5 3 5 4 3 5 1 6 2 7 6 3 24 2 7 4 J Fourth Grade Mathematics Curriculum Sharon Wells Mathematics Curriculum, Inc. 2015-2016 4 th Six Weeks: Skills Page 10
Name Skills 13 Tamara made the dot plot below to show the length of the bows she had in a drawer. 1. How many bows did Tamara count in her drawer? 2. How many bows were six and one-half centimeters or shorter? 3. After she completed the dot plot, she found a twelfth bow. The bow she found is modeled below. Use a ruler to measure the length of the bow to the nearest 0.5 centimeter. If the data for the twelfth bow is added to the line plot, which statement would be true? A Exactly of the bows have a length that is greater than 6.5 centimeters. B For every bow that is 6.5 centimeters long, there are 2 bows that are 8.0 centimeters long. C Exactly of the bows have a length that is less than 7.5 centimeters. D For every bow that is 5.5 centimeters long, there are 2 bows that are 9.0 centimeters long. 4. After Tamara added the data of the 12 th bow to the dot plot, what fraction of the total bows were 8.0 centimeters or longer? Fourth Grade: 4 th Six Weeks, Skills Sharon Wells Mathematics Curriculum, Inc. 2015-2016
Name Skills 14 Sergio made a dot plot to show the results of the number of spins on a spinner with the numbers 1-7 on it. 1. Use the data from the dot plot to create a frequency table. Spinner Number Results (Frequency) 2. Which number was spun twice as many times as the number 4? 3. How many times did Sergio spin the spinner, according to the data? 4. Sergio spun the spinner 1 more time, and it stopped on 3. If he added the result of his spin to his dot plot, which statement would NOT be true? F The results for Number 1 and Number 6 were equal. G The number 7 was selected three times more than the number 6. H Number 7 was selected as many times as Number 3. J For every time the spinner selected Number 2, the Number 5 was selected 4 times. Fourth Grade: 4 th Six Weeks, Skills Sharon Wells Mathematics Curriculum, Inc. 2015-2016