Welcome to Primary 4

The Primary 4 teachers this year are:

Miss Grant in room 13

Mrs McCusker in room 14

Mrs J. McLaughlin in room 15

Mrs MacFarland in room 16

Maths in Primary 4

Dear Parents,

Please find a list of the areas in Maths your child will cover in Primary 4:

• Exploration of numbers 1-20, 50, 100 and 999
  • Number Identification 
  • Number before/after/inbetween
  • More/Less
  • Odd/Even
  • Order numbers in Increasing and Decreasing order
  • Identify the number sequence and the missing numbers
  • Number doubles (3+3, 12+12...)
  • Near doubles (3+4, 8+9...)
  • Halving numbers
  • Number Stories 1-20 (the facts to add and subtract to make each number)
  • Addition and Subtraction patterns (9+1=10, 1+9=10, 10-1=9, 10-9=1)
  • Counting forward to find the difference (23 + _= 31)
  • Patterns in addition (4+3=7 so 14+3=17 and 54+3=57)
  • Patterns in subtraction (9-5=4 so 19-5=14 and 79-5=74)
  • Partitioning numbers to add (23+28    =    23+ 20+8)
  • Partitioning numbers to subtract (56-32    =    56-30-2)
• Addition and Subtraction within 999
  • Place Value (adding hundreds tens and units)
  • Tens and Units sums (Adding bridging the ten and carrying the ten) 
  • Hundreds, Tens and Units sums (Adding bridging the hundred and carrying the hundred)
  • Subtraction using Decomposition
  • Language of addition and subtraction (plus, more, increase, minus, decrease....)
  • Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
  • 2x, 5x, 10x, 3x, 4x and 6x multiplication and division tables
  • The relationship between multiplication and division (3x4=12 so 12 divided by 4=3)
  • Language of multiplication and division (sets of, times, groups of, shared between, how many each...)
• Money
  • Identify coins and sterling notes (1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1.00, £2.00, £5.00 and £10.00)
  • Count and make amounts within £9.99
  • Add amounts to £9.99 to find total cost
  • Change from £9.99
• Shape
  • Identify 2D and 3D Shapes
  • Properties of each shape (how many sides, vertices)
• Measure
  • Time - Identify analogue and digital times (o'clock, half past, quarter past and to and all five minute interval times)
  • Time problems
  • Sequencing days of week and months of the year
  • Number of days in each month
  • Measuring length and height in metres and centimetres
  • Measuring weight in grams and kilograms
  • Measuring capacity in millilitres and litres
  • Measuring area and perimeter
• Data Handling
  • Conduct a Survey
  • Record results in a Tally Chart
  • Construct and Interpret Carroll Diagrams, Pictograms and Bar and Block Graphs