Decimal Concepts Unit – 4th Grade Math Curriculum

Fourth graders learn to read, write, compare and reason with decimals in this Decimal Concepts Unit, Unit 10 of the 4th Grade Math Curriculum. Students explore decimal place value, relate decimals to fractions, and learn to compare and order decimals using models and number lines.

The unit has a full week of warm-ups, scaffolded notes, practice pages, activities, quizzes, exit tickets and a real-world end-of-unit task. The practice is visual and scaffolded, and the unit can serve as core instruction, intervention or review.

What’s included

Planning and organization

• Unit pacing calendar
• Editable lesson plans
• Binder covers, spine labels and tracking pages

Lesson resources (4 full lessons)

• Warm-ups (2 to 3 per lesson)
• Anchor charts and student guided notes
• Teaching slide deck
• Practice pages
• Exit tickets (2 to 3 per lesson)
• Vocabulary

Standards-aligned activities

• Comparing Decimals Sorting Activity
• Decimal Place Value Coloring Page
• Fractions and Decimals Matching Activity

Assessments

• Pre-assessment of prerequisite skills
• One quiz
• Final unit assessment
• Study guide for review

You get answer keys for every component.

Skills covered

• Relating decimals and fractions
• Decimal place value
• Comparing and ordering decimals using models
• Comparing and ordering decimals using number lines

Good to know

Prep is low. Everything is completely editable to allow for customization, and the unit is all inclusive, from assessments to activities.

Quick facts

• Skill: decimal place value, and comparing and ordering decimals
• Grade: 4
• CCSS: 4.NBT.A.1, 4.NBT.A.3, 4.NF.C.5, 4.NF.C.6, 4.NF.C.7
• Answer key: included
• Pages: 59

Other 4th grade math units

Decimal Concepts is the tenth unit in the 4th Grade Math Curriculum. The units, in order:

1. Place Value Relationships
2. Comparing, Ordering and Rounding Whole Numbers
3. Add and Subtract Whole Numbers
4. Patterns (Shape and Numerical)
5. Multiplying Whole Numbers
6. Dividing Whole Numbers
7. Fraction Concepts
8. Adding and Subtracting Fractions
9. Multiplying Fractions
10. Decimal Concepts
11. Add and Subtract Decimals
12. Geometry
13. Area and Perimeter
14. Measurement

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