Grade 4 Module 3 Topic Analysis Handout First Half of Lessons Standards Questions About the Topics Answers from the Overview Addressed Topic A- Multiplicative Comparison (Area and perimeter.) Word Problems (Grade 5 scaling and Grade 6 proportional What context will students use to reasoning.) explore multiplicative comparisons? What does Topic A lay the foundation for in upcoming years? Topic B: Multiplication by 10, 100, (Allows students to see the role of place value and 1000 units in multiplication and prepares them for the language of multiplying units together.) Why are students asked to reason between number disks and numerical (Topics C, D, and H) work? Topic B lays the foundation for which upcoming Module 3 Topics? C: Multiplication of Up to (Distributive property, number disks, partial by Single-Digit Numbers products, standard algorithm, area model.) What methods will students use to (The standard algorithm for multiplication is record their work in Topic C? not expected to be mastered until Grade 5 – 5.NBT.5. Students are introduced, being What clarification does footnote 1 supported by place value strategies to provide for the multiplication algorithm? prepare them from Grade 5 multiplication.) D: Two-Step Multiplication (Students apply multiplication to solve Word Problems word problems and multiplicative comparison problems.) What is the purpose of Topic D? (Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication.) What operations will students be able to use to solve the problems? Second Half of Lessons
Grade 4 Module 3 Topic Analysis Handout First Half of Lessons Questions About the Topics Answers from the Overview Standards Addressed Topic A- Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems What context will students use to explore multiplicative comparisons? What does Topic A lay the foundation for in upcoming years? (Area and perimeter.) (Grade 5 scaling and Grade 6 proportional reasoning.) Topic B: Multiplication by 10, 100, and 1000 Why are students asked to reason between number disks and numerical work? Topic B lays the foundation for which upcoming Module 3 Topics? (Allows students to see the role of place value units in multiplication and prepares them for the language of multiplying units together.) (Topics C, D, and H) C: Multiplication of Up to by Single-Digit Numbers What methods will students use to record their work in Topic C? What clarification does footnote 1 provide for the multiplication algorithm? (Distributive property, number disks, partial products, standard algorithm, area model.) (The standard algorithm for multiplication is not expected to be mastered until Grade 5 – 5.NBT.5. Students are introduced, being supported by place value strategies to prepare them from Grade 5 multiplication.) D: Two-Step Multiplication Word Problems What is the purpose of Topic D? What operations will students be able to use to solve the problems? (Students apply multiplication to solve word problems and multiplicative comparison problems.) (Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication.) Second Half of Lessons
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