Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

A Review of Mathematical

Skills from Grade 3

Progress in Mathematicsincludes a

“handbook” of essential skills, Skills

Update, at the beginning of the text.

These one-page lessons review skills you

learned in previous years. It is important

for you to know this content so that you

can succeed in math this year.

If you need to review a concept in Skills

Update, your teacher can work with you

using manipulatives, which will help

you understand the concept better.

The Skills Update handbook can be used throughout the year to

review skills you may already know. Since many lessons in your

textbook refer to pages in the Skills Update, you can use a

particular lesson at the beginning of class as a warm-up activity.

Or your class may choose to do the Skills Update lessons at the

beginning of the year so that you and your teacher can assess

your understanding of these previously learned skills.

Yo u may even want to practicespecific

skills at home. If you need more

practice than what is provided on the

Skills Update page, you can use the

practice pages available online at

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com.

These practice pages have

an abundance of exercises

for each one-page lesson.

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