Grade 4 
Mathematics 
Standard 2 
(STATISTICS, DATA ANALYSIS  
AND PROBABILITY)

Students make predictions for simple probability situations.

 

Resources
Lesson Plans
Assessments

SRA Math Explorations  
and Applications,  
Willoughby, 1999,  
SRA McGraw-Hill 

Section References 

Lesson 3  
Numerical Sequence  

CHECKPOINT 

Lesson 4  
Greatest and Least Numbers 

Lesson 39  
Area: Upper and  
Lower Bounds 

Lesson 51  
Coordinate Grids 

Lesson 52  
Coordinates 

Lesson 53  
Determining Function Rules 

Lesson 54 
Inverse Functions 

Lesson 55  
Ordered Pairs 

Lesson 56  
Function Rules and  
Ordered Pairs 

Lesson 57  
Keeping In Shape 

Lesson 58  
Graphing Ordered Pairs 

Lesson 59  
Identifying Scale 

Lesson 60  
Composite Function Rules 

Lesson 61  
Using Inverse Operations  
with Composite Functions 

Lesson 62  
Graphing Composite  
Functions  

CHECKPOINT 

Lesson 64  
Graphing Functions 

Lesson 65  
Working with Graphs 

Lesson 66  
Choosing an Appropriate  
Graph 

Lesson 67  
Revisiting Number Facts  

CHECKPOINT 

Lesson 68  
Lines and Angles 

Lesson 69 
Perpendicular and  
Parallel Lines 

Lesson 70  
Congruence and 
Similarity 

Lesson 71  
Rotation, Reflection,  
and Translation 

Lesson 72  
Identifying Solid Figures 

Lesson 73 
Line of Symmetry 

Lesson 74  
Area and Perimeter 

Lesson 112  
Finding Averages 

Lesson 113  
Mean, Median, and  
Mode 

Lesson 120 
Using a Bar Graph 

Lesson 128  
Probability 

Lesson 129  
Fractions and Probability 

Lesson 130  
Applying Fractions  

CHECKPOINT 

Lesson 131  
Equivalent Fractions:  
Probability 

Lesson 132  
Equivalent Fractions  
CHECKPOINT 

Specific Textbook Web Sites 

http://www.glencoe.com/ 
sec/math/prealg/mathnet/ 

http://www.eduplace.com/ 
links/ 

http://www.eduplace.com/ 

http://www.hmco.com/ 
college/mathematics/ 
index.html 

http://www.mcdougallittell. 
com/ 

http://www.hmco.com/ 

http://www.SRA-4KIDS.com/ 

General Math  
Reference Sites 

http://www.learner.org/ 
sami/view-category.php3 
?category=math 

http://www.score.k12.ca.us/ 

http://henson.austin.apple. 
com/edres/curric.shtml 

http://school.discovery.com/ 
schrockguide/index.html 

http://www.EDsOasis.org/ 

http://www.math.com/ 

http://www.nea.org/grants/ 
free.html 

http://www.wcom.com/ 
marcopolo/ 

http://www.udel.edu/sine/ 

http://dewey.chs.chico.k12. 
ca.us/math.html 

Free Stuff 

http://www.nea.org/ 
grants/free.html 

State/National Math 
Ed Organizations 

http://www.nctm.org/ 

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ 

Calif. Dept. of Ed. Standards, Assessment, Ed. Reference. 

Calculator Reference Site 

http://www.ti.com/ 
calc/docs/calchome.html 



Previously Published Data 

1.) Students will write the letters of the alphabet in a vertical column on their paper. They will open to any page in a library book, count the first 100 words, and tally the number of times each letter is used in those 100 words. After identifying the letter used most often, they will combine their results with another person or group and describe how their results were affected. Ask students to pretend they are buying letters to make signs. Students will identify which letters they would buy the most and fewest of and why. They will graph their results. 


2.) Students will select a handful of objects, sort them into categories, and express orally and in writing the probabilities of selecting each category from a bag. 

Previously Published Data 

1.) Students will make predictions for simple probability situations, using a variety of different tools, such as spinners, cards, and dice. 


2.) Students will participate in a variety of graphing activities to become familiar with recording data on tables, grids, and tree diagrams. Students will use a set of six letter cards marked: A, B, C, D, E, F in a bag. A pair of students will draw from the bag at the same time, record the results in a tree diagram, and return the cards after each draw. Students draw and record five times. 
3.) Students will discuss and identify the number of possible outcomes for choosing one card; the probability of choosing C; of choosing D; the probability of choosing an E if the letter F were changed to an E. They will explain their answers.