Celebrate Black History through Geometric Reasoning - 4th Grade Florida BEST Standards MA.4.GR.1 & 2

Are you a math teacher in Florida whose 4th graders are struggling to draw, classify & measure angles and solve problems involving area & perimeter? They need a relatable and meaningful way to practice and understand the abstract geometric reasoning standards.

With these engaging, standards-based task cards and Powerpoint slides, your students will be excited to tackle challenging geometry skills. Show your learners that math is so much more than just numbers with these real life word problems that recognize and celebrate the history and culture of Black Americans!

⭐️ Resource Highlights:

• - Honors Black History Month and promotes diversity, equity & inclusion

• - Supports Florida B.E.S.T. Standards MA.4.GR.1 (Benchmark 1 - 3) and MA.4.GR.2 (Benchmark 1 - 2)

• - Features captivating and realistic applications for fourth grade math skills

• - Includes Recording Sheets for students and Answer Keys to help teachers monitor student understanding

• - Multiple Uses - Project one problem at a time for whole group lessons and/or use task cards for centers, small groups or independent practice

✏️ Supported Florida B.E.S.T. Standards:

• Geometric Reasoning Standard 1: Draw, classify and measure angles.

  • - MA.4.GR.1.1 Informally explore angles as an attribute of two-dimensional figures. Identify and classify angles as acute, right, obtuse, straight or reflex.

  • - MA.4.GR.1.2 Estimate angle measures. Using a protractor, measure angles in whole-number degrees and draw angles of specified measure in whole-number degrees. Demonstrate that angle measure is additive.

  • - MA.4.GR.1.3 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving unknown whole-number angle measures. Write an equation to represent the unknown.

• Geometric Reasoning Standard 2: Solve problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles.

  • - MA.4.GR.2.1 Solve perimeter and area mathematical and real-world problems, including problems with unknown sides, for rectangles with whole-number side lengths.

  • - MA.4.GR.2.2 Solve problems involving rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.

✅ PDF file with two printable task card sets (one for each Florida geometric reasoning standard) with four cards/word problems for each benchmark = 20 task cards in all

✅ Coordinating PPT file for easily displaying individual word problems to discuss and solve together during a lesson

✅ Reference pages for Florida teachers with the full wording of each benchmark and direct links to each CPALMS resource page

✅ Student Recording Sheets in three different formats

✅ Answer Keys with the exact answer or possible correct responses for each problem

✅ PLUS two options to choose from for printing - full color and black & white