A 3-week daily warm-up series for 4th-grade math designed to mirror Texas STAAR question formats. Each week reviews 3rd-grade prerequisite skills and explicitly targets new 4th-grade place value TEKS 4.2A-D.
Do Tue warm-up. Remind students of standard form. Point out placeholders (0s).
WED (10 mins)
Do Wed warm-up. Display hundredths grid models. Contrast 0.47 and 0.4.
THU (10 mins)
Do Thu warm-up. Practice comparing 10 times vs. one-tenth in partner talks.
FRI (15 mins)
Complete Fri warm-up. Run micro-lesson on bubbling. Have students complete tracker.
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WEEK 1: ANSWERS (THU-FRI) & INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING Back Page
Day / Q
Target Standards (TEKS)
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Detailed Mathematical Solution / Explanation
Thu Q7
TEKS 3.4A
Add/sub within 1,000
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Solve: \(842 - 279\). Standard algorithm requires regrouping: 12 - 9 = 3 (ones), 13 - 7 = 6 (tens), and 7 - 2 = 5 (hundreds). The result is 563.
Thu Q8
TEKS 4.2A
1/10th relative place value
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The digit 4 in the tens place has a value of 40. The digit 4 in the hundreds place has a value of 400. Because 40 is one tenth of 400, the value of the 4 in the tens place is one-tenth the value of the digit 4 in the hundreds place.
Fri Q9
TEKS 3.2D
Round to 10 or 100
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Rounding 846 to the nearest ten: look at the ones place (6). Since 6 is 5 or greater, round the tens digit up from 4 to 5, resulting in 850.
Fri Q10
TEKS 4.2B
Decimals standard griddable
4.72
4 ones, 7 tenths, and 2 hundredths in standard decimal notation is 4.72. Gridded as Ones: 4, decimal point, Tenths: 7, and Hundredths: 2.
FRIDAY GRID-IN (Q10) ANSWER VISUALIZATION
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Scaffolding for Griddables: Ensure students start gridding from the Ones place immediately to the left of the decimal, rather than starting in the leftmost Hundreds column.
Key Misconception Alert: TEKS 4.2A (10 Times and 1/10th)
Students struggle with the relative value rules: 10 times the position to the right and one-tenth of the value of the position to the left (TEKS 4.2A).
Coaching Tip: Teach students to physically draw hops on a place-value grid. A hop to the left is "x10", and a hop to the right is "/10" or "one-tenth".
Guided Discourse Script: Thursday Q8
Teacher: "In the number 2,448, what is the value of the 4 in the tens place?" → Student: "40."
Teacher: "And what is the value of the 4 in the hundreds place?" → Student: "400."
Teacher: "How many tens make a hundred? (10). So how many 40s make 400? (10). This means 40 is exactly one-tenth of 400!"
Texas 4th Grade Math Warmup Series CLASSROOM READY — END OF WEEK 1 GUIDE
Decimal Expanded Notation Scaffolding: Ensure students understand that expanded terms like \(8 \times 0.1\) correspond directly to the Tenths place column, and \(9 \times 0.01\) corresponds to the Hundredths place column.
Key Misconception Alert: TEKS 4.2B & 4.2C
Zero in Place Value: In numbers like 140,802 (Mon Q2) or 805.42 (Wed Q6), students often forget that zero holds a place but doesn't require an expanded expression. Students might choose options that write \((0 \times 1,000)\) or skip places incorrectly.
Comparing Order: Students regularly reverse lists and choose Least to Greatest instead of Greatest to Least. Encourage students to write "G → L" on their paper.
Guided Discourse Script: Wednesday Q6
Teacher: "How do we write the tenths part of 805.42 in expanded notation?" → Student: "It is 4, so \(4 \times 10\)?"
Teacher: "Is 4 in the tens or the tenths place?" → Student: "Tenths place, behind the decimal!"
Teacher: "Correct! Since one tenth is 0.1, we represent it as \((4 \times 0.1)\). What about 2 hundredths?" → Student: "\((2 \times 0.01)\)!"
Texas 4th Grade Math Warmup Series CLASSROOM READY — END OF WEEK 2 GUIDE
hundred thousand
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380,000
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400,000
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300,000
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382,000
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STAAR POWER WARMUPS — WEEK 3 Back Page
★ THURSDAY Review: TEKS 3.5A | Focus: TEKS 4.2C
Q7 3rd Grade Review
A cricket hopped 15 centimeters forward and then hopped 4 centimeters backward. Which expression can be used to find the cricket's final position?
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15 + 4
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15 - 4
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15 \(\times\) 4
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15 \(\div\) 4
Q8 4th Grade Target
Which inequality correctly compares the numbers 639,204,115 and 639,240,115?
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639,204,115 > 639,240,115
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639,204,115 < 639,240,115
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639,240,115 < 639,204,115
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639,204,115 = 639,240,115
★ FRIDAY Review: TEKS 3.9A | Focus: TEKS 4.2D
Q9 3rd Grade Review
Which of the following is the best example of a person earning income from labor?
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Receiving a birthday gift of cash from an aunt.
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Finding a ten-dollar bill on the school playground.
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Getting paid money for mowing a neighbor's lawn.
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Winning a prize at a school fundraising raffle.
Q10 4th Grade Target (Grid-In)
A delivery truck traveled 4,782 miles last year. What is this distance rounded to the nearest thousand?
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Texas 4th Grade Math Warmup Series CONGRATS! END OF 3-WEEK WARMUPS
THU (10 mins)
Evaluate comparison statements to determine truth. Remind students to read inequality mouth directions.
FRI (15 mins)
Grade Fri warm-up. Practice bubbling whole thousands. Reflect on 3-week progress trackers.
GO ON TO THURSDAY & FRIDAY GUIDES
WEEK 3: ANSWERS (THU-FRI) & INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING Back Page
Day / Q
Target Standards (TEKS)
Key
Detailed Mathematical Solution / Explanation
Thu Q7
TEKS 3.5A
Represent addition/subtraction
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A hop of 15 forward is positive (+15), and 4 backward is negative (-4). This is represented by the subtraction expression 15 - 4.
Thu Q8
TEKS 4.2C
Compare whole numbers
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Line up: 639,204,115 and 639,240,115. Both share the first four digits (639,2...). In the ten-thousands place, 0 is less than 4, so 639,204,115 < 639,240,115.
Fri Q9
TEKS 3.9A
Labor and Income
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Earning income from labor involves performing work or services in exchange for payment. Mowing a neighbor's lawn for pay is labor income. Birthday cash is a gift. Sidewalk money is a find. Raffles are luck.
Fri Q10
TEKS 4.2D
Round numbers (thousands)
5,000
Round 4,782 to the nearest thousand. The digit in thousands is 4, and digit to the right is 7. Since 7 is 5 or greater, round 4,000 up to 5,000.
FRIDAY GRID-IN (Q10) ANSWER VISUALIZATION
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Rounding & Decimals Scaffolding: Explain that for whole numbers (like 5,000), students should not bubble any decimals. Leave the tenths and hundredths columns blank or write zeroes if desired, though leaving blank is preferred.
Key Misconception Alert: TEKS 4.2C & 4.2D
Identifying Place-Value Columns: When rounding, students frequently round to the incorrect place. For example, in Monday Q2, students might round to the nearest thousand (75,000, Option B) instead of the requested ten thousand (70,000, Option A).
Comparing Decimals vs Whole Numbers: Ensure students do not mix up comparison symbols (e.g., using < when > is correct). Draw the inequality alligator mouth eating the bigger number to remind them of symbol directions.
Guided Discourse Script: Friday Q10
Teacher: "We need to round 4,782 to the nearest thousand. Which digit is in the thousands place?" → Student: "The 4."
Teacher: "Great. Now look at the digit to its right. What is it?" → Student: "The 7."
Teacher: "Does 7 tell the 4 to stay the same or round up?" → Student: "Round up! So it becomes 5,000."
Texas 4th Grade Math Warmup Series CLASSROOM READY — END OF WEEK 3 GUIDE
