180 Days of Math for Fourth Grade

In order to be successful in today’s mathematics classroom, students must deeply understand both concepts and procedures so that they can discuss and demonstrate their understanding. Demonstrating understanding is a process that must be continually practiced in order for students to be successful. According to Marzano (2010, 83), “practice has always been, and will always be, a necessary ingredient to learning procedural knowledge at a level at which students execute it independently.” Practice is especially important to help students apply their concrete, conceptual understanding to a particular procedural skill.