Illustrative Mathematics

Required Materials

Required Materials for Grade 4

Materials Needed for Unit 1

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Inch tiles	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
A.2	Glue or tape Inch tiles Scissors Tools for creating a visual display	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
A.3	Grid paper Inch tiles	Card Sort: Area (groups of 2)
A.4	Centimeter cubes	Card Sort: Multiplication (groups of 2) Find the Number Stage 1 Directions and Gameboard (groups of 2)
B.6	Coins Index cards Paper Two-color counters	none
B.7	Centimeter cubes	Find the Number Stage 2 Directions and Gameboard (groups of 2)
B.8	Colored pencils, crayons, or markers Glue or tape Rulers or straightedges Sticky notes	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 2

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Straightedges	Fraction Strips (groups of 2)
A.2	Materials from a previous lesson Straightedges	none
A.4	Straightedges	none
A.5	Straightedges	none
A.6	none	Where Do They Belong (groups of 2)
B.7	Tools for creating a visual display	none
B.8	Tape (painter's or masking)	none
B.9	Rulers or straightedges Sticky notes	How Do You Know (groups of 15)
B.11	none	Fractions Galore (groups of 3)
C.12	Colored pencils	none
C.14	Tools for creating a visual display	none
C.16	none	Compare Stage 3-8 Directions (groups of 2) Fraction Cards Grade 4 (groups of 2)
C.17	Markers Paper Paper clips Tape (painter's or masking)	none

Materials Needed for Unit 3

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.2	none	Expressions and Diagrams (groups of 2)
A.3	Paper	none
A.6	Chart paper	none
B.7	Measuring cups	none
B.8	none	Make Two Jumps (groups of 2)
B.9	none	Make a Jump, Subtraction Edition (groups of 2)
B.10	none	Card Sort: Twelfths (groups of 2)
B.11	Tools for creating a visual display	none
B.13	Colored pencils	none
C.17	Sticky notes	Fraction Action: Tenths, Hundredths (groups of 2) Card Sort: Less Than, Equal to, or Greater Than 1 (groups of 2)
C.18	Chart paper Coins	More Than Two Fractions (groups of 15)
C.19	Rulers (inches) Sticky notes Tools for creating a visual display	Find a Match (groups of 24)
C.20	Blank paper Sticky notes	none

Materials Needed for Unit 4

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Colored pencils	none
A.2	none	Card Sort: Diagrams of Fractions & Decimals (groups of 2)
A.5	none	Order Once, Order Twice (groups of 2)
B.6	Base-ten blocks	Build Numbers (1-5 Digit Cards) (groups of 4) 10-by-10 Square Grids (groups of 1)
B.8	Base-ten blocks	none
B.9	none	Card Sort: Large Numbers (4 to 6 digits) (groups of 2)
C.12	Materials from a previous activity Number cards 0–10	none
C.14	Stickers Sticky notes	On Which Line Do They Belong? (0-700,000 number line) (groups of 30)
D.18	Grid paper	none
D.19	Grid paper	none
D.20	Grid paper	none
D.21	Grid paper	none
D.22	Grid paper	0-9 Digit Cards (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 5

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Connecting cubes Number cubes	Times as Many Recording Mat (groups of 1)
A.2	Connecting cubes	none
A.3	Connecting cubes	none
B.7	Scissors Tape	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
B.8	Scissors	How Long is One Kilometer? (groups of 4)
B.9	Containers of different sizes Paper clips	none
B.11	none	Pounds and Ounces (groups of 4)
B.13	none	Info Gap: Noah's School Day (Part 2) (groups of 2)
C.14	Containers of different sizes	none
C.15	Rulers Yardsticks	none
C.16	Pipe cleaners Rulers (inches) Rulers or straightedges Tape	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
C.17	none	Missing Measurements - Large (groups of 12) Missing Measurements - Small (groups of 4)
C.18	Index cards Sticky notes Tape	Facts About Animals (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 6

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Pattern blocks	none
A.3	Grid paper	none
B.5	Tools for creating a visual display	none
B.12	Tools for creating a visual display	none
C.15	Grid paper Sticky notes	none
C.16	Base-ten blocks Tools for creating a visual display	none
C.17	Base-ten blocks	none
C.18	Base-ten blocks	none
D.21	none	Going on a Field Trip (groups of 1)
D.22	Grid paper Inch tiles	none
D.23	Grid paper	none
D.24	Grid paper	none

Materials Needed for Unit 7

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Chart paper Index cards Rulers or straightedges	Do You See What I See? (groups of 4)
A.2	Rulers or straightedges	Card Sort: Who Am I? (groups of 2)
A.3	Rulers or straightedges	Illustrated Word Wall (groups of 1)
A.4	Materials from a previous lesson Rulers or straightedges	none
A.5	Rulers or straightedges	Tricky Figures (groups of 8)
B.6	Materials from a previous activity Patty paper	Card Sort: Angles (groups of 2)
B.7	Patty paper Rulers or straightedges	none
B.8	Paper Rulers or straightedges	Making a Measuring Tool (groups of 3)
B.9	Protractors	none
B.10	Colored pencils Paper Protractors Rulers or straightedges	none
B.11	Index cards Protractors Rulers or straightedges	none
C.12	Materials from a previous lesson Pattern blocks Protractors	none
C.13	Origami paper Patty paper	How Big Are These Angles? (groups of 2)
C.14	Protractors Rulers or straightedges	none
C.15	none	Info Gap: Whole Bunch of Angles (groups of 2)
C.16	Rulers or straightedges	Make a Change (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 8

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Protractors Rulers Sticky notes	Shape Cards Grade 4 (groups of 2)
A.2	Index cards Materials from a previous lesson Patty paper Protractors Rulers	none
A.3	Materials from a previous activity Materials from a previous lesson Patty paper Protractors Rulers Tools for creating a visual display	none
A.4	Materials from a previous lesson Patty paper Protractors Rulers Rulers or straightedges Scissors	Shape Cards Grade 4 (groups of 2) Perfect Matches (groups of 6)
A.5	Paper Patty paper Protractors Rulers or straightedges Scissors	Two Symmetrical Figures (groups of 2)
A.6	Straightedges	none
B.7	Patty paper	none
B.8	Patty paper Rulers or straightedges	none
B.9	Paper Patty paper Protractors Rulers or straightedges Scissors	Before and After (groups of 6)
B.10	Paper Patty paper Protractors Rulers Scissors	none

Materials Needed for Unit 9

Lesson	Gather	Copy
B.4	Grid paper	none
B.5	Grid paper	none
D.10	Tools for creating a visual display	none

Materials to Gather - Additional Details

Base-ten blocks

Blank paper

Centimeter cubes

Base-ten unit cubes are centimeter cubes.

Chart paper

Coins

Colored pencils

Colored pencils, crayons, or markers

Connecting cubes

1 inch multifix cubes, often called linking cubes

Containers of different sizes

Containers provide teachers and students a way to organize sets of objects that will be used in multiple lessons

Glue or tape

Grid paper

Inch tiles

Index cards

Markers

Materials from a previous activity

Materials from a previous lesson

Measuring cups

Number cards 0–10

Number cubes

Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.

Origami paper

Paper

Paper clips

Pattern blocks

Patty paper

Typically this is used to separate hamburger patties, but because it is small and semi-transparent, this is a helpful tool for geometric investigations.

Pipe cleaners

Protractors

Rulers

Rulers with both centimeter and inch units will be used. Rulers can also be used as a straightedge.

Rulers (inches)

Rulers or straightedges

Scissors

Stickers

Sticky notes

Quantity is measured in individual sticky notes, not packages.

Straightedges

Tools used for drawing straight lines, students can use a ruler

Tape

Tape (painter's or masking)

Tools for creating a visual display

Any way for students to create work that can be easily displayed to the class. Examples: chart paper and markers, whiteboard space and markers, shared online drawing tool, access to a document camera.

Two-color counters

Yardsticks

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