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      <title>Math Lesson Plan: Adding Decimals by Natalja Redean</title>
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      <description>Grade 4 lesson plan focused on adding decimals with clear objectives, engaging activities, assessment, closure, and homework.</description>
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      <pubDate>2026-03-31 08:31:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Today’s Learning Goal</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I can add decimals to the hundredths place using place value and line up decimal points correctly.]]></description>
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         <title>Success Criteria</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I can line up digits by place value. I can explain why the decimal points must be in the same column. I can solve addition problems and check my work.]]></description>
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         <title>Vocabulary</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[decimal, tenths, hundredths, place value, sum, estimate]]></description>
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         <title>Warm-Up: Notice and Wonder</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Look at 3.4 + 2.35. What do you notice? What do you wonder? Share ideas with a partner, or post one idea on Padlet.]]></description>
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         <title>Essential Question</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Why is it important to line up decimal points when adding decimals?]]></description>
         <pubDate>2026-03-31 08:32:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Teacher Mini-Lesson</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Model how to line up decimal points, rename 3.4 as 3.40, add from right to left, and estimate first to see if the answer makes sense.]]></description>
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         <title>Guided Practice</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Solve together: 1.25 + 2.30, 4.6 + 1.15, and 7.08 + 0.9. Discuss each step as a class.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2026-03-31 08:32:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Small-Group Activity</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In groups, sort example cards into two piles: lined up correctly and not lined up correctly. Explain your choices.]]></description>
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         <title>Independent Practice</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Complete 6–8 decimal addition problems. Show each step clearly and circle the decimal point in each number.]]></description>
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         <title>Remediation Support</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Use a place value chart and base-ten grid to add tenths and hundredths. Start with problems that have the same number of decimal places.]]></description>
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         <title>Extension Challenge</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Create three decimal addition word problems. Trade with a classmate and solve each other’s problems. Students may present one challenge on Padlet.]]></description>
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         <title>Formative Checks During the Lesson</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Listen for correct vocabulary, watch how students line up decimal points, and review whiteboard or notebook work during guided practice.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2026-03-31 08:32:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Quick Mid-Lesson Check</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Solve: 2.45 + 1.2. Then explain in one sentence how you lined up the numbers.]]></description>
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         <title>Exit Ticket</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[1) 3.75 + 0.40 = ?  2) Explain why 4.8 can also be written as 4.80.]]></description>
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         <title>Summative Assessment Idea</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Short quiz with 5 decimal addition problems, including one word problem and one estimation question.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2026-03-31 08:32:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wrap-Up Discussion</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Turn and talk: What is the most important step when adding decimals? Why?]]></description>
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         <title>Reflect</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Finish the sentence: Today I learned that adding decimals is like adding whole numbers, except I must ______.]]></description>
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         <title>Teacher Closing Prompt</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Review the lesson goal and ask students to give one example of correct decimal alignment before leaving.]]></description>
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         <title>Practice at Home</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Solve 8 decimal addition problems. Check two answers by estimating first.]]></description>
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         <title>Family Explanation Task</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Teach someone at home how to line up decimal points. Write 2 sentences about how you explained it.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2026-03-31 08:32:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Optional Online Practice</title>
         <author>nataljar</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[Play a decimal addition game or complete an online practice set for extra review.]]></description>
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