Grade 4 Long Range Plans
Term 1
LANGUAGE
Reading
a) Ongoing *Identify various elements of style (e.g., nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives,etc.)
b) Retell *features of Fiction *word sequencing
c) Visualizing *Identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies (e.g., check for understanding, back-up and reread, cross-checking, tune in to interesting words, read appropriate-level texts that are a good fit, retell a story, read the pictures and the words)
d) Extend understanding by making connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-media, text-to-world)
Writing
a) *Grammar: adjectives and adverbs; prepositions; conjunctions
b) Text Type: Recount
*Use sequencing words (e.g., first, next, later, finally) to identify and order ideas and supporting details and group them into paragraphs that summarize a moment from your life to produce a recount
c) Text Type: Narrative
*Use an organizer to sort and classify ideas and information that will be used to create paragraphs that follow the narrative text form (introduction, beginning, middle, end, conclusion)
d) Text Type: Description
*Preparing for and making revisions to improve the content, clarity and/or interest of text forms
Oral
*Make connections to texts in conversation with the teacher and peers in small group and one-on-one conferences
*Oral summary of a text
*Demonstrate appropriate listening and speaking behaviours
*Communicate ideas, opinions and information to respond to questions about a text
Media Literacy
*Express opinions about ideas, issues and/or experiences presented in media texts, and give evidence from the texts to support opinions
*Identify the purpose and audience for a variety of texts
*Identify elements and characteristics of some media forms
MATH
1. Strand: Patterning and Algebra: Number Patterns
Position patterns: 3 types of changing number patterns (growing, shrinking, repeating)
Equations involving addition and subtraction
2. Strand: Number Sense and Numeration: Whole Numbers
Rounding, comparing and ordering numbers to 10 000, Estimating sums and differences, Adding and subtracting 3 and 4-digit numbers
3. Strand: Geometry and Spatial Sense
Exploring the properties of quadrilaterals (4 sided figures), Measuring angles 3-dimensional solids
4. Strand: Data Management and Probability: Data Management
Tables, graphs and surveys
5. Strand: Measurement
Time, capacity and mass
SOCIAL STUDIES: Strand B: People and Environments: Political and Physical Regions of Canada
*Canada’s provinces and territories
*Mapping (physical and political regions)
SCIENCE
*Habitats and Communities
*Rocks and minerals
Term 2
LANGUAGE
Reading
d) Summarize important ideas and cite supporting details
e) Point of View *Advertising *Make inferences about texts *Identify the point of view presented in a text
f) Organizing *Use an organizer to sort and classify ideas and information that will be used to create paragraphs that follow the procedural form)
g) Ongoing* Identify helpful strategies used before, during and after reading (in one-on-one and small group conferences with the teacher *Predict the meaning of and solve unfamiliar words
Writing
d) Text Type: Explanation
*Generate ideas about a potential topic using a variety of strategies (e.g., mind mapping, webs, story organizers) *Gather information to support ideas for writing in an organizer *Spell familiar words correctly *Punctuation: apostrophes; quotation marks *Grammar: common and proper nouns; verbs in present, past and future tenses
e) Text Type: Persuasive
*Identify their point of view and support it by citing information from the text
f) Text Type: Procedure
g) Ongoing *Identify what strategies you find most helpful before, during, and after writing and what steps you can take to improve as a writer (conferencing with teacher) *Portfolio: select pieces of writing that reflect growth and competence as a writer and explain the reasons for your choice
Oral
*Identify a variety of non-verbal cues, including facial expression, gestures, and eye contact, and use them in oral communications, appropriately and with sensitivity towards cultural differences, to help convey their meaning
Media Literacy
*Use overt and implied messages to draw inferences and construct meaning in media texts
*Identify who’s point of view is presented or reflected in a media text, citing supporting evidence from the text
MATH
6. Strand: Number Sense and Numeration:Multiplication and Division
Multiply and divide numbers from 1 to 9
7. Strand: Geometry and Spatial Sense: Transformational Geometry
Grids and coordinates
Lines of symmetry
8. Strand: Number Sense and Numeration: Fractions and Decimals
Tenths, hundredths, Adding and subtracting decimals and money
9. Strand: Measurement: Length, Perimeter, Area
10. Strand: Patterning and Algebra: Patterns in Number and Geometry
Changing-step patterns using multiplication and division
11. Strand: Data Management and Probability: Probability
Identifying outcomes and predicting results
SOCIAL STUDIES: Strand A: Heritage and Identity: Early Societies
*The medieval period *Ancient civilizations *Inquiry study
SCIENCE
*Pulleys and gears
*Light & Sound
*THE ORDER IN WHICH WE ADDRESS THE CURRICULUM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
Term 1
LANGUAGE
Reading
a) Ongoing *Identify various elements of style (e.g., nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives,etc.)
b) Retell *features of Fiction *word sequencing
c) Visualizing *Identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies (e.g., check for understanding, back-up and reread, cross-checking, tune in to interesting words, read appropriate-level texts that are a good fit, retell a story, read the pictures and the words)
d) Extend understanding by making connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-media, text-to-world)
Writing
a) *Grammar: adjectives and adverbs; prepositions; conjunctions
b) Text Type: Recount
*Use sequencing words (e.g., first, next, later, finally) to identify and order ideas and supporting details and group them into paragraphs that summarize a moment from your life to produce a recount
c) Text Type: Narrative
*Use an organizer to sort and classify ideas and information that will be used to create paragraphs that follow the narrative text form (introduction, beginning, middle, end, conclusion)
d) Text Type: Description
*Preparing for and making revisions to improve the content, clarity and/or interest of text forms
Oral
*Make connections to texts in conversation with the teacher and peers in small group and one-on-one conferences
*Oral summary of a text
*Demonstrate appropriate listening and speaking behaviours
*Communicate ideas, opinions and information to respond to questions about a text
Media Literacy
*Express opinions about ideas, issues and/or experiences presented in media texts, and give evidence from the texts to support opinions
*Identify the purpose and audience for a variety of texts
*Identify elements and characteristics of some media forms
MATH
1. Strand: Patterning and Algebra: Number Patterns
Position patterns: 3 types of changing number patterns (growing, shrinking, repeating)
Equations involving addition and subtraction
2. Strand: Number Sense and Numeration: Whole Numbers
Rounding, comparing and ordering numbers to 10 000, Estimating sums and differences, Adding and subtracting 3 and 4-digit numbers
3. Strand: Geometry and Spatial Sense
Exploring the properties of quadrilaterals (4 sided figures), Measuring angles 3-dimensional solids
4. Strand: Data Management and Probability: Data Management
Tables, graphs and surveys
5. Strand: Measurement
Time, capacity and mass
SOCIAL STUDIES: Strand B: People and Environments: Political and Physical Regions of Canada
*Canada’s provinces and territories
*Mapping (physical and political regions)
SCIENCE
*Habitats and Communities
*Rocks and minerals
Term 2
LANGUAGE
Reading
d) Summarize important ideas and cite supporting details
e) Point of View *Advertising *Make inferences about texts *Identify the point of view presented in a text
f) Organizing *Use an organizer to sort and classify ideas and information that will be used to create paragraphs that follow the procedural form)
g) Ongoing* Identify helpful strategies used before, during and after reading (in one-on-one and small group conferences with the teacher *Predict the meaning of and solve unfamiliar words
Writing
d) Text Type: Explanation
*Generate ideas about a potential topic using a variety of strategies (e.g., mind mapping, webs, story organizers) *Gather information to support ideas for writing in an organizer *Spell familiar words correctly *Punctuation: apostrophes; quotation marks *Grammar: common and proper nouns; verbs in present, past and future tenses
e) Text Type: Persuasive
*Identify their point of view and support it by citing information from the text
f) Text Type: Procedure
g) Ongoing *Identify what strategies you find most helpful before, during, and after writing and what steps you can take to improve as a writer (conferencing with teacher) *Portfolio: select pieces of writing that reflect growth and competence as a writer and explain the reasons for your choice
Oral
*Identify a variety of non-verbal cues, including facial expression, gestures, and eye contact, and use them in oral communications, appropriately and with sensitivity towards cultural differences, to help convey their meaning
Media Literacy
*Use overt and implied messages to draw inferences and construct meaning in media texts
*Identify who’s point of view is presented or reflected in a media text, citing supporting evidence from the text
MATH
6. Strand: Number Sense and Numeration:Multiplication and Division
Multiply and divide numbers from 1 to 9
7. Strand: Geometry and Spatial Sense: Transformational Geometry
Grids and coordinates
Lines of symmetry
8. Strand: Number Sense and Numeration: Fractions and Decimals
Tenths, hundredths, Adding and subtracting decimals and money
9. Strand: Measurement: Length, Perimeter, Area
10. Strand: Patterning and Algebra: Patterns in Number and Geometry
Changing-step patterns using multiplication and division
11. Strand: Data Management and Probability: Probability
Identifying outcomes and predicting results
SOCIAL STUDIES: Strand A: Heritage and Identity: Early Societies
*The medieval period *Ancient civilizations *Inquiry study
SCIENCE
*Pulleys and gears
*Light & Sound
*THE ORDER IN WHICH WE ADDRESS THE CURRICULUM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*