Alberta Grade 4
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- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 4
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Curriculum:
ORGANIZING IDEA Vocabulary: Understanding the meaning and formation of words facilitates oral communication, reading, and writing.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students expand vocabulary and analyze morphemes to communicate in multiple contexts.
- Understanding
- An extensive and varied vocabulary enhances effective communication in a variety of contexts.
- Skills & Procedures
- Confirm word meanings, spellings, or word choices, using a variety of digital or non-digital resources.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate strategies and connections that support text comprehension.
All KBI modules are applicable.
Lessons have a link to unit/lesson plans on each lesson title. These include adaptable literacy building activities such as: vocabulary worksheets with phonetic structures, spelling exercises, matching definitions to vocabulary terms, sentence writing using vocabulary terms, prefix/ suffix exercises.
- Understanding
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 4 & SCIENCE 4
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Curriculum:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Comprehension: Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate strategies and connections that support text comprehension.
- Knowledge
- Inferencing involves multiple critical-thinking skills, including
- considering cause-and-effect relationships
- answering personal wonderings
- combining information from various sources to draw conclusions
- Understanding
- Comprehension involves inferencing and relying on multiple critical-thinking skills when engaging with texts.
- Skills & Procedures
- Infer cause-and-effect relationships in texts.
- Combine information from various sources to draw conclusions.
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Scientific Methods: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate evidence and reflect on its role in science.
- Knowledge
- Relevant data addresses the question that is being investigated.
- Some observations and data are not relevant to the question being investigated.
- All relevant data must be considered.
- Evidence is produced through the study and interpretation of data.
- Understanding
- Ongoing collection of evidence provides a way to expand and adjust previous knowledge.
- Reliability refers to consistency of data and evidence.
- Reliability of evidence can be affected by the amount of data collected and whether the data can be reproduced.
- Validity refers to how accurately data and evidence reflect what is supposed to be described or measured.
- Knowledge
- Data can be measured more accurately using tools or technology.
- Understanding
- Conclusions drawn during investigations must be based on reliable and valid evidence.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 4
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- number of organisms
- food sources
- habitat
- water distribution and cleanliness
- weather patterns
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes.
- Skills & Procedures
- Explain how changes made to one system can have impacts to other systems
LEARNING OUTCOME Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- Conservation is the preservation and protection of Earth‘s systems from pollution, depletion, or extinction.
- Conservation practices can be implemented in natural and human-made areas.
- Understanding
- Conservation can impact land, natural resources, and organisms.
- Skills & Procedures
- Investigate conservation practices in natural and human-made areas.
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Living Systems- Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions.
- Knowledge
- Organisms are living things that respond to stimuli and include plants, humans, and other animals.
- Organisms can be classified in various ways, including by
- appearance
- habitat
- structures
- Understanding
- A variety of organisms live on Earth and have external structures that support various functions.
- Skills & Procedures
- Find and classify local plants and animals based on appearance, habitat, and structures.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Classifying Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Diversity of Living Things (*Note: This is a Grade 6-7 learning module but fits the Grade 4 curriculum.)
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 4
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA: Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how their interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- Earth scientists call Earth’s systems the spheres, including the
- lithosphere
- atmosphere
- hydrosphere
- biosphere
- The lithosphere
- is the outer layers of Earth’s surface
- is made of rocks
- contains soils and minerals that support life
- The atmosphere
- is a gas layer that surrounds Earth
- warms Earth’s surface
- reduces extremes of temperature
- contains oxygen, which is used for breathing
- The hydrosphere is
- all areas of Earth that are covered with water
- necessary for sustaining life
- The biosphere includes all
- life on Earth
- regions of Earth where life is supported
- Earth scientists call Earth’s systems the spheres, including the
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems interact with one another, resulting in environments that sustain life.
- Skills & Procedures
- Make connections between human activity and Earth’s systems.
- Analyze the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems.
- Knowledge
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- number of organisms
- food sources
- habitat
- water distribution and cleanliness
- weather patterns-Create a plan to implement a conservation practice in a local environment.
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes.
- Skills & Procedures
- Explain how changes made to one system can have impacts on another system.
- Knowledge
- Conservation is the preservation and protection of Earth ‘s systems from pollution, depletion, or extinction.
- Understanding
- Conservation can impact land, natural resources, and organisms.
- Skills & Procedures
- Investigate conservation practices in natural and human-made areas.
- Knowledge
- Conservation can be practised through personal actions, including .
- use of electricity; e.g., turning off lights when leaving a room
- use of water; e.g., taking shorter showers
- reducing waste; e.g., using reusable packaging
- Conservation can be practised through community or global actions, such as
- use of energy-efficient alternatives, e.g., solar panels
- supplying water to support crops (irrigation)
- Conservation can be practised through personal actions, including .
- Understanding
- Conservation of Earth’s systems involves personal, community, and global action.
- Skills & Procedures
- Describe examples of personal actions that contribute to conservation in daily life.
- Knowledge
- Water is a basic need for plants and animals.
- Understanding
- Caring for water and water sources is a shared responsibility.
- Skills & Procedures
- Demonstrate respect for water in the local environment
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 4 & SOCIAL STUDIES 4
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how their interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- First Nations, Metis, and Inuit hold understandings of Earth systems that sustain life, including that all things are interconnected.
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems interact with one another, resulting in environments that sustain life.
- Skills & Procedures
- Make connections between human activity and Earth’s systems.
- Analyze the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems.
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Systems: Evaluating processes and structures of organizations builds understanding of decision making in the world.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students examine the role of the fur trade in the development of Canada.
- Knowledge
- Through the fur trade, furs were shipped from North America to Europe, where supply was low, and manufactured goods were shipped from Europe to North America, where demand was high.
- Roles of First Nations, Métis, and Europeans that contributed to the fur trade included
- hunters and trappers
- interpreters and guides
- clerks
- Understanding
- Trade can contribute to social and economic change.
- Skills and Procedures
- Model the fur trade’s system of exchange.
- Discuss interactions between First Nations, Métis, and Europeans that occurred as part of the fur trade.
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Time and Place: Exploring the dynamic relationships between people, place, and time supports understanding of perspectives and events to make meaning of the world.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate changes in Canada’s political boundaries.
- Knowledge
- First Nations and Europeans made treaties with each other, such as the Two Row Wampum (Gaswéñdah), to start a relationship of living side by side.
- Understanding
- Wars, rivalries, and treaties in Europe disrupted life in the colonies.
- Skills and Procedures
- Compare reasons for exploration and establishing colonies around the world.
- Discuss ways relationships were built between First Nations and Europeans.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students examine significant historical events that contributed to the formation of the country of Canada.
- Knowledge
- Colonization involved European monarchs expanding empires by claiming land and establishing colonies on land already occupied by Indigenous peoples around the world, including in North America (imperialism).
- Colonists brought belief systems and ways of organizing society to the colonies, including
- religions
- leadership
- education
- health care
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Systems: Evaluating processes and structures of organizations builds understanding of decision making in the world.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students examine the role of the fur trade in the development of Canada.
- Understanding
- Trade can contribute to social and economic change.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Cooperation and Colonization
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Self reflection guide
- Knowledge
- SOCIAL STUDIES 4
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Curriculum:
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Citizenship: Understanding local, national, and global issues empowers individual and collective action toward an inclusive society.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate rights and responsibilities in Canada.
- Knowledge
- Citizenship in Canada provides rights, such as the right to be treated equally regardless of difference.
- Citizenship in Canada carries responsibilities, such as contributing to the community, respecting the rights of others, and voting.
- Citizens in Canada have rights, freedoms, and responsibilities.
- Understanding
- Rights come with responsibilities.
- Skills & Procedures
- Reflect on personal rights and responsibilities.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Canada's Three Levels of Government
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year
- Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day
- Being kind and building leadership skills to help make a difference to others (December)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Winter Break - Spreading Kindness
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Activity - Making A Difference
- Activity - Compare and Contrast special things at this time of year
- Activity - Recipe book
- Activity - Shape Poem
- Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Black History Month
2. Refugee Experiences
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
- Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM
- Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
- Inquiry activities
- Caring for the Environment
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Immunization Awareness Week
2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases
3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries