Manitoba Grade 4

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) 4

Curricular outcomes:

ELA 4

Global competencies in ELA
- Critical Thinking
- Citizenship
- Connection to Self
- Collaboration
Enduring Understandings
- Language and literacies:
  - are central to all learning
  - are complex continuous and recursive
  - develop differently for each individual
  - learning and use are social
  - demands are evolving
  - experiences inform our sense of self
  - are enacted through inextricably connected practices
ELA.4.A.2 Language as the foundation of Reading & Writing
- Learners will develop and apply the understanding of the system of language (knowledge and skills) and language comprehension for reading and writing.
ELA.4.A2.3
- Phonics Apply and consolidate knowledge of word reading and spelling skills to decode/encode (spell) more complex multisyllabic words in isolation and in various texts with increasing accuracy and automaticity.
- Word study Analyze and apply knowledge of word parts and word patterns (morphology) to determine word meaning and accurate spelling.
- Vocabulary Acquire and use descriptive (e.g., synonyms/antonyms), academic (definitions, explanations), and topic specific vocabulary related to learning experiences.
ELA.4.B2.7
- Acquire and use subject specific, descriptive vocabulary to communicate new understanding
NOTE: There are learning activities for most lessons that focus on critical/creative inquiry and these connect to a number of additional outcomes.

Applicable KBI lessons:

All learning modules

Thinking Critically

Curricular outcomes:

ELA- Learners are recognizing the need for validity and reliability; Learners are recognizing that point of view has an impact on understanding

1.2.1 Develop Understanding
- Connect new information and experiences with prior knowledge to construct meaning in different contexts.
3.2.3 Assess Sources
- Assess the usefulness of information for inquiry or research using pre-established criteria.
3.2.5 Make Sense of Information
- Determine main and supporting ideas using prior knowledge, predictions, connections, inferences, and visual and auditory cues.

Science

SCI.4.B.1
- Develop a sense of agency, identity, and belonging in science by
  - cultivating natural curiosity about the world
  - acquiring scientific skills and fostering scientific attitudes
CI.4.C.3
- Demonstrate practical scientific skills through safely and actively participating in a variety of scientific practices such as inquiry-based learning experiences, experimentation, scientific observation, data analysis, measurement, debate and scientific argumentation, communicating scientific information, and designing and building.
SCI.4.D.2
- Demonstrate the understanding that developing scientific explanations involves systematically collecting data through observations and measurements or using data from other sources.
SCI.4.D.7
- Demonstrate the understanding that technologies may have both beneficial and detrimental social and environmental consequences.
NOTE: There are learning activities for most lessons that focus on critical/creative inquiry that connect to additional competencies.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Community

Curricular outcomes:

Science

SCI.4.B.1
- Develop a sense of agency, identity, and belonging in science by
  - cultivating natural curiosity about the world
  - acquiring scientific skills and fostering scientific attitudes
  - building a personal connection to nature
SCI.4.C.1
- Demonstrate an awareness of the dynamic interplay between science, technology, society, and the environment (STSE), thereby being empowered to critically evaluate the impacts of scientific and technological advancements on individuals, communities, and ecosystems, and to make informed decisions for a sustainable future.
SCI.4.D.1
- Demonstrate the understanding that science attempts to develop explanations for phenomena in nature.
SCI.4.D.2
- Demonstrate the understanding that developing scientific explanations involves systematically collecting data through observations and measurements or using data from other sources.
SCI.4.D.6
- Demonstrate the understanding that when solving problems, there may be many possible solutions, each with associated implications, requiring both critical and creative thinking in choosing the best solution.
SCI.4.D.7
- Demonstrate the understanding that technologies may have both beneficial and detrimental social and environmental consequences.
SCI.4.E.13
- Demonstrate the understanding that every living thing has adapted to survive in a specific habitat.
SCI.4.E.15
- Demonstrate an understanding of how plants and animals (including humans) rely on each other and the environment for survival.

Social Studies: Living in Manitoba

4-S-103 Make decisions that reflect care, concern, and responsibility for the environment.
4-KL-023 Identify issues related to environmental stewardship and sustainability in Manitoba.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Leadership

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies: Living in Canada

4-KP-045 Give examples of formal and informal power and authority in their lives.
4-KC-002 Identify democratic ideals in Canadian society.
4-KP-041 Explain the purposes of government.
4-KP-042 Identify levels of government in Canada and give examples of their responsibilities.
4-KE-048 Identify various ways in which governments help people meet their needs

Math

4.N.7. Demonstrate an understanding of division (1-digit divisor and up to 2-digit dividend) to solve problem
4.PR.4. Identify and explain mathematical relationships using charts and diagrams to solve problems

Science

Enduring Understanding: Science empowers human agency
Enduring Understanding: Science is a collective endeavour

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Canada’s Three Levels of Government

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guide
Numeracy activity/answers

Connections

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies

4-KL-024 Give examples of Aboriginal peoples' traditional relationships with the land.
4-VL-006A Respect their spiritual connection to the natural environment (land, water, sky).
4-KI-007 Identify Aboriginal communities, cultures, and languages in Manitoba. Examples: Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Michif, Oji-Cree, Dene…
4-KI-009 Describe the influence of various factors on their identities. Include: culture, community, place, region.

Science

SCI.4.A.1
- Demonstrate an understanding of different First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ways of knowing, being, and doing in relationship with the land and the natural world by exploring Indigenous methods of observing and interpreting the world, applying scientific principles, and creating technologies within local traditional and contemporary cultural contexts (e.g., wholistic, reciprocal, interconnected, and sustainable ways; land-based learning; outdoor learning; intersections with Western science).

ELA- Learners are recognizing families’ and peers’ unique identities and similar and different ways of seeing the world.; Learners are recognizing, comparing, and using the codes and conventions of print, oral, visual, and multimodal texts.

2.2.1 Experience Various Texts
- Experience texts from a variety of forms and genres [such as personal narratives, plays, adventure stories, mysteries...] and cultural traditions; share responses.
2.1.4 Cueing Systems
- Use syntactic, semantic, and graphophonic cueing systems [including word order; context clues; structural analysis to identify roots, prefixes, suffixes, compound words, contractions, and singular and plural words] to construct and confirm meaning; use a junior dictionary to determine word meaning in context.
5.2.3 Use Language to Show Respect
- Appreciate variations in language use in a variety of contexts in immediate communities.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Curricular outcomes:

Science

Enduring Understanding: Science is about explaining phenomena
Enduring Understanding: Science has complex implications

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Being kind and building leadership skills to help make a difference to others (December)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Winter Break - Spreading Kindness

Lesson Plan/Activities

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)

Curricular outcomes:

Science

Enduring Understanding: Science is a collective endeavour
SCI.4.B.1
- Develop a sense of agency, identity, and belonging in science by
  - cultivating natural curiosity about the world
  - acquiring scientific skills and fostering scientific attitudes
  - building a personal connection to nature
  - establishing links between science concepts and personal experience
  - recognizing that everyone can contribute to science
SCI.4.C.5
- Demonstrate an understanding of the connections between the scientific ideas studied and a range of careers, hobbies, and activities.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities

Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Curricular outcomes:

Science

Enduring Understanding Science is a collective endeavour
SCI.4.B.1
- Develop a sense of agency, identity, and belonging in science by
  - cultivating natural curiosity about the world
  - acquiring scientific skills and fostering scientific attitudes
  - building a personal connection to nature
  - establishing links between science concepts and personal experience
  - recognizing that everyone can contribute to science

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
Inquiry activities

Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Curricular outcomes:

Science

Enduring Understanding: Science empowers human agency
SCI.4.B.1
- Develop a sense of agency, identity, and belonging in science by
  - cultivating natural curiosity about the world
  - acquiring scientific skills and fostering scientific attitudes
  - building a personal connection to nature
  - establishing links between science concepts and personal experience
  - recognizing that everyone can contribute to science

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

Link to Lessons

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Link to Lessons

Indigenous history in Canada - pre-contact, contact, treaties, colonialism, and The Indian Act (June)

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies

4-KL-024 Give examples of Aboriginal peoples' traditional relationships with the land.
4-VL-006A Respect their spiritual connection to the natural environment (land, water, sky).
4-KI-007 Identify Aboriginal communities, cultures, and languages in Manitoba. Examples: Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Michif, Oji-Cree, Dene…
4-KI-009 Describe the influence of various factors on their identities. Include: culture, community, place, region.

Science

SCI.4.A.1
- Demonstrate an understanding of different First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ways of knowing, being, and doing in relationship with the land and the natural world by exploring Indigenous methods of observing and interpreting the world, applying scientific principles, and creating technologies within local traditional and contemporary cultural contexts (e.g., wholistic, reciprocal, interconnected, and sustainable ways; land-based learning; outdoor learning; intersections with Western science).
ELA- Learners are recognizing families’ and peers’ unique identities and similar and different ways of seeing the world.; Learners are recognizing, comparing, and using the codes and conventions of print, oral, visual, and multimodal texts.
- 2.2.1 Experience Various Texts Experience texts from a variety of forms and genres [such as personal narratives, plays, adventure stories, mysteries...] and cultural traditions; share responses.
- 2.1.4 Cueing Systems
  - Use syntactic, semantic, and graphophonic cueing systems [including word order; context clues; structural analysis to identify roots, prefixes, suffixes, compound words, contractions, and singular and plural words] to construct and confirm meaning; use a junior dictionary to determine word meaning in context.
- 5.2.3 Use Language to Show Respect Appreciate variations in language use in a variety of contexts in immediate communities.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answer guide

2. Cooperation and Colonization

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

Last modified:

Oct 8, 2026