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Quebec Cycle 2 (Grade 4)

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Made by a Cycle 2 teacher in Quebec. 

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Start of Year - Building critical inquiry and reflective thinking skills

Curricular outcomes:

English Language Arts - Curriculum Competency

  • To Read and Listen to Literary, Popular, and Information-Based Texts
    • Constructing Meaning: Apply reading strategies to understand texts.
    • Response Process: Use a structured approach when engaging with literary, popular, and informational texts.
    • Worldview Development: Build a personal perspective through reading and listening.
    • Reader Profile: Develop a self-identity as a reader.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal reading progress.
  • To Represent her/his Literacy in Different Media
    • Constructing Meaning: Use strategies to understand media texts.
    • Response Process: Follow a process to respond to media.
    • Worldview Development: Form a personal perspective through media.
    • Media Production: Use a structured process to communicate effectively with a target audience.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal growth as a viewer and producer of media.
  • To Use Language to Communicate and Learn
    • Communication: Use language to share information, experiences, and viewpoints.
    • Learning and Thinking: Use language for educational and cognitive purposes.
    • Linguistic Knowledge: Apply understanding of language structures and features.
    • Group Interaction: Participate in collaborative activities in various roles.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal language development.

Science and Technology - Curricular Competency

  • To Propose Explanations for or Solutions to Scientific or Technological Problems
    • Problem Identification: Recognize or define problems.
    • Exploration Strategies: Use various methods to explore solutions.
    • Approach Assessment: Evaluate the effectiveness of the chosen approach.

 

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
Indigenous history in Canada: pre-contact, contact, treaties, colonization, The Indian Act

Curricular outcomes:

English Language Arts – Curricular Competency

  • To Read and Listen to Literary, Popular, and Information-Based Texts
    • Constructing Meaning: Apply reading strategies to understand texts.
    • Response Process: Use a structured approach when engaging with literary, popular, and informational texts.
    • Worldview Development: Build a personal perspective through reading and listening.
    • Reader Profile: Develop a self-identity as a reader.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal reading progress.

Social Sciences – Curricular Competency

  • To Understand the Organization a Society in its Territory
    • Continuity with Present: Connect past events with the present
    • Spatial and Temporal Context: Place society and its territory in space and time.
    • Society and Territory: Link societal characteristics with territorial organization.
    • Assets and Limitations: Relate territory's strengths and weaknesses to societal structure.
    • Influence of People/Events: Identify how people or events shaped social and territorial organization.
  • To Interpret Change in a Society and its Territory
    • Spatial and Temporal Context: Place a society and its territory in space at two different times.
    • Recognize Changes: Identify key changes in society and territory organization.
    • Cause and Effect: Determine causes and effects of these changes.
    • Influence: Identify the impact of people or events on the changes.
    • Justification: Support interpretation of changes with reasoning.
    • Modern Traces: Recognize how these changes are reflected in today's society and territory.
  • To be Open to the Diversity of Societies and Their Territories
    • Spatial Context: Place societies and their territories in space.
    • Compare: Identify key similarities and differences between societies and territories.
    • Cause and Effect: Determine causes and effects of these differences.
    • Evaluate: Assess the strengths and weaknesses of societies and territories.
    • Justification: Defend your view on the diversity of societies and their territories.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

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

 

2. Cooperation and Colonization

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:

English Language Arts – Curricular Competency

  • To Read and Listen to Literary, Popular, and Information-Based Texts
    • Constructing Meaning: Apply reading strategies to understand texts.
    • Response Process: Use a structured approach when engaging with literary, popular, and informational texts.
    • Worldview Development: Build a personal perspective through reading and listening.
    • Reader Profile: Develop a self-identity as a reader.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal reading progress.

Social Sciences – Curricular Competency

  • To Understand the Organization a Society in its Territory
    • Continuity with Present: Connect past events with the present.
    • Spatial and Temporal Context: Place society and its territory in space and time.
    • Society and Territory: Link societal characteristics with territorial organization.
    • Assets and Limitations: Relate territory's strengths and weaknesses to societal structure.
    • Influence of People/Events: Identify how people or events shaped social and territorial organization.
  • To Interpret Change in a Society and its Territory
    • Spatial and Temporal Context: Place a society and its territory in space at two different times.
    • Recognize Changes: Identify key changes in society and territory organization.
    • Cause and Effect: Determine causes and effects of these changes.
    • Influence: Identify the impact of people or events on the changes.
    • Justification: Support interpretation of changes with reasoning.
    • Modern Traces: Recognize how these changes are reflected in today's society and territory.
  • To be Open to the Diversity of Societies and Their Territories
    • Spatial Context: Place societies and their territories in space.
    • Compare: Identify key similarities and differences between societies and territories.
    • Cause and Effect: Determine causes and effects of these differences.
    • Evaluate: Assess the strengths and weaknesses of societies and territories.
    • Justification: Defend your view on the diversity of societies and their territories.

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)

Curricular outcomes:

English Language Arts – Curricular Competency

  • To Read and Listen to Literary, Popular, and Information-Based Texts
    • Constructing Meaning: Apply reading strategies to understand texts.
    • Response Process: Use a structured approach when engaging with literary, popular, and informational texts.
    • Worldview Development: Build a personal perspective through reading and listening.
    • Reader Profile: Develop a self-identity as a reader.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal reading progress.

Culture and Citizenship in Quebec

  • Students cultivate diverse, positive relationships by being respectful and aware of others' needs and feelings. They communicate appropriately, adjust their behavior to nurture relationships, and apply strategies to develop and maintain these connections.

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:

English Language Arts – Curricular Competency

  • To Read and Listen to Literary, Popular, and Information-Based Texts
    • Constructing Meaning: Apply reading strategies to understand texts.
    • Response Process: Use a structured approach when engaging with literary, popular, and informational texts.
    • Worldview Development: Build a personal perspective through reading and listening.
    • Reader Profile: Develop a self-identity as a reader.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal reading progress.

Social Sciences - Curricular Competency

  • To Understand the Organization a Society in its Territory
    • Continuity with Present: Connect past events with the present.
    • Spatial and Temporal Context: Place society and its territory in space and time.
    • Society and Territory: Link societal characteristics with territorial organization.
    • Assets and Limitations: Relate territory's strengths and weaknesses to societal structure.
    • Influence of People/Events: Identify how people or events shaped social and territorial organization.
  • To Interpret Change in a Society and its Territory
    • Spatial and Temporal Context: Place a society and its territory in space at two different times.
    • Recognize Changes: Identify key changes in society and territory organization.
    • Cause and Effect: Determine causes and effects of these changes.
    • Influence: Identify the impact of people or events on the changes.
    • Justification: Support interpretation of changes with reasoning.
    • Modern Traces: Recognize how these changes are reflected in today's society and territory.
  • To be Open to the Diversity of Societies and Their Territories
    • Spatial Context: Place societies and their territories in space.
    • Compare: Identify key similarities and differences between societies and territories.
    • Cause and Effect: Determine causes and effects of these differences.
    • Evaluate: Assess the strengths and weaknesses of societies and territories.
    • Justification: Defend your view on the diversity of societies and their territories.

Culture and Citizenship in Quebec

  • Students embrace diversity, uphold human rights, and advocate for important issues. They engage ethically, use inclusive language, and foster positive communities. By promoting healthy relationships, they combat bullying, discrimination, and violence related to identity, ensuring everyone feels connected and valued. 

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:

English Language Arts – Curricular Competency

  • To Read and Listen to Literary, Popular, and Information-Based Texts
    • Constructing Meaning: Apply reading strategies to understand texts.
    • Response Process: Use a structured approach when engaging with literary, popular, and informational texts.
    • Worldview Development: Build a personal perspective through reading and listening.
    • Reader Profile: Develop a self-identity as a reader.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal reading progress.

Culture and Citizenship in Quebec

  • Students embrace diversity, uphold human rights, and advocate for important issues. They engage ethically, use inclusive language, and foster positive communities. By promoting healthy relationships, they combat bullying, discrimination, and violence related to identity, ensuring everyone feels connected and valued.

Applicable KBI lessons:

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

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
  • Inquiry activities
Caring for the environment (Earth Month in April)

Curricular outcomes:

Science & Technology – General Concept

  • The Earth and Space
    • "Earth and Space" covers the Earth's structure, the water cycle, weather and climate, the solar system, Earth's rotation and revolution, and natural resources, helping students understand the planet and its place in the solar system.

Culture and Citizenship in Quebec

  • Students develop awareness of and take responsibility for their social, physical, and natural environments by working independently and collaboratively for the benefit of others, communities, and the environment. They are aware of the impact of their decisions, actions, and footprint. They advocate for and act to bring about positive change.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • 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:

English Language Arts – Curricular Competency

  • To Read and Listen to Literary, Popular, and Information-Based Texts
    • Constructing Meaning: Apply reading strategies to understand texts.
    • Response Process: Use a structured approach when engaging with literary, popular, and informational texts.
    • Worldview Development: Build a personal perspective through reading and listening.
    • Reader Profile: Develop a self-identity as a reader.
    • Self-Evaluation: Assess personal reading progress.

Science and Technology - Curricular Competency

  • To Propose Explanations for or Solutions to Scientific or Technological Problems
    • Problem Identification: Recognize or define problems.
    • Exploration Strategies: Use various methods to explore solutions.
    • Approach Assessment: Evaluate the effectiveness of the chosen approach.
  • To Make the Most of Scientific and Technological Tools, Objects and Procedures
    • Familiarization: Understand the roles and functions of scientific and technological tools and methods.
    • Application: Connect tools and techniques to their specific uses and contexts.
    • Impact Evaluation: Assess the effects of different tools, instruments, or procedures.
  • To Communicate in the Languages used in Science and Technology
    • Familiarization: Learn everyday language used in science and technology.
    • Language Use: Apply both everyday and symbolic language in these fields.
    • Effective Communication: Use language effectively to ask questions, express viewpoints, or give explanations.

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

 

Last modified: 
Sep 3, 2024