Year-Plan: Grade 4/5

September/October November/December January/February March /April May/June

BIG IDEA: Canada’s growth and identity has Living things have systems to keep Relations between cultures can The use of natural resources have Relationships exist among
been shaped by economic them healthy and safe. result in conflict or cooperation. intended and unintended communities.
opportunity. consequences.
Matter interacts with the world Energy can be transformed.
around it.
Community Fort Langley Vancouver Museum ODS Science of Fun - Playland
Connections/Field Squamish Train Museum
Trips
Celebration of Curriculum Night Systems Fair (Classes welcome) Share student made picture books Student action projects (students Toy car racing (parents welcome)
Learning with another class. Perform class choose a variety of audiences)
play in front of audience.

Math Growth in Numbers:
addition/subtraction (to 10 000 (4)
to 1 000 000 (5),
multiplication/division (facts)(4/5)
Reading Canada’s Growth & Identity: Genre
- Historical fiction reading groups
focused on novels around pre-
confederation (4) & post
confederation (5) focus on reading
summaries
Number Systems: place value
(hundredths to 10 000 (4),
thousandths to 1 000 000 (5))
Systems for Enhancing Meaning:
vocabulary development through
reading
Financial Interactions: financial Consequences in Math (outcomes): Pattern Relationships: patterns,
decision making(4), financial plans probability & multiplication/division pattern rules, algebraic relationships
(5), making change (4), calculation (5)/time(4),
with money, fractions (comparing
and ordering(4), finding equivalent
fractions (5)), addition & subtraction
of decimals (to hundredths (4), to
thousandths (5)
Conflict and Interactions in Story: Consequences and Natural Relationships Between Characters:
learn about story elements, Resources: non-fiction reading fiction reading, comprehension of
historical fiction reading groups about natural resources, fiction, poetry
focused on novels around Canadian comprehension of non-fiction
conflicts,

Writing Growth in Writing Skills: creating Systems for Enhancing Meaning: Conflict and Interactions in Story Consequences of Poor Punctuation: Relationships Between Sentences:
and communicating - Journal writing literary elements & organization & writing: learn about the elements of written conventions sentence fluency and using
& idea generation word choice story and practice writing stories linking/transition words
with conflict
Speaking/Listening Growth in Speaking Skills: Introduce Systems for Engaging an Audience: Conflict and Cooperation in Story: Consequences of Poor Listening: Rhythm Relationships: Speaking
Year-Plan: Grade 4/5
aspects of speaking and listening
skills & set personal goals
Core French Growth in French: goal setting,
dispositions needed to be successful phonetics,
in french
French Identity: french culture
(locations)
Science None
Social Studies Canada’s Growth & Identity:
changing nature of
migration/immigration in post
confederation Canada(4/5), Fur
trade & pre-confederation Canada
(4),
Fine Arts Canada’s Growth & Identity:
regional and national works of art
Physical & Health Growth in Physical Health:
Ed. monitoring physical exertion, types health, social health, mental health
of different physical activities, health
components of fitness (5)
Career Ed. Personal Growth: Goal-setting,
changes during puberty,
Applied Design Design Growth: introduction to the
Skills & Tech. design cycle
public speaking
Linguist Systems: alphabet,
Sensory (4) and Human Body (5)
Systems: Communicating ideas
about - sensory systems (4):
humans, plants, other. Human body
(5): digestive, musculo-skeletal,
circulatory
None
Art Systems: Elements and
principles of design
Healthy Body Systems: physical
Problem Solving & Safety Systems:
decision making,
Systems for Understanding a
Context: gathering information -
survey, questionnaire, …
students to practice and perform a
play centred around a conflict or
cooperation in Canada’s past.
Conflict and Cooperation in
Language: expressing basic wants
and needs in french
Matter Interactions: phases of
matter and the effects of
temperature on mater, (4), solutions
and solubility (5)
Conflict and Cooperation in
Canada’s past: early contact and
trade (4), past discriminatory
practices and policies (5)
Cooperation: Mètis weaving
techniques
Cooperation & Conflict: social
health -
Cooperation and Interaction:
Leadership skills
Ideas from Conflict & Cooperation:
defining ideas generated from
conflicts, constraints, ideating &
building on the ideas of others
listening skills
Consequences of Poor Listening:
asking for clarification
None
Consequences and Natural
Resources: natural resources(4),
resources and economic
development (5), inquiry process
skills (4/5)
Consequences of Self-Reflection in
art: explore and create using
material and processes
Consequences of Poor Physical
health: healthy eating, illness
prevention, substance abuse
prevention
Consequences: digital identities
Consequences of Change:
Prototyping, testing,
skills using rhythm in poetry
Relationships Between People:
Cultural celebrations & festivals
Transforming Energy - forms of
energy, conserving energy (4),
simple machines, force effects,
machines, power (5)
Relationships: between people and
the land - physiographic feature (4),
between people - levels of
government, representation (5)
Relationships Between Elements
and Meaning: symbolism and
metaphor/reasoning and reflecting
Relationships and Mental Health:
body image, social media
Relationships: generational roles
Relationships and transformation in
Design: Making and sharing designs