Grade 4 Learning Objectives for “Cloud 9”

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General Learning Objective

1. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.

Specific Learning Objectives

1.1. Discover and Explore

Express ideas and develop understanding

  • Compare new ideas, information and experiences to prior knowledge and experiences
  • Ask questions, paraphrase and discuss to explore ideas and understand new concepts
  • Share personal responses to explore and develop understanding of oral, print and other media texts

Experiment with language and forms

  • Discuss and compare the ways similar topics are developed in different forms of oral, print and other media texts

1.2 Clarify and Extend

Consider the ideas of others

  • Identify other perspectives by exploring a variety of ideas, opinions, responses and oral, print and other media texts

Combine ideas

  • Use talk, notes, personal writing and representing to record and reflect on ideas, information and experiences

General Learning Objective

2. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.

Specific Learning Objectives

2.1 Use Strategies and Cues

Use prior knowledge

  • Use ideas and concepts, developed through personal interests, experiences and discussion, to understand new ideas and information
  • Explain how the organizational structure of oral, print and other media texts can assist in constructing and confirming meaning

Use comprehension strategies

  • Comprehend new ideas and information by responding personally and discussing ideas with others
  • Monitor understanding by confirming or revising inferences and predictions based on information in text

Use textual cues

  • Distinguish differences in the structural elements of texts, such as letters and storybooks, to access and comprehend ideas and information

Use phonics and structural analysis

  • Identify and know the meaning of some frequently used prefixes and suffixes
  • Apply knowledge of root words, compound words, syllabication, contractions and complex word families to read unfamiliar words in context
  • Integrate knowledge of phonics and sight vocabulary with knowledge of language and context clues to read unfamiliar words in context

2.2 Respond to Texts

Experience various texts

  • Experience oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as personal narratives, plays, novels, video programs, adventure stories, folk tales, informational texts, mysteries, poetry and CDROM programs
  • Discuss a variety of oral, print or other media texts by the same author, illustrator, storyteller or filmmaker
  • Retell events of stories in another form or medium
  • Make general evaluative statements about oral, print and other media texts

Construct meaning from texts

  • Connect the thoughts and actions of characters portrayed in oral, print and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
  • Identify the main events in oral, print and other media texts; explain their causes, and describe how they influence subsequent events
  • Compare similar oral, print and other media texts and express preferences, using evidence from personal experiences and the texts
  • Develop own opinions based on ideas encountered in oral, print and other media texts

Appreciate the artistry of texts

  • Explain how language and visuals work together to communicate meaning and enhance effect

2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques

Understand forms and genres

  • Describe and compare the main characteristics of a variety of oral, print and other media texts

Understand techniques and elements

  • Identify and explain connections among events, setting and main characters in oral, print and other media texts

Science

General Learning Objective

4–4 Demonstrate positive attitudes for the study of science and for the application of science in responsible ways.

Specific Learning Objectives

Students will show growth in acquiring and applying the following traits:

  • Curiosity
  • Confidence in personal ability to explore materials and learn by direct study
  • A willingness to work with others in shared activities and in sharing of experiences
  • Appreciation of the benefits gained from shared effort and cooperation
  • Respect for living things and environments, and commitment for their care.

Topic E: Plant Growth and Changes

General Learning Objective

4–10 Demonstrate knowledge and skills for the study, interpretation, propagation and enhancement of plant growth.

Specific Learning Objectives

1. Describe the importance of plants to humans and their importance to the natural environment. Students who meet this expectation should be able to give examples of plants being used as a source of food or shelter, and be aware of the role plants play in the environment; e.g., preventing erosion, maintaining oxygen.

4. Recognize that plant requirements for growth; i.e., air, light energy, water, nutrients and space; vary from plant to plant and that other conditions; e.g., temperature and humidity; may also be important to the growth of particular plants

5. Identify examples of plants that have special needs.

6. Recognize that a variety of plant communities can be found within the local area and that differences in plant communities are related to variations in the amount of light, water and other conditions

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