Grade 4 Learning Objectives for “Fields of Home”

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English Language Arts

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

General Learning Objective

3. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and information.

Specific Learning Objectives

3.2 Select and Process

Access information

  • Identify information sources that inform, persuade or entertain, and use such sources appropriately

Evaluate sources

  • Recall important points, and make and revise predictions regarding upcoming information

3.3 Organize, Record and Evaluate

Organize information

  • Organize ideas and information, using appropriate categories, chronological order, cause and effect, or posing and answering questions
  • Organize oral, print and other media texts into sections that relate to and develop the topic

Record information

  • Paraphrase information from oral, print and other media sources

Evaluate information

  • Examine gathered information to identify if more information is required; review new understanding

General Learning Objective

4. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.

Specific Learning Objectives

4.3 Present and Share

Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing

  • Connect own ideas, opinions and experiences to those communicated in oral and visual presentations
  • Give constructive feedback, ask relevant questions, and express related opinions in response to oral and visual presentation

General Learning Objective

5. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with others.

Specific Learning Objectives

5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community

Appreciate diversity

  • Describe similarities and differences between personal experiences and the experiences of people or characters from various cultures portrayed in oral, print and other media texts

Relate texts to culture

  • Identify and discuss main characters, plots, settings and illustrations in oral, print and other media texts from diverse cultures and communities

Health

Topic: Learning Strategies

General Learning Objective

Life Learning Choices
Students will use resources effectively to manage and explore life roles and career opportunities
and challenges.

Specific Learning Objectives

L–4.4

  • Distinguish among, and set, different kinds of goals; e.g., short-term and long-term personal goals

Social Studies

Topic: 4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land 

General Learning Objective

Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how elements of physical geography, climate, geology and paleontology are integral to the landscapes and environment of Alberta.

Specific Learning Objectives

4.1.1

Value Alberta’s physical geography and natural environment:

  • Appreciate the diversity of elements pertaining to geography, climate, geology and paleontology in Alberta (LPP)
  • Appreciate the variety and abundance of natural resources in Alberta (ER, LPP)
  • Appreciate how land sustains communities and quality of life (ER, LPP)

4.1.2

Examine, critically, the physical geography of Alberta by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • Where is Alberta located in relation to the other provinces and territories of Canada? (LPP)
  • What are the major geographical and natural vegetation regions, landforms and bodies of water in Alberta (e.g., prairie region, forests, rivers, hoodoos, Rocky Mountains, oil sands)? (LPP)
  • What are the significant natural resources in Alberta, and where are they located (e.g., mineral deposits, coal, natural gas and oil, forests)? (ER, LPP)

4.1.3

Examine, critically, how geology and paleontology contribute to knowledge of Alberta’s physical geography by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • What geological features make Alberta unique (e.g., hoodoos, Rocky Mountains, foothills, oil sands)? (LPP, ER

4.1.4

Analyze how Albertans interact with their environment by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • In what ways do the physical geography and natural resources of a region determine the establishment of communities? (LPP)
  • How are natural resources used by Albertans (i.e., agriculture, oil and natural gas, forests, coal)? (ER, LPP)
  • How do Albertans deal with competing demands on land use (e.g., conservation, solar and wind power, recreation, agriculture, oil exploration, forestry)? (ER, LPP)

Topic: 4.2 The Stories, Histories and Peoples of Alberta

General Learning Objective

Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the role of stories, history and culture in
strengthening communities and contributing to identity and a sense of belonging. 

Specific Learning Objectives

4.2.1

Appreciate how an understanding of Alberta’s history, peoples and stories contributes to their own sense of belonging and identity:

  • Recognize how stories of people and events provide multiple perspectives on past and present events (I, TCC)
  • Recognize oral traditions, narratives and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land, culture and history (CC, TCC)
  • Recognize how the diversity of immigrants from Europe and other continents has enriched Alberta’s rural and urban communities (CC, I, TCC)

4.2.2

Assess, critically, how the cultural and linguistic heritage and diversity of Alberta has evolved over time by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • What movement or migration within Canada contributed to the populating of Alberta? (LPP, TCC)
  • How did European immigration contribute to the establishment of communities in Alberta in the late 19th century and early 20th century? (CC, GC, I, TCC)
  • How did the arrival of diverse groups of people determine the establishment and continued growth of rural and urban communities? (CC, GC, LPP)
  • How are agriculture and the establishment of communities interconnected? (ER, LPP)

Topic: 4.3 Alberta: Celebrations and Challenges

General Learning Objective

Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how Alberta has grown and changed culturally, economically and socially since 1905

Specific Learning Objectives

4.3.1

Appreciate the factors contributing to quality of life in Alberta:

  • Value and respect their own and other cultural identities (C, I)
  • Demonstrate respect for the rights, opinions and perspectives of others (C, I)
  • Demonstrate respect for the cultural and linguistic diversity in Alberta (C, I)
  • Appreciate the influence of the natural environment and resources on the growth and development of Alberta (ER, LPP)

4.3.2

Assess, critically, the challenges and opportunities that Alberta has faced in its growth and development by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • What key events have impacted the economy of Alberta (i.e., drought of the 1930s, discovery of oil)? (ER, LPP, TCC)
  • In what ways have occupations and commerce been affected by geography, climate and natural resources in Alberta (i.e., forestry, agriculture, aviation, seasonal activities, tourism)? (ER, LPP, TCC)

4.3.3

Examine, critically, Alberta’s changing cultural and social dynamics by exploring and
reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • In what ways has Alberta changed demographically since 1905 (i.e., population distribution in rural and urban areas, arrival of diverse ethnic groups, languages spoken)? (CC, I, LPP, TCC)
  • How has multiculturalism in Alberta evolved over time? (CC, I, GC, LPP)
  • How does living in a particular community, region or province help shape individual and collective identity? (CC, I, LPP)

Topic: Dimensions of Thinking

General Learning Objective

Skills and Processes

Specific Learning Objectives

4.S.2

Develop skills of historical thinking:

  • Use photographs and interviews to make meaning of historical information
  • Use historical and community resources to understand and organize the sequence of local historical events
  • Explain the historical context of key events of a given time period

4.S.3

Develop skills of geographic thinking:

  • Use the scale on maps of Alberta to determine the distance between places
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