CONTENT · HOLY QURAN DU’A SURA INSHIQAAQ AZAN Prophet Yousuf: A Leader in Egypt •I Don’t Miss My Prayers. •Beware Of Najasah. HOLY QURAN DU’A SURA DUA AFTER AZAN TERM THREE

CONTENT

• Introduction & Expectations

• Arabic

• Islamic Studies

• English

• Mathematics

• Science

• ICT

• SocialStudies(History&Geography)

• Hindi

• French

• Music

• PhysicalEducation

• Dance

• Art

• Sample Question Paper

2 Springdales Dubai 3Springdales Dubai

Themes:

Term 1: Sugar and SpicesTerm 2: Survival of the fittestTerm 3: Explorers

Each theme has a starter; helps the learner tounderstand the theme and its purpose, EducationalVisitrelatedtothethemetohaveareallifeexperiencethroughoutdoor learningandcelebrationevent is theculminationofalltheskillslearntduringthecourseofterm.Itistoshowcasetheirlearning.

Ongoing activities include: Reading

To read easily, fluently and with good understandinganddevelopthehabitofreadingwidelyandoften,forbothpleasureandinformation.

Acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding ofgrammarforreading,writingandspokenlanguage

Tousediscussioninordertolearn;theyshouldbeabletoelaborateandexplainclearlytheirunderstandingandideas andbecomecompetent in the arts of speakingandlistening.

Weekly grammar and spelling activities to support the reading curriculum and help students develop independent research skills.

ThepurposeofHomework

Students are more apt to complete homeworksuccessfullywhenassignments:

• Match assignments to the skills, interests, andneedsofstudents.

• Areneithertooeasynortoohard.• Matchachild’spreferredlearningstyle.• Allow students to work on material that they

truly enjoy.• Toreinforceandextendtheworkdoneinclass.• Tofacilitatecreativework.

SpellinglistwillbesharedoneveryThursdayalongwiththeirH.Wschedule.

Thefollowingactivities/programmeswill takeplaceover the school year. You will be informed of thesameclosertothedatesonwhichitwilltakeplace.

• StartertotheTheme• Educational Visit• CelebrationoftheTheme• Sports Day • LiteracyWeek• Numeracy Day

EventsincorporatingTheSpringdalesMotto

“Quintessentially Indian; Innovatively International”

The scheme of work includes CBSE Curriculumand Frame work designed for each Grade group.Each term, we introduce an innovative thematicapproach throughwhichour studentsareexposeddifferent Themes which in cooperates all theskills, understanding and knowledge required foreach Grade group as per the CBSE expectationand curriculum standards. This programme isaccompanied by interactive software and isdifferentiatedtomatchallabilities.

INTRODUCTION

EXPECTATIONS IN GRADE 4

Childrenareencouragedatalltimestobediligentandhardworking.Theexpectationsfromourstaffarehighandwetrytoinstil,inthechildren,asenseofprideandachievementineverythingtheydo.Weputemphasisonthepresentationofthechildren’swork.Weencourageandteachindependenceandorganisationalskills.Thereisampleopportunityforthechildren’seffortsandachievementstoberecognisedandcelebratedthroughourawards,certificates,andassemblies.

ReadingisveryimportantinGrade4.Childrenareexpectedtoreadonregularbasisathometoenhancetheirreadingandwritingskills. Theschool issues readingbooks tochildren throughout theyearandsupports them in theirownchoiceofliterature.Thiswillfosteraloveofreadingasanenjoyableandworthwhileexperience,aswellasatoolforindependentaccesstoawiderangeofsubjects.


This booklet is designed to summarise the syllabus content of subjects planned for Grade 4. The content of thecurriculumwillbepacedat theappropriate rateand thereforemayvary from term to term, foraparticularchildorgroup.

Atthislevel,mostofyourchild’ssubjectswillbetaughtbythesubjectteacherswhoarespecializedineachsubject.Ouraimistoprovideabroadcurriculumfromwhichthechildrenwillsuccessfullyprogresstothenextphaseintheireducation.

TheschoolfollowstheCBSECurriculum.Grade4therefore,isthepreparationforthemoveintothemiddleschool,buildingontheskills,knowledgeandunderstandingchildrenhaveacquiredinpreviousyears.

ChildrenareassessedcontinuouslythroughouttheyearandSummativeAssessmentstakeplaceduringeachterm.

ARABICTERM ONE• Arabicrevisionalphabets-allvowels

• Let us Act

• Let us Race

• IntheGarden

Reading, Speaking, Listening

• Student will realize the things name whichsurroundbyandit’smeaning.

• To know the meaning of the words and it’sopposite

• Tolistencarefullytothereadablestoryandtounderstand it.

• Todeterminetheelementofthestory.

Grammar

• StudentshoulddistinguishbetweenthetypeofNouns

• TodistinguishbetweentheVerbandNouns

• Toknowthetypeofwordanditsdivisions

• Tobalancebetweenthelongsoundoftheword

Spelling & Writing

• Todistinguishbetweenshortandlongsound

• Toexpressownthoughtsusingsimplesentence

• To arrange ideas appropriately using propergrammaticalsentences.

TERMTWO

• Inthecity

• IntheTreasureIsland

Reading, Speaking, Listening

• Toread&understandsimplewords&sentences

• Tounderstandcarefullytheshortdialogue.

• Tobeabletomaintainthedialogueandactit

Grammar

• To distinguish between the consonant letter andstatic section

• ToidentifyPropernouns

• Toformulatefemininename

Spelling & Writing

• Towritetaughtwords(giveninpreviouslesson)

• Towritetaughtsentences(giveninpreviouslesson)

• Tomatchthesentenceswithsuitablepicture

• To re arrange given words to make sentence ofusefulsentences

TERM THREE

• IntheGrandmother’shouse

• LetushaveFun

READING SPEAKING LISTENING

• Toanswerthereadablelessons

• To analyses the lesson pictures and name itscontent.

• To understand how to read, compose paragraphfromsimplesentences.

Grammar

• TounderstandtheNumberconception

• Toknowthemethodstype(question,exclamation.speechmarks)

Spelling & Writing

• To make useful paragraph within the arrangedsentence

• Totrainhimselfforwritingstoryinspecificsubject

ISLAMIC STUDIES

• Prophet&Messengers• Yawm-ul-Qiyamah:TheDayOfJudgment.• Al-Qadar:Fate.

HOLY QURAN THIKRSURA GHASHIYAH

TRAVELLERS DUA

• TheQurayshTriestoHurtTheProphet.• Al-HijrahFromMakkahToMadeenah.• BuildingTheMosque.• CourageAndFaith:TheBattleofBadr.

HOLY QURAN THIKR SURA GHASHIYAH

TRAVELLERS DUA

• Prophet Ibraheem’s Children: The Story ofProphetIsma’eel.

• TheStoryofProphetIs’haq.• ProphetYa’qoub&hisbelovedson

HOLY QURAN DU’ASURA INSHIQAAQ

AZAN

ProphetYousuf:ALeaderinEgypt•IDon’tMissMyPrayers.•BewareOfNajasah.

HOLY QURAN DU’A SURA INSHIQAAQ

DUA AFTER AZAN

TERM THREE

• IPerformMySunnahPrayer.• MubtIlatUs-Salah.• TheIslamicYear

HOLY QURAN DU’A SURA A’LA DUA BEFORE

EATING

• Ramadan:TheMonthOfFasting.• •MubtilatUs-Siyam• •EatingRight:AdabUt-Ta’am• •SleepingWell:AdabunNawm• •SayingIttheProphet’sway

HOLY QURAN DU’ASURA A’LA DUA AFTER EATING

TERM ONE

TERMTWO


ENGLISH

• Explanatory Text• Diary Entry• InformalLetters

Text Book

• ForeignLands

• Rama in Exile

• TheLakeIsleofInnisfree

• HowPrithviRajChauhanWonHisBride

• SugarandSand

Grammar

Possessive apostrophes for regular singular andplural nouns

Usingeitherapronounorthenouninsentencesforcohesionandtoavoidrepetition

Prepositions: at, underneath, since, towards,beneath,beyond

Compoundnounsusinghyphens

Informalandformallanguage

Possessivepronouns:yours,mine,theirs

ours,hers,his,its

Pluralsfornounsendingwitha“y”:changethe“y”toan“i”andadd“-es”baby−babies

Text Types

• Traveljournal

• Quest Story

Text Book

• YouareoldFatherWilliam(Poem)• TheWhiteElephant• ATigerintheHouse• Ms.RottenMeierhasaHardDay

Grammar

• Nouns-Proper,Collective,andAbstractNouns• IndefinitePronouns• Conjunctions-beacuse;but;so;if;since• Formationofnounsfromverbs,verbsfromnouns

andadjectivesfromnouns

Text Types

• Story(Flashback)

• MessageWriting

Text Book

• TheLandofStorybooks(Poem)• IndianWeavers(Poem)• Peter’sCoalMine• Shipwreckedonanisland

Grammar

• Verbs-Transitiveandintransitive• AdverbsofManners,PlaceandTime• Adjectives-DegreeofComparison

TERM THREE

TERM ONE

TERMTWO

MATHEMATICS

Number and place value

• Readandwritenumberstoatleast100,000.

• Recognise the place value of each digit in a six,seven-digit number (ten thousands, thousands,hundreds,tens,andones)

• Order and compare numbers up to 1000,000countinmultiplesof2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,

• 25,50,100and1000fromanygivennumber,and10,100or1000,moreorlessthangivennumber.

• Roundanynumbertothenearest10,100,1000or10,000.

• Read and write negative numbers; order, countforwardsandbackwardswithpositive

• andnegativewholenumbersthroughzero

• ReadRomannumeralsto100andunderstandhowHindu-Arabicnumeralsincluded

• The concept of zero andplace value. Solvewordproblems that involve negative and increasinglylargepositivenumbers.

Addition & Subtraction

• Add and subtract numbers using formal writtenmethodswithupto6and7digitsaccurately;

• Addandsubtractnumbersmentallyincludingtwo-digitnumbers.

• Estimate,withinarange,theanswertoacalculationanduseinverseoperationstoverifyanswers.

TERMTWO

Multiplication and Division

• Recall multiplication and division facts formultiplicationtablesupto12x12mentallyperformmultiplicationanddivisioncalculationsquicklyandaccurately,includingmultiplyingby0anddividingby1

• Multiplyordivide3-digitand4-digitnumbersbya1-digitand2-digitnumberusing

• formal written methods; interpret remaindersappropriatelyasintegers;recogniseandusefactorpairswithin144

• Solveoneand twostepwordproblems involvingthefourbasicmathematicaloperations

Fractions

• Identifyandnameequivalent fractionsofagivenfraction with denominator not greater than 12writetheequivalentfractionofafractiongiventhedenominatororthenumerator.

• Reduce fractions to their simplest form; add andsubtracttwofractionswithcommondenominatorswithinonewhole.

Decimals

• Compare numbers with the same number ofdecimalplacesupto2and3decimalplaces.

• Find theeffectofdividinga3-digitnumberby 10,100and1000,identifyingthevalueofthe

• digitsintheanswerasunits,tenthsandhundredths• Recogniseandwritedecimalequivalentsto¼,½,¾

andanynumberoftenthsandhundredths

Geometry and Measures

Identifylinesofsymmetryin2-Dshapespresentedindifferent orientations; compare and classify classifygeometric shapes, including squares, rectangles andtrianglesbasedontheirpropertiesandsizesClassify3-DshapesbasedontheirpropertiesIdentify and construct acute and obtuse angles andcomparethesizeofdifferentangles

Position, direction, motion

Describepositions,andmovementsbetweenpositions,ona2-Dgrid,andascoordinatesinthefirstquadrant;plot specified points and draw sides to complete agivenpolygonRecogniseasymmetricfigureandcompleteasymmetricfigurewithrespecttoaspecificlineofsymmetry

TERM ONE


TERM THREE

Measure

• Convert between different units of measure, forexample:kilometre tometre;metre tocentimetre;centimetre tomillimetre;kilogramtogram; litre tomillilitre; hour to minute; minute to second; yeartomonth;weektodaymeasureandcalculatetheperimeterofarectilinearfigure,whereeachsideislabelled in centimetres and metres

• Findtheareaofsquaresandrectanglesandrelatedcompositeshapes.

• Read and convert time between analogue anddigital12-and24-hourclocks.

• Estimate, compare and calculate differentmeasures,includingmoneyinAEDandfilsandINRand paise.

Data

• Read, interpret and solve problems usinginformationinbargraphsincludingreadingscalesontheaxes.

• Plotbargraphsusingtheinformationgiven.

SCIENCE

TERM ONE• Plants

• Food

TERMTWO• AnimalLife

• Matter & Materials

• Air&Water

• Rocks

TERM THREE• Light&Sound

• Work,Force,Energy

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

TERM ONE• TypingSkills/WordProcessing

• Presentations

• MovieMaker

TERMTWO

• InternetSafety

• Research

• October

• Storyboard

• Digitalmedia

• Animations

TERM THREE

• Logo

• Spreadsheet


SOCIAL STUDIES

TERM ONE• India – Our Country

• LifeofpeopleofNorthernMountains

• LifeandPeopleintheWesternDesert

• LifeofpeopleinSouthernPlateau

• LifeandpeopleinCoastalPlainsandislands

UAE Studies

• My Family

• MySchool

• Myvillage

• My City

TERMTWO

• Climate in India

• Our Natural resources

• SoilsofIndia

• ForestsandwildlifeinIndia

UAE Social Studies

PhysicalfeaturesofUAE

TERM THREE

• WaterResources

• Mineral Resources

• Transport

• ModernMeansofCommunication

UAE Social Studies

• Mosques

• Public Gardens

• Markets

HINDITERM ONE1Kaunsikhatahai

2Anokhajaadukakheil

3Varsharani

4Janamdinkauphar

Vayakran – Sangya, prayayvachi,ling,visheshan,vachan,

Anucheidlekhan,apatithgadyansh,vilo

TERMTWO

1.MaiT.V.Hun

2.Bahadurbache

3.Prithvi

4.YehDiwaliyaadrahegi

5.ChaturTenaliram

Vayakran-viramchinh,kriya,chitrvarnan,vilom,

Apathithgadyansh,vachan,ashudhishodhan

TERM THREEYulisisandPalifimis

Samasyaeisesuljhi

Sheharkabachagaunkabacha

Vayakran–patrlekhan,vachansamwad,vilom,

Apathithgadyansh,ling,anucheidlekhan


TERM ONE• Unité0-

• Enroutepourl’aventure

• Unité1-

• Ohé...Lespiratesarrivent

• Unité2-

• Laviedechâteau

TERMTWO

• Unité3-

• Radioplanètezigzag

• Unité4-

• Destination Québec

TERM THREE

• Unité5

• Destination Maroc

• Unité6-

• Ensemble et en couleurs

FRENCH Raag Bhupali

• Sugar&Spices

• EventSong

• Father’sDay/WorldEnvironmentDay

TERMTWO

• SurvivaloftheFittest(Kensuke’sKingdom)

• GandhiJayanti/Diwali/Children’sDay

TERM ONE

TERM ONE

• Gymnastic

• Stunt nastic

• Throwball

• Table Tennis

TERMTWO

• Badminton

• RhythmicSkills

• TrackandField

TERM THREE

• Explorer

• RepublicDay/Holi/InternationalDP

TERM THREE

• Basketball

• Cricket

• Soccer

MUSIC

PHYSICALEDUCATION


Themedance+WorldEnvironmentday

JazzandTapstyle

TERM ONE

FirstHalf

Sugar & Spices are the two flavours that childrenare fond of. The caramel of sugar and the exoticflavour of the spices trigger their senses. In thistermchildrenaregoingtolearnJazz&TapstylesofdanceincombinationwithLineDanceforthesong“SugarNSpice”

SecondHalf

Children will learn a dance to celebrate worldenvironment day. In this they will learn freestylewithdifferentformations.

LINK:

EnvironmentalStudies

KeyAreasofFocus:

• Footwork

• Coordination

• Expression

• Timingandrhythm

• SpaceAwareness

• Usageofpropsin

• choreograph

• Creativity

• Versatility

Themedance+Children’sDay

Combinationofcontemporarydancestylewith

TERMTWOFirstHalf

• The concept of voyage and live on the islandcan be brought together in the element ofIndiancreativedanceontheelementsofwindandwaterusinginstrumentalmusic.

SecondHalf

• ChildrenwilllearnadancebasedonChildren’sday using folk dances of different states ofIndia.

LINK:

FolkdancesofIndia

KeyAreasofFocus:

• Footwork

• Coordination

• Expression

• Timingandrhythm

• SpaceAwareness

• Usageofpropsinchoreograph

• Creativity

• Versatility

• Themedance+

• Republic Day

• Free Style

`TERM THREEFirstHalf

Choreographers love to make dances resemblejourneys. It’s easy to understand why. Both dancesand journeys send peoplemoving from one place toanother, and the departures and arrivals can assumedramatic and emotional significance. Consideringexploringtheunusuallandscapesoftheearthchildrenwill be characterized and through free style they willdramatizetheactwherefewwillbecharacterizedintoexplorersandtheothersthroughdifferentpatternsandformationswillformshapesofunusuallandscapes.

SecondHalf

• TocelebratetheRepublicDayofIndiachildrenwillbetrainedtoperformafusiondanceforapatrioticsong.

LINK:

Drama

KeyAreasofFocus:

• Footwork

• Coordination

• Expression

• Timingandrhythm

• SpaceAwareness

• Usageofpropsinchoreography

• Bodyawarenessandattitude

• Creativity

• Versatility

DANCE

TERM ONE

• Drawingintricatepatternartwithknowledgeofcomplementary and similar colours

• Printing : Finger printing and hand printing :Sculpture-Innovation

• Artist:Matisseandhisworks(cutouts)

• Craft:Spoonsandstraws

• Drawinglandscapeswithonepointperspective

TERMTWO

• Zentangleart:Introduction

• Craft ( coloured paper ) :Mobile hangings ofbirds

• Themeofterm2:Kensukeskingdom:sketchesanddrawings

• Warliart:TraditionalIndianartpaintings

• Nationaldayactivities:StudentsdrawcreativedrawingsonNationaldaytheme

TERM THREE

• Themeofterm3:Collagewithart

• Naturestudy:Outdoors:Sceneries

• StillLifeStudyofobjects, learningShapes,hues,shadescombinedwithcollage

ART


I (KNOWLEDGE) 10 % List , Select , How, What ,When, Where, Which, Who

D (COMPREHENSION) 20% Describe, Classify ,Compare ,Exemplify ,Interpret , Summarize

E (Explanation) 25% Explain, Why, Give reasonsA (Application) 25% Apply ,Associate ,Build ,Calculate ,Catego-

rize, ConnectL (Link/Analysis) 25% Analyze, Hypothesize, Visualize, Discuss,

Link

IT’SQUESTIONTIME

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CONTENT · HOLY QURAN DU’A SURA INSHIQAAQ AZAN Prophet Yousuf: A Leader in Egypt •I Don’t Miss My Prayers. •Beware Of Najasah. HOLY QURAN DU’A SURA DUA AFTER AZAN TERM THREE