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TopicCoverage Overview

Who we are

Heroes

Aug 22 – Sep 30

Central idea: We look to heroes to show us who we can be.

Lines of Inquiry: The qualities of heroes Past and present heroes from

around the world Everyday heroes

Learner Profile Focus:: principled,

caring, risk-takers

Attitudes: appreciation, commitment,

independence

Concepts: responsibility, perspectives

Specialist Integration:

Community Service

Where we are in Place and Time

Boundaries

Oct 10 –Nov 18

Central idea: Boundaries are all around us and may be shaped by human action.

Lines of Inquiry: What a boundary is How and why humans shape

boundaries The impact of crossing and shaping

boundaries

Learner Profile Focus: inquirers,

knowledgeable, open-minded

Attitudes: tolerance, curiosity

Concepts: causation, change

Specialist Integration: PE

How we Organise Ourselves

Cities

Nov 21 – Jan 20

Central idea: Cities are organized to meet the needs of their inhabitants.

Lines of Inquiry: The needs of inhabitants The different systems that make a

city work

How the layout of a city is organized in different ways.

Learner Profile Focus: inquirers,

knowledgeable

Attitudes: cooperation, respect

Concepts: function, connection

Specialist Integration: Art

How we Express Ourselves

Performing Arts

Jan 30 –March 9

Central idea: The performing arts allow people to entertain, move and educate audiences.

Lines of Inquiry: Different types of performing arts The purpose of a performance and

how the audience can interpret it. How different cultures use

performance

Learner Profile Focus: balanced,

communicators, risk-takers

Attitudes: appreciation, confidence, creativity

Concepts: connection, form

Specialist Integration; WLA, Music

How the World Works

Weather

Mar 12 – Apr 27

Central idea: Weather results from changes in the atmosphere that can be monitored, measured, and predicted.

Lines of Inquiry: What the atmosphere is and

where weather happens in the atmosphere

Changes in atmosphere that causes changes in weather

Why we monitor weather Tools we use to measure and

predict weather

Learner Profile Focus: inquirers,

knowledgeable, thinkers

Attitudes: curiosity, integrity

Concepts: Causation, change

Specialist Integration:

Sharing the Planet

Earth Friendly Living

Apr – June 8

Central idea: People’s daily actions impact the earth in positive and negative ways.

Lines of Inquiry: How humans impact the

environment How humans can make Earth

friendly choices What I can do right now

Learner Profile Focus: caring,

principled, thinkers

Attitudes: commitment, empathy,

respect

Concepts: Responsibility

Specialist Integration: ESD

Approximate Calendar August 22 September 30 October 10 November 18 November 21 January 20 January 30 March 9 March 12 April 27 April 30 June 8

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Unit Integration

Measurement – Sorting, Timelines(Statistics – Graphing)

Measurement - Area, Mapping, Distance

Geometry – Shape and SpaceNumber – Decimals and fractions

Geometry – Shape and Space Statistics – Graphing, ProbabilityNumber – Decimals

Statistics – Graphing, ProbabilityNumber - Fractions

Stand Alone

Review (Place Value and Time)

Addition / Subtraction Whole Numbers (fact families, number stories, algorithms)

Problem solving

Linear measures and Area (measurement) (linear measures, perimeter, area, diameter and circumference)

Problem solving

Multiplication / Division (equal groups, arrays, multiplication and division fact families)

Place Value and Decimals (place value and decimals using base ten)

Problem solving

Geometry (line segments, rays, polygons, quadrangles, symmetry)

Multiplication and Division (patterns, number models, products of ten, division)

Problem solving

Fractions (naming parts, equivalents, comparing fractions, greater than one)

Multiplication and Division (multiples, algorithms, products of two digit numbers, positive and negative)

Problem solving

Measurement and Data (length, volume, weight, capacity, mean and medium)

Probability (chance, experiments, data)

Problem solving

Unit Integration

Novel Study: Shoeshine Girl Factual text:Summarizing, key ideas, research skills

Novel Study: Meet Me at the CucumbersHalf and Half

Novel Study:Stone FoxFamily Under the Bridge

Readers Theatre, Role PlayPlaywritingRespond to text through drama, art and story retelling.Literature in support of performance piece (Fairy Tales, Fables, etc).

Non fiction: Reading for Information

Novel Study: Sarah: Plain and Tall

Non fiction: Reading for Information

Novel Study: Charlotte’s Web

Stand Alone

Writing Genre: Introduction to genres: Recounts Focus - Biographies Poetry

Reading Skills: Monitoring, questioning and reproducing. Visualizing. & Novel Study

Reading Skills: Inferring.& Novel Study

Writing Genre:

Reading Skills: Drawing conclusions. Visualizing. Sequencing and retelling.

Reading Skills: Main idea. Evaluating. Sources. Note taking. (Non fiction emphasis)& Novel Study

Reading Skills: Main idea. Evaluating. Sources. Note taking.(Non fiction emphasis)

Writing Skills:Graphic organizers and planningDictionary & Thesaurus Editing & proofreading, note-taking

Oracy:Listening skillsGroup discussion

Phonics: Scholastic Spelling - Unit 11) Homophones 2) Long I 3) a- / be- 4) ng / nk 5) saw 6) review

Handwriting: Handwriting Made Easyletter review, heads/bodies/tails, wedges, various joins practice

Writing Genre: Information ReportPoetry (ongoing)

Writing Skills: Graphic organizers and planningEditing & proofreading Parts of Speech (adjectives)Word choice

Oracy:RespondingQuestions and comments

Phonics: Scholastic Spelling - Unit 21) ar 2) ear 3) c or k 4) s or c 5) ck or k 6) review

Handwriting: Handwriting Made Easya, c, d, e, h, k, and activities

Narrative/Descriptive Poetry (ongoing)

Writing Skills: Graphic organizers and planningEditing & proofreading Parts of Speech (adverbs)Sequencing ideas

Oracy:Audience (in class), structure of speech

Phonics: Scholastic Spelling - Unit 31) j or g 2) g or gu 3) ge or dge 4) ch and sh 5) ch and tch endings 6) review

Handwriting: Handwriting Made Easyl, t, n, m, r, x, and activities

Writing Genre: Narrative-Script Writing Reflection (Personal) Poetry (ongoing)

Writing Skills: Graphic organizers and planningEditing & proofreading Parts of Speech (conjunctions and linking words)

Oracy:Audience (out of class), structure of speech

Phonics: Scholastic Spelling - Unit 41) oi or oy 2) same sounds different letters 3) or 4) cool, music 5) air 6) review

Handwriting: Handwriting Made Easyv, j, p, u , w, y, and activities

Writing Genre: Explanation/Procedure Poetry (ongoing)

Writing Skills: Graphic organizers and

planning Editing & proofreading Paragraphing Parts of Speech (revision)

Oracy:Argument and debating skills

Phonics: Scholastic Spelling - Unit 51) consonant blends - l 2) consonant blends - r 3) consonant blends - s 4) diagraph – th5) months 6) review

Handwriting: Handwriting Made EasyI, b, g, o, q, f and activities

& Novel Study

Writing Genre: Expository Reflection (Personal) Poetry (ongoing)

Writing Skills: Graphic organizers and planningEditing & proofreading ParagraphingParts of Speech (revision)

Oracy:Presentations with visuals

Phonics: Scholastic Spelling - Unit 61) compunds 2) contractions 3) -ed, -ing 4) final e with –ed, -ing 5) y to I 6) review

Handwriting: Handwriting Made Easys, z, review and activities

Science Explain how Earth’s geographical features create physical boundaries

Differentiate among continents, countries, and cities

Explore changes which have occurred to a particular part of the earth over a particular time scale (geological)

Identify the properties of solids, liquids and gases

Measure weather in terms of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction.

Make links between different features of the environment and the specific needs of living things

Social Studies Explain the effects of past actions on the present and future

Explore and sequence events and developments over time

Collect information through diverse sources to learn about historical events and changes

Identify influences of some modern and ancient cultures

Report on people whose actions have changed the world

Discuss how humans are uniquely able to manipulate their living environments

Describe how geography and resources affect movements of people

Differentiate between different types of maps

Explore changes which have occurred to a particular part of the earth over a particular time scale (social)

Investigate how and why groups are organized within communities

Distinguish between needs and wants

Project and evaluate the possible future implications of people’s decisions

Identify changes that can occur in communities over time.

ESD Integration (Compass Model)

Distinguish between needs and wants, and how these are influenced by time and place

Explain the effects of past actions on the present and future

Project and evaluate the possible future implications of people’s decisions

Define sustainability and identify practices that support it

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UnitIntegration

Integration With Others: Respect themselves and othersWorking cooperatively in groups

Health and Safety:Organic non-organic

Sustainability

Positive lifestyle choices

Stand Alone

Personal Health:Self-concept - Understanding of ones’ own beliefs, attitudes and feeling.

Organization for Learning:Apply a goal-setting model to short-term goals

Integration With Others: Develop strategies to build and enhance relationships.Understand conflict and develop strategies to resolve it.

Health and Safety:Aspects of overall health

IT

Unit Integration

Use Google Earth and Maps to gather, evaluate, and use information.

Use Google Earth and Maps to gather, evaluate, and use information.

Use graphs to communicate ideas and information about cities and their inhabitants.

Communicate information and ideas effectively with videos.

Use graphs to communicate ideas and make predictions about weather.

Communicate ideas and information effectively using presentation software.

Stand Alone

Understand and use school network at school and home.

Understand and use school email at school and home.

Advocate and practice safe and responsible use of email.

Understand the basic infrastructure of the Internet.

Learn about Web browsers and navigate the World Wide Web.Keyboarding – techniques and practice.

Practice and advocate online Internet safety.

Learn about and use instant messaging and VoIP (i.e. Skype).Keyboarding – techniques and practice.

Understand the basic organization of social networking sites.

Keyboarding – techniques and practice.

Use the Internet to collect and analyze data to make informed decisions about weather.

Keyboarding – techniques and practice.

Use the Internet to help identify and define problems related to sustainable development.Keyboarding – techniques and practice.

Info

Unit Integration

- Use library OPAC to locate memoirs and biographies. - Locate biographies on shelves by using Dewey classification category 92.

- Link boundaries concept to Dewey Decimal classification and introduce major categories (e.g., 800s = literature)- Use library OPAC to locate unit books and materials- Locate maps in subscribed databases

- Use library OPAC to locate unit books and materials- Use library databases to locate unit information

Authors from around the world??

- Use library OPAC to locate unit books and materials- Use WebPath Express feature of library OPAC to locate online unit resources (poetry, scripts, famous playwrights)

- Use library OPAC to locate book and online resources to support unit inquiries (Visual tab)

- Use library OPAC to locate unit books and materials- Use library databases to locate unit information

Stand Alone

- Locate books in E, ER, F, and EW collections using author alphabetical order. - Log in to library OPAC to check outstanding items & place requests for books. - Become familiar with Panda Books for Middle Readers

- Use library OPAC to access subscription databases (WorldBook, Britannica, Country Watch)

- Continue reading Panda Books for Middle Readers.

- Principled library users respect copyright. Discuss intellectual property and use of web images and content. - Introduce Creative Commons search engine- Introduce citing of sources.

April Int’l Poetry Month- Students invited to participate in Poem in your Pocket- Use library OPAC to locate book and online poetry resources

- Login to library OPAC to post book reviews (short summary, what you liked about it, who would you recommend the book to)- Use library OPAC to locate online children’s books and summer reading lists.

Assessments Portfolio Reflections

IST Writing Sample DRABasic facts Schonell Spelling

ESL assessments as needed

Portfolio Reflections

ESL assessments as needed

Portfolio Reflections

IST Writing Sample / ContinuumDRABasic facts

ESL assessments as needed

Portfolio Reflections

ESL assessments as needed

Portfolio Reflections

ESL assessments as needed

Portfolio Reflections

IST Writing Sample / ContinuumDRABasic factsSchonell Spelling

ESL assessments as needed

Special Eventsfield trips, parent teas, guest speakers

Field trip: Fire station

Open House

Field trip: Great Wall

International Week UN Day PT Conference Elementary Winter Show Library Week

Field trip: Urban Planning Museum

China Week

Field trip: (Guest performers / speakers visits)

Poetry Month G3 Performing Arts Assembly

Field trip:

SL Conference Earth Day Sports Day

Field trip: Organic farm

Spring Show