GRADE 4 CURRICULUM
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CURRICULUM TOPICS
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Social Studies
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Ancient civilizations: Egypt and
Greece
Overview of other ancient civilizations
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Geography
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Maps and data
Geographic features.
Physical and human characteristics of the geography of Italy
and how it has changed over time
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Earth & Space
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Earth, Sun, and Moon
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Physical science
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States of matter
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Life Science
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Life cycles of plants and animals
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Health
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Keeping healthy and first aid
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Civics and Life Skills
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Principal forms of government, civil life
and authority
Human development-identity and behaviour.
Conflict resolution and risk taking
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Language Arts/Genres
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Myths and expository
Diaries and Reports
Narrative, poetry and plays
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MATH
Mathematics Perspective
and Aims
Curriculum
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LANGUAGE ARTS
Language Perspective and
Aims
Curriculum
- Speaking/ Listening
- Participate as speakers and listeners in a
variety of group activities.
- Talk and listen confidently in different
contexts, in exploring and communicating ideas.
- Evaluate the use of spoken language by using
formal vocabulary and tone in appropriate situations.
- Share ideas, feelings, opinions and viewpoints
with increasing sophistication.
- Respond and ask questions appropriately and
effectively to clarify their understanding.
- Be respective to others' opinions by voicing
any disagreement through positive criticism.
- Organise and give effective
presentations.
- Use the language of other disciplines
correctly.
- Explain ideas clearly using an increasing
sophisticated vocabulary.
- Reading Mechanics &
Strategies
- Respond to text, identifying important events,
themes, and characters.
- Begin to use inference and deduction.
- Retrieve information from a text to be able to
support ideas.
- Reading Comprehension / Literary
Analysis
- Draw information from story or text to support
ideas and analysis.
- Begin writing detailed summaries.
- Develop analytical skills in distinguishing
between different registers of language, and in giving detailed
accounts of events.
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- Types of Reading
- Demonstrate an clear understanding of
different literary genre.
- Show a preference in reading and be able to
explain why.
- Begin to demonstrate independent research
skills.
- Work on novel studies.
- Read a variety of literary genre.
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AMBRIT'S LANGUAGE PROGRAMME
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SCIENCE
Science Perspective and
Aims
- OBJECTIVES
- The science curriculum aims to:
- Foster a spirit of curiosity and scientific
enquiry into the world around us.
- Develop an awareness of the value and role of
scientific knowledge to society and culture.
- Develop the process skills of science,
scientific procedure, etc.
- Demonstrate research and study skills.
- Develop and use science manipulative skills;
handle equipment, etc.
- The Science curriculum is currrently being
updated
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- TOPICS
Earth, Sun, and Moon
States of Matter
Life cycles of plants and animals.
Keeping healthy and first aid
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SOCIAL STUDIES
Social Studies
perspective and aims
The social studies curriculum is currently
being updated
Social Studies Topics
Ancient civilizations
Focus on Egypt and Greece
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- ITALIAN STATE PROGRAM
Italian Perspective and
Aims (in Italian)
ITALIAN
AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Aims of the Italian
Program
- Curriculum
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- Review of functions and cultural elements
learned in grade 3.
- Focus on grammar, writing and reading
skills.
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- SPEAKING AND READING
- Expand knowledge of vocabulary related to
everyday situations
- Use of past tense, future and complex grammar
structures
- Express feelings, likes and dislikes
- Describe people, things and places
- Making comparisons
- Formal, informal language
- Making invitations, suggestions
- Going shopping
- Activities of listening comprehension
- Acting and creating short dialogues
- READING
- Understand and respond to written
material
- Stories, children's magazines
- WRITING
- Exercises in the textbook
- sentences and short compositions
- spelling and dictation
- CULTURE
- Rome, past and present
- Projects on aspects of Italian life chosen by
the class
- Field trip
- cassettes and videos
- Popular songs
- RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
- Impariamo l'Italiano vol 4, GIUNTI,
Firenze
- Games
- Realia
- ASSESSMENT
- class participation
- physical response to oral instructions
- creating and acting out dialogues
- extract information from audio-visual
material
- drawings
- dictation
- fill in maps, charts, missing
information
- answer questions
- memorize poems
- oral presentations
- individual and group research projects
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
P.E. Perspective and
Aims
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
ART
Art
at Ambrit Website
- Grade 4 - class time is 40 minutes per
week
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- Students develop their creativity and
imagination through more complex activities. These help to build
on their skills and improve their control of materials, tools and
techniques. They become more confident in using visual and tactile
elements and materials and processes to communicate what they see,
feel and think.
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- Topics:
- ¥ Understanding Form and Aesthetics.
- ¥ The Elements and Principles of Art
- ¥ Understanding and Applying Art
Concepts
- ¥ Developing Art Skills at Grade Level
- ¥ Art Materials and Techniques
- ¥ Participation and Behaviour
- Projects
include:
- ¥ Drawing
- ¥ 2D design
- ¥ Printmaking
- ¥ Sculpture
- ¥ Looking at art
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- Materials & techniques will include a selection from the following:
- ¥ Drawing/Pencil, coloured pencil, markers,
charcoal, watercolour pastels, oil pastels
- ¥ Painting/Tempera, watercolour & combined
techniques
- ¥ Collage/Using a variety of textures,
patterns, colours, weights of paper and shapes
- ¥ Sculpture
- ¥ Cardboard, paper mache and clay
- Assessment:
- ¥ Student Portfolio
- ¥ Observation in the classroom - engagement,
speaking, listening and conduct
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PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT OUTLINE FOR GRADE
4
- Portfolios
- Observations
- Oral presentations
- Visual & written projects
- Log books in science and math
- Essay exams
- Research projects
- Field trip reports
- Plays
- Teacher made and commercial tests
- Peer assessment
- Conferences
VERIFICHE IN ITALIANO
- Dettati ortografici
- Test ( storia,geografia,scienze)
- Temi
- Riassunti
- Interrogazioni alla lavagna
- Giochi
- Ricerche
- Test di lettura (comprensione e
fluenza)
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