Grade 4 English

Fall Semester

  • UNIT 1 (Our community)
  • UNIT 2 (Earth and beyond)
  • UNIT 3 (Homes)
  • UNIT 4 (Food)

Spring Semester

  • UNIT 5 (Adventures)
  • UNIT 6 (Going places)
  • UNIT 7 (Australia)
  • UNIT 8 (Nature matters)
  • UNIT 9 (School’s out!)

Fall Semester

Assessments:

  • Summative assessments:
    • Unit Test (Multiple Choice + Short Answer): Covers all topics.
    • Project: Community Heroes Poster
      Students create a poster showing 3 community members, with labels and a sentence about what each one does.
    • Model creation: Solar System Model
      A diagram, drawing, or 3D project that shows the Sun, planets, and sometimes moons in their correct order and relative size and distance (as best as possible).
    • Writing task: My home
      Students write a descriptive paragraph about their own home, who lives in it, what rooms it has and what they like most about it.
    • Creative Writing and Presentation: Create a Healthy Menu
      Students design a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner, and present their menu to the class, explaining why the meals are healthy.
  • Formative assessments:
    • Quick draw or write
    • Think-pair-share
    • Mini quizzes
    • Homework assignments
    • Weekly spelling tests
    • Vocabulary-match cards
    • Sorting out activities
    • Ongoing conversations

Spring Semester

Assessments:

  • Summative assessments:
    • Unit Test (Multiple Choice + Short Answer): Covers all topics.
    • Writing task: Adventure Story Writing
      Students write a short story about an exciting adventure they had or imagine.
    • Project: Road Safety Poster
      Students make a poster with important road safety rules or signs and explain them orally.
    • Report: Australia Fact Report
      Write a report or paragraph about Australia’s geography, animals, and culture.
    • Persuasive Letter Writing: “Let’s Protect Nature!”
      Students write a letter to their school or community encouraging recycling or protecting animals, using persuasive language.
  • Formative assessments:
    • Quick draw or write
    • Think-pair-share
    • Mini quizzes
    • Homework assignments
    • Weekly spelling tests
    • Vocabulary-match cards
    • Sorting out activities
    • Ongoing conversations