Grade 4: Curriculum Overview

Language Arts-
Reading and viewing
Writing and representing
Oral Speaking and listening
Spelling and grammar
Creative and informational writing
Non-fiction and fiction features
Strategies used during, before, and after
reading and writing.

Math-
Number sense
Whole numbers to 10,000
Multiplying and dividing large numbers
Patterns and relations
Shape and space
Geometry
Measurement
Fractions and Decimals
Statistics and probability
Data analysis
Problem solving
Word problems

Social Studies-
Culture and Community
Gathering and sharing information
Human and physical environment
Economy and technology during
exploration and settlement
First Nations in B.C.
European explorers and settlers
The fur trade
Government
Critical thinking skills

Science-
Physical science
Light and sound
Earth and space science
Weather
Life science
Animal habitats and communities
Interpreting data
Predicting




Physical Education-
Build safety, fair play, and leadership skills
Demonstrate proper technique for locomotor, non- locomotor and manipulative movement skills
Benefits of physical activity
What happens to their bodies during physical activity
Set their own goals for physical abilities.
Moving in space in many ways to a variety of sounds
Perform for their classmates

Health and Career Education-
Describe healthy living and relationships
Identify the steps necessary to achieve goals
Safety. injury, and substance misuse prevention

Arts Education-
Tempo, dynamics, articulation, patterns and rhythms while singing and playing songs
Thoughts, images and feelings derived from music
Drafting and sketching ideas for images
Exploring, comparing, and creating images using animation, serialization and stylization
Demonstrate safe and environmentally responsible use of materials, technology and processes
Describe why people make and use art
Use their voice and movement to represent different ideas and feelings
Perform for their classmates