AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Leading to a Bright Future

Year 4 Unit of Inquiry 1 Overview

Unit of Inquiry 1
TD Theme

How we organise ourselves

Central Idea

Systems have developed to meet the needs of people.

Concepts

Form, Function, Connection

Related concepts

Materials
Sustainability
Resources

Lines of Inquiry

The components and organisation of systems

Different transport types serve unique functions
The impact of systems on the environment
English

Language
Understand that languages have different written and visual communication systems,
different oral traditions and different ways of constructing meaning
Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social
conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according
to the degree of formality in social situations
Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending
on their purpose and context (for example, tense and types of sentences)
Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written texts
Understand that verbs represent different processes, for example doing, thinking,
saying, and relating and that these processes are anchored in time through tense
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including
modal verbs and adverbs
Literature
Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share
responses with others
Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary texts
Literacy
Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and
ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations
Use interaction skills, including active listening behaviours and communicate in a
clear, coherent manner using a variety of everyday and learned vocabulary and
appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume
Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to
evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and
language features
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating
increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print, and
multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and
punctuation

Mathematics
Number and Algebra

Investigate the conditions required for a number to be odd or even and identify odd
and even numbers
Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 10 000
Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least 10 000 to
assist calculations and solve problems
Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction
Recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and related subtraction facts to develop
increasingly efficient mental strategies for computation
Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and
written strategies and appropriate digital technologies

Measurement and Geometry

Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length
Tell time to the minute and investigate the relationship between units of time

Art
Year 4
Central Idea: Lines are all around us.
Students will explore how lines are used in art
in a variety of ways. They will examine
famous artworks, looking at how lines can
create movement and gesture. From this
inquiry, students will experience creating their
own artworks. They will have opportunity to
use a variety of visual art mediums which will
emphasise the element of art focus for this
Unit.
Physical Education
This unit the year level will be looking at basic
basketball skills and drills. These include
dribbling, passing, catching, passing games,
shooting, relays, modified games of
basketball and the basic rules.
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Vietnamese Language and Culture (VLC)

Language focus: TRANSPORTATION
(Collaborative Unit)
Year 4 VLC will collaborate with home room
classes to inquire into the Central Idea for this UOI.
During VLC lessons, the students will focus on
transportation. They will learn how to:
-Name different vehicles in Vietnamese
-Give simple directions
-Sing a vehicle song : Em tp li t
Culture focus: MOON FESTIVAL
-Focus on common activities and lantern
decoration.

Vietnamese National Curriculum (VNC)

Topics:
The young bamboo Mng non
The happy house Mi m
Go to school Ti trng
-Year 4 will focus on 3 topics: The young
bamboo, The happy house, Go to school.
Through these, students will have a chance to
learn more about language, skills, techniques
etc to develop their confidence to use
Vietnamese in daily life.
Da vo k hoch cng nh s phn b
chng trnh ca Trng Quc T AIS. Trong
n v hc trnh th 1, phn mn Ting Vit
ca lp 4 (lp 3 theo quy nh ca S GD v
T) s ch yu tp trung vo 3 ch : Mng
non, Mi m, ti trng. Qua 3 ch ny,
hc sinh s c c hi hc hi thm v vn t
vng, cc k nng, th thut. nhm pht
trin s t tin trong giao tip Ting Vit hng
ngy ca cc em.
-Culture focus: Moon festival / Tt Trung
Thu

Mrs Isabel Stanley

Ms Susan Barrett
Mr Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Ms Nikki Tapara
Year 4 Teachers

Chinese

Week 1-5 Learn about:

Basic means of transportation in
China
Talk about how to go somewhere
and why
How to compare: A is more
adjective than B
Basic adjectives: ,,
Write characters:
Assessment
Complete a labelled drawing and written
work about how the family members go to
work/school and do a simple presentation
on it.

Mr Robert Crowther
Deputy Principal