Weekly Overview: Grade 4P

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6

Monday9:00 to 9:50 9:50 to 10:40 11:05 to 11:55 11:55 to 12:45 1:40 to 2:30 2:30 to 3:20

Multi-media/ Information Literacy/reading

Numeracy Peer Support
technology
Tuesday

Numeracy
Roll, Money, Lunch Orders

Literacy Literacy Numeracy Inquiry Inquiry

Thursday Wednesday

Literacy/ Reading
Performing Arts Inquiry

Literacy/Reading Numeracy Inquiry

Friday

Physical Education/ Japanese Literacy Numeracy/ Paper port folio’s

Literacy Weekly Planner: Grade 4P Term: 3
Week: 5
 Introduction to reading activities. Explanation
of Idioms and how to complete each activity
Whole class focus: Strategies for reading
Success. Comparing and Contrasting pg56
Chn read the article about bears. Then
answer the questions about the article
Monday
Whole Class Focus: Chn read Eve’s Science
Tuesday
report and report about two kinds of storms.
Then answer questions about the report. Chn
choose the best answer for number 15 and 16
READING
Activity 1: Guided Reading (orally
recount) Factual recount. Caring
for the environment. Answer
questions related to the article.
Activity 2: Shared reading.
Recount. Primary writing. Book C.
Bush Holiday
Pg 18, 19, 20, 21. Review a
recount layout and chn write your
own.
Activity 3: Grammar Tenses: Past
present and future tenses
Cut and paste sentences into the
correct box. Past, present and
future
Activity 4: Word study idioms. .
When words mean more than they
say. Egg if you say she just laid an
egg. It means she just suffered a
failure. Match the idiom with the
explanation.
WRITING
Writing Focus:
Recount: Editing skills. Chn edit a simple paragraph showing
the correct uses of editing skills, such as a carrot, cross out, full
stops. Revise the importance of sentences beginnings when
writing a recount. (Stress the importance of time connectives).
.
Activity1 chn write a recount in same form as guided reading
recount Dear Jane. Write in either the character Hilary or
Amelia, writing to the parents they have never met.
Activity 2: Handwriting
Chn continue on with book Modern Cursive
Pg 35,36,37
Activity 3: Spelling. Using the words related to the new topic
chn complete, spelling tasks.
Activity 4
Chn read and then edit a piece of writing Chn need to stress the
importance of all the correct editing procedures.
Focus on tenses and punctuations.
 Whole class focus: Writing. Chn read the

Wednesday
short paragraph on the white board, and then
use the correct. Chn read the travel brochure.
Look for spelling errors, one punctuation error
and one tense error. As a whole grade chn
correct them.

TEACHER NOTES:

Literacy groups:
Group 1: Group 2: Group 3: Group 4:
Thursday

Ana Alex
Viswa Jessica Benjamin
Julie Alexsandra Luisa Andy
Ahmed Danny Celina Stefan
Thao Mehmet Chereece Edvin
Judy Nicoleta Fredrick Jimmy
James Daniel Alex Sami
Vi
Friday
Numeracy Weekly Planner:
Monday
Domain: Measurement
Focus: Location
Whole class Focus: Discussion of grid
points. Introduce the coordinate’s
letters and number, and the order in
which they are written. Make a sign
when reading coordinates remember
letter first then the number. Chn look at
atlases. Try and find the certain
countries on the world map
Grade 4P
Tuesday
Domain: Measurement
Focus: Location
Whole class focus: revision of the correct
information about researching grid sections.
Chn then discuss the compass points. The
hemispheres of the earth and then how you
would read a compass. Stress to chn they
are going from a place and to another
place.
Term 3: Week: 5
Thursday Friday
Domain: Number Domain: Number
Focus: : Problem solving Focus: Problem solving
Chn discuss the clue words that are in a Revise the clue words that were learnt the
problem solving paragraph. What are the previous day. What are the most
clue words in an addition, subtraction, important words to remember? How do
multiplication and division problem? How do these words help us to remember which
you know which process you need to use. process to use
Chn then brainstorm the words that they
know of e.g. altogether, share, how many,
take away,etc

Math Talk Math Talk Math Talk Math Talk

Bird’s eye view, north south east west Bird’s eye view, north south east west
coordinates location direction position near coordinates location direction position
grid route cardinal points compass rose near grid route cardinal points compass
path rose path
Independe Target Independent Target Independent Target Independe Target
nt Maths Group Maths Group Maths Group nt Maths Group
M S G M S G M S G M S G
Chn independently Never eat soggy Gr1 Chn complete Chn are given a Using the words that chn stated a re Gr1Chn complete Using the reference
complete the activity wheatbix. Draw a the coordinate treasure map grid. worksheet. Chn Victorian Sign Post
Treasure island. . compass on the quest activity. Chn Chn must name the important in problem solving e.g. all
map, draw an together, how many, how many were left, make a little maths chn complete
Discussion of the board. Blue tac a use grid references
island, and five booklet with the pg 93 and 94.
compass points and map of Australia to complete the share, shared equally, how many
their direction. Chn next to the rose, activity. features on the worded problem on Writing worded
island. Chn then Chn are divided into four groups, each it. Chn must show problems &
answer questions with all the states
related to the map. shown and named. Gr1 Chn are given a
place a treasure on group is given a process to concentrate the worded Problem solving.
the island. They
Then create their Ask How the map of grid. Then one label their features. on. E.g. addition. Each person in the problem, a picture Chn complete the
own map using the Australia helps us child is chosen to Then chn give the group is to give a worded problem which and a model of the activities using
structure on the work out the read the direction in safest path to find
treasure island map. cardinal compass which children are the treasure. They
uses the process of addition. The same is working out concrete materials
What where the points. Highlight to follow. Reader use their knowledge done for subtraction, division, Gr2 Chn go to the
features of the map, those states with states North south of the compass multiplication. website of
what important compass points in east or west and points and grid www.bbc.co.yk/skil
references to write Chn then complete two worded problems
elements are there their names. E.g. gives the grid lswise. Chn go to
to the map. western Australia. reference points a path. form each process. the number section.
Recite the song Then problem
Never eat soggy solving
wheat bix. Can you
make another song
to remember the
compass points?
Shared/Reflection: Shared reflection: Shared/Reflection? Shared/Reflection? What
Sharing of ideas. What were Sharing of ideas. What were Sharing of ideas. What are the helped you work out the
your discoveries and your discoveries and clue words that tell which problem what was easy, hard
wonderings? What do you now wonderings? What do you process to use? Discussion of etc
know?? now know?? the clue words. .

M = Modelled S = Shared G = Guided

Numeracy Groups: Grade 4P Term 3: Week: 5

Number Space Measurement Chance and Data Notes

Visa Nicolet Edvin

Ahmed Alexandr Alexandr

a a
Vi
Andy Tailer
Alex Ly
Benjamin Jimmy
Jessica
Alex Lam Sami
Nicolet
Ahmed Stefan
Stefan
Tailer Visa
Alex Lam
Stefan Alex Lam
Alexandr
a Jessica Andy

Benjamin Sami Vi

Edvin
Inquiry Learning: Weekly Planner: Grade 4P Term 3: Week 5
3. How/why has our environment changed; - as a result of global warming.

Our increasing population.

4. What diverse environments exist in Australia

List & Research 5 main environments in Australia. (Alpine, Grassland, Rainforest, Coastal, Mallee
/Bushland)

Bus stop features of each. Complete T Chart.

Chn fill in the T chart. Chn fill as much information as you possibly can. Chn Google information.
Inquiry Learning How do we research the correct information? What words do we need to research?

“Now You see It Now What are the living and non living objects in the Australian environment?
You Don’t” Living things

Non Living
 Grade 4P Spelling words: Values Buddies Notes:
Chn are tested on the Literature Assist Yard duty Area C
100, 200 and three Chn discuss the words to the Buddies Session taken with Diana
Ana Cakovska Julie Nguyen Wednesday 1.20
hundred most used song Lean on me. Wednesday after assembly ( Every
Jessica Chung Stefan Aleksic words. Complete two weeks) Literacy support Mitra Whole school activity
Vi Nguyen Chereece Schembri spelling tasks. What do the words mean? Chn do buddy reading. First junior Monday 12th of April
Displayed on white What is the message in the buddy reads then, the senior buddy Integration child Edvin: out of school uniform
Tayler Gauci Danny Ngo
board. story? reads, discuss their books. What did Looking at individual
Edvin Hasanovic Thao Vo activity. Fund raising
Chn to make announcements. they like, dislike? learning planning for
Viswa Sami Janevski Make a large poster related to suggestions activity for star light
value Following directions. Using a sheet foundation. Gold coin
Judy Mai Ahmed Mohamed of paper one child read directions donation
James Wernet Andy Nguyen Spelling List and the other children follow the
Nicoleta Voican Alexsandra Hutichson Deforestation Read the story of directions whilst drawing a picture
global “It wasn’t Me” Junior school council
Benjamin Kolesnick Alex Ly Discuss bullying? Agenda
Daniel Smith Alex Lam How where the characters in the
book being bullies?
Fredrick Marian Alcantra Remind chn to be
Do you think what they did was
Jimmy Nguyen Crhristopher Nguyen right? prepared for assembly
Luisa Thuach What would you have done in to introduce
Celina Tran the same situation? themselves
Mehmet Husein