Third Term
I am using the new curriculum this year, which can be found at: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/
Language Arts:
- Use a variety of comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading, listening, or viewing to construct meaning from text
- Identify how differences in context, perspectives, and voice influence meaning in textsLanguage and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
- Listening carefully helps us learn.
- Demonstrate awareness of the oral tradition in First Peoples’ cultures and the purposes of First Peoples’ texts
- Text can be understood from different perspectives
- Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create texts for a variety of purposes and audiences
Use language in creative and playful ways to develop style
Communicate in print, using letters and words and applying basic conventions of English spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- multiplication and division of two- or three-digit numbers by one-digit numbers (Gr. 4)
- multiplication and division factsto 100 (introductory computational strategies)
- perimeter of regular and irregular shapes (gr. 4)
- line symmetry (gr. 4)
- decimals
- fractions
Gr. 4
early contact, trade, cooperation, and conflict between First Peoples and European peoples
the fur trade in pre-Confederation Canada and British Columbia
demographic changes in pre-Confederation British Columbia in both First Peoples and non-First Peoples communities
economic and political factors that influenced the colonization of British Columbia and its entry into Confederation
the impact of colonization on First Peoples societies in British Columbia and Canada
the history of the local community and of local First Peoples communities
Gr. 5
the changing nature of Canadian immigration over time
past discriminatory government policies and actions, such as the Head Tax, the Komagata Maru incident, residential schools, and internments
human rights and responses to discrimination in Canadian society
levels of government, their main functions, and sources of funding
participation and representation in Canada’s system of government
resources and economic development in different regions of Canada
Science
Grade 4s are focusing on Biomes, while grade 5s go to Mr. Penner for Science.