Long Range Plan: January 4 April 26

Catharina Wagner
Subject
Units
Main GLOs
Art

Depiction
Compositio
n

Students will
develop imagery
based on
observations of
the visual world
Students will
organize images
and their
qualities in the
creation of
unified
statements

Health

Relationshi
p Choices
Life
Learning
Choices

L.A.

Respondin
g to Texts

Students will
develop effective
interpersonal
skills that
demonstrate
responsibility,
respect and
caring in order to
establish and
maintain healthy
interactions
Students will use
resources
effectively to
manage and
explore life roles
and career
opportunities
and challenges
Students will
listen, speak,
read, write, view,
and represent to
comprehend and
respond
personally and
critically to oral,
print, and other
media texts

Resources/
Materials

Length of
Units

http://www.dick
blick.com/lesson
-plans/gradelevel/k-4/
-Learn Alberta
Minister of
Public Works
and
Government
Services
Canada. (2000).
Stories the
Totems Tell:
Bringing
Aboriginal Poles
to Life. Ottawa,
Ontario.

The two units are

interconnected
and
complementary,
and together, will
be taught from
January 4 April
22.

Totem Pole
project
Valentines
project
Papier Mache
project
Painting project
Tissue Paper
project

-Learn Alberta

Relationship
choices will be
taught through
the months of
January,
February, and
March.

Written responses
Exit slips
Skits
Anecdotal notes

-Tools 4
Teachers
http://www.learn
alberta.ca/conte
nt/t4tes/courses
/junior/health7/
modules.html

-Learn Alberta
-Childrens Book
Unit Plan by
Dana Hausauer
-Responding to
Text Exemplars
http://indigenou
sfoundations.art
s.ubc.ca/home/c
ulture/oral-

Assessments

Life learning
choices will be
taught
throughout April.

This unit will

span the
practicum, being
taught from
January 4 until
April 22.

Written
assignments
Worksheets
Peer-evaluation
Self-evaluation
Anecdotal notes
PowerPoint
presentation

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traditions.html

P.E.

Mission
Possible
Cooperative
Games
Basketball
Floor
Hockey

Acquire skills
through a
variety of
movement
activities

-Ready To Use
PE Activities for
Grades 3-4

Understand,
experience, and
appreciate the
health benefits
that result from
physical activity

http://www.pelin
ks4u.org/links/u
nitplans.shtml

Dance
Interact
positively with
others

Scienc
e

Topic B:
Wheels
and Levers
Topic C:
Building
Devices
and
Vehicles
that Move

Assume
responsibility to
lead an active
way of life
4-6 Students will
demonstrate a
practical
understanding of
wheels, gears
and levers by
constructing
devices in which
energy is
transferred to
produce motion
4-7 Students will
construct a
mechanical
device for a
designated
purpose, using
materials and
design
suggestions
provided
4-8 Students will

-Learn Alberta

http://www.spar
kpe.org/wpcontent/uploads
/2009/11/36_C_P
ass_Around.pdf

Edheads
Simple
Machines
retrieved from
http://www.edhe
ads.org/activitie
s/simplemachines/
Edmonton
Public Schools.
(1996). Topic B:
Wheels and
Levers, Grade 4.
Edmonton
Public Schools.
(1996). Topic C:
Building
Devices and
Vehicles that

Mission Possible
and Co-operative
games will be
taught
throughout
January.

Anecdotal notes
regarding
participation and
cooperation

Basketball will be
taught
throughout
February.
Floor Hockey will
be taught
throughout
March, and in the
first two weeks
of April.

Each of these
units will take
approximately
two months to
complete.
Topic B January
through
February.
Topic C March
through April.

Anecdotal notes
Completion of
activities/experim
ents
Worksheets
Quiz
Peer-evaluation
Self-evaluation
Cumulative
project

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explore and
evaluate
variations to the
design of a
mechanical
device,
demonstrating
that control is an
important
element in the
design and
construction of
that device

Move, Grade 4.
Wells, R. E.
(1996). How Do
You Lift a Lion?
Albert Whitman
& Company:
Morton Grove,
Illinois.
Scholastic.
(2000). Putting
It in Motion.
Scholastic
Canada Ltd.:
Markham,
Ontario.
Quest Teaching
retrieved from
questteaching.c
om
The Gear Box

Social

The
Canadian
Shield
The First
Peoples
The Fur
Trade
Early
Settlement

4.1 Students will

demonstrate an
understanding
and appreciation
of how elements
of physical
geography,
climate, geology,
and
paleontology are
integral to the
landscapes and
environment of
Alberta
4.2 Students will
demonstrate an
understanding
and appreciation
of the role of
stories, history,
and culture in
strengthening
communities and
contributing to

-Our Alberta
Teaching
Resource
-Our Alberta
Book 1
-Our Alberta
Book 2
-The Anthology
of Social Studies
Volume 2
-Critical
Challenges from
http://www.learn
alberta.ca/conte
nt/ssocirm/html/
summariesofthe
ccs/index.htm?
grade=4
-Canadiana
Website
-University of
Alberta
Museums Online
- Our Alberta

The Canadian
Shield chapter
will take about
two weeks,
ending January
15.
The First Peoples
chapter will take
about three
weeks, ending
February 5.
The Early
Settlement
chapter will take
about three
weeks, ending
March 24.

The Fur Trade

chapter will take
about three
weeks, ending

Anecdotal notes
Worksheets
Assignments
Exit slips
Test

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identity and a
sense of
belonging

Activity Cards

March 4.