Junior Division - Big Ideas

Grade 4 The Arts Dance Elements of dance, focus on time and energy Narrative form Elements of dance, focus on relationship Call-and-response form Elements of dance, focus on body, space, time, energy and relationship Guided improvisation Role-play Elements of drama Use research skills to expand their understanding of different kinds of problems and to help them nd solutions Further aspects of standard notation Create and perform a variety of compositions Think critically about the music they hear and perform Provide constructive feedback regarding their own and others efforts Concepts introduced in Grades 1-5 All elements of design Principles of design, focus on balance Grade 5 Grade 6

Drama

Role-play Elements of drama Select appropriate symbols, manipulative story elements, and experiment with various techniques to create different effects for different audiences

Music

Read standard notation in the treble clef Sing or play music in two parts Create simple rhythms and melodies as accompaniments How music is organized

Sing and/or play from standard music notation and other forms of notation Use key signatures Create compositions in a variety of forms using notational software Key inuences affecting music in our past and present cultures Concepts introduced in Grades 1-4 All elements of design Principles of design, focus on proportion

Visual Arts

Concepts introduced in Grades 1-3 All elements of design Principles of design, focus on emphasis

Physical Education Active Living Active Participation Participation in program activities, behaviours showing readiness Enjoyment of activity (individual, small-group, and leadup activities) Factors that motivate or challenge participation (in and outside of school) DPA - sustained, moderate to vigorous activity, 20 min. per day, including warmup and cool-down Physical activity and health-related tness Exertion, self-assessment, intrinsic, extrinsic factors Developing and acting on personal physical activity goals Behaviour and procedures that maximize safety of self and others Prevention of accidents and injuries DPA - sustained, moderate to vigorous activity, 20 min. per day, including warm-up and cool-down Physical activity and health-related tness Assessment and monitoring of health-related tness Developing and implementing personal tness plans

Physical Fitness

Safety

Behaviour and procedures that maximize safety of self and others Minimizing environmental health risks

Behaviour and procedures that maximize safety of self and others Treating minor injuries

Movement Competence Skills and Concepts Stability: static balance; jumping, hopping and landing Locomotion: movement combinations Manipulation: sending and receiving; retaining objects Stability: static and dynamic balance; jumping, hopping and landing Locomotion: movement combinations Manipulation: sending and receiving; retaining objects Stability: static and dynamic balance; locomotion Manipulation: sending and receiving; retaining objects

Strategies

Activity components - variety of lead-up, recreational, tness, and dance activities Categories of games and activities - common features and strategies Tactical solutions to increase success in activities

Healthy Living Understanding Health Concepts Making Healthy Choices Making Connections for Healthy Living Healthy Eating: Nutrients, food choices, healthy eating goals Personal Safety & Injury Prevention: Safe use of technology, bullying and abuse, decision making - assessing goals Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours: Tobacco use Healthy Eating: Nutrition facts tables, food labels; media inuences Personal Safety & Injury Prevention: Threats to personal safety; actions, selfconcept Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours: Alcohol use Healthy Eating: Inuences on healthy eating, eating cues and guidelines, benets of healthy eating/active living Personal Safety & Injury Prevention: Safe and positive social interaction, conict management; responsibilities, risks - care for self and others, safety practices Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours: Cannabis, illicit drugs; supports; strategies, safe-choices, inuences

Language Arts Oral Communication Listening to Understand: Purpose, Active Listening Strategies, Comprehension Strategies, Demonstrating Understanding, Making Inferences/Interpreting Texts, Extending Understanding, Analysing Texts, Point of View, Presentation Strategies Speaking to Communicate: Purpose, Interactive Strategies, Clarity and Coherence, Appropriate Language, Vocal Skills and Strategies, Non-Verbal Cues, Visual Aids Reecting on Oral Communication Skills and Strategies: Metacognition and Interconnected Skills

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Grade 4 Reading Grade 5 Grade 6 Reading for Meaning: Variety of texts, Purpose, Comprehension Strategies, Demonstrating Understanding, Making Inferences/Interpreting Texts, Extending Understanding, Analyzing Texts, Responding to and Evaluating Texts, Point of View Understanding Form and Style: Text Forms, Text Patterns, Text Features, Elements of Style Reading With Fluency: Reading Familiar Words, Reading Unfamiliar Words, Reading Fluently Reecting on Reading Skills and Strategies: Metacognition and Interconnected Skills Text Forms: Diary or journal Elements of Style: alliteration, descriptive adjective and adverbs Text Forms: Short stories Elements of Style: word choice, and the use of similes, personication, comparative adjectives Text Forms: Myth Elements of Style: word choice, and the use of hyperbole, strong verbs, dialogue and complex, sentences

Writing

Developing and Organizing Content: Purpose and Audience, Developing Ideas, Research, Classifying Ideas, Organizing Ideas, Review Using Knowledge of Form and Style in Writing: Form, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Point of View, Preparing for Revision, Revision, Producing Drafts Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and Presenting Written Work Effectively: Spelling Familiar Words, Spelling Unfamiliar Words, Vocabulary, Punctuation, Grammar, Proofreading, Publishing, Producing Finished Works Reecting on Writing Skills and Strategies: Metacognition, Interconnected Skills and Portfolio Organizing Ideas: Summaries with graphic organizers Voice: Words and stylistic elements that convey a specic mood Punctuation: Apostrophe and quotation marks Grammar: Common and proper nouns; verbs in the simple present, past and future tenses; adjectives and adverbs; subject/verb agreements; prepositions; and conjunctions Organizing Ideas: Several linked paragraphs Voice: Modifying language and tone to suit different circumstances and audiences Sentence Fluency: Conjunctions and pronouns Punctuation: Commas before and or but in compound sentences to join principal clauses; quotation marks; and the placement of commas, question marks, and exclamation marks inside quotation marks in direct speech Grammar: Common nouns; collective nouns; adjectives, including comparative adjectives; the helping verb; adverbs modifying verbs; comparative adverbs Organizing Ideas: Structured, multiparagraph piece of writing Preparing for Revision: Focus on supporting details and precise language Punctuation: Commas to separate words in a list or after an introductory word or phrase; quotation marks in dialogue; and some uses of the colon, semi-colon, and brackets Grammar: Personal subject and object pronouns, indenite pronouns; conjunctions; subordinate clauses; adverb phrases; and present, past and future verb tenses

Media Literacy

Understanding Media Texts: Purpose and Audience, Making Inferences/Interpreting Texts, Responding to and Evaluating Texts, Audience Responses, Point of View, Production Perspectives Understanding Media Forms, Conventions and Techniques: Form, Conventions and Techniques Creating Media Texts: Purpose and Audience, Form, Conventions and Techniques, Producing Media Texts Reecting on Media Literacy Skills and Strategies: Metacognition and Interconnected Skills

Mathematics Number Sense and Numeration Quantity Operational sense Relationships Representation Proportional reasoning Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of single and multidigit whole numbers Addition and subtraction of decimal numbers to tenths and money amounts Whole-number unit rates Whole numbers to 10,000 Decimal numbers to tenths Simple fractions Money amounts to $100 Magnitude: counting forwards and backwards by 0.1 and by fractional amounts Length, perimeter, area, mass, capacity, volume, and elapsed time Relationships among units and measurable attributes, including area and perimeter of rectangles Multiplication and division of multidigit whole numbers Addition and subtraction of decimal numbers to hundredths Whole-number rates Whole numbers to 100,000 Decimal numbers to hundredths Proper and improper fractions Mixed numbers Magnitude: counting forward and backward by 0.01 Multiplication and division of whole numbers Addition and subtraction of decimal numbers to thousandths Percent, ratio, and unit rate Whole numbers to 1 000 000 Decimal numbers to thousandths Proper and improper fractions Mixed numbers

Measurement Attributes, units and measurement sense Measurement relationships

Perimeter, area, temperature change, and elapsed time) Relationships among units and measurable attributes, including area of a rectangle and volume of a rectangular prism) Side and angle properties of 2D shapes Nets of prisms and pyramids Locations of objects, using the cardinal directions Translate 2D shapes

Metric quantities Relationships among units and measurable attributes, including area of a parallelogram, area of a triangle, and the volume of a triangular prism)

Geometry and Spatial Sense Properties of 2D shapes and 3D gures Geometric relationships Location and movement

Geometric properties and angles of quadrilaterals and 3D gures Construct 3D gures, using 2D shapes Locations of an object, using a grid map Reect 2D shapes

Polygons and angles Sketch 3D gures, and construct 3D gures from drawing Locations of objects in the rst quadrant of a coordinate system Rotate 2D shapes Growing and shrinking patterns (where the terms are whole numbers) Repeating patterns involving rotations Variables in simple algebraic expressions and equations

Patterning and Algebra Patterns and relationships Variables, expressions and equations

Predict numeric and geometric patterns Repeating patterns involving reections Equality between pairs of expressions, using addition, subtraction and multiplication

Growing and shrinking patterns (table of values) Repeating patterns involving translations Variables in equations

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Grade 4 Data Management and Probability Collection and organization of data Data relationships Probability Collect and organize discrete primary data and display the data using charts and graphs, including stem-and-leaf plots and double bar graphs Read, describe, and interpret primary data and secondary data presented in charts and graphs, including stem-andleaf plots and double bar graphs Predict the results of a simple probability experiment, then conduct the experiment and compare the prediction to the results Grade 5 Collect and organize discrete or continuous primary data and secondary data and display the data using charts and graphs, including broken-line graphs Read, describe, and interpret primary data and secondary data presented in charts and graphs, including broken-line graphs Represent as a fraction the probability that a specic outcome will occur in a simple probability experiment, using systematic lists and area models Grade 6 Collect and organize discrete or continuous primary data and secondary data and display the data using charts and graphs, including continuous line graphs Read, describe, and interpret data, and explain relationships between sets of data Determine the theoretical probability of an outcome in a probability experiment, and use it to predict the frequency of the outcome

Science and Technology Understanding Life Systems Habitats and Communities Systems and Interactions: plants and animals are interdependent and are adapted to meet their needs from the resources available in their particular habitats Sustainability and Stewardship: changes to habitats can affect plants and animals and the relationships between them Society relies on plants and animals Human Organ Systems Systems and Interactions: Organ systems are components of a larger system (the body) and, as such, work together and affect one another Structure and Function: Organ structures are linked to their functions Systems in the human body work together to meet our basic needs Choices we make affect our organ systems and, in turn, our overall health Biodiversity Systems and Interactions: Biodiversity includes diversity of individuals, species, and ecosystems. Sustainability and Stewardship: Classication of the components within a diverse system is a beginning point for understanding the interrelationships among the components. Because all living things are connected, maintaining diversity is critical to the health of the planet. Humans make choices that can have an impact on biodiversity. Flight Structure and Function: Flight occurs when the characteristics of structures take advantage of certain properties of air. Matter: Air has many properties that can be used for ight and for other purposes.

Understanding Structures and Mechanisms

Pulleys and Gears Systems and Interactions: Pulleys and gears change the speed, direction, and motion of, and force exerted on, moving objects Energy: Pulleys and gears make it possible for a small input force to generate a large output force Gears are specialized wheels and axles that are used daily in many machines

Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms Structure and Function: Structures and mechanisms throughout our environment have forces that act on and within them We can measure forces in order to determine how they affect structures and mechanisms. This information can be used to guide the design of new structures and mechanisms. Forces that result from natural phenomena have an effect on society and the environment. Properties of and Changes in Matter Matter: There are three states of matter Energy: Matter that changes state is still the same matter. Sustainability and Stewardship: Physical change refers to the fact that a substance can be changed from one form to another Chemical change implies the formation of a new substance The properties of materials determine their use and may have an effect on society and the environment Conservation of Energy and Resources Energy: Energy sources are either renewable or non-renewable Sustainability and Stewardship: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed Choices about using energy and resources have both immediate and long-term impacts Conservation (reducing our use of energy and resources) is one way of reducing the impacts of using energy and resources.

Understanding Matter and Energy

Light and Sound Energy: Light and sound are forms of energy with specic properties Sound is created by vibrations Light is required to see Technological innovations involving light and sound have an impact on the environment

Electricity and Electrical Devices Energy: Electrical energy can be transformed into other forms of energy. Systems and Interactions: Other forms of energy can be transformed into electrical energy. Sustainability and Stewardship: Electrical energy plays a signicant role in society, and its production has an impact on the environment. Society must nd ways to minimize the impact of energy production on the environment. Space Systems and Interactions: Earth is a part of a large interrelated system. Technological and scientic advances that enable humans to study space affect our lives.

Understanding Earth and Space Systems

Rocks and Minerals Change and Continuity: Rocks and minerals have unique characteristics and properties that are a result of how they were formed Sustainability and Stewardship: The properties of rocks and minerals determine societys possible uses for them Structure and Function: Our use of rocks and minerals affects the environment

Social Studies

Junior Division - Big Ideas

Grade 4 Heritage and Citizenship Medieval Times Major features of daily life in medieval European societies Major events and inuences of the era and how they shaped medieval society Compare communities in medieval times with their own communities today Grade 5 Early Civilizations Inuence of natural environment on the development of various early civilizations around the world Changes in the ways human needs were met as a result of technological advances Signicant innovations of early civilization and continuing relevance to modern society Grade 6 First Nation Peoples and European Explorers Main characteristics of North American First Nation cultures, including their close relationship with the natural environment Motivating factors for early European exploration and the prevailing attitudes of the explorers Positive and negative effects of interactions between European and First Nation peoples from rst Viking contact to the time of permanent European settlement in the early 17th century Canadas Links to the World Canadas economic, political, social, and physical links with the US and other regions of the world Importance of international connections for Canadas well-being and inuence in the world Current international issues that concern Canada and Canadas response to them

Canada and World Connections

Canadas Provinces, Territories and Regions Physical and political divisions of Canada How physical characteristics inuence the economy and culture of Ontario and the other provinces and territories Use maps, graphics, and print materials Economic and cultural relationships that connect communities throughout the country

Aspects of Citizenship and Government in Canada Structure and function of the three levels of government in Canada and how they relate to one another Rights of groups and individuals and the responsibilities of citizenship in Canada Ways in which government and the responsibilities of citizenship directly affect their own lives