2009 TERM 4 OVERVIEW FOR YEAR FOUR

Subject Area (KLA)

Subject Strand

Student Learning

ENGLISH

Writing and Designing

Reading and Viewing

Speaking and Listening

Narratives-writing to randomly chosen stimulus

• focus on- punctuation, direct speech, commas of insertion, commas for lists and apostrophes for ownership
• paragraphs (time/place)
• sentence structure: complex, compound and simple sentences
• developing main ideas:- descriptions of characters, settings and events (adverbs and adjectives)
• verb groups (action, mental, same and relational)

Biographical Recount

• Election figure
• Generic Structure

1. Title
2. Orientation – why subject was chosen, brief history
3. Events – written in chronological order, timeline
4. Evaluation – opinion of contribution to society

• Conjunctions, relative vocab, tense

Procedure

• Investigation of thermal properties of materials
• Generic Structure – aim, materials, steps, conclusion
• Conjunctions, relative vocab, present tense

Using available reading resources to develop:

*fluent oral reading

* decoding skills

* comprehension skills-literal, inferential, evaluation

Use 3 level model – “Are the answers HERE, HIDDEN or in your HEAD or HEART?”

Preparation and presentation of an election speech to be elected to class council. Needs to include examples of how class and school values have been demonstrated by student.

MATHS

Extend knowledge of numbers to 9999.

Introduce ‘tenths’ & decimals.

Introduce mixed numbers (10 eighths= 1 and 2 eighths)

Investigate equivalent fractions & placing on number lines.

Language of fractions (numerator/denominator)

Extend multiplication to 1 digit by up to 3 digits (with trading)- mental strategies and formal algorithm.

Multiplication facts – up to 12 x 12

Extend commutative property of multiplication and division to learn division facts, and knows 4√32 is entered as 32 ÷ 4 on calculator.

Extend subtraction with zeros and trading (500 – 278 =?)

Identifying angles in the environment (right, acute, obtuse)

Simple equations with double digit numbers eg. 24= @- 5.

Patterning numbers to 9999

Think multiplication to solve division facts.

Spatial language to describe features (perpendicular, angle, edge, base, face, vertex, parallel etc)

Investigate flip, slide and turn (¼ , ½, ¾, 1 full turn)

Extend symmetry and tessellations.

Using measuring instruments – jugs, area grids, tape measures and scales.

Compares the attributes of shapes and objects- length, volume, mass.

Introduce 24 hour time.

Reading analogue clocks – all times.

Extend calendar use.

Reading and constructing a variety of graphs – picture graphs, one way tables, data point/dot frequency charts.

Language  of chance –more likely, less likely, equally likely & “one in four chance”

Represents a problem with appropriate number operation- choosing the correct operation to solve a problem.

Explains their reasoning to solve problems.

Investigate alternate methods of solving problems.

SOSE

Political and Economic

Systems

Students will investigate:

• Different types and levels of government
• Citizen’s rights and responsibilities
• Community rules and elections
• Values, rules, breaking the law, 2 sides to every story
• Road rules:  state, country, global (e.g. Samoa changing side of road to drive on)
• Social rules, e.g. covering mouth when coughing, saying thank you when receiving something
• Queensland rules, local government responsibilities, e.g. waste disposal, parks
• School rules
• Social connections, e.g. Christmas is a European tradition that came with the first settlers
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SCIENCE

(DESIGN TECHNOLOGY)

Natural and Processed Materials

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Students will investigate:

• Properties and uses of everyday materials
• Reactions of materials – decomposition, absorbency, tensile strength
• How properties of materials relate to their use
• Thermal insulation capacity of materials

HPE

Promoting Health of Individuals

Personal Development

• Smart Moves
• Students will make a list of social rules relating to health of individuals

• Students will investigate family roles, relationships, values, 2 sides to every story (SOSE link)

• Students will demonstrate actions, behaviours and attitudes that support positive relationships with different groups (SOSE link)

HPE – PE TEACHER

Mr Bell to advise

Swimming

THE ARTS – MUSIC TEACHER

Mr Franks to advise

THE ARTS –

CLASS TEACHER

Construction

Printmaking

Collage – Students will represent a local government responsibility, e.g. park, sporting venue, using recycled/recyclable materials

Christmas Art – Students will design and create wrapping paper and cards

TECHNOLOGY

Students will complete a computer competency checklist with teacher-librarian

EXCURSIONS

None to be undertaken this term

PROJECTS

Biographical Recount

• Students select an election figure (formal/informal, political, sporting chairperson, school captain, student councillor, etc)
• Brief history
• Previous experience, criteria, voting process
• Past events to be listed in chronological order to inform the election process

Oral presentation Prepare and present interview in pairs. One student takes on role of interviewer and one of elected figure.

SIGNIFICANT CLASS DATES

• Wednesday 11 October – QR talks

SIGNIFICANT SCHOOL DATES

• 05 Oct – school resumes 05 Oct  - P&C meeting 14 Oct – FPQ parent talk 15 Oct – Sports Photos 17 Oct – Trivia Night 19 Oct – Student Free Day 21 Oct – Test for Year Seven students 30 Oct – World Teachers Day 02 Nov – P&C meeting 04 Nov – FPQ Year Six 05 Nov – FPQ Year Seven 09 Nov – Music Soiree 11 Nov – FPQ Year Six 11 Nov – Prep Info Evening 12 Nov – FPQ Year 7 18 Nov – Book packing 18 Nov – FPQ Year Six 19 Nov – Book Sales 19 Nov – FPQ Year Seven 19 Nov – Book Fair 20 Nov – Book Sales 20 Nov -  Book Fair 21 Nov - Principal’s Farewell 23 Nov – Book Fair 24 Nov – Book Fair “Poetry in Pyjama” Evening 25 Nov – prep open morning “A to J” 25 Nov - Book Fair 01 Dec – Volunteers morning tea 02 Dec – Prep Open morning – “K to Z” 03 Dec – Swimming Carnival 04 Dec – Students Farewell to Mr Falvey 04 Dec – Swimming carnival 07 Dec – Reports cards distributed 07 Dec – P&C meeting 08 Dec – Awards night 09 Dec – Retirement homes choir visits 09 Dec – 2010 classes announced 10 Dec – Year Seven graduation lunch and class lunches 11 Dec – Break up and clean up day.