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LPEY Grade 4 correlation to Alberta Curriculum

Essential Understanding

Engaging with various forms of communication and expression allows us to represent and interpret our understandings of the world in multiple ways.

Guiding Questions

How can I refine my oral communication skills for a specific purpose and audience?

Learning Outcomes

Students demonstrate a variety of effective oral communication skills and strategies for different audiences and purposes.

Conceptual Knowledge

oral, written, and visual communication, including body language, can be adjusted depending on purpose and audience

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6

pp. 13 – 15, 33, 46 – 47, 132 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 -10 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 30 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 11 – 12

- Our Canada p. 40 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

- Final Project p. 15

oral language and tone of voice are adjusted when communicating with peers and adults

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 p. 33 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

- The Kite Fighters p. 20 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- Book Club Groups p. 15 - My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 37

• oral language traditions have many purposes

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 27, 30 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

- Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons p. 13

• Guided Reading texts such as:

- Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend p. 2 - Trickster Tales p. 2

oral language skills build relationships and solve problems

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10

• Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons p. Twelfth Moon

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit oral storytelling strengthens understandings of culture

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 33 and text

• Strategy Guide: Predicting:

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons pp. 13, 18 and text • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Trickster Tales p. 2


listening is an active process that involves building upon ideas and providing feedback

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 65, 77, 119, 125, 141

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10, 194, 195

- Listening and Learning from my Peers p. 41 • Professional Support DVD: Moving Up with Literacy Place 4 – 6: Read Aloud

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 15 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 15, 45

- Breaking Down Breakfast p. 37 • Strategy Guide: Inferring p. 11

- Varjak Paw pp. 13, 15, 20 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 11 – 12

- Chendra’s Journal p. 24 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:


- Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and Contrast – Report p. 51

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of

the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 14

- Floors p. 15

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

- Introducing The Theme p. 6

- Music for the End of Time p. 8 - The Fox Went Out pp. 12, 13

- CD for Sounds Like Music pp. 16 - 17

Procedural Knowledge

choose a variety of ways to orally communicate stories, events, experiences, and information with details and images, considering audience and purpose


pp. 131 – 132


- Presenting a Text Orally pp. 305 – 306

- Solo Reading to Promote Fluency p. 350 - Poets’ and Writers’ Café p. 351

- Book Recommendations/Stories/Poems p. 351 - Poem In My Pocket p. 353

- Radio Show pp. 354 – 355 - Say it Like the Character p. 357 - Express an Emotion (Follow-up to ‘Say it Like the

Character’) pp. 357 – 358

- Podcasts pp. 358 – 359

- Super Signals p. 359

- Modelling with Old Favourites p. 360

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 30, 31 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

- The Kite Fighters p. 20 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 11 – 12



American Year of Moons p. 18

• Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and Contrast –

Report p. 51


- The Choice p. 4 - Canadian Owl Guide p. 6

• communicate for a variety of purposes, including to entertain, develop positive relationships, or explore solutions to problems


pp. 131 – 132

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10 Presenting a Text Orally pp. 305 – 306 Solo Reading to Promote Fluency p. 350

Poets’ and Writers’ Café p. 351

Book Recommendations/Stories/Poems p. 351

Poem In My Pocket p. 353 Radio Show pp. 354 – 355 Say it Like the Character p. 357

Express an Emotion (Follow-up to ‘Say it Like the Character’) pp. 357 – 358

Podcasts pp. 358 – 359 Super Signals p. 359

Modelling with Old Favourites p. 360 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:

Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 30, 31

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 34

• Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons p. 18

adjust language, tone of voice, volume, facial expressions, gestures, or pace intentionally for audience and purpose

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 33 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10

Say it Like the Character p. 357 Express an Emotion (Follow-up to ‘Say it Like the

Character’) pp. 357 – 358 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 45

The Kite Fighters p. 20

communicate orally with a variety of descriptive, subject-specific, academic words, synonyms, and antonyms related to curricular content

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

Chendra’s Journal p. 24

apply a variety of strategies to listen for different purposes

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 119, 125

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10, 11

- Listening to and Learning from My Peers p. 41 • Strategy Guide: Inferring p. 11

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 11 - 12

- Chendra’s Journal p. 24






- Floors p. 15

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Go Make a Song p. 9

- The Fox Went Out p. 13

communicate with peers and adults using strategies, including paraphrasing key points or ideas, making relevant comments, making personal connections to the conversation, and disagreeing constructively

•Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp.

131 – 132

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10, 14 - Value Line p. 46


- The Kite Fighters p. 20 - Breaking Down Breakfast p. 37 • Strategy Guide: Inferring p. 12

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 11 -12 - Chendra’s Journal p. 24


American Year of Moons pp. 15, 18

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing:

- Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 13, 14

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music The Fox Went Out p. 12

Competencies Communication

Managing Information

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Curriculum Document diagrams

Literacy Purpose

Vocabulary

Comprehension Strategies

Clarity

Audience

Intent

Program and Planning Guide: Oral language Development pp. 33 -38, 198 – 202; Teaching Reading Strategies pp. 63- 64

Literacy Support Guide: Oral Language pp. 6 – 10; Oral Language Strategies pp. 37 - 46

Numeracy Communication Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide

Guiding Questions

How can word analysis strategies support the construction and expression of meaning?

Learning Outcomes

Students apply word analysis strategies in the construction and expression of meaning.


prefixes (morphemes) convey and affect meaning


• Literacy Support Guide pp. 31 - Using Useful Words as a Root for New Words pp.

344 – 345

- List of Affixes pp. 369 – 371


- Words to Demonstrate Prefixes and Suffixes p. 372

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13

- Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Inferring p. 12 - Poems to Set You Free: Later pp. 32 – 33

- Poems to Set You Free: Zeke, An Old Farm Dog pp. 43, 46

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

- Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 20 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- The Tree Woman pp. 21 – 22 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

- What Kind of Volunteer Are You? pp. 34 – 35 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Discovery of Fire p. 2

- Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 3 - Kids in Canada p. 2

the development of English words has been influenced by other languages, including French

• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:

- Zero’s Math Adventures text p. 5

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts

p. 7

• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Arctic Tundra Life on Top of the World text

page 5 - Kids in Canada p. 13 of text

- Canadian Owl Guide p. 5

context helps interpretation of the meaning of new words


• Literacy Support Guide pp. 30, 32, 34 - How to Use Context Clues to Work Out Word

Meanings pp. 165 – 166

- Resource List for Finding Word Meaning p. 362

• Professional Support DVD: Moving Up with Literacy Place 4 – 6: Working With Words: Always in Context

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Build Me a Castle pp. 22, 23 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 2, 3, 11, 12 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 27

- Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 36

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13 - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23

• Strategy Guide: Inferring pp. 11, 12 - Varjak Paw pp. 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27

- Poems to Set You Free: Later pp. 29, 30 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Killer Whales: Animal Predators pp. 15, 16


- Chendra’s Journal p. 25 - Our Canada p. 39 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

- Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons pp. 15, 16, 19

- Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant pp. 21, 23

- Thrills Across The Board p. 33 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:

- Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 20

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors pp. 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24

- Game On: Video Games Pro and Con p. 48 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

- Music for the End of Time p. 7


- Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 19

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! pp. 3, 5

- The Zarg Rule p. 3

- The Arctic Tundra Life on Top of the World p. 2 - Our Class Podcast p. 3

- The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits p. 2

- Get Up And Go! p. 2

word analysis strategies support reading and spelling unfamiliar words

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 184, 189, 191, 194

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 30, 32 – 33, 35

- How to Use Reading Strategies to Read a Text pp. 163 – 164

- How to Figure Out Unknown Words pp. 164 – 165 - How Does This Word Resource Wall Word Help

Me? pp. 341 – 342

- I Can Fold It! pp. 342 – 343

- Possessive of Nouns (not ending in ‘s’) pp. 345- 346

- Possessives or Contractions? pp. 346 – 347

- Resource List of Word Recognition Strategies p. 362

- Lists of Spelling Patterns pp. 380 – 384



• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Chendra’s Journal p. 30 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

- Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant p.


27

• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures pp. 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29,

30, 31

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Refrigerator Light p. 35 - Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 50 – 51

• Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - Ryan’s Well pp. 30, 31, 32

- What Kind of Volunteer Are You? pp. 34 – 35 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Rap X 3 p. 4 - Get Up And Go! p. 2


apply strategies to read and spell unfamiliar and multisyllabic words in context


pp. 184, 187, 189, 191, 194

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 15, 29, 30 – 31, 32 – 33, 35

- How to Use Reading Strategies to Read a Text pp. 163 – 164

- How to Figure Out Unknown Words pp. 164 – 165 - Cloze Our Words! pp. 332 - 333

- Can You See What I See? pp. 333 – 334 - What’s In My Mind? pp. 334 – 336 - Crossword Puzzle pp. 337 – 338

- Building New Sentences from Word Resource Wall Words pp. 339 – 340

- How Does This Word Resource Wall Word Help Me? pp. 341 - 342

- Lists of Spelling Patterns pp. 380 – 384 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

- Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 34

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Chendra’s Journal pp. 30, 38 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

- Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant p. 27


- Zero’s Math Adventures pp. 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35


- Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 49 – 50, 51 – 52

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Alone Across the Arctic pp. 16 – 17

• Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

- What Kind of Volunteer Are You? pp. 34 – 35 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Get Up And Go! p. 2


analyze word parts, including affixes and root words, for origins and meaning (etymology)


pp. 184, 187, 188, 189


Using Useful Words as a Root for New Words pp. 344 – 345

List of Affixes pp. 369 - 372


Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 30 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

Poems to Set You Free: Later pp. 32 – 33

Poems to Set You Free: Zeke, An Old Farm Dog pp. 43, 46


Refrigerator Light p. 35

Game On: Video Games Pro and Con p. 50


Alone Across the Arctic pp. 17 – 18

• Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

The Tree Woman pp. 21 – 22


What Kind of Volunteer Are You? pp. 34 – 35 • Guided Reading texts such as:

The Discovery of Fire p. 2

Spell It and Mean It! pp. 2, 4

Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 3

Kids in Canada p. 2

recognize that English words and expressions may come from other cultures and languages


Zero’s Math Adventures text • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts p. 7


The Arctic Tundra Life on Top of the World page 5 of text

Kids In Canada p. 13 of text

spell high-utility and subject-specific words in context

Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 77, 187, 189, 191 – 192

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 25, 29, 32 – 33

Cloze Our Words! pp. 332 - 333

Can You See What I See? pp. 333 – 334

What’s In My Mind? pp. 334 – 336

Crossword Puzzle pp. 337 – 338

Building New Sentences from Word Resource Wall Words pp. 339 – 340

Resource List of Spelling Strategies p. 361

Lists of Spelling Patterns pp. 380 - 384 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:


Poems to Set You Free: Later p. 32 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

Alone Across the Arctic pp. 16 – 17

Surviving in the Wilderness Guide pp. 18 – 19 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

Ryan’s Well pp. 30, 31


Rap X 3 p. 4

construct meaning of high-utility words and subject-specific words in context while reading

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 56, 58, 77, 184, 191, 194

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 29, 30 – 31, 32, 34

How to Use Context Clues to Work Out Word Meanings pp. 165 – 166

Resource List of Word Recognition Strategies p. 362

Resource List for Finding Word Meaning p. 362 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

Build Me a Castle pp. 22, 23 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:

Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 36


The Kite Fighters pp. 21 – 22 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

Poems to Set You Free: Later p. 30 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

Chendra’s Journal p. 25

Our Canada p. 39


Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant pp. 21, 23

Thrills Across The Board p. 33


Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 20


Zero’s Math Adventures p. 25 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing:

Game On: Video Games Pro and Con p. 48 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 19


Maple Syrup – With Bells On! pp. 3, 5

The Zarg Rule p. 3

The Arctic Tundra Life on Top of the World pp. 2, 4

Our Class Podcast p. 3

The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits p. 2

Get Up And Go! p. 2


Competencies Communication Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide • Curriculum Document diagrams

Literacy Word Formation

Conventions


Literacy Support Guide: Working with Words Developmental Checklist pp. 29- 35, 307 – 384

Program and Planning Guide pp. 60 – 73, 184 - 195

Numeracy None identified

Guiding Questions

How can the expression of a variety of text forms, features, and story elements be integrated for audience and purpose?

Learning Outcomes

Students analyze how creators of text use text forms for a specific audience and purpose.


texts have various purposes


pp. 16 – 17, 37, 45, 73, 77, 93, 94 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 11, 13 – 15 - Questioning the Author p. 42

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Build Me a Castle p. 22

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 34 - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural pp. 44, 45 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 27


- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 22 - Canada’s Ice Hotel pp. 30, 32

- Breaking Down Breakfast p. 38

- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 49, 50

• Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw pp. 15 – 16

- Poems to Set You Free: Later pp. 29, 30 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Killer Whales: Animal Predators pp. 16, 19

- Our Canada pp. 37, 39 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections pp. 2 – 9 - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native



• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures pp. 22, 35 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

- Introducing The Theme p. 6 - Introducing the Book Club p. 11


- Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts p. 6


- Surviving in the Wilderness Guide pp. 10 – 11 - Book Club Books p.13 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- Interrupted Journey p. 17

- Make Some New Friends. . . p. 18 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Rap X 3 pp. 2, 4, 6 - A Dusty Life p. 2

- The Zarg Rule p. 2 - What Happens After You Flush? p. 2 - Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle p. 4

- Serf’s Up p. 2 - Get Up And Go! p. 2

- Canadian Owl Guide p. 2 - Making the Game p. 2 - Geocaching Treasure Hunting Around the Globe

p. 2

- Discover Mongolia p. 2

stories have elements, including setting, characters, plot, and a problem or can include teachings, morals, or values

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 16 – 17, 77


- Character Viewpoints pp. 65 – 66


American Year of Moons pp. 13 – 14, 17


- Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative – Realistic Fiction p. 45

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Music for the End of Time p. 15

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts

p. 8 - Book Club Books p. 14


- The City of Embers and Ryan’s Well p. 26 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend p. 2


there are multiple ways to structure a story using different elements

• Literacy Support Guide: pp. 16 – 26 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:




• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures p. 22 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!



• Guided Reading texts such as: - Rap X 3 p. 6 - A Dusty Life pp. 2, 3

- Making the Game p. 2

forms, features, and story elements affect interpretations of text

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 77

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 13 – 15 - How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Text

Organization and Features pp. 166 – 167


- Build Me a Castle p. 24 - Best Canadian Inventions p. 34

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 45 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native



- Zero’s Math Adventures pp. 23, 35 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- Interrupted Journey p. 12


- Rap X 3 p. 2 - Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle p. 2

- Kids in Canada pp. 2, 6 - Making the Game p. 2

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit text forms have specific elements and features that connect to land and place

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 31


- Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons pp. 15, 16, 17 and text


- Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend text Trickster Tales p.2


explain how texts inform, persuade, entertain, and inspire


pp. 16 – 17, 45

• Literacy Support Guide p. 11 - How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Text

Organization and Features pp. 166 – 167


- Build Me a Castle p. 23

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 34

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural pp. 44, 45 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 33 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 9

- Canada’s Ice Hotel pp. 31, 32

- Breaking Down Breakfast pp. 38 – 39 - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 49,

50


• Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 26 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Our Canada p. 38




• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures p. 35

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Introducing the Book Club p. 11

- Music for the End of Time p. 15 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 18

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle p. 2 - Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 2

- Kids in Canada p. 6


compare the text features and elements in various text forms, including stories, letters, informational, persuasive, descriptive, poetic, web pages, land, or artifacts

• Literacy Support Guide p. 11

- How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Text Organization and Features pp. 166 – 167

- How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Language, Vocabulary, and Interesting Expressions pp. 167 – 168


- Build Me a Castle p. 23

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 34 - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 45 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

- Breaking Down Breakfast pp. 38 – 39 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Our Canada p. 38 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of


- Floors p. 27

• Guided Reading texts such as: - A Dusty Life pp. 2, 3


explain the connections between text forms and their related text features, including images, words, titles, icons, layout, tables of contents, captions, headings, glossaries, sidebar menus, hyperlinks, or landmarks

• Literacy Support Guide p. 11 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Build Me a Castle p. 24 - Best Canadian Inventions p. 34

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 45 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters p. 16


• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Our Canada p. 38 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!


• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits pp. 2 - 3

compare and contrast the ways creators of text use forms, features, and story elements

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 8, 11

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 45 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Our Canada p. 38

• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures p. 36


- Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 27

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Firefly p. 44



• Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - The Tree Woman p. 11 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

- The City of Embers and Ryan’s Well p. 26 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Rap X 3 pp. 2, 6

- The Game of Mancala p. 1 - A Dusty Life p. 4

identify how specific elements and features connect to land or place in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit text forms


Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 31


Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons pp. 16, 17 and text


Trickster Tales pp. 2, 3 and text pp. 5 - 7

Competencies Critical Thinking


Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide • Curriculum Document diagrams

Literacy LKU3c.2: Text Organization

LKU3d.2: Comprehension Strategies

LKU4a.2: Clarity

LKU4c.2: Intent

Literacy support Guide

Program and Planning Guide Strategy Unit Guides

Numeracy NA1a.2: Purpose

NKU3b.2: Interpretation and Representation of Spatial Information


- Best Canadian Inventions p. 35 Guided Reading texts such as: - Sea Jelly Handler

Guiding In what ways does artistic expression in a


Questions variety of texts create an effect?

Learning Outcomes

Students analyze a variety of ways artistic expression in texts can create an effect.


authors craft texts in a variety of ways for an effect


pp. 16 – 17, 45, 61, 75 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 11, 16 - 19

- Questioning the Author pp. 42 – 43 - What’s the Author Really Telling Us? pp. 168 - 169

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Build Me A Castle p. 21

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 34 - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 44 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 14

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 27, 33 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13

- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 17, 24



- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 50 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw pp. 15 – 16, 19

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Killer Whales: Animal Predators p. 19


American Year of Moons pp. 13, 16, 17

- Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant pp. 21 – 24



• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors p. 13

- Lighthouse p. 30

- Refrigerator Light p. 34 - Firefly p. 39

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Introducing the Book Club p. 11 - Music for the End of Time p. 15

•Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!


- Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 13 - Book Club Books p. 13

• Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Interrupted Journey p. 16 - Make Some New Friends. . . p. 18 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Wacky Bridges p. 2


- Sea Jelly Handler p. 2 - Rap X 3 pp. 2, 6 - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! pp. 2, 3

- Picture It: Turning a Book into a Movie Script pp. 2, 6

literary techniques, including word play, alliteration, sensory details, and onomatopoeia, can be combined to create an effect

• Literacy Support Guide:

- How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Language, Vocabulary, and Interesting Expressions pp. 167 – 168

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters p. 24

• Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant pp.

21 – 24


- Floors pp. 14, 21, 25, 28

- Lighthouse pp. 30, 31 - Refrigerator Light p. 34

- Firefly p. 39


- Go Make a Song p. 10


- Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend pp. 4, 6 - Catch That Stomach! p. 2


explain how personal responses are affected by artistry in texts




- Breaking Down Breakfast p. 38 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

- Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant pp. 21 – 24

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 30 - Refrigerator Light p. 34

-


explain ways that authors use words, images, punctuation, and font to create an effect


- Water Dance p. 16 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 24, 25 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31

- Breaking Down Breakfast p. 38 - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 50

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Killer Whales: Animal Predators p. 20 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:




- Lighthouse pp. 30, 31 - Refrigerator Light p. 34

- Firefly p. 39



- Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 13 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Picture It: Turning a Book into a Movie Script p. 2 Glaciers Rivers of Ice pp. 2 - 3

describe images created from literary techniques, including word choice, word play, alliteration, sensory details, and onomatopoeia


Picture It p. 67

How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Language, Vocabulary, and Interesting Expressions pp. 167 - 168

Sketch Connections p. 68


Water Dance p. 16

Build Me A Castle p. 25


The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 19, 28 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

Varjak Paw p. 26


Killer Whales: Animal Predators p. 20


Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant p. 24


Floors pp. 14, 21, 28


compare the effects of word and image choice

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:


• Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 24


American Year of Moons p. 17 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing:

- Lighthouse p. 30 - Refrigerator Light p. 34

- Firefly p. 40 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- The Game of Mancala pp. 1, 2 - Picture It: Turning a Book into a Movie Script p. 2

- A Dusty Life p. 5

explain the effects of combining literary techniques

Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 45


Breaking Down Breakfast p. 39

Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 50 – 51




Critical Thinking

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide • Strategy Unit Guides

• Curriculum Document diagrams

Literacy Conventions

Clarity Comprehension Strategies

Media Influence

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 179 – 183

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 27 - 28


Guiding Questions

How do my interpretations of texts support my construction of meaning?

Learning Outcomes

Students analyze and evaluate how personal interpretations of texts are formed.


interactions with people who have diverse perspectives provide insight into personal interpretations of texts


pp. 13 – 15, 94, 131, 133 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 22

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 26 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

- Book Club Groups p. 13

thinking processes support the personal interpretations of texts

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 6 – 7, 10, 11, 12, 45, 57, 58- 59, 63 – 64, 76,


78 -79, 126 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 35, 57, 59 – 62, 184 –

193

- Graffiti pp. 37 - 38 - Say Something p. 44 - Reading Tip Bookmarks pp. 145 – 146, 147

- What’s the Author Really Telling Us? pp. 168 – 169

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: pp. 2 – 3, 42 - 43

- Build Me A Castle p. 25 - Best Canadian Inventions p. 34

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 2, 3, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 27 - Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat pp. 49 – 50 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 2, 7, 9, 13, 47 - 48

- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 18, 20, 22, 26 • Strategy Guide: Inferring pp. 2 – 5 - Varjak Paw pp. 15 – 16, 17, 18, 20

- Poems to Set You Free: Later pp. 30, 31

- Poems to Set You Free: Zeke, An Old Farm Dog p. 41

- Poems to Set You Free: How Can You Change ‘Sleep’ Into ‘Dream’? p. 48

- Postcard Mystery pp. 53, 54, 55, 56 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 2 – 5, 11 – 12, 50 –

51

- Killer Whales: Animal Predators pp. 14 – 19

- Chendra’s Journal pp. 26, 27 - Our Canada p. 36

• Strategy Guide: Making Connections pp. 2 – 9 - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons pp. 13 – 17

• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring pp. 2 – 8

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing pp. 2 – 7 - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of

the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 14, 15, 16

- Refrigerator Light p. 34 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

- Music for the End of Time pp. 7, 9 - Go Make a Song pp. 9, 10

- The Fox Went Out p. 12 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

- Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts pp. 6, 7

- Alone Across the Arctic p. 9 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Introducing the Theme: Owen and Mzee pp. 6 – 7 - The Tree Woman pp. 9 – 10


- Interrupted Journey pp. 13, 14, 15, 16 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - Ryan’s Well pp. 7, 8, 9, 10

- The City of Ember pp. 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 25

• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Discovery of Fire p. 2

- Wacky Bridges p. 2 - Sea Jelly Handler p. 3

- Squeak Twice for Yes p. 2 - Puppy in Training p. 2 - What Happens After You Flush? p. 2


text evidence supports and enhances personal interpretations


- Water Dance pp. 15 – 17

- Build Me A Castle p. 25

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p, 15 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 2, 13 - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 19



- Chendra’s Journal pp. 25, 26 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

- Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons pp. 16 – 17


- Refrigerator Light p. 34


- The City of Ember pp. 11, 12, 13, 14 - Book Club books p. 19

• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Discovery of Fire pp. 2, 3 - Wacky Bridges p. 3

- Sea Jelly Handler p. 3

- The Game of Mancala pp. 1, 2 - Making the Game p. 3

context contributes to meaning


- Water Dance pp. 15 – 17 - Build Me A Castle pp. 22 – 23

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 2, 3 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 27

- Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 36 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13 - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 19, 22 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: pp. 66 -67 - Varjak Paw pp. 15 – 16, 17, 19, 22

- Poems to Set You Free: Later p. 30


• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Chendra’s Journal p. 25 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:


- Thrills Across The Board p. 32


the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 15 – 16, 18

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 3 - Our Class Podcast p. 3

- What Happens After You Flush? p. 3

figurative language, including similes, onomatopoeia, and alliteration, supports visualization


- Picture It p. 67

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance pp. 16 – 17, 18

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 22

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 28

• Strategy Guide: Inferring:

- Varjak Paw p. 18


• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Our Canada p. 39


- Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 14, 15, 16, 18, 20

- Floors pp. 16, 17, 28 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

- Go Make a Song p. 19 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- The Tree Woman p. 10 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Catch That Stomach p. 2

text features, including images, captions, tables of contents, headings, glossaries, sidebar menus, hyperlinks, or landmarks, contribute to understanding


- Water Dance pp. 15 – 16, 18 - Build Me A Castle p. 25 - Best Canadian Inventions p. 34

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 17 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 28, 29 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31

• Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 23 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native





- Lighthouse pp. 30, 31 - Refrigerator Light p. 34 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

- Book Club Groups p. 13 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- The Tree Woman p. 10 - Interrupted Journey p. 14

• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Discovery of Fire p. 2

- Wacky Bridges p. 2 - Little Li and the Golden Kites p. 2 - The Game of Mancala pp. 1, 2

- Maple Syrup – With Bells On! pp. 2, 3 - The Arctic Tundra Life on Top of the World p. 2 - What Happens After You Flush? p. 3 - The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits p. 3

- Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle p. 6 - Get Up And Go! p. 2


story elements, including setting, characters, plot, problem and teachings, morals, and values, can contribute to understanding


- Character Viewpoints pp. 65 – 66 - How to Respond to a Fiction Text pp. 171 – 172


- Build Me A Castle p. 23 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 19


American Year of Moons pp. 13, 14 – 17, 18


the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 16, 26


- Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts pp. 6, 7


- The Tree Woman p. 10


- Book Club Books p. 18 - The City of Embers p. 18 - The City of Embers and Ryan’s Well p. 26 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5

Procedural determine evidence to support personal • Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 36,


Knowledge interpretations

131

• Literacy Support Guide: p. 13 - Retell, Predict, Review pp. 69 – 70

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 17 - Build Me A Castle pp. 24 – 25

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 12, 23 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 2, 13

- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 22, 26 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31


• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Chendra’s Journal p. 25

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Refrigerator Light p. 34

• Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - The City of Ember p. 15

- Book Club Books pp. 20, 25


- The Discovery of Fire p. 2 - Making the Game p. 3

communicate how personal interpretations of texts are formed


pp. 13 – 15, 131 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16




- Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

- Varjak Paw p. 26 - Poems to Set You Free: Later p. 31 - Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March p. 36


- Chendra’s Journal pp. 25, 26 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant pp.

22, 25

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Refrigerator Light pp. 34, 35

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - The Fox Went Out p. 12 - Book Club Groups pp. 13, 14

apply strategies that support thinking processes


pp. 13 – 15, 131 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 14, 34 – 35, 184 - 193 - How to Use Reading Strategies to Read a Text pp.

163 – 164


• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 2, 3


• Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 7, 13, 47 - 48 - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 18, 22, 26

• Strategy Guide: Inferring p. 7 - Varjak Paw pp. 15 – 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 26

- Poems to Set You Free: Later pp. 30, 31 - Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March p. 36 - Poems to Set You Free: Zeke, An Old Farm Dog p.

41


- Postcard Mystery pp. 53, 54, 55, 56 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: p. 50 - 51

- Chendra’s Journal pp. 25, 26, 27 - Our Canada p. 36 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

- Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons pp. 14 – 18



- Zero’s Math Adventures p. 39 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing:

- Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

- Floors p. 14

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 46, 47

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Music for the End of Time pp. 6, 9

- Go Make a Song pp. 9, 10



- Alone Across the Arctic p. 9

- Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 11 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- Introducing the Theme: Owen and Mzee pp. 6 – 7 - The Tree Woman p. 10

- Interrupted Journey pp. 13, 14, 15, 16 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - Ryan’s Well pp. 7, 8, 9, 10 - The City of Ember pp. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,

19, 25



- The Discovery of Fire p. 2 - Wacky Bridges p. 2 - Sea Jelly Handler p. 3

- The Choice p. 2

- Little Li and the Golden Kites pp. 3, 4 - Picture It: Turning a Book into a Movie Script p. 2

- Puppy in Training p. 2 - Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 4

- Get Up And Go! p. 2 - Making the Game p. 3

make inferences and predictions about a

character’s motives, thoughts, and feelings with supporting evidence from text


- Retell, Predict, Review pp. 69 – 70 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:


• Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 2, 3, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25

Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 27, 28, 32

Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat pp. 35, 36, 37, 38, 44, 49


The Kite Fighters pp. 22, 26 • Strategy Guide: Inferring p. 11

Varjak Paw pp. 15 – 16, 18, 26

Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March p. 36

Poems to Set You Free: How Can You Change ‘Sleep’ Into ‘Dream’? pp. 48, 49

Postcard Mystery pp. 53, 54, 55, 56


Chendra’s Journal pp. 25, 26


Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons pp. 14, 15, 16, 17

Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant pp. 21, 22


Zero’s Math Adventures p. 23


Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24, 26

Floors pp. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Lighthouse p. 31

Game On: Video Games Pro and Con p. 46 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

Music for the End of Time p. 7

The Fox Went Out p. 12 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!


Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts pp. 6, 7



The Tree Woman p. 10 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

Ryan’s Well p. 7

The City of Ember pp. 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24

Book Club Books p. 20

My Reader Response: Retell, Predict, Review p. 50 • Guided Reading texts such as:


Squeak Twice for Yes p. 3

The Choice p. 2

Little Li and the Golden Kites p. 2

Maple Syrup – With Bells On! pp. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

Picture It: Turning a Book into a Movie Script p. 2

The Dragon Lords pp. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

Clever Manka pp. 2, 3

Science Fair pp. 2, 4

Spell It and Mean It! p. 2

Pocketful of Fur p. 7

The Zarg Rule p. 2

The Arctic Tundra Life on Top of the World pp. 2, 7

Catch That Stomach! pp. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle pp. 2, 4

You Do What For A Living? pp. 2, 3

Serf’s Up pp. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

Glaciers Rivers of Ice pp. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Making the Game pp. 4, 6

Discover Mongolia p. 2

explain visualizations that support the interpretation of text



Water Dance pp. 16, 18

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 21 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13

The Kite Fighters p. 16

• Strategy Guide: Inferring p. 11

Varjak Paw pp. 18, 24 – 25, 26

Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March pp. 35, 36

Poems to Set You Free: Zeke, An Old Farm Dog p. 42


Our Canada p. 389 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:

Thrills Across The Board p. 32



Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26


Lighthouse p. 31


Go Make a Song p. 19

synthesize how key events in a story relate to the resolution


Picture It p. 67


Water Dance p. 17

Build Me A Castle p. 25 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 23


Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 50 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

The Kite Fighters p. 28 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

Varjak Paw p. 24

Poems to Set You Free: Later p. 30

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing pp. 2, 3

Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 15, 21, 26 – 27


Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux Morts p. 8



The Tree Woman p. 10

Interrupted Journey pp. 15, 17

Book Club Books p. 15 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

The City of Ember pp. 15, 26 • Guided Reading texts such as:


Little Li and the Golden Kites p. 3

explain the relationship between the main idea and details in texts



Interviewing Characters pp. 71 – 72

Here Are the Facts pp. 101 – 102

How to Respond to a Non-fiction Text pp. 172 – 173


Water Dance pp. 17, 18


Killer Whales: Animal Predators p. 18


Our Canada p. 39 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing pp. 2, 3, 6, 7


Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 21, 26


The City of Embers p. 23

Book Club Books p. 23 • Guided Reading texts such as:

Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 5

explain how text features support personal interpretations of meaning



How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Text Organization and Features pp. 166 - 167



Best Canadian Inventions p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:

Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 28, 29


Varjak Paw p. 18


Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons p. 18


Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 19

Refrigerator Light p. 35 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

Interrupted Journey p. 12


The Arctic Tundra Life on Top of the World p. 2

Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle pp. 2, 5

Discover Mongolia pp. 5, 6

read an increasing variety of high-utility and

topic-specific words

• Literacy Support Guide p. 15 - How to Use Reading Strategies to Read a Text pp.

163 – 164

- How to Figure Out Unknown Words pp. 164 – 165 - How to Use Context Clues to Work Out Word

Meanings pp. 165 – 166 - Fluency Activities pp. 349 - 360

- Resource List of Word Recognition Strategies p. 362

- Resource List for Finding Word Meaning p. 362 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Build Me A Castle pp. 25, 26

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 35 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 29 - Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 39 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:



- Breaking Down Breakfast p. 40 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Poems to Set You Free: Later p. 31

- Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March p. 36

- Poems to Set You Free: Zeke, An Old Farm Dog p. 42


- Postcard Mystery p. 58


- Our Canada p. 41 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:



- Thrills Across The Board p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:

- Zero’s Math Adventures p. 36 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 31

- Refrigerator Light p. 34

- Game On: Video Games Pro and Con p. 49

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Go Make a Song p. 18

- The Fox Went Out pp. 12, 19


- Alone Across the Arctic p. 9 - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 18

• Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - The Tree Woman p. 20

- Make Some New Friends . . . p. 23 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

- Ryan’s Well p. 30 - What Kind of Volunteer Are You? p. 33

• Any Guided Reading texts such as:

- The Discovery of Fire p. 2 - The Game of Mancala p. 4 - A Dusty Life p. 6 - The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits p. 4

- Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 6



Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide • Curriculum Document diagrams Strategy Unit Guides

Literacy Personal Insight

Task Analysis

Background Knowledge Vocabulary

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Guided Reading lesson introductions

All Strategy Unit Guides


Text Organization



Guiding Questions

How can considering audience and purpose shape communication of our feelings, ideas, experiences, and information?

Learning Outcomes

Students create texts for a specific audience and purpose.


drawing on feelings, ideas, personal experiences, information, and diverse texts supports the crafting of texts for a variety of purposes

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 13 – 15, 45, 67, 135, 141, 154, 163 – 178

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19 - Doing Research pp. 73 – 74

- Pack Up Your Story pp. 83 – 84 - Brainstorming Categories and Topics pp. 222 -

224

- Making a Personal Topic List pp. 224 – 225 - Using Personal Experiences p. 226

- Using Fiction Texts for Ideas pp. 229 – 230 - Using Non-Fiction Texts for Ideas pp. 230 – 231

- Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp. 231 – 232 - Researching Ideas: Using Other Media Sources pp.

232 – 233

- Using Several Sources for Research pp. 233 - 234

- Writing a Letter pp. 264 – 265 - Changing to a Letter Form pp. 280 – 281

• Professional Support DVD: Moving Up with Literacy Place 4 – 6: Writing: Text Type Studies and More


- Water Dance p. 19


- Best Canadian Inventions p. 35 - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 44

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 24 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 29, 30

- Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 42 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale –

Pourquoi Tale pp. 51, 52

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13 - The Kite Fighters pp. 26, 28

- Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 34 - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 49 –

50

• Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 28 - Poems to Set You Free: Later p. 33

- Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March pp. 35 – 36

- Poems to Set You Free: Zeke, An Old Farm Dog p.


45


- Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication – Postcards pp. 68 – 72

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Killer Whales: Animal Predators pp. 20. 21 - Chendra’s Journal pp. 27, 30 – 31

- Our Canada pp. 40, 42 - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 52 –

58





- Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and Contrast – Report pp. 44 – 52

• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s

Baseball Dream p. 20

- Zero’s Math Adventures p. 37 - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative – Realistic

Fiction pp. 45 – 52



- Floors p. 28 - Lighthouse p. 32

- Firefly p. 44 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems pp. 59 -65


- The Fox Went Out p. 12 - Book Club Groups p. 16 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

- Introducing the Theme pp. 8 – 9 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure pp. 21 – 27


- Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

- Final Project: Making a Poster p. 28 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Discovery of Fire p. 4

- Wacky Bridges p. 4

- Extreme Sports: Too Dangerous for Kids? p. 4 - Sea Jelly Handler p. 4 - Squeak Twice for Yes p. 4


- Little Li and the Golden Kites p. 4 - Rap X 3 p. 8 - The Game of Mancala p. 4


- Picture It: Turning a Book into a Movie Script p. 8 - The Dragon Lords p. 8

- Puppy in Training pp. 3, 4 - Clever Manka p. 3

- Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend pp. 6, 7 - A Dusty Life p. 7 - Spell It and Mean It! p. 4

- The Zarg Rule pp. 6, 7, 8 - What Happens After You Flush? p. 4 - The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits p. 7

- Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle p. 7

- You Do What For A Living? p. 3

- Serf’s Up p. 8 - Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 8 - Get Up And Go! p. 4

- Kids in Canada p. 8 - Canadian Owl Guide p. 7

- Trickster Tales p. 8 - Making the Game p. 8

- Geocaching Treasure Hunting Around the Globe p. 4


the writing process is a cycle that can be individualized

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 45, 67, 141, 142 – 149, 154, 163 – 178

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 21 – 24 - Doing Research pp. 73 – 74

- How to Take Notes When Reading pp. 155 – 156

- Other Ways to Record Your Ideas When Reading p. 156

- Brainstorming Categories and Topics pp. 222 – 224

- Narrowing Down a Topic pp. 225 - 226 - Redrafting When You Change Your Mind pp. 250 –

251

- Writing a Descriptive Paragraph p. 256 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural pp. 44, 45, 46


- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 30, 33

- Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale – Pourquoi Tale pp. 51 – 57

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 49 –

57



- Varjak Paw p. 28 - Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March p. 36 - Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication

– Postcards pp. 68 – 72

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 52 –

58


Report pp. 44 – 52

• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative – Realistic

Fiction pp. 45 – 52


- Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction – Adventure pp. 21 - 27

story elements, literary techniques, text forms, and text features can be selected to create desired effects for the audience

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp.

154 – 155, 163, 165

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19 - Using a Graphic Organizer (Pourquoi Tale) pp. 239

-241

- Fiction Organizer p. 386 - Traditional Fiction Organizer p. 387 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 24

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 29, 30 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale –

Pourquoi Tale p. 51


- The Kite Fighters p. 28

• Strategy Guide: Inferring - Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication

– Postcards pp. 68 – 72


Fiction p. 46

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 32 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems pp. 59 -65

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure p. 22


- Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - Final Project: Making a Poster p. 28

the order and organization of words, • Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp.


sentences, paragraphs, and images contribute to and affect the message

146 – 147, 154

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19, 22 – 23 - Staying on Topic p. 249 – 250

- Writing a Good Conclusion p. 263

- Making Sentences More Interesting pp. 278 – 279 - Including Visual Features pp. 303 – 304

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 45 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 52 – 58



• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 32

Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete Poems p. 59

revising is an ongoing process that provides clarity to and interest in texts

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp.

141, 146 – 147, 156

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 22 – 23 - Giving Details pp. 261 – 262

- Using Signal Words pp. 262 - 263 - Rereading and Questioning Your Ideas pp. 265 –

266

- Rereading to Listen to Sentence Fluency pp. 266 – 267

- Building a Revising Checklist p. 267

- Using a Revising Checklist pp. 268 – 270 - Adding Ideas pp. 271 – 272 - Deleting Ideas pp. 272 – 273

- Changing Word Choices pp. 273 – 275

- Changing the Order of Ideas pp. 275 – 276

- Connecting Ideas: Joining Sentences p. 276 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural pp. 48, 49, 51


- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 53 • Strategy Guide: Inferring - Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication

– Postcards p. 71


- Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 54 – 55





- Text-Types Writing study: Narrative – Realistic Fiction pp. 48 – 49


- Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete Poems p. 61

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure p. 24

editing is an ongoing process that helps to communicate ideas more clearly



- Rereading to Check for One Item pp. 281 – 282 - Building an Editing Checklist pp. 283 – 284 - Using an Editing Checklist pp. 284 – 286 - Options for End Punctuation p. 287

- Check Spelling pp. 287 – 288 - Using a Dictionary to Check Spellings pp. 288 –

289

- Using Quotation Marks in Dialogue p. 290 - Using Possessives p. 291

- Using Commas pp. 291 – 293 - Using Abbreviations pp. 293 – 294

- Using Contractions p. 294 - Subject and Verb Agreement p. 295 - Lists of Spelling Patterns pp. 380 – 384

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural pp. 49, 52

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 53 –

54

• Strategy Guide: Inferring - Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication

– Postcards p. 71

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal p. 55 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:



Fiction p. 49



• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure

Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction – Adventure p. 24

Procedural choose the text form by considering • Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6


Knowledge audience and purpose, including to inform, persuade, inspire, or entertain

pp. 13 – 15, 16 – 17, 45, 67, 144, 154, 156, 165 – 168, 173 - 178


- Brainstorming Categories and Topics p. 222 - Using Fiction Texts for Ideas pp. 229 – 230 - Using Non-Fiction Texts for Ideas pp. 230 – 231

- Planning a Descriptive Paragraph pp. 241 – 243 - Planning to Write a Letter p. 244

- Changing to a Letter Form pp. 280 – 281 - Considering Possible Presentation Formats pp.

295 – 296

• Professional Support DVD: Writing: Text Type Studies and More

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Best Canadian Inventions p. 35

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural pp. 50, 51


- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 30, 33

- Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 42 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale –

Pourquoi Tale pp. 51, 52, 55


- The Kite Fighters p. 28


- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 55 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

- Varjak Paw p. 28

- Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March pp. 35 – 36

- Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication – Postcards pp. 68 - 72


- Killer Whales: Animal Predators pp. 20, 21 - Chendra’s Journal pp. 27, 30 – 31

- Our Canada pp. 40, 42 - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 56 –

57






• Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures p. 37 - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative – Realistic

Fiction p. 50




- Lighthouse p. 32


• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - The Fox Went Out p. 12

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure p. 25

• Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!

- Final Project: Making a Poster p. 28 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Spell It and Mean It! p. 4


apply a variety of strategies for generating, organizing, and recording ideas

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 45, 67, 143 – 146, 154, 156, 164, 168 – 171

• Literacy Support Guide: pp. 16 – 19, 21 – 22

- Comic Strip pp. 89 – 90 - How to Take Notes When Reading pp. 155 – 156

- Interviewing pp. 227 – 228 - Researching Ideas: Polling Opinions pp. 228 - 229 - Using Non-Fiction Texts for Ideas pp. 230 – 231

- Planning a Descriptive Paragraph pp. 241 – 243 - Converting a Plan into a First Draft p. 245

- Changing Jot Notes into Sentences pp. 245 – 246

- Changing Poll Results into a Report pp. 246 – 248 - Drafting an Interview pp. 248 – 249 - Writing a Reader Response: Using the

Comprehension Spinners pp. 252 – 255

- Writing a Reader Response: Using a Reader Response Activity pp. 255 – 256

- Writing a Descriptive Paragraph p. 256 - Writing a Good Conclusion p. 263 - Using Quotation Marks in Dialogue p. 290 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 35

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural pp. 50, 51 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:


- Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale – Pourquoi Tale pp. 52, 55, 59


- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 55 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

- Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March pp. 35


– 36

- Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication – Postcards pp. 68 – 72

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 14, 22

- Killer Whales: Animal Predators pp. 20, 21 - Chendra’s Journal pp. 27, 30 – 31 - Our Canada pp. 36, 40


Report pp. 49, 54




- Lighthouse p. 32 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 59



- Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction – Adventure p. 25

• Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Introducing the Theme: Owen and Mzee pp. 8 – 9

- Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19

apply an increasing variety of descriptive and topic-specific vocabulary depending on purpose

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 155 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19, 22 – 23

- Thinking About Word Choice pp. 258 – 259

- Giving Details pp. 261 – 262

- Using Signal Words pp. 262 – 263 - Changing Word Choices pp. 273 – 275

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 51


- The Kite Fighters p. 28 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 32 - Firefly p. 44

apply literary techniques being explored, including onomatopoeia, alliteration, similes, descriptive words, and rhymes that enhance effect

• Literacy Support Guide: - Thinking About Word Choice pp. 258 – 259



create stories with elements, including setting, characters, and plot, or elements that may reflect different cultures or

authors’ styles



- Using a Graphic Organizer (Pourquoi Tale) pp. 239


- 241

- Fiction Organizer p. 386 - Traditional Fiction Organizer p. 387

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 30 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale –




Fiction p. 50 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing:

- Lighthouse p. 32 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 63


- Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction – Adventure pp. 25, 29

choose text features, including images, captions, labels, tables of contents, headings, glossaries, layout, or hyperlinks, appropriate to audience and purpose

• Literacy Support Guide: pp. 16 – 19, 25

- Famous Abstract Artist pp. 87 – 88 - Using Non-Fiction Texts for Ideas pp. 230 – 231 - Including Visual Features (Timelines) p. 277

- Making the Finished Product Visually Appealing pp. 296 – 297

- Creating a Table of Contents pp. 299 – 300

- Creating an About the Author Biography pp. 300 – 301

- Making an Index pp. 301 – 302

- Including Visual Features pp. 303 – 304

- Creating a Glossary p. 304

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Best Canadian Inventions p. 35

- Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 51


- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 27, 30 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 55 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 56, 60


- Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and Contrast – Report pp. 47, 50

handwrite legibly with increasing fluency, with or without digital tools

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 p. 141 • Literacy Support Guide p. 24 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It!


- Final Project: Making a Poster p. 28

use keyboarding skills to create and revise texts, using features within digital tools to format texts

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 179 - 183

adapt personal voice where appropriate, considering audience


• Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19 - Developing Voice pp. 259 – 260 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:


• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Our Canada p. 42

write a variety of sentences that vary in length and complexity



- Starting With a Good Lead Sentence pp. 251 – 252

- Sequencing and Linking Ideas pp. 260 – 261

- Connecting Ideas: Joining Sentences p. 276

- Connecting Ideas: Between Paragraphs pp. 277 - 278

revise texts to ensure a logical progression of ideas and information and to add interest

Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 146 – 147, 156


- Rereading and Questioning Your Ideas pp. 265 – 266

- Rereading to Listen to Sentence Fluency pp. 266 – 267

- Building a Revising Checklist p. 267 - Using a Revising Checklist pp. 268 – 270

- Adding Ideas pp. 271 – 272 - Deleting Ideas pp. 272 – 273

- Changing Word Choices pp. 273 – 275

- Changing the Order of Ideas pp. 275 – 276 - Connecting Ideas: Joining Sentences p. 276

- Including Visual Features (Timelines) p. 277 - Connecting Ideas: Between Paragraphs pp. 277 –

278 - Making Sentences More Interesting pp. 278 - 279


• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale –

Pourquoi Tale pp. 53, 56, 60

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 56 • Strategy Guide: Inferring - Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication

– Postcards p. 71


• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 57,

61


Report pp. 50 – 51






Adventure p. 26 -

write with commas after introductory words and consistently apply capital letters, end punctuation, and correct spelling


• Literacy Support Guide pp. 23, 25, 26 - Making Sentences More Interesting pp. 278 – 279

- Rereading to Check for One Item pp. 281 – 283

- Building an Editing Checklist pp. 283 - 284

- Options for End Punctuation p. 287 - Using Commas pp. 291 - 293 • Strategy Guide: Predicting:

- Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale – Pourquoi Tale pp. 54, 60


- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 56 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp. 57, 59, 61




Adventure p. 25

apply a variety of strategies to accurately spell words

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 16 – 17, 148, 156

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 23, 25 - Using the Word Resource Wall or Personal Word

Resource Books pp. 257 – 258 - Rereading to Check for One Item pp. 281 – 282

- Building an Editing Checklist pp. 283 – 284 - Using an Editing Checklist pp. 284 – 286 - Check Spelling pp. 287 – 288

- Using a Dictionary to Check Spellings pp. 288 – 289


- Using Possessives p. 291 - How Does This Word Resource Wall Word Help

Me? pp. 341 – 342

- I Can Fold It! pp. 342 – 343 - Possessive of Nouns (not ending in ‘s’) pp. 345-

346

- Possessives or Contractions? pp. 346 – 347

- Resource List of Spelling Strategies p. 361 - Lists of Spelling Patterns pp. 380 – 384


• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale –



- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 56

• Strategy Guide: Inferring

- Text-Type Writing Study: Personal Communication – Postcards p. 71

• Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal p. 57 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections:





- Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction – Adventure pp. 24, 26


Creativity and Innovation

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Curriculum Document diagrams


Task Analysis

Conventions

Vocabulary

Clarity : Audience

Intent

Modes and Media


• Literacy Support Guide pp. 27 – 28 • Strategy Unit Guides • Book Club Guides

• Guided Reading lessons

Numeracy Patterns and Relationships

Management of Space

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide

Guiding Questions

How can refining the inquiry process help me manage information from texts and shape my understanding?


Learning Outcomes

Students apply and refine an inquiry process that satisfies and encourages curiosity about a chosen topic in the construction and expression of meaning.


the inquiry process helps manage information and shape understandings about a chosen topic

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 p. 84 - Using Computers for Research pp. 181 - 182

• Literacy Support Guide: pp. 49 – 50 - Doing Research pp. 73 – 74

- Using Several Sources for Research pp. 233 - 234 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:


inquiry is a process that can be influenced by choices

• Literacy Support Guide: pp. 49 – 50

- Doing Research pp. 73 – 74 - Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp. 231 - 232



information can be ranked, sorted, and validated when consulting a variety of sources, including people, land, books, or digital texts

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 181 - 182 • Literacy Support Guide:

- Study Guide Project pp. 49 – 50 - How to Take Notes When Reading pp. 155 – 156

- Other Ways to Record Your Ideas When Reading p. 156

- How to Read a Longer Non-fiction Book With Chapters pp.159 - 160

- How to Find Information in Non-fiction Texts pp. 160 – 162

- How to Use Non-fiction Text Features to Find Information pp. 161 - 162

- How to Use Text Features to Aid Comprehension pp. 162 -163

- Researching Ideas: Polling Opinions pp. 228 – 229 - Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp. 231 - 232 - Organizing Research for a Report p. 239



information can be relevant and irrelevant, reliable and unreliable


- 182 • Literacy Support Guide:

- Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp.231 – 232 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 52


ask questions to focus inquiry about a chosen topic

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 181 - 182

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 51


choose topics and sources to focus inquiry based on preference or purpose

• Literacy Support Guide: - Study Guide Project pp. 49 – 50 - Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp. 231 - 232


- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 50 - 52

generate appropriate categories to sort information

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 181 - 182 • Literacy Support Guide:

- Study Guide Project pp. 49 – 50 - Organizing Research for a Report p. 239

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp. 50 -

52

explore ways to determine relevance and reliability of information related to a chosen topic


– 182


- Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp. 231 - 232



connect background knowledge and new ideas to a chosen topic


- 182 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:


apply a variety of skills when navigating digital texts and other texts


- 182

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 52

• Literacy Support Guide: - Researching Ideas: Using a Website: pp. 231 - 232 - Researching Ideas: Using Other Media Sources

pp. 232 – 233

- Using Several Sources for Research pp. 233 – 234

summarize main ideas in a variety of ways, including pictures, words, and complete sentences

• Literacy Support Guide: pp. 16 - 26 - Doing Research pp. 73 – 74 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 18


- Killer Whales: Animal Predators p. 18

reflect on strengths and areas for improvement to adjust an inquiry process








Literacy Purpose

Personal Insight

Task Analysis

Develop Questions Access

Evaluate


Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Strategy Unit Guides

Book Club Guides

Numeracy Organization of Data Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Strategy Unit Guides

Guiding Questions

How do we acknowledge creators of texts in an ethical way?

Learning Outcomes

Students demonstrate ethical ways to acknowledge creators of texts.


laws dictate how sources of information and ideas are credited

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 21, 22 - Doing Research p. 74 - Crediting Sources pp. 234 - 235

people must be asked permission to have their name used and image recorded in some contexts


- 183 • Guided Reading texts such as:

Our Class Podcast text page 10

images and other sources of information must be credited

• Literacy Support Guide: - Doing Research p. 74

- Crediting Sources pp. 234 – 235 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- Our Class Podcast text page 10

credit is given to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit

knowledge and teachings by referencing

sources


- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native



acknowledge sources in alphabetical order


- Crediting Sources pp. 234 - 235

explore criteria to examine trustworthy sources

• Program and Planning Guide:

Using Computers for Research p. 181

recognize when copyright laws apply to texts

Literacy Support Guide:

Crediting Sources pp. 234 – 235 Organizing Research for a Report p. 23

explain why permission is needed when recording images of another person, in certain contexts


Crediting Sources pp. 234 - 235

• Guided Reading texts such as: Our Class Podcast text page 10

paraphrase ideas from trustworthy sources

Literacy Support Guide p. 22

Using Several Sources for Research pp. 233 - 234


Organizing Jot Notes pp. 237 - 238

respect First Nations, Métis, and Inuit protocols in appropriate contexts

Competencies Managing Information

Communication

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Strategy Unit Guides Book Club Guides • Curriculum Document diagrams

Literacy Ethical Use


Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide


Guiding Questions

How can my language influence myself and one another?

Learning

Outcomes Students explain how language has the power to influence themselves and one another.


language can influence oneself and one another in positive and negative ways

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10 - Value Line p. 46

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Canada’s Ice Hotel pp. 31, 35 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing:

- Floors p. 23 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue


individuals are responsible for the language they use

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 p. 36

an individual’s voice can have influence




• Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . pp. 18, 19



a united voice can be persuasive • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 35 • Guided Reading texts such as:



analyze how tone, volume, word choice, or emphasis can be used to influence


- Book Talk p. 37

- Say it Like the Character p. 357 - Express an Emotion (follow-up to ‘Say it Like the

Character’) pp. 357 – 358


describe how persuasion can be used as a technique to influence


- Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 35 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing:


- Game On: Video Games Pro and Con p. 46 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . pp. 18, 19

describe the effects that language has on oneself and one another

Strategy Guide: Evaluating:

Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31

explore the influence of united voices

Competencies Managing Information

Personal Growth and Well-being

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Strategy Unit Guides • Curriculum Document diagrams

Literacy Participation

Clarity

Intent

Audience




Developing and affirming identity contributes to well-being and understandings of self and one another.

Guiding Questions

What habits can I confidently demonstrate to achieve my literacy goals and support my enjoyment of and engagement with a variety of texts?

Learning Outcomes

Students demonstrate the use of strategies that support enjoyment of and engagement and perseverance with a variety of texts.


text choices can vary based on preference, purpose, and goals when reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, or representing



- Book Talk p. 37

- Making a Book Recommendation pp. 77 – 78

- My Opinion pp. 79 – 80 - Map It! p. 91 - New Best Seller p. 92

- Back Blurb pp. 95 – 96

- Newspaper Article pp. 97 – 98 - Book Talk pp. 113 – 114 - How to Find Appropriate Books p. 150

- How to Keep a Reading Log pp. 150 - 151 - How to use One Book to Choose Another pp. 151 -

152

- How to Know When Not to Finish a Book pp.152 – 153

- How to Broaden Your Range in Reading Different Types of Books pp. 153 - 154

- How to Read a Sequel or Series pp. 158 - 159 - How to Find Information in Non-fiction Texts pp.


160 – 161

• Professional Support DVD: Independent Reading: Using Everything You Know

literacy involves the ability to confidently use a variety of strategies to persevere when engaging with texts


• Literacy Support Guide pp. 11 – 12, 37 - How to Keep a Reading Log pp. 150 – 151 - How to Know When Not to Finish a Book pp. 152 -

153

being literate supports participation in local and global communities

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 p. 133 • Literacy Support Guide: - How to Share What You Have Read: Book Buzzes

pp. 173 – 174

- How to Share What You Have Read: Book Conversations pp. 174 – 175

- How to Share What You Have Read: Recommendations pp. 175 – 176

- How to Organize and Run an Independent Book Club p. 169

- Using a Response Organizer for Independent Book Club Discussions p. 170


choose challenging texts and apply strategies that support perseverance


• Literacy Support Guide pp. 11 – 12 - How to Keep a Reading Log pp. 150 – 151

- How to Broaden Your Range in Reading Different Types of Books pp. 153 - 154

set goals that support perseverance, enjoyment, and engagement when interacting with texts

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 119, 120, 133


Making a Book Recommendation pp. 77 – 78

My Reader Response Assessment p. 119

How to Keep a Reading Log pp. 150 – 151

reflect on strategies that support self- confidence, engagement, and enjoyment

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 120, 134, 135

• Literacy Support Guide: p. 35

My Reader Response Assessment p. 119

follow routines that support enjoyment of and engagement and perseverance with texts



- My Reader Response Assessment p. 119

How to Keep a Reading Log pp. 150 – 151

recognize that literacy skills support participation in local and global communities


How to Share What You Have Read: Book Buzzes pp. 173 – 174

How to Share What You Have Read: Book Conversations pp. 174 – 175

How to Share What You Have Read: Recommendations pp. 175 – 176

How to Organize and Run an Independent Book


Club p. 169

Competencies Personal Growth and Well-being




Personal Insight



Guiding Questions

How can engaging with diverse texts expand an understanding of self and one another?

Learning Outcomes

Students explain connections between personal experiences, one another, and diverse texts that develop an awareness of identity.


unique stories of self, home, family, community, and culture contribute to identity




- The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 20, 26 • Guided Reading texts such as:


an awareness of self and one another can be expanded by exploring diverse texts

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 23, 24

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 29 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 4

- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 18, 20, 26 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

- Varjak Paw p. 26 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:



- Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5 - Science Fair text and p. 6

diversity can strengthen an understanding of identity

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 27 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 26

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5

identity develops over time • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 20, 26


explain how experiences of self, home, family, community, or culture influence identity

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 20


investigate how experiences with diverse texts and one another can expand an awareness of identity


The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 18, 20, 26 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:

Varjak Paw p. 26 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:

Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 19


Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5 explore identity through engagement with and

creation of texts

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 23, 24


Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale – Pourquoi Tale p. 60


The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 20, 26, 27


Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5 Science Fair text and p. 7

Competencies Personal Growth and Well-being Communication


Literacy Background Knowledge

Clarity

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide • Guided Reading Lesson introductions



Analyzing diverse worldviews and experiences fosters our ability and willingness to live well together.

Guiding Questions

How can engaging with diverse texts help us build an understanding of different perspectives?

Learning Outcomes

Students examine a variety of perspectives found in diverse texts.


a perspective is a particular way of viewing something


- Four Corners p. 38 - Group Anticipation Guide p. 39 - Value Line p. 46

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 23 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 4, 43

- The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 21, 22 – 23, 24, 26, 27 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31


- Varjak Paw pp. 21, 26 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:

- Chendra’s Journal p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:

- Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/particular

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/viewing



• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 46, 49,

52

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - The Fox Went Out p. 12 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue

- Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- The Choice p. 2 - Spell It and Mean It! pp. 3, 4

everyone has a perspective that is shaped by personal experiences and interactions with one another


- Four Corners p. 38 - Value Line p. 46 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 23


• Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 4, 43 - The Kite Fighters pp. 21, 22 – 23, 24, 26, 27


- Varjak Paw pp. 21, 26

• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Choice p. 2

- Spell It and Mean It! p.4

perspective taking is seeing a view other than your own

• Literacy Support Guide: - Value Line p. 46

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 23 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 4, 5, 43

- The Kite Fighters pp. 21, 22 – 23, 24, 26


- Varjak Paw p. 21 • Guided Reading texts such as:

- The Choice p. 2


connect personal perspectives to those found in diverse texts



- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 18, 21, 22 – 23, 24, 26, 27

- Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw pp. 21, 26 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:




- Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 47, 52 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue



• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Choice p. 2 - Science Fair p. 7

- Pocketful of Fur p.2

explore and reflect upon the feelings and actions of characters who have different perspectives (empathy)


- The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 18, 21, 22 – 23, 24, 26, 27






- Ryan’s Well p. 8

• Guided Reading texts such as: - The Choice p. 2


Communication


Strategy Unit Guides

Book Club Guides


Literacy Evaluate

Background Knowledge

Vocabulary



Guided Reading Lesson introduction



Exploring connections strengthens our

understandings of relationships to help us make

meaning of the world.

Guiding Questions

How can an awareness of language influence thought?

Learning Outcomes

Students connect and explain how language influences thought.


language can influence thought


- The Kite Fighters pp. 20, 22 – 23, 24, 26 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31



- Floors p. 23

- Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 46, 48 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19

perceptions of oneself and one another are influenced by language

Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 20, 22 – 23, 26



when personal experiences change, language and thought can change

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 22 – 23, 26


explain how language changes when one thinks about their thinking


- The Kite Fighters pp. 20, 26

connect how language used can affect perceptions of self and one another


- The Kite Fighters pp. 22 – 23 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors p. 23

reflect on how language can influence the thinking of self and one another

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 22 – 23, 24 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors p. 13


Communication

Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide • Curriculum Document diagrams


Background Knowledge

Clarity


Guided Reading Lesson introductions


Guiding Questions

How can texts be used to demonstrate how kinship fosters a sense of belonging for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit?

Learning Outcomes

Students examine various texts that explain how kinship fosters belonging in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.


kinship involves supporting one another • Guided Reading texts such as: - Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend tex

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit texts can include teachings that demonstrate how to build a sense of belonging


kinship is connected to a sense of belonging • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

- Best Canadian Inventions p. 33 and text p. 1


recognize how diverse texts reveal the ways First Nations, Métis, and Inuit families and communities support belonging

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Best Canadian Inventions p. 33 and text p. 1


- Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend text

make connections between personal experiences and stories about belonging






describe different ways to support belonging within communities


Cultural and Global Citizenship




Literacy Background Knowledge

Vocabulary Comprehension Strategies

Clarity

Guided Reading lesson introductions Program and Planning Guide Literacy Support Guide


Guiding Questions How can language be used to enhance relationships?

Learning Outcomes

Students apply knowledge of how language and actions foster collaboration.


respectful language can strengthen relationships within a group

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 125 • Literacy Support Guide:

- Listening to and Learning from My Peers p. 41


- The Fox Went Out p. 12 - My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 35 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure!

- My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 41

having specific roles and responsibilities can foster collaboration toward a common goal



- Carousel pp. 37 - 38

- Study Guide Project pp. 49 – 51


- Build Me a Castle p. 24 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Poems to Set You Free: Afternoon in March p. 35

• Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thrills Across The Board p. 32

• Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Alone Across the Arctic p. 9


- Science Fair text and p. 6


interpret how relationships in text are enhanced through collaboration


- Science Fair text and p. 6


-

recognize and encourage each person’s contributions toward a common goal



Placemat p. 42

Brainstorming p. 47 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing:

Build Me a Castle p. 24


My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 35




Science Fair text and p. 6

demonstrate responsibility for a role when collaborating with one another to achieve a common goal

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 125 • Literacy Support Guide:

Brainstorming p. 47

Study Guide Project pp. 49 – 51 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

My Final Project: Create a Band p. 39


Alone Across the Arctic p. 9


My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 41


Science Fair text and pp. 6, 7

create criteria to self-assess own role in collaboration

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 130 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music

My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 35 Final Project and Sharing Day p. 17

Competencies Collaboration

Communication



Book Club Guides



Personal Insight




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