TERM Three 2014 - Updated June 23rd

LEVEL 3

GRADE4 TEAM

TERM OVERVIEW (UNIT) – ‘What’s the Matter?’

INTEGRATED CURRICULUM
Inquiry stages
Week Beginning
Science@Apollo blog has all the resources.
Holiday homework Task:
Six items to observe changes at home with grid.
Due at the end of week one as an engaging activity. / ENGLISH –
Narratives – including Creative writing and poetry.
CARS strategies: CI, CE, SM
Reading - Link Multiple boxed Factual / information texts that we have in Grade 4:
How to make crystals.
Matter matters.
Amazing atoms.
Rocks and minerals.
Clouds.
Science topic books and reading scientific reports.
Spelling – Oxford word lists
1-404 wordlists to be integrated.
Visual Texts – BTN episodes related to science in general. / MATHEMATICS
See details on maths planner – thanks Quent for your pre planning here. / SPECIAL EVENTS
WE NEED TO ALSO FACTOR IN CREATION OF OUR IDVD FROM ANIMATIONS – planning to use copies finished at grade level as checked with Tim and they are much the same as sent.
Let’s get it done this term coming so term 4 is open for camp DVD only.
14/7/14
Week 1
IMMERSION – ENGAGE
Looking at Science words, understandings – discussion of meanings.
L1.What’s the matter? – Mysterious Matters – us – definitions of solids, liquids and gases.
L2. Change Detectives - Mess Scene Investigation – J
Two days of this and leave it set up.
Regular Time slots for science –
Monday 11.10 4O, Tuesday 1.50 4G (not Lydia’s second wk), Thursday 1.50 4K and Friday 11.10 4J. / Visual Texts – BTN
Spelling homework – science words and introduce the new spelling lists and continue HULK chart booklet T1.
Ology – words and types of scientists eg geology etc. and what they do.
Solids, liquids and gases – Primary Science p43.
STARS strategies - CI.
Writing, grammar, punctuation conventions at point of grade need weekly. / See detailed maths planner:
Wednesday pm Rotations. / ITV scientist powerpoint in the afternoon.
Melting Moments - Homework activity based on ‘heat’ and it’s effects on solids, liquids and gases.
Change - Science sessions with Justine –MS
Tuesday15th(4K 9.00, 4J11.10, 1.50 4G and 9.00 4O)
Wednesday 16th
21/7/14
week 2 - ENGAGE
BRAINSTORM - What do I know about?
Sciences – u-tube video from ‘Ellen’ on culloids – scientist Spranger?
L1.What’s the matter? - See how they run! Looking at liquids – own grade
L2. What’s the matter? – See how they run! – Runny races – own grade
L3.What’s the matter? – Solid states - Justine / Visual Texts – BTN
ICAS – English Revision
Monash topic words - chemistry.
Reading - Changing States – Primary Science page 50.
Scientific report writing – PROE on our experiments.
STARS – CI
Writing, grammar, punctuation conventions at point of grade need weekly. / See detailed maths planner: / Review of the homework from the holidays on changes.
Homework – Leaking Lollies
28/714– Rotation Week 1 (Activities 1-5)
week 3 -EXPLORE
BIG QUESTIONS - what do I want to find out?
L1.What’s the matter? – What a gas! - Pamela
L2.Change detectives – Purely physical – Mostly melting - Lea
L3.Change Detectives – Purely physical – Playing particles– Jaden
Justine’s common time for Change Detectives – Slippery Solutions AND everyone teaches own lesson in own time to suit own timetable – Thursday 1.50.
Friday pm – 2nd rotation
In groups of 3 with iPads, take photos with iPad – produce a keynote/powerpoint presentation adding a page as you go through the term. / Visual Texts – BTN
ICAS – English
What is a scientific report and experimental technique.
Brainstorm the kinds of experiments we might show for our animations.
Scientific report writing – PROE on our experiments.
STARS – CE
Writing, grammar, punctuation conventions at point of grade need weekly. / See detailed maths planner: / Homework -Guesome Goo
PrimeSCI – wk 1
Crystal Chemistry Tuesday 29th community centre as per TT
ICAS English – 29th
Rotations x2 – own grade and common time of Friday pm.
4/8/14 - Rotation Week 2

week 4 - EXPLORE

SHARED EXPERIENCES
L1.Change Detectives – Purely physical –
Evocative evaporation – Quent
L2. Change Detectives – Slippery solutions – Justine’s session.Delightful Dissolving–
Friday 11.10 Rotation 3 and 1.50 pm rotation. / Visual Texts – BTN
Poetry – Five Ws
CARS – CE
Scientific report writing – PROE on our experiments.
Monash Science Centre – solids, liquids and gases.
Writing, grammar, punctuation conventions at point of grade need weekly.
Thank you letters to Lydia. / See detailed maths planner: / PrimSci wk 2 – Plastic FantasticTuesday 5th
Homework – Amazing Detergent
Science
Rotations –
2 sessions –11.10 and 1.50 Friday.

11/8/14

week 5 - EXPLORE

CREATE IT! Sorting out activities.
ALL GRADES BEGIN BRAINSTORMING EXPERIMENTS AND PLANNING FOR ANIMATIONS.
Animations Information – Grade 4 server – Animations – ready for 2013 (planning docs for story boards).
L1 Change Detetectives – Gas Bags – just us.
L2. Change Detectives – Candle Capers–2 teachers. Timetable for Justine to be negotiated. / Visual Texts – BTN
CARS – SM
Poetry – Exposure to Haiku – 2 weeks.
Monash Science Centre – solids, liquids and gases – amazing chemical word find.
Let’s figure it out – Monash matching activity – great for creating headings for paragraphs.
Language based on terms – reversible change etc. Reversible and irreversible change.
Scientific report writing – PROE on our experiments.
Writing, grammar, punctuation conventions at point of grade need weekly. / See detailed maths planner:
ICAS Revision / Homework – Mystery Substances.
ICAS Maths – day Tuesday 12th of August
18/8/14
week 6 - EXPLAIN
CREATE IT! Sorting out activities.
Growing a magic garden of crystals?
L1. Change Detectives – Classifying changes – Justine.
L2. What’s the matter? – Sort it out - us / Visual Texts – BTN
CARS – SM
Poetry – Spoonerisms and puns.
Story boards and planning for animation experiments.
Primary Science changes activity 1 – reversible and irreversible change.
Crystal Chemistry bingo cards.
Poetry – Exposure to Rhyming couplets/limericks.
Let’s figure it out – Crystal Chemistry – Monash Science
Crystals words. The amazing crystal word find.
The a-z of crystal chemistry for science booklets.
Writing, grammar, punctuation conventions at point of grade need weekly. / See detailed maths planner: / Homework – Burning the candle.
25/8/14
week 7 - ELABORATE
CREATE IT! Sorting out activities.
L1. Change Detectives – Fizz Whiz – using inquiry planner - Justine / CARS – as required.
Visual Texts – BTN
Creative writing – Story starters.
Scientific report writing – PROE on our experiments.
Term reflections on science.
Monash Science Centre – Crystal Chemistry. / See detailed maths planner: / PRODUCTION WEEK!
1/9/14
week 8 – EVALUATEShare your work – WOW!
Looking at our science booklets/journals from the term.
Possibly digital reflections that have been built by students during the term using iPads and iMovie.
L1. What’s the matter? – Hot Stuff -using inquiry planner. Justine / Creative writing – conventions of dialogue.
Making sense of it all –
Crystal Chemistry and Plastic Fantastic– PrimSci Science booklets. / Problem Solving
Tables
Multiplication/
Division
Fractions/Notation and comparisons.
Add and subtract simple fractions. / Production Reflections
8/9/14
week 9– EVALUATE
Going further and making connections / Creative writing – Adverbs, adjective additions in editing.
Making sense of it all – Plastic Fantastic and Crystal Chemistry– PrimSci Science booklets. / See detailed maths planner: / Camp pre planning
15/9/14
week10–Reflections / Creative writing – publish best piece from previous three weeks.
Making sense of it all –Plastic Fantastic and Crystal
Chemistry– PrimSci Science booklets. / See detailed maths planner: / End of term topic reflections to Keren from team via Lea.