GRADE 4: ORAL COMMUNICATION - Scholastic Education

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 43.4 use punctuation appropriately to help communicatetheir intended meaning, with a focus on the use of: theapostrophe to indicate possession, and quotation marks toindicate direct speechGrammar3.5 use parts of speech appropriately to communicatetheir meaning clearly, with a focus on the use of: commonand proper nouns; verbs in the simple present, past, andfuture tenses; adjectives and adverbs; subject/verbagreement; prepositions; and conjunctions (e.g., since,through, until)Proofreading3.6 proofread and correct their writing using guidelinesdeveloped with peers and the teacher (e.g., an editingchecklist specific to the writing task; a posted classwriting guideline)Publishing3.7 use some appropriate elements of effectivepresentation in the finished product, including print,script, different fonts, graphics, and layout (e.g., uselegible printing and some cursive writing; use a variety offont sizes and colours to distinguish headings andsubheadings from the body of the text; supply detailedlabels for diagrams in a report; include graphs such as abar graph or a pie graph)Producing Finished Works3.8 produce pieces of published work to meet identifiedcriteria based on the expectations related to content,organization, style, use of conventions, and use ofpresentation strategiesMonsters or Real Animals?; Princess Petunia and the Ferocious Fire-Breathing MonsterI Don’t Want to Go to Thailand; The Moon Above Us; Georgie Fills the Gap; Three Bears; Animal Fathers;Honeybees at Work; Kallie, the Wizard’s Apprentice; Watching the Corn; People Like Us; The Haggler’s Den;Snakes Alive!; Gabby’s Glider; Jet Engines; A Spider Spins; Time for Clocks; The Tournament; Animals thatBurrow; I Can’t Go Back to Sleep; Kangaroos; The Mammoth Hunters; Nature’s Fireworks; Razzle Dazzle; MakingPictures; A Sticky Picture; Double-Take Jake; Morsel Makes a Run for It; Space Junk; From Caves to Castles;Mystery Monsters or Real Animals?; Princess Petunia and the Ferocious Fire-Breathing Monster; The TwelveMonths; What Happened to the Dinosaurs?Georgie Fills the Gap; Animal Fathers; Watching the Corn; The Haggler’s Den; Jet Engines; The Tournament;I Can’t Go Back to Sleep; Kangaroos; The Mammoth Hunters; Nature’s Fireworks; Razzle Dazzle; Morsel Makes aRun for It; Space Junk; Mystery Monsters or Real Animals?; The Twelve Months; What Happened to the Dinosaurs?The Moon Above Us; Georgie Fills the Gap; Animal Fathers; Honeybees at Work; People Like Us; Snakes Alive!;Gabby’s Glider; Jet Engines; The Tournament; Kangaroos; The Mammoth Hunters; Nature’s Fireworks; SpaceJunk; From Caves to Castles; What Happened to the Dinosaurs?The Moon Above Us; Georgie Fills the Gap; Animal Fathers; Honeybees at Work; People Like Us; Snakes Alive!;Gabby’s Glider; Jet Engines; The Tournament; Kangaroos; The Mammoth Hunters; Nature’s Fireworks; SpaceJunk; From Caves to Castles; What Happened to the Dinosaurs?4. Reflecting on Writing Skills and StrategiesBy the end of Grade 4, students will:Metacognition4.1 identify what strategies they found most helpfulbefore, during, and after writing and what steps they cantake to improve as writersTeacher prompts: “Explain how you used the thesaurus toI Don’t Want to Go to Thailand; The Moon Above Us; Georgie Fills the Gap; Three Bears; Animal Fathers;Honeybees at Work; Kallie, the Wizard’s Apprentice; Watching the Corn; People Like Us; The Haggler’s Den;Snakes Alive!; Gabby’s Glider; Jet Engines; A Spider Spins; Time for Clocks; The Tournament; Animals thatBurrow; I Can’t Go Back to Sleep; Kangaroos; The Mammoth Hunters; Nature’s Fireworks; Razzle Dazzle; MakingPictures; A Sticky Picture; Double-Take Jake; Morsel Makes a Run for It; Space Junk; From Caves to Castles;Mystery Monsters or Real Animals?; Princess Petunia and the Ferocious Fire-Breathing Monster; The Twelve