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Correlation of the New Alberta English Language Arts Curriculum

for Grade 4 To

Moving Up with Literacy Place

Correlation - Scholastic Moving Up with Literacy Place Grade 4 to NEW Alberta English Language Arts Curriculum

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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

• oral language and tone of voice are

adjusted when communicating with peers and adults

• oral language traditions have many

purposes

• 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

• 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

• 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


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• oral language skills build relationships and solve problems

• First Nations, Métis, and Inuit oral

storytelling strengthens understandings of culture

• listening is an active process that involves

building upon ideas and providing feedback

• 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

• 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

• 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: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons p. 15 - 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


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- 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

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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4–6 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: - The Kite Fighters p. 20 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing pp. 11 – 12 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons p. 18 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and

Contrast – Report p. 51 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Choice p. 4 - Canadian Owl Guide p. 6

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 –

6 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


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• adjust language, tone of voice, volume,

facial expressions, gestures, or pace intentionally for audience and purpose

• communicate orally with a variety of

descriptive, subject-specific, academic words, synonyms, and antonyms related to curricular content

• apply a variety of strategies to listen for

different purposes

- 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 • 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

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Chendra’s Journal p. 24


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

American Year of Moons p. 15 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired


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• 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

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 14 - Floors p. 15 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Go Make a Song p. 9 - The Fox Went Out p. 13

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 131 – 132 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10, 14 - Value Line p. 46 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

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

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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.


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• prefixes (morphemes) convey and affect meaning

• the development of English words has

been influenced by other languages, including French

• context helps interpretation of the

meaning of new words

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

• 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

• 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


pp. 56, 58, 77, 184, 191 • 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.


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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 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - 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


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• 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: Predicting: - Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 41 • 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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 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


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• analyze word parts, including affixes

and root words, for origins and meaning (etymology)

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

30, 31, 34, 35 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - 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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 184, 187, 188, 189 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 30 – 31 - Using Useful Words as a Root for New Words

pp. 344 – 345 - List of Affixes pp. 369 - 372 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13 - 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


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• recognize that English words and

expressions may come from other cultures and languages

• spell high-utility and subject-specific

words in context

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Refrigerator Light p. 35 - Game On: Video Games Pro and Con p. 50 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Alone Across the Arctic pp. 17 – 18 • 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 - Spell It and Mean It! pp. 2, 4 - Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 3 - Kids in Canada p. 2 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures text • 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

page 5 of text - Kids In Canada p. 13 of text


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


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• construct meaning of high-utility words

and subject-specific words in context while reading

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Rap X 3 p. 4


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 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13 - 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

• Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - 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: Self-Monitoring: - 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

• 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

pp. 2, 4 - Our Class Podcast p. 3 - The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits p. 2


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- Get Up And Go! p. 2

Competencies • Communication • Program and Planning Guide • Literacy Support Guide

• Curriculum Document diagrams Literacy • Word Formation

• Conventions • Comprehension Strategies

• 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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 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 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 9 - 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

American Year of Moons pp. 13, 17


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• stories have elements, including setting,

characters, plot, and a problem or can include teachings, morals, or values

- Menu From The Bug House Family Restaurant p. 24

• 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 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - 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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 16 – 17, 77 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 13 – 15 - Character Viewpoints pp. 65 – 66 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons pp. 13 – 14, 17 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - 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!


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• there are multiple ways to structure a

story using different elements

• forms, features, and story elements affect

interpretations of text

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

- Book Club Books p. 14 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - The City of Embers and Ryan’s Well p. 26 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend p. 2 - Trickster Tales p. 2

• Literacy Support Guide: pp. 16 – 26 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Puss In Boots: That Tricky Cat p. 35 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons p. 13 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures p. 22 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 13 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Rap X 3 p. 6 - A Dusty Life pp. 2, 3 - Making the Game p. 2


pp. 77 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 13 – 15 - How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Text

Organization and Features pp. 166 – 167 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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

American Year of Moons pp. 13 – 15, 17 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures pp. 23, 35 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Interrupted Journey p. 12 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Rap X 3 p. 2 - Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle p. 2


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• First Nations, Métis, and Inuit text forms

have specific elements and features that connect to land and place

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

• 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. 15, 16, 17 and text

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend text - Trickster Tales p. 2


• explain how texts inform, persuade, entertain, and inspire

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 16 – 17, 45 • Literacy Support Guide p. 11 - How to Think About the Author’s Craft: Text

Organization and Features pp. 166 – 167 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons pp. 15, 17 - Menu From The Bug House Family

Restaurant p. 24 • 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


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• compare the text features and elements in

various text forms, including stories, letters, informational, persuasive, descriptive, poetic, web pages, land, or artifacts

• 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

• 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 - Canadian Owl Guide p. 4 • 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

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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 the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 27 - Floors p. 27 • Guided Reading texts such as: - A Dusty Life pp. 2, 3 - Canadian Owl Guide p. 5 • 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! - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 13 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Penguin Book: Birds In Suits pp. 2

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• compare and contrast the ways creators of

text use forms, features, and story elements

• identify how specific elements and

features connect to land or place in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit text forms

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

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 27 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Firefly p. 44 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux

Morts p. 8 • 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

• 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. 16, 17 and text

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Trickster Tales pp. 2, 3 and text pp. 5 - 7

Competencies • Critical Thinking

• Managing Information • 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


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Numeracy • NA1a.2: Purpose • NKU3b.2: Interpretation and

Representation of Spatial Information

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

Guiding Questions

• In what ways does artistic expression in a variety of texts create an effect?

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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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 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 - Canada’s Ice Hotel pp. 30, 32 - Breaking Down Breakfast p. 38 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons pp. 13, 16, 17 - Menu From The Bug House Family

Restaurant pp. 21 – 24 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative –

Realistic Fiction p. 45 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors p. 13 - Lighthouse p. 30 - Refrigerator Light p. 34 - Firefly p. 39 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music


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• literary techniques, including word play,

alliteration, sensory details, and onomatopoeia, can be combined to create an effect

- Introducing the Book Club p. 11 - Music for the End of Time p. 15 •Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux

Morts p. 7 - 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

• 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 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors pp. 14, 21, 25, 28 - Lighthouse pp. 30, 31 - Refrigerator Light p. 34 - Firefly p. 39 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Go Make a Song p. 10 • Guided Reading texts such as: - 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

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 30


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• explain ways that authors use words,

images, punctuation, and font to create an effect

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters p. 16 - 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

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

American Year of Moons p. 17 - Menu From The Bug House Family

Restaurant p. 24 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors p. 14 - Lighthouse pp. 30, 31 - Refrigerator Light p. 34 - Firefly p. 39 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux

Morts p. 7 - 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


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

• compare the effects of word and image

choice

• explain the effects of combining literary

techniques

• Literacy Support Guide p. 34 - Picture It p. 67 - How to Think About the Author’s Craft:

Language, Vocabulary, and Interesting Expressions pp. 167 - 168

- Sketch Connections p. 68 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16 - Build Me A Castle p. 25 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 19, 28 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 26 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Killer Whales: Animal Predators p. 20 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Menu From The Bug House Family

Restaurant p. 24 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors pp. 14, 21, 28

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Breaking Down Breakfast p. 39 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 24 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

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

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


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• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Breaking Down Breakfast p. 39 - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text pp.

50 – 51 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 13

Competencies • Communication

• 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

Numeracy • None identified

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

• thinking processes support the personal

interpretations of texts

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 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

• 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


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- 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


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• text evidence supports and enhances

personal interpretations

- 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 - Making the Game p. 3

• Literacy Support Guide p. 13 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Refrigerator Light p. 34 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - 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


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• context contributes to meaning

• figurative language, including similes,

onomatopoeia, and alliteration, supports visualization

• Literacy Support Guide p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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: - Menu From The Bug House Family

Restaurant p. 21 - Thrills Across The Board p. 32 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of 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

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10, 34 - 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 - Poems to Set You Free: How Can You

Change ‘Sleep’ Into ‘Dream’? p. 49 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Our Canada p. 39 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 14, 15, 16, 18, 20

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• text features, including images, captions,

tables of contents, headings, glossaries, sidebar menus, hyperlinks, or landmarks, contribute to understanding

• 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

• Literacy Support Guide p. 13 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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

American Year of Moons pp. 16 – 17, 18 - Menu From The Bug House Family

Restaurant p. 24 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - 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 - Making the Game p. 4


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• story elements, including setting,

characters, plot, problem and teachings, morals, and values, can contribute to understanding

• Literacy Support Guide: - Character Viewpoints pp. 65 – 66 - How to Respond to a Fiction Text pp. 171 –

172 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Build Me A Castle p. 23 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 19 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

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

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

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 16, 26 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux

Morts pp. 6, 7 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - The Tree Woman p. 10 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - 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


• determine evidence to support personal interpretations

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 36, 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: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 26 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Chendra’s Journal p. 25 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Refrigerator Light p. 34


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• communicate how personal

interpretations of texts are formed

• apply strategies that support thinking

processes

• Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - The City of Ember p. 15 - Book Club Books pp. 20, 25 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Discovery of Fire p. 2 - Making the Game p. 3

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 13 – 15, 131 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 16 - Build Me A Castle p. 25 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 24 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - 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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 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 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 28


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• 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


Change ‘Sleep’ Into ‘Dream’? p. 48 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young

Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 16 - 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 - The Fox Went Out p. 12 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Introducing the Theme: Heroes of Isle aux

Morts p. 6 - 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!


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• make inferences and predictions about a

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

- Ryan’s Well pp. 7, 8, 9, 10 - The City of Ember pp. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,

17, 19, 25 • Guided Reading texts such as: - 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

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 14, 45 - Retell, Predict, Review pp. 69 – 70 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Build Me A Castle p. 25 • 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 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Chendra’s Journal pp. 25, 26 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring:


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- Zero’s Math Adventures p. 23 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - 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 - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 11 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - 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: - The Discovery of Fire p. 2 - 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


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• explain visualizations that support the

interpretation of text

• synthesize how key events in a story

relate to the resolution

- Glaciers Rivers of Ice pp. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - Making the Game pp. 4, 6 - Discover Mongolia p. 2

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 13, 67 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Our Canada p. 389 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thrills Across The Board p. 32 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 31 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - Go Make a Song p. 19

• Literacy Support Guide: - Picture It p. 67 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 17 - Build Me A Castle p. 25 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 23 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 29 - 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


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• explain the relationship between the main

idea and details in texts

• explain how text features support

personal interpretations of meaning

• Strategy Guide: Synthesizing pp. 2, 3 - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle pp. 15, 21, 26 – 27

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

Morts p. 8 - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 12 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - 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: - The Discovery of Fire p. 2 - Little Li and the Golden Kites p. 3

• Literacy Support Guide p. 14 - Sketch Connections p. 68 - Interviewing Characters pp. 71 – 72 - Here Are the Facts pp. 101 – 102 - How to Respond to a Non-fiction Text pp. 172

– 173 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance pp. 17, 18 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Killer Whales: Animal Predators p. 18 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - 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 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - The City of Embers p. 23 - Book Club Books p. 23 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Glaciers Rivers of Ice p. 5

• Literacy Support Guide p. 15 - Sketch Connections p. 68


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• read an increasing variety of high-utility

and topic-specific words

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

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Build Me A Castle p. 25 - Best Canadian Inventions p. 34 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail pp. 28, 29 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 18 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native

American Year of Moons p. 18 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - 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 • Guided Reading texts such as: - 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

• 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:


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- Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 32 - 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


Change ‘Sleep’ Into ‘Dream’? p. 49 - Postcard Mystery p. 58 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Chendra’s Journal p. 27 - Our Canada p. 41 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native


Restaurant p. 25 - 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 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - 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


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Competencies • Critical Thinking • Managing Information

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

Strategy Unit Guides Literacy • Personal Insight

• Task Analysis • Background Knowledge • Vocabulary • Text Organization • Comprehension Strategies

• Program and Planning Guide • Literacy Support Guide • Guided Reading lesson introductions • All Strategy Unit Guides


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 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Water Dance p. 19 - Build Me A Castle p. 31 - Best Canadian Inventions p. 35


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- 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


Change ‘Sleep’ Into ‘Dream’? p. 51 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native


Restaurant p. 28 - Thrills Across The Board p. 35 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 27 - Floors p. 28


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- Lighthouse p. 32 - Firefly p. 44 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems pp. 59 -65 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - 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 • 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: - 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 - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 7 - 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


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• the writing process is a cycle that can

be individualized

- Trickster Tales p. 8 - Making the Game p. 8 - Geocaching Treasure Hunting Around the

Globe p. 4 - Discover Mongolia p. 2


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 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 24 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and

Contrast – Report pp. 44 – 52 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative –


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• story elements, literary techniques, text

forms, and text features can be selected to create desired effects for the audience

• the order and organization of words,

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

Realistic Fiction pp. 45 – 52 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure pp. 21 - 27 • 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 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters p. 28 • Strategy Guide: Inferring - Text-Type Writing Study: Personal

Communication – Postcards pp. 68 – 72 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative –

Realistic 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 • 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


pp. 146 – 147, 154 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19, 22 – 23 - Staying on Topic p. 249 – 250


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• revising is an ongoing process that

provides clarity to and interest in texts

- 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.


Contrast – Report p. 45 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 32 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 59


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

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

Communication – Postcards p. 71 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp.


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• editing is an ongoing process that

helps to communicate ideas more clearly


Contrast – Report p. 48 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing study: Narrative –

Realistic Fiction pp. 48 – 49 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 61 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure p. 24


pp. 147 – 148, 156 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 23, 25 - 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.


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

Contrast – Report p. 48 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative –

Realistic Fiction p. 49 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 62 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure p. 24


• choose the text form by considering audience and purpose, including to inform, persuade, inspire, or entertain

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 13 – 15, 16 – 17, 45, 67, 144, 154, 156,

165 – 168, 173 - 178 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 24 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 13 - The Kite Fighters p. 28 - Canada’s Ice Hotel pp. 34, 35 - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p.

55 • Strategy Guide: Inferring:


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- 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 • 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.

56 – 57 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native


Restaurant p. 28 - Thrills Across The Board p. 35 - Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and

Contrast – Report p. 46 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Zero’s Math Adventures p. 37 - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative –

Realistic Fiction p. 50 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 27 - Lighthouse p. 32 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 63 • 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 - Trickster Tales p. 8


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• 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: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 33 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale

– Pourquoi Tale pp. 52, 55, 59 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters p. 28 - 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


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• apply an increasing variety of descriptive

and topic-specific vocabulary depending on purpose

• apply literary techniques being explored,

including onomatopoeia, alliteration, similes, descriptive words, and rhymes that enhance effect

- Chendra’s Journal pp. 27, 30 – 31 - Our Canada pp. 36, 40 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and

Contrast – Report pp. 49, 54 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young

Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 120 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 32 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 59 • 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 - Introducing the Theme: Owen and Mzee pp. 8

– 9 - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19


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

• Literacy Support Guide: - Thinking About Word Choice pp. 258 – 259 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 14


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• create stories with elements, including

setting, characters, and plot, or elements that may reflect different cultures or authors’ styles

• choose text features, including images,

captions, labels, tables of contents, headings, glossaries, layout, or hyperlinks, appropriate to audience and purpose


pp. 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: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 30 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale

– Pourquoi Tale pp. 51, 55 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters p. 28 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative –

Realistic Fiction p. 50 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Lighthouse p. 32 - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete

Poems p. 63 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure pp. 25, 29

• 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 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 24


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• handwrite legibly with increasing fluency,

with or without digital tools

• use keyboarding skills to create and

revise texts, using features within digital tools to format texts

• adapt personal voice where appropriate,

considering audience

• write a variety of sentences that vary in

length and complexity

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

Contrast – Report pp. 47, 50


141 • Literacy Support Guide p. 24 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - Final Project: Making a Poster p. 28


pp. 179 - 183


pp. 146 – 147, 154 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19 - Developing Voice pp. 259 – 260 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 30 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Our Canada p. 42


pp. 155 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 16 – 19 - 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


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• 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

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 22 – 23 - 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: Sequencing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 51 • 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.


Communication – Postcards p. 71 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal pp.

57, 61 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and

Contrast – Report pp. 50 – 51 • Strategy Guide: Self-Monitoring: - Text-Types Writing Study: Narrative –

Realistic Fiction p. 51 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete


Adventure p. 26


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• write with commas after introductory

words and consistently apply capital letters, end punctuation, and correct spelling

• apply a variety of strategies to accurately

spell words


pp. 147 – 148, 156 • 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 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p.

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

57, 59, 61 • Strategy Guide: Making Connections: - Text-Type Writing Study: Compare and

Contrast – Report p. 51 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Fiction –

Adventure p. 25

• 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


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- Possessives or Contractions? pp. 346 – 347 - Resource List of Spelling Strategies p. 361 - Lists of Spelling Patterns pp. 380 – 384 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Procedural p. 52 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale

– Pourquoi Tale pp. 54, 60 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p.


Communication – Postcards p. 71 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing: - Text-Type Writing Study: Retell – Journal p.

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

Contrast – Report p. 51 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Text- Type Writing Study: Poetry – Concrete


Adventure pp. 24, 26

Competencies • Communication • Creativity and Innovation

• Program and Planning Guide • Literacy Support Guide

Curriculum Document diagrams Literacy • Personal Insight

• 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?


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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

• inquiry is a process that can be

influenced by choices

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

51 • Literacy Support Guide: pp. 49 – 50 - Doing Research pp. 73 – 74 - Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp. 231 -


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• 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


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• information can be relevant and

irrelevant, reliable and unreliable

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

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• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 181 - 182 • Literacy Support Guide: - Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp.231 –


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• ask questions to focus inquiry about a chosen topic

• choose topics and sources to focus

inquiry based on preference or purpose

• generate appropriate categories to sort

information

• explore ways to determine relevance and

reliability of information related to a chosen topic

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 181 - 182 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p.

51

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

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

50 - 52

• 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.

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• connect background knowledge and new

ideas to a chosen topic • apply a variety of skills when navigating

digital texts and other texts

• summarize main ideas in a variety of

ways, including pictures, words, and complete sentences

• reflect on strengths and areas for

improvement to adjust an inquiry process

• Literacy Support Guide: - Researching Ideas: Using a Website pp. 231 -


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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

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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 149, 157 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating:


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- Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p. 60


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

Literacy • Purpose • Personal Insight • Task Analysis • Develop Questions • Access • Evaluate • Comprehension Strategies

• 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

• people must be asked permission to

have their name used and image recorded in some contexts

• images and other sources of information

must be credited

credit is given to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledge and teachings by

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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 182 - 183 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Our Class Podcast text page 10

• Literacy Support Guide: - Doing Research p. 74 - Crediting Sources pp. 234 – 235 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Our Class Podcast text page 10

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


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

American Year of Moons pp. 14, 18


• acknowledge sources in alphabetical order

• explore criteria to examine trustworthy

sources • recognize when copyright laws apply to

texts

• explain why permission is needed when

recording images of another person, in certain contexts

• paraphrase ideas from trustworthy

sources

• respect First Nations, Métis, and Inuit

protocols in appropriate contexts

• Literacy Support Guide: - Crediting Sources pp. 234 - 235

• Program and Planning Guide: - Using Computers for Research p. 181

• Literacy Support Guide: - Crediting Sources pp. 234 – 235 - Organizing Research for a Report p. 239

• Literacy Support Guide: - Crediting Sources pp. 234 - 235 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Our Class Podcast text page 10

• Literacy Support Guide p. 22 - Using Several Sources for Research pp. 233 -

234 - Organizing Jot Notes pp. 237 - 238

Competencies • Managing Information • Communication

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

Literacy • Ethical Use • Comprehension Strategies



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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

• individuals are responsible for the

language they use

• an individual’s voice can have influence • a united voice can be persuasive

• 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 - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19


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• Literacy Support Guide p. 37 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 35 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . pp. 18, 19 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Discover Mongolia p. 8 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 35 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Discover Mongolia p. 8


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

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 6 – 10 - 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 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors p. 23


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• describe how persuasion can be used as

a technique to influence

• describe the effects that language has

on oneself and one another

• explore the influence of united voices

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - 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

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

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

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 pp. 61, 119, 133, 134, 137

• Literacy Support Guide pp. 11 – 12 - Book Talk p. 37


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• literacy involves the ability to confidently

use a variety of strategies to persevere when engaging with texts

being literate supports participation in local and global communities

- 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


pp. 119, 120, 133, 134, 138 • 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


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


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Book Club Discussions p. 170


• choose challenging texts and apply strategies that support perseverance

• set goals that support perseverance,

enjoyment, and engagement when interacting with texts

• reflect on strategies that support self-

confidence, engagement, and enjoyment

• follow routines that support enjoyment of

and engagement and perseverance with texts

• recognize that literacy skills support

participation in local and global communities

• Program and Planning Guide Grades 4 – 6 p. 133

• 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


pp. 119, 120, 133 • Literacy Support Guide pp. 11 – 12, 35 - Making a Book Recommendation pp. 77 – 78 - My Reader Response Assessment p. 119 - How to Keep a Reading Log pp. 150 – 151


pp. 120, 134, 135 • Literacy Support Guide: p. 35 - My Reader Response Assessment p. 119


pp. 133, 136 • Literacy Support Guide: - My Reader Response Assessment p. 119 - How to Keep a Reading Log pp. 150 – 151 • 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

Competencies • Personal Growth and Well-being • Managing Information

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


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Literacy • Participation • 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

• an awareness of self and one another

can be expanded by exploring diverse texts

• diversity can strengthen an understanding

of identity

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 23 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 29 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 20, 26 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5

• 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: - Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young

Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 19 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5 - Science Fair text and p. 6

• 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


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• 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

• investigate how experiences with diverse

texts and one another can expand an awareness of identity

• explore identity through engagement with

and creation of texts


• Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 4 - 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 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: pp. 23, 24 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 29 - Text-Type Writing Study: Narrative Folk Tale

– Pourquoi Tale p. 60 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating p. 4 - The Kite Fighters pp. 18, 20, 26, 27 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Maple Syrup – With Bells On! p. 5 Science Fair text and p. 7

Competencies • Personal Growth and Well-being • Communication

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

Literacy • Background Knowledge • Clarity


• Guided Reading Lesson introductions Numeracy • None identified


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


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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

• everyone has a perspective that is

shaped by personal experiences and interactions with one another

• Literacy Support Guide: - 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 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - 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 Baseball Dream p. 18 • 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

• Literacy Support Guide: - Four Corners p. 38 - Value Line p. 46 • Strategy Guide: Predicting: p. 23 - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 27 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating pp. 4, 43 - The Kite Fighters pp. 21, 22 – 23, 24, 26, 27 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw pp. 21, 26 • Guided Reading texts such as:


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perspective taking is seeing a view other than your own

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

• 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 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 21 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Choice p. 2


• connect personal perspectives to those found in diverse texts

• explore and reflect upon the feelings

and actions of characters who have different perspectives (empathy)

• Strategy Guide: Predicting: - Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 29 • Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - 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: - Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young

Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 17 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 18 - Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 47,

52 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Choice p. 2 - Science Fair p. 7 - Pocketful of Fur p.2

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 16, 18, 21, 22 – 23, 24,

26, 27 • Strategy Guide: Inferring: - Varjak Paw p. 21 • Strategy Guide: Analyzing:


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- Chendra’s Journal p. 31 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 18 • Book Club Guide: Kids Can Do It! - Ryan’s Well p. 8 • Guided Reading texts such as: - The Choice p. 2


• Communication • Program and Planning Guide • Literacy Support Guide • Strategy Unit Guides • Book Club Guides

• Curriculum Document diagrams Literacy • Evaluate

• Background Knowledge • Vocabulary • Comprehension Strategies

• Program and Planning Guide • Literacy Support Guide 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

• perceptions of oneself and one another

are influenced by language

• Strategy Guide: Evaluating: - The Kite Fighters pp. 20, 22 – 23, 24, 26 - Canada’s Ice Hotel p. 31 - Text-Type Writing Study: Persuasive Text p.

49 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Floors p. 23 - Game On: Video Games Pro and Con pp. 46,

48 • Book Club Guide: Earth Rescue - Make Some New Friends . . . p. 19

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


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• when personal experiences

change, language and thought can change

- Floors p. 23

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


• explain how language changes when one thinks about their thinking

• connect how language used can

affect perceptions of self and one another

• reflect on how language can

influence the thinking of self and one another


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

• 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 Literacy • Personal Insight

• Background Knowledge • Clarity

• Program and Planning Guide • Literacy Support Guide 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

• First Nations, Métis, and Inuit texts can

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend text

• Strategy Guide: Predicting:


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include teachings that demonstrate how to build a sense of belonging

kinship is connected to a sense of belonging

- Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail p. 31

• 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

• make connections between personal

experiences and stories about belonging

• describe different ways to support

belonging within communities

• Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Best Canadian Inventions p. 33 and text p. 1 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Kahukara and the Net A Maori Legend text

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

Girl’s Baseball Dream p. 19 • Strategy Guide: Synthesizing: - Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired

Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle p. 18

Competencies • Critical Thinking • Cultural and Global Citizenship

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

Literacy • Background Knowledge • Vocabulary • Comprehension Strategies • Clarity

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

Numeracy • None identified 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


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• having specific roles and responsibilities

can foster collaboration toward a common goal

• Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - 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


pp. 125 – 126 • Literacy Support Guide: - Carousel pp. 37 - 38 - Study Guide Project pp. 49 – 51 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - 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 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Science Fair text and p. 6


• interpret how relationships in text are enhanced through collaboration

• recognize and encourage each

person’s contributions toward a common goal

• Guided Reading texts such as: - Science Fair text and p. 6


125 • Literacy Support Guide: - Placemat p. 42 - Brainstorming p. 47 • Strategy Guide: Sequencing: - Build Me a Castle p. 24 • Book Club Guide: Sounds Like Music - My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 35 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 12 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Science Fair text and p. 6


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• demonstrate responsibility for a role when

collaborating with one another to achieve a common goal

• create criteria to self-assess own role in

collaboration


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 • Book Club Guide: Ready, Set, Adventure! - Alone Across the Arctic p. 9 - Surviving in the Wilderness Guide p. 12 - My Book Club: How Did I Do? p. 41 • Guided Reading texts such as: - Science Fair text and pp. 6, 7


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

• Curriculum Document diagrams Literacy • Participation

• Personal Insight • Comprehension Strategies



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