Big Idea Chart

Grade 4
The Arts
Music
Visual Arts
Grade 5
Grade 6
Read standard notation,

Read simple musical
sing/play in tune from
notation
musical notation
Express personal opinion on
Apply the elements of music
musical
to create a specific effect/for
pieces/performances
a specific audience
Identify musical elements in
Identify the role of music in
pieces they listen to and
community or culture
analyze how they are used
Understand the principles of

design and how they are
used in pieces of artwork
Describe how forms and
styles represent different
meanings and messages in
various contexts
Demonstrate awareness of
how visual arts can reflect
the beliefs/traditions of
other cultures
Create 2D and 3D works of

art expressing
feeling/emotion
Employ a variety of
tools/styles/techniques
Use elements of design to
communicate
ideas/messages
Read and perform from

musical notation
Demonstrate understanding
of standard and other types
of notation via performance
and composition
Compare aspects of music
from one historical period or
culture with another
historical period/culture
Demonstrate an
understanding of how to
interpret signs, symbols and
style in art
Understand the key
functions of visual and
media arts in various
contexts
Use selected principles of
design to create narrative art
work, or incorporate themes
Dance and Drama
Health and Physical

Education
Compose short dance pieces

and movement sequences;
using dance as a language
Explore drama structures,
understand how to plan and
shape the direction of drama
and role play
Identify strengths and
possible areas of
improvement in relation to
drama
Use dance to convey

ideas/meaning from a
variety of literary sources
Explore the use of
choreographic form in
music
Examine issues/themes in
(non)fiction sources by
using role play
Use audio/visual aids to
communicate emotion/ideas
to an audience
Use self-awareness to assess

their strengths and areas of
improvement in physical
activities, as well as in other
situations
Use adaptive, coping and
management skills to
respond to challenges and
develop the skills and
knowledge related to
healthy living
Identify key nutrients and
their importance in relation
to growth, health and
learning
Identify substances and
various types of bullying
Communicate effectively
and apply social skills as
they build healthy
relationships and become
effective team members
Identify factors that make it
easy/difficult for people to
be physically active every
day
Identify parts of the human
reproductive system, effects
of short/long term substance
abuse and supportive
services
Identify internal and external
factors that can effect
mental/physical health
Incorporate the use of

props/materials into
presentation
Explore the use of guided
improvisation and its
relationship with
choreography
Combine elements of dance
in new ways in order to
communicate different ideas
Plan & shape the direction
of drama by introducing
new perspectives/ideas
Discuss the relationship
between active participation
and health-related fitness,
and how this affects selfperception
Develop an understanding of
the components of various
physical activities
Explore healthy eating and
how this can be affected by
medical, societal, emotional
factors
Understand how the
physical, social and
emotional changes of
adolescence effect
relationships
Language
Mathematics
Demonstrate appropriate
listening behaviour and
understanding of purposes
for listening
Understand oral texts by
making personal
connections with previous
knowledge/experiences
Identify the point of view,
meaning and possible
opinions presented in
various written texts
Develop clear, coherent
communication skills by
presenting opinions, ideas
and information from texts
Identify the topic, purpose
and audience for a variety of
writing forms
Decimals and fractions
(addition and subtraction)
Ordering numbers up to 10
000 using a variety of
strategies
Represent fractions using
concrete materials, words &
fractional notation, order
fractions
Estimations, perimeter, area
Summarize important details

by making reference to
supporting details from texts
Identify different purposes
for reading and choose
appropriate texts for those
purposes
Use punctuation effectively,
as well as expressions and
figurative language to add
meaning and interest in
writing and establish voice
Analyze various text forms
and identify how certain
characteristics help
communicate meaning
(emphasis on short stories
and information texts)
Decimals and fractions

(multiplication and division)
Make connections between
mathematical concepts,
procedures, relate math
concepts to other areas
Demonstrate understanding
of the use of variables in
equations
Develop and apply reasoning
Listen in order to understand

and respond effectively in a
variety of situations/with
different audiences
Analyze increasingly
complex texts and how their
elements combine to provide
meaning; how various
features of text aid reader
understanding
Gather information and use
evidence to support ideas
and make connections
Identify the point of view of
oneself and others, evaluate
whether it is supported by
evidence; adjust thinking
Decimals, percents, ratios

Ordering whole numbers,
decimals, proper and
improper fractions, and
mixed numbers
Determine relationships
between quantifiable data
Determine theoretical
probability of an outcome
and make appropriate
Science and Technology
Social Studies
skills
Analyze the effects of
Analyze the impact of
human activities on habitats
human activities and
and communities
technological innovations
on human health
Investigate interdependence
Investigate forces that
of plants & animals within
specific habitats and
interact with structures and
communities
mechanisms and understand
their effects
Investigate ways in which
Demonstrate
understanding
pulleys/gears modify the
speed and direction of, and
of the properties of matter,
the force exerted on, moving
changes of state and
objects
physical/chemical change
Investigate the
characteristics and
properties of light and sound
Compare key aspects of life Analyse key short/long term
in a few different early
consequences of interactions
societies from different
between First Nations and
regions
European explorers
Assess how industrial
Assess various government
development and the natural
responses to significant
environment affect each
issues in Canada
other
Develop understanding of
Identify Canadas political
the roles and key
and physical regions, their
responsibilities of citizens
main characteristics and
and different levels of
significance
government
predictions
Investigate and classify
organisms based on diverse
characteristics
Analyze the ways properties
of air can be applied to
principles of flight
Investigate the characteristics
of static/current electricity
and its impact on the
environment/the way we
live
Assess the impact of space
exploration on society
Assess contributions made to

Canadian identity by various
groups and Canadian
communities
Explain the importance of
international cooperation in
addressing global issues

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Grade 4

Read standard notation,

Understand the principles of

Create 2D and 3D works of

Read and perform from

Dance and Drama

Health and Physical

Compose short dance pieces

Use dance to convey

Use self-awareness to assess

Incorporate the use of

Summarize important details

Decimals and fractions

Listen in order to understand

Decimals, percents, ratios

Science and Technology

Assess contributions made to

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