AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Leading to a Bright Future

Year 4 Unit of Inquiry 1 Overview

Unit of Inquiry 1

TD Theme:
How we organise ourselves
Central Idea:
Systems have developed to meet the needs of people.
Concepts:
Form, Function, Connection
Related concepts: Materials, Sustainability, Resources

Lines of Inquiry:

The components and organisation of systems

Different systems serve unique functions
The impact of systems on people and the environment

English
Phonics, Spelling and Vocabulary
Extend knowledge and use of spelling patterns, e.g. vowel phonemes, double
consonants, silent letters, common prefixes and suffixes.
Spell words with common letter strings but different pronunciations, e.g. tough,
through, trough, plough.
Investigate spelling patterns; generate and test rules that govern them.
Check and correct spellings and identify words that need to be learned.
Apply phonic/spelling, graphic, grammatical and contextual knowledge in reading
unfamiliar words.
Reading
Express a personal response to a text and link characters and settings to personal
experience.
Read newspaper reports and consider how they engage the reader.
Note key words and phrases to identify the main points in a passage.
Writing
Explore different ways of planning stories, and write longer stories from plans.
Elaborate on basic information with some detail.
Write newspaper-style reports, instructions and non-chronological reports.

Mathematics
Numbers and the number system
Read and write numbers up to 10000.
Count on and back in ones, tens, hundreds and thousands from four-digit numbers.
Understand what each digit represents in a three- or four-digit number and partition
into thousands, hundreds, tens and units.
Find multiples of 10, 100, 1000 more/less than numbers of up to four digits, e.g.
3407 + 20 = 3427.
Round three- and four-digit numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
Position accurately numbers up to 1000 on an empty number line or line marked off
in multiples of 10 or 100.
Estimate where three- and four-digit numbers lie on empty 01000 or 010000
lines.
Compare pairs of three-digit or four-digit numbers, using the > and < signs, and find
a number in between each pair.
Recognise odd and even numbers.
Make general statements about the sums and differences of odd and even
numbers.

Calculation
Derive quickly doubles of all whole numbers to 50, doubles of multiples of 10 to
500, doubles of multiples of 100 to 5000, and corresponding halves.
Geometry
Identify, describe, visualise, draw and make a wider range of 2D and 3D shapes.
Classify polygons (including a range of quadrilaterals) using criteria such as the
number of right angles, whether or not they are regular and their symmetrical
properties.
Identify and sketch lines of symmetry in 2D shapes and patterns.
Visualise 3D objects from 2D nets and drawings and make nets of common solids.
Find examples of shapes and symmetry in the environment and in art.
Measurement
Read and tell the time to nearest minute on 12-hour digital and analogue clocks.
Use am, pm and 12-hour digital clock notation.
Read simple timetables and use a calendar.
Choose units of time to measure time intervals.
Problem Solving
Estimate and approximate when calculating, and check working.
Use ordered lists and tables to help to solve problems systematically.
Investigate a simple general statement by finding examples which do or do not
satisfy it.
Explain methods and reasoning orally and in writing; make hypotheses and test
them out.

Vietnamese National Curriculum (VNC)

In unit1, Year 4 VNC will be focused on
the 3 topics: Mng Non- youth / Mi mhome/ Ti trng- go to school. Through
these students will have chances to learn
new vocabulary, new grammatical points,
how to write a paragraph as well as
review the phonic.

Vietnamese Language and Culture (VLC)

Language focus: TRANSPORTATION.
Year 4 VLC will collaborate with home room
classes to inquire into the central idea of this
term. During VLC lessons, the students will
focus on transportation. They will learn how
to:
-Name different vehicles in Vietnamese
-Give some simple directions
-Sing a song about vehicle: Em tp li t
-Culture focus: MOON FESTIVAL
-Moon Festival focus on common activities
and the history of Vietnams Moon Festival

Physical Education
During the first unit of inquiry, students in
Physical Education will be involved in
Adventure Based Learning with a focus
on the learner profile and team work.
Students will be actively engaged in a
range of activities that will encourage
them to develop confidence and
communication, as well as improve motor
skills associated with a range of team
games including basketball.

Chinese
Topic: Family address and phone
number

Music
Students make their way up through Karate
Belts by achieving certain criteria. Each belt
requires students to play a particular piece
of music to an excellent standard. Students
can work on this piece either by themselves
or as a pair perfecting the piece. The
teacher then grades it on a scale of 1 3; 3
being a pass enabling them to move onto
the next belt. Students progress is shown
by the colour of belt being tied to their
recorder and their progress is displayed on
a chart that will be shown on a Recorder
Karate Display board outside the Music
room.

Week 1-5 Learn about:
Numbers and phone numbers in
use
Learn to express home address
in Chinese
Radical study:
Read and write about phone
numbers and family address in Chinese
way.

Mr Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Ms Sue Laidlaw
Ms Nikki Tapara
Year 4 TT Campus teachers
Ms Lu Hermon
Ms Susan Barrett
Year 4 TD Campus teachers