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 010 000 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 including a
range of quadrilaterals, the heptagon and tetrahedron; use pinboards to create a range of
polygons. Use spotty paper to record results.
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

Art
Central Idea: Lines are all around us.
Students will explore how lines are used
in art in a variety of ways. They will
examine famous artworks, looking at how
lines can create movement and gesture.
From this inquiry, students will experience
creating their own artworks. They will
have opportunity to use a variety of visual
art mediums which will emphasise the
element of art focus for this Unit.

Chinese
Family address and phone number

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.

Week 1-5 Learn about:

Numbers and phone numbers in use
Learn to express home address in Chinese
radicals
Read and write about phone numbers and
family address in
Chinese way
Assessment
Count numbers, ones, tens to hundred in
Chinese
write numbers 1-10 and where one lives in
Chinese characters.
Vietnamese Language and Culture
(VLC)
Year 4 will continue their next VLC topic
with ALL ABOUT ME topic. During VLC
lessons, the children will learn lots of new
vocabulary related to their interest, hobbies
and outward appearances. They will also
learn some simple conversation to
introduce themselves in Vietnamese.

Physical Education

Music

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 leadership.
Students will be actively engaged in a
range of activities that will encourage
them to get to know each other, develop
confidence and their ability to work
together, as well as improve gross motor
skills associated with a range of games.

In Year 4 students will learn how to play the

recorder focusing on the music elements of
duration(long and short), tempo(fast and
slow) and pitch(high and low). Students
will learn how to use notation to practice
and perform pieces of music. They will also
prepare songs and dances to perform at
the Moon Festival on 25 September.

Mr Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Ms Nikki Tapara
Year 4 Teachers, Thu Thiem Campus

Ms Lu Hermon
Ms Susan Barrett
Year 4 Teachers, Thao Dien Campus

Mrs Tracey Smith

Deputy Primary Principal