Career Education 4 / 5 Big Ideas

• Public identity is influenced by personal choices and decisions.

• Exploring our strengths and abilities can help us identify our goals.

• Leadership requires listening to and respecting the ideas of others.

• Family and community relationships can be a source of support and guidance when solving problems and making decisions.

• Good learning and work habits contribute to short- and long-term personal and career success.

Language Arts 4/5 Big Ideas

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.

• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

• Texts can be understood from different perspectives.

• Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works.

• Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

Mathematics 4 Big Ideas

• Fractions and decimals are types of numbers that can represent quantities.

• Development of computational fluency and multiplicative thinking requires analysis of patterns and relations in multiplication and division.

• Regular changes in patterns can be identified and represented using tools and tables.

• Polygons are closed shapes with similar attributes that can be described, measured, and compared.

• Analyzing and interpreting experiments in data probability develops an understanding of chance.

Mathematics 5 Big Ideas

• Numbers describe quantities that can be represented by equivalent fractions.

• Computational fluency and flexibility with numbers extend to operations with larger (multi-digit) numbers.

• Identified regularities in number patterns can be expressed in tables.

• Closed shapes have area and perimeter that can be described, measured, and compared.

• Data represented in graphs can be used to show many-to-one correspondence.

Social Studies 4/ 5 Big Ideas

• The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people, and communities of Canada.

• Interactions between First Peoples and Europeans lead to conflict and cooperation, which continues to shape Canada’s identity.

• Demographic changes in North America created shifts in economic and political power.

• British Columbia followed a unique path in becoming a part of Canada.

• Canada’s policies and treatment of minority peoples have negative and positive legacies.

• Natural resources continue to shape the economy and identity of different regions of Canada.

• Immigration and multiculturalism continue to shape Canadian society and identity.

• Canadian institutions and government reflect the challenge of our regional diversity.

Science 4 /5 Big Ideas

• All living things sense and respond to their environment.

• Matter has mass, takes up space, and can change phase.

• Energy can be transformed.

• The motions of Earth and the moon cause observable patterns that affect living and non-living systems.

• Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact within their environment.

• Solutions are homogeneous.

• Machines are devices that transfer force and energy.

• Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources.

Applied Design, Skill and Technology 4 /5 Big Ideas

• Designs can be improved with prototyping and testing.

• Skills are developed through practice, effort, and action.

• The choice of technology and tools depends on the task.

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Physical and Health Education 4 / 5 Big Ideas

• Daily physical activity enables us to practice skillful movement and helps us develop personal fitness.

• Knowing what we enjoy doing and knowing about our opportunities to participate in those activities helps us develop an active lifestyle

• Understanding ourselves and the various aspects of health helps us develop a balanced lifestyle.

• Personal choices and social and environmental factors influence our health and well-being.

• Developing healthy relationships helps us feel connected, supported, and valued.

Art Education 4 / 5 Big Ideas

• Creative expression is a means to explore and share one’s identity within a community.

• Artists experiment in a variety of ways to discover new possibilities.

• Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.

• Exploring works of art exposes us to diverse values, knowledge, and perspectives.