Year 4
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students' knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating. Learning in English builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit and strengthen these as needed.
In Years 3 and 4, students experience learning in familiar contexts and a range of contexts that relate to study in other areas of the curriculum. They interact with peers and teachers from other classes and schools in a range of face-to-face and online/virtual environments.
Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts in which the primary purpose is aesthetic, as well as texts designed to inform and persuade. These encompass traditional oral texts including Aboriginal stories, picture books, various types of print and digital texts, simple chapter books, rhyming verse, poetry, non-fiction, film, multimodal texts, dramatic performances and texts used by students as models for constructing their own work.
The range of literary texts for Foundation to Year 10 comprises Australian literature, including the oral narrative traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, as well as the contemporary literature of these two cultural groups, and classic and contemporary world literature, including texts from and about Asia.
Literary texts that support and extend students in Years 3 and 4 as independent readers describe complex sequences of events that extend over several pages and involve unusual happenings within a framework of familiar experiences. Informative texts include content of increasing complexity and technicality about topics of interest and topics being studied in other areas of the curriculum. These texts use complex language features, including varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of high-frequency sight words and words that need to be decoded phonically, and a variety of punctuation conventions, as well as illustrations and diagrams that support and extend the printed text.
Students create a range of imaginative, informative and persuasive types of texts including narratives, procedures, performances, reports, reviews, poetry and expositions.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
Achievement Standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 4, students understand that texts have different text structures depending on purpose and context. They explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used to engage the interest of audiences. They describe literal and implied meaning connecting ideas in different textsÂ
They fluently read texts that include varied sentence structures, unfamiliar vocabulary including multisyllabic words. They express preferences for particular types of texts, and respond to others' viewpoints. They listen for and share key points in discussions.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
Students use language features to create coherence and add detail to their texts. They understand how to express an opinion based on information in a text. They create texts that show understanding of how images and detail can be used to extend key ideas.
Students create structured texts to explain ideas for different audiences. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, varying language according to context. They demonstrate understanding of grammar, select vocabulary from a range of resources and use accurate spelling and punctuation, re-reading and editing their work to improve meaning.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
- Plus Plan
The Writing Process Poster - Portrait
A simple poster outlining the writing process.
- Plus Plan
The Writing Process Poster - Landscape
A simple poster outlining the writing process.
- Plus Plan
Double Letter Cards
A resource to help students identify the double letters in the provided words.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Foiled Robbery
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Josephine
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Reading Detectives Name Tags
8 colourful reading detective name tags to assign students during guided reading sessions.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Solar Force Five
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Triple Trouble
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Perfect Parents
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Reading Detectives Posters and Banner
8 colourful reading detective posters and a banner to display in the classroom.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Rhyme Time
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Best In Show
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Radio Talk
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
- Plus Plan
The Games Arena – Comprehension Board Game
A sport themed board game for students to play when learning about international sporting events.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension - Public Speaking Day
A comprehension activity using a narrative about public speaking.
- Plus Plan
The Writing Process - BW
A simple poster outlining the writing process.
- Plus Plan
Choose Your Own Destiny - Writing Template
Students use a template to help them write stories with alternative pathways for their friends to read.
- Plus Plan
Home Spelling Poster
A poster to show your students what activity to complete each night using their spelling words.
- Plus Plan
Frog Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun frog themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.
- Plus Plan
Rocket Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun rocket themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.
- Plus Plan
Penguin Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun penguin themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.
- Plus Plan
Talking About Books Prompts
Share a love of reading and expose students to new books with these book talk prompts.
- Plus Plan
Viewing Response Template
A useful template to encourage students to make careful observations and interpretations while viewing visual prompts.
- Plus Plan
4 Star Writing Poster and Checklist Sheet
Is your writing 4 star writing? Ensure your students are double checking their work with these four stars.
- Plus Plan
Queensland Cursive Entries and Exits Spaceship - Red
A set of 12 Queensland Cursive entry and exit shuttles to join together to make a handwriting spaceship.
- Plus Plan
Factual Texts Types Posters Teaching Resource Pack
A set of posters about the factual text types, including annotated examples for each.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences
A comprehensive resource pack helping students draw conclusions and make inferences.
- Plus Plan
Novel Study Activity Resource Pack
A comprehensive resource pack to use with your class when studying a class novel.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Summarising
An extensive resource pack to help students understand the concept of summarising.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Making Predictions
An extensive resource pack helping students to learn how to make predictions.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Recalling Facts and Details
A comprehensive resource pack helping students learn how to recall facts and details.
- Plus Plan
Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Finding Word Meaning in Context
A comprehensive resource pack to help students understand how to work out the meaning of words in context.