2015-2016 Lora Tamayo Grade 4 Science Syllabus

1. UNIT VOCABULARY KEY GRAMMAR
STRUCTURES
RESOURCES ACTIVITIES
1. ROCKS AND MINERALS minerals
hard/soft, dull/shiny/glassy,
light/heavy
colour
What is it called?
Where is it found?
What colour is it?
Is it hard/soft?
Is it dull/shiny/glassy?
Is it light/heavy?
Is it harder than...?
Is it softer than?
Slide presentation.
Minerals
Mohs Scale
Describing a mineral.
Guessing game: guess my mineral,
using the Mohs' scale
2. ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE weather
rainy/snowy/stormy/windy/
foggy/cloudy
today/tomorrow/on the
weekend/on Monday/Tuesday/
Wendesday/
Thursday/Friday/
Saturday/Sunday
next week
I like it when it's (snowy).
I don't like it when it's (rainy).
Is it rainy in California?
Will it be snowy tomorrow in
Boston?
Slide Presentation
Video: Making a weather
vane
Weather forecast.
Expressing weather preferences.
Guessing game: In groups, each
person has part of the information
about a weather forecast in the U.S.A.
Students must complete the weather
forecast map by asking questions.
Watching a "Weather Forecast"
3. POPULATION Numbers.
employed, unemployed, births,
deaths, inmigrants, emigrants.
Names of countries.
Bar chart.
How many unemployed
people are there in England?
There are...
How many births were there
in England in 2015? There
were...
How many inmigrants were
there in England in 2015?
Were there more births in
England or in Spain in 2015?
Slide presentation.
Bar chart.
Making a bar chart and using it to
compare the population of different
countries.

2. 4. STUDYING HISTORY Historical sources:
Oral sources: songs Graphic
sources: maps, pictures,
paintings, photos, films
Written sources: newspapers,
books, plays, poems, letters
Material sources: coins,
monuments, amphors, graves
Ages of History:
Prehistory/Ancient
History/The Middle Ages/The
Modern Ages/The
Contemporary Ages Numbers:
two million, five thousand,
one thousand, five hundred,
two hundred
Is this picture from the (past)/
(present)? Yes, it is. /No, it isn
́t. What's this? It`s an (oral)/a
(written)/(graphic)/(material)
source. Is a (coin) a material
source? Yes, it is. /No it isn`t.
Is this a (written) source? Yes,
it is. /No, it isn't. When did
(Prehistory) begin?
(Prehistory) begun about
(2.000.000) years ago.
(Prehistory), what happened
then?t I began (two million
years) ago/ended with the
invention of (writing)
Active Inspire File
including: Ages of History
Song, Matching Activities.
Reading texts.
Worksheets.
Drawings for cutting out,
colouring and classifying.
Identifying and naming different
historical sources using flashcards or
slides Talking about historical sources
Reading “What's history?” Matching
pictures of historical sources to their
names
Cutting out different historical sources
and gluing them where it corresponds
Completing a chart titled “Historical
sources” Watching video and song
“Ages of History” (blog Lora-
Tamayo-bilingual-world) Reading
“The Ages of History”
Matching ages of history with the
period of time when they happened
Labeling ages of history Listening to a
reading and filling out blanks using a
word bank
5. PREHISTORY IN SPAIN Nouns/pronouns: human
beings, tribes, they, walls,
pictures, fire, food, skin, fish,
plants, tools, weapons, spears,
axes, knifes, stone, wood,
bones Verbs (past tense):
began, ended, lived, painted,
discovered, hunted, gathered,
made early
Why did early men use
(spears)? For hunting Why
did early men use (skins)? For
tents and for clothing Why
did men need (fire)? For
cooking
Slide presentation.
Colouring booklet.
Worksheets.
Watching and reading the Slide
Presentation.
Asking and answering questions about
prehistory.
Playing hangman using prehistory
vocabulary.
Colouring booklet.
Writing worksheets.

3. 6. CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY IN
SPAIN
Vocabulary: Roman Empire,
Latin, aqueducts, theaters,
amphitheaters, gladiators,
circuses, chariot races,
temples, stone roads, rich
people, domus, poor people,
insulae circus or to the
amphitheate What did Romans
build? They built
amphitheaters, theaters,
circuses, acqueducts, stone
roads and temples
What language did the
Romans speak? They spoke
Latin.
Where did Romans live?
They lived in ...How did
Romans have fun? They went
to ..What did Romans build?
They built...
Videos
Colouring booklet
Questions/Answers cards
for group game
Watching and listening to a Slide
Presentation about the Romans (LT)
Reading a text about Ancient history
(page 101, Richmond) Talking about
the Roman times (questions/answers)
** Word search **
Playing a gladiators' on-line game
Watching a video about the life of a
17-year old boy in Rome Watching a
video about Egypt (Discovery
Education -blog) Booklet: Writing
sentences and colouring Talking in
public: Slide Presentation