Grade 4 Unit 1 The Wonder of Local Geography
Explore the rich landscape of your local region with The Wonder of Local Geography. As with all Daily Wonder lessons, our approach is to begin where the child is and to make a meaningful connection to the curriculum material. Local geography and history begin with the self. Mapmaking starts with your child's bedroom, neighbourhood, and familiar daily routes and then expands to encompass your region's history and natural landscape.
The 9 to 10-year-old child now has the capacity to create a "bird's-eye view" mental image. This inner picture will help your child to develop mapmaking skills throughout the unit. While building these particular skills, your child will come to understand the traditional Indigenous lifestyle, values, and practical arts.
Daily Wonder has members worldwide, so some parent preparation is required when learning about your local region. But not to worry, there are step-by-step guided instructions to help you. There are two geography units in Grade 4. This first one covers very local geography, history, and traditional Indigenous values and lifestyles. The second Geography unit, The Wonder of Regional Geography, expands to your province/state and will include the history of Indigenous people's treatment on the land you live on.
This purchase includes one digital curriculum unit with 15 days of lesson plans and 5 days of flexible projects. This unit will inspire you with beautiful images, clear instructions and exciting project ideas.
And that's not all. You will also gain access to the Wonder Hub, which includes supporting documents, videos, resources, and community.
An important note about our geography units: Daily Wonder has students all around the world, so when it comes to learning about your specific province/state in Grade 4, we provide step-by-step guidance as to what aspects of history and geography you'll bring to your child each week of the unit. You, the parent or teacher, will then research and gather the information necessary to share with your child or learning pod students. And with Daily Wonder, each week is laid out so you can prepare with ease.
For this geography unit, please ensure you have gathered the necessary library books, which you will need starting on day 1. Refer to the Materials List for book themes.
Read more about Daily Wonder's approach to history and geography.
The Wonder of Local Geography
Learning Standards
Concept: Exploring stories and other texts help us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
Connection: You will read or tell your child the creation story, Indigenous stories, and settler stories. Your child will build verbal language skills and deepen connection and understanding by recalling and engaging in discussion of the previous day's story and lesson content.
Concept: Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works.
Connection: Your child will develop their own writing skills. They will work on written summaries, dictionary skills, structures, features and conventions of written language, including paragraph writing, with attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your child will work with oral features of language, recalling and discussing lesson material to build deeper engagement with the subject.
Social Studies
Concept: The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people, and communities of Canada.
Connection: Your child will hear about the natural resources of the region you live in and begin to understand how these have changed the land and the people. Your child will also gain knowledge of the importance of caring for and respecting the animal world.
Concept Interactions between First Peoples and Europeans lead to conflict and cooperation, which continues to shape Canada's identity.
Connection: Your child will learn the stories that form the foundation of the Indigenous community. They will build an understanding of the conflicting values and how industry grew from natural resources.
Math
Concept: Development of computational fluency and multiplicative thinking requires analysis of patterns and relations in multiplication and division.
Connection: Your child will review math concepts in their math workbook, practice multiplication tables using beads for hands-on learning, and engage in mental math games that reinforce their understanding of multiplication and division.
Science
Concept: All living things sense and respond to their environment.
Connection: Your child will build a connection to the land and its ecosystems, gaining a deeper appreciation for the natural world around them by learning about Indigenous plant medicine and the characteristics of local animals, fostering respect and reverence for nature.