Grade 4 Overall Exptectations:
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Owl (Magazine)
- Beanz (Magazine)
- National Geographic for Kids (Magazine)
- Kedi: the cats of the ancient city (Kanopy eVideo)
- Media and Information Literacy (YouTube)
- Time for Kids (Website)
- Game Time (Website)
- Kids React: Old Computers (YouTube)
Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;
- Wacky… but True! (Magazine)
- CBC Kids News (Website)
- Junk food jungle (Website)
- The Pigeon News(Website)
Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques;
- Create a Comic Strip (Website)
- Current Events and Daily News Worksheets (Website)
- Facing TV violence (Website)
- One Good Thing: Hogwarts Digital Escape Room (Website)
- Data Defenders (Website)
Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
- TV Takeover (Book)
- Virtually True (Book)
- Pretty in Print (Book)
- Coming Distractions (Book)
- Extra! Extra! Newsboys Strike! (Hoopla eBook)
- The Importance of Media Literacy (Website)
- Logos Quiz App (App)