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TEMPO in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers
Teachers everywhere are using Podcasts as a teaching tool. In consultation with the TEMPO team, Kelli Sherwin, a teacher with over 25 years of experience, has created a lesson plan to accompany each episode of TEMPO. These Google Slide lessons are easily accessible and ready to assign to students. Although TEMPO is appropriate for students in Grades 3-6, it specifically aligns with these 2023 Grade 4 Ontario Language Expectations:
A2. Digital Media Literacy
demonstrate and apply the knowledge and skills needed to interact safely and responsibly in online environments, use digital and media tools to construct knowledge, and demonstrate learning as critical consumers and creators of media
B1. Oral and Non-Verbal Communication
apply listening, speaking, and non-verbal communication skills and strategies to
understand and communicate meaning in formal and informal contexts and for various purposes and audiences
C1. Knowledge about Texts
apply foundational knowledge and skills to understand a variety of texts, including digital
and media texts, by creators with diverse identities, perspectives, and experience, and demonstrate an understanding of the patterns, features, and elements of style associated with various text forms and genres
C2. Comprehension Strategies
apply comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading, listening to, and viewing a variety of texts, including digital and media texts, by creators with diverse identities, perspectives, and experiences, in order to understand and clarify the meaning of texts
C3. Critical Thinking in Literacy
apply critical thinking skills to deepen understanding of texts, and analyze how various perspectives and topics are communicated and addressed in a variety of texts, including digital, media, and cultural texts
In addition to completing the lessons, students can demonstrate what they have
learned by creating posters, artwork and song lyrics. On top of it all, students can
deepen their understanding of how having a Growth Mindset can lead to successful
outcomes AND get in their Daily Physical Activity (DPA) by grooving to the tunes
at the end of each of the podcasts!
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"TEMPO" A Podcast Musical
CAN ASSIST WITH THESE
GRADE 4 LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM -2023- EXPECTATIONS
Forms, Conventions, and Techniques
A2.4 demonstrate an understanding of the forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, consider the impact on the audience, and apply this understanding when analyzing and creating texts
Media, Audience, and Production
A2.5 demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended audience, and the purpose for production
Innovation and Design
A2.6 select and use appropriate digital and media tools to support the design process and address authentic, relevant, real-world problems by developing innovative solutions
Listening Strategies for Comprehension
B1.2 select and use a variety of listening strategies before, during, and after listening to comprehend information and messages communicated orally and non-verbally, express interest in what is being said at appropriate times, seek clarification, and develop an appropriate response
Knowledge about Texts
C1. apply foundational knowledge and skills to understand a variety of texts, including digital and media texts, by creators with diverse identities, perspectives, and experiences, and demonstrate an understanding of the patterns, features, and elements of style associated with various text forms and genres
Activating Prior Knowledge
C2.1 identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
Monitoring of Understanding: Making and Confirming Predictions
C2.3 make predictions using background knowledge, text features, and evidence from the text, and pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct
Monitoring of Understanding: Making Connections
C2.5 describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledge and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
Summarizing: Identifying Relevant Information and Drawing Conclusions
C2.6 summarize the main idea of a text and the supporting details in sequence, and draw a simple conclusion
Making Inferences
C3.2 make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts
Analyzing Texts
C3.3 analyze various texts, including literary and informational texts, by identifying main and supporting ideas, sequencing the events of multiple plots, and explaining cause and effect
Analyzing Cultural Elements of Texts
C3.4 identify cultural elements that are represented in various texts, including norms, values, artifacts, sports, and music, investigate the meanings of these elements, and make connections to their lived experience and culture
Analysis and Response
C3.6 explain how various topics, such as diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, are addressed in texts, and describe what insights or messages are conveyed