Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 17 of 17
My Learning Goals
Set goals, use feedback, notice how you grow
What your child practises
Practises setting specific goals, choosing strategies, using feedback and tracking progress in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.4.D2.1, ELA.4.D2.2, ELA.4.D2.3, ELA.4.D2.4, ELA.4.D2.5 · self-monitoring, criteria, feedback, goals and tracking progress
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Your goal is to improve your spelling. Which action helps?
- Practise tricky words a little every day
- Only guess
- Never look at them
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Practise tricky words a little every day
Hint: Practice builds skills.
Question 2
Which of these is a criterion for good writing?
- Capital letters and punctuation are correct
- The pen is blue
- The paper is white
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Capital letters and punctuation are correct
Hint: Criteria describe quality.
Question 3
Which describes a growth mindset?
- I can't do it yet, but I can learn
- I'll never learn
- I'm just bad at it
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I can't do it yet, but I can learn
Hint: "Yet" shows growth.
Question 4
Which shows you reflected on new learning?
- I learned that commas separate items in a list.
- I did a page.
- It was Tuesday.
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I learned that commas separate items in a list.
Hint: Reflection names what you learned.
Question 5
You want to be a better writer. Whom might you ask for descriptive feedback?
- A stranger you will never meet
- Nobody
- A teacher or classmate who read your work
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A teacher or classmate who read your work
Hint: Ask readers.
Question 6
Which is the best way to respond to descriptive feedback?
- Do nothing
- Pick one thing to change and try it
- Argue
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Pick one thing to change and try it
Hint: Small steps are doable.