IB PYP Curriculum Framework ( Aligned with NEP -2020)

Grade – 4 ( English)

Month Concept/Unit Key Competencies Inquiry Focus Assessment Learning Skill in focus
(NEP 2020) (PYP) Methods outcomes

April Who We Are – Language and Reading and Listening Understanding Effective
Literacy: Developing comprehension of comprehension and using nouns communication
Exploring identity, beliefs, values, reading the text effectively,
relationships, and well-being. comprehension, composing Comprehension
enhancing messages.
UOI -1 Sabeel’s Sheel vocabulary. Creative
Appreciating
Oral storytelling writing.
Grammar – Nouns and its types, different types of
Social and Emotional
Synonym and Antonyms nouns
Skills: Understanding
Writing - Message writing personal identity and
value

May Who We Are – Cognitive Skills: How stories Picture-based Ability to Reading
Enhancing connect people. comprehension. comprehend comprehension
Exploring identity, beliefs, values, comprehension and stories and build
relationships, and well-being. vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary
development.
UOI – 2 Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your
Face

Workbook – UOI 1 and UOI 2

July Sharing the Planet – Cognitive and How language Show-and-tell, Understanding Sentence
Creative Skills: describes the and applying construction
Exploring sustainability, global challenges, role-play grammar rules
Sentence formation, natural world.
and the relationships between humans creative writing. in creative ways. Creative writing,
and nature. and
communication.
UOI – 3 Why evergreen trees never lose
their leaves

Grammar – Countable and Uncountable

nouns , Quantifiers
 Writing – Poster Making

UOI – 4 Too Many Stinkbugs

Grammar – Pronoun and its types

Writing – Diary Entry

August How We Express Ourselves – Cultural Awareness: How cultural Picture-based Understanding Descriptive
Exploring cultural events express writing, group adjectives writing
Investigating creativity, culture, and expressions through creativity and discussions.
communication through different forms language. traditions. Comprehension cultural
of expression. of the story expression.
Creative
UOI – 5 The Snake Boat Races of Kerala Communication:
Using adjectives
Grammar – Adjectives (Quality , effectively in
Quantity and Number ) descriptive writing.

UOI – 6 The Court of Dolls

( Poem)

Writing – Poetry Portal

September How We Express Ourselves – Language How language Role-play , Applying Grammar
Proficiency: Using conveys culture Written adverbs, proficiency
Investigating creativity, culture, and adverbs and and values. assignments. punctuation,
communication through different forms punctuation and grammar
of expression. accurately in writing. accurately in Writing skills
writing.
UOI – 7 Tenali Raman and The Three Social Skills:
Dolls Understanding
relationships through
Grammar – Adverbs ( Manner , place and storytelling.
time ) , Helping verbs , Punctuation

Writing – Informal letter

October How We Organize Ourselves – Critical Thinking: Picture-based Understanding Writing

Understanding writing, peer and applying techniques
Understanding human systems, systems and review. grammar rules
governance, and economic activities. governance through in context. Grammar usage.
 language.
UOI – 8 The Story of Arachne
Cognitive Skills:
Grammar – Anagrams , compound words Applying grammar
, Tenses rules effectively.
(simple , continuous)

Writing – Picture description

UOI – 9 Someday

Grammar – Tenses (Perfect)

Writing – Review Writing

November How the World Works- Scientific Literacy: Exploring Quizzes, written Understanding Writing
Understanding scientific summaries. grammar in summaries
Examining scientific principles, natural phenomena phenomena and scientific
technological advancements, and natural and their their impact on writing. understanding
phenomena. implications. the world. natural
phenomena.
UOI – 10 Tribute to Leaves Language and
Literacy: Connecting
Grammar – grammar with
scientific writing and
UOI – 11 The Indian Monsoon : a Friend expression.
or a Foe ?
Critical Thinking:
Graamar – Coordinating conjuctions , Analyzing and
Articles evaluating scientific
concepts.
December How the World Works- Environmental Understanding Project-based Using modal Expressing
Literacy: the importance of assessment, verbs to express necessity,
Examining scientific principles, Understanding the environmental role-play. possibility. possibility, and
technological advancements, and natural role of individuals in conservation. requests
phenomena. environmental
conservation.
UOI- 12 Jadav and the Tree Place
Language
Grammar – Modal verbs Proficiency: Using
modal verbs to
express possibility
 and necessity.

Critical Thinking:
Exploring
environmental issues
using language
structures.
January Where We Are in Place and Time Historical and How geography Email writing, Understanding Writing skills
Geographical and history shape quizzes. and applying
Understanding history, geography, and Awareness: our world. grammatical Grammatical
personal and collective journeys. Understanding structures. accuracy.
UOI – 13 Dozens of Cousins, Trillions of journeys and places.
Stars
Language
Grammar – Homographs , Palindromes , Proficiency: Using
Preposition prepositions and
(Time, Place, Direction) other grammar
structures for clarity.
Writing – Email Writing
Critical Thinking:
Exploring
geographical and
historical contexts
using language.
February Where We Are in Place and Time Creative Expression: Exploring Poetry Understanding Creative writing,
Exploring poetry and language and composition, and applying P oetic
Understanding history, geography, and literary devices. nature through Analysis. alliteration in expression.
personal and collective journeys. poetry. poetry.
Cognitive Skills:
UOI – 14 Wind Clime Recognizing patterns
in language.
Poetic device – Alliteration Critical Thinking:
Analyzing and
applying alliteration
in poetry.