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September - Numerical Expressions and Factors

Powers and Exponents

Order of Operations

Prime Factorization

Greatest Common Factor

Least Common Multiple

October - Fractions and Decimals

Multiplying Fractions

Dividing Fractions

Dividing Mixed Numbers

Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Multiplying Decimals

Dividing Whole numbers

Dividing Decimals

November - Ratios and Rates

Ratios

Using Tape Diagrams

Using Ratio Tables

Graphing Ratio Relationships

Rates and Unit Rates

Converting Measures

December - Percents

Percents and Fractions

Percents and Decimals

Comparing and Ordering Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Solving Percent Problems

January - Algebraic Expressions and Properties

Algebraic Expressions

Writing Expressions

Properties of Addition and Multiplication

The Distributive Property

Factoring Expressions

February - Equations

Writing Equations in One Variable

Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction

Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division

Writing Equations in Two Variables

March - Area, Surface Area, and Volume

Areas of Parallelograms

Areas of Triangles

Areas of Trapezoids and Kites

Three-Dimensional Figures

Surface Areas of Prisms

Surface Areas of Pyramids

Volumes of Rectangular Prisms

April - Integers, Number Lines, and the Coordinate Plane

Integers

Comparing and Ordering Integers

Rational Numbers

Absolute Value

The Coordinate Plane

Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

Writing and Graphing Inequalities

Solving Inequalities

May - Statistical Measures

Introduction to Statistics

Mean

Measures of Center

Measures of Variation

Mean Absolute Deviation

June - Data Displays

Stem-and-Leaf Plots

Histograms

Shapes of Distributions

Choosing Appropriate Measures

Box-and-Whisker Plots

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Reading: Active reading practice, Short stories, Informational texts, SSR every other Friday

Grammar: Fragments, run-ons, subject/verb agreement, phrases and clauses

Writing: Sending an email/tone and audience, writing process

Word study: Greek and Latin Roots

October

"Crossing Ebenezer Creek" by Tonya Bolden (6 weeks)

Grammar: Compound/complex sentences, modifiers

Writing: Narrative writing, journal responses to reading

Word study: Text-relevant vocabulary

November

A Year

Crossing Ebenezer creek, non-fiction texts

Grammar: Varying sentences, concise wording, capitalization

Writing: Writing to inform, RACE review, POWER/TIDE

Word study: Vocabulary in context; text-relevant vocabulary

December

A Year

Drama/readers theatre

Grammar: "Performing in education" Daily bell-ringer work

Writing: Writing to inform

Word study: Vocabulary in context; text-relevant vocabulary

January

A + B Year

"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen (5 weeks) (Making shelter project)

Research writing- Stories of survival (5 weeks)

Grammar: punctuation, comma, non-restrictive elements

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary

February

A + B Year

"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

Research writing- Stories of incredible survival (9 weeks)

Grammar: Dialogue punctuation, quoting text, pronoun case

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary

March

A + B Year

Reading: "The Outsiders" S.E. Hinton Novel study (8 weeks)

Writing: Literary analysis

Grammar: Reference skills, context clues

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary- Student selected vocabulary lists

April

A + B Year

Reading: "The Outsiders" S.E. Hinton Novel study(8 weeks)

Writing: Literary analysis

Grammar: connotations, figurative language, word relationships

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary- Student selected vocabulary lists

May

A + B Year

Reading: Genre book clubs/poetry (8 weeks)

Writing: Argument writing, speed debating (8 weeks)

Grammar: "Performing in education" daily bell-ringer work

Word Study: Vocabulary in context; text-relevant vocabulary

June

Reading: Genre book clubs/poetry (8 weeks)

Writing: Argument writing, speed debating (8 weeks)

Grammar: "Performing in education" daily bell-ringer work

Word Study: Vocabulary in context; text-relevant vocabulary

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September - Geography, Economics, Citizenship

Lines of Latitude & Longitude

Physical Maps

Famous Landmarks (lat and long)

Trade in Ancient World

October - Geography, Economics, Citizenship

EdPuzzle x 3

3 Branches Cloze Reading

You Be The Judge - Amendments

EdPuzzle: Cause and Effect

November- What Does A Historian Do?

Timeline Activity

EdPuzzle x2

Class Source Sort Activity (primary v. secondary sources)

Sources Station Activity/Packet

December - Early Humans and the Agricultural Revolution

Hunter-Gatherers

The Agricultural Revolution

Storyboard Project (Paleolithic v. Neolithic)

January - Ancient Egypt and Kush

The Nile River

Life in Ancient Egypt

Deities of Ancient Egypt Activity

February - Ancient Egypt and Kush

Egypt's Empire

The Kingdom of Kush

March- The Ancient Greeks

The Rise of Greek Civilization

Sparta and Athens

April- The Ancient Greeks

Greek Mythology

Compare/Contrast Hercules

Myths, Monsters, and Heroes Activity

May- The Ancient Greeks

Greece and Persia

Glory, War, and Decline

June- Greek Civilization

Greek Culture

The Greek Mind

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Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics

Alfred Wegener readers theater

Build Pangea - based on evidence (cut and paste activity)

Convection Demonstrations

Graham cracker plate tectonics Lab

October

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes and Volcanoes Plotting Activity

Are earthquakes and volcanoes related to plate boundaries - CER (scientific argument writing)

November

Rocks and Minerals

Mineral identification lab using physical properties (harness, luster, streak...)

Crayon Rock Cycle

December

Geologic Time Scale - Layer Cake!

Index Fossils

January

Finish Geologic Time Scale

Earth's Fresh Water - Begin Water Cycle

February

Continue Water Cycle

All Earth's water Demo

Layers of the Atmosphere

Types of Clouds

Hailstorm Data

Weather Fronts, Air Masses,

Predicting Weather

March

Changing Global Temps

Minimizing Human Impact

A Plastic Ocean

Design a device to pick up ocean trashWeather and Atmosphere continued/Project Save the Oceans

April

Space and Planets

Scale models of the Universe (measured out in the parking lot)

May

Earth/Sun/Moon relations

Modeling Eclipses

Styrofoam models of Earth's tilt

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Mystery Solutions Challenge

Metric Doodle Notes

Measuring in Metric Doodle Notes

Color Rack Lab - making accurate measurements and lab practice

Experimental Design

Copy Cat Experimental Design (with legos)

Recording Data (Little Alchemy)

October

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Kinetic and Potential Energy

Energy in Toys Lab

Heat energy and Transfer

Heat transfer demonstrations/Lab

Classifying Matter

Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Notes

Petri dish activity

Properties of Matter

Density

Fruits and roots demonstration (will it float or sink?)

November

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Density

CER (scientific argument writing)

Flinking lab, density column

Density calculations (mass, volume and density)

December

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Physical/Chemical Changes - Making Pancakes

Exothermic Rxn Lab - (measuring temperature of reactions)

January

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Atoms

Modeling with pom-poms

Periodic people

Periodic table superhero/villain and pizza box project

February

A Year

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Atoms

Bohr Diagrams manipulatives

Counting Atoms and Elements

Chemical Bonding - Stop motion in canva

March

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Balancing chemical equations

Making frescoes

Inertia 500 (Nascar Themed unit discovering Newton's Laws)

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

Net Force

Friction

Inertia

April

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Motion and Forces

Inertia 500 (Nascar Themed unit discovering Newton's Laws)

May

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Waves

Light, Sound and Electromagnetic Waves

Sound Wave Art

June

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Magnetic Mazes

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September - Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers

Rational Numbers

Adding Integers

Adding Rational Numbers

Subtracting Integers

Subtracting Rational Numbers

October - Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers

Multiplying Integers

Dividing Integers

Converting Between Fractions and Decimals

Multiplying Rational Numbers

Dividing Rational Numbers

November - Expressions

Algebraic Expressions

Adding and Subtracting Linear Expressions

The Distributive Property

Factoring Expressions

December - Equations and Inequalities

Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction

Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division

Solving Two-Step Equations

Writing and Graphing Inequalities

Solving Inequalities Using Addition or Subtraction

Solving Inequalities Using Multiplication or Division

Solving Two-Step Inequalities

January - Ratios and Proportions

Ratios and Ratio Tables

Rates and Unit Rates

Identifying Proportional Relationships

Writing and Solving Proportions

Graphs of Proportional Relationships

Scale Drawings

February - Percents

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

The Percent Proportion

The Percent Equation

Percents of Increase and Decrease

Discounts and Markups

Simple Interest

March - Probability

Probability

Experimental and Theoretical Probability

Compound Events

Simulations

April - Statistics

Samples and Populations

Using Random Samples to Describe Populations

Comparing Populations

Using Random Samples to Compare Populations

May - Geometric Shapes and Angles

Circles and Circumference

Areas of Circles

Perimeters and Areas of Composite Figures

Constructing Polygons

Finding Unknown Angle Measures

June - Surface Area Surface Area and Volume

Surface Areas of Prisms

Surface Areas of Cylinders

Surface Areas of Pyramids

Volumes of Prisms

Volumes of Pyramids

Cross Sections of Three-Dimensional Figures

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Solving Simple Equations

Solving Multi-Step Equations

Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides

Rewriting Equations and Formulas

October - Transformations

Translations

Reflections

Rotations

Congruent Figures

Dilations

Similar Figures

Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures

November - Angles and Triangles

Parallel Lines and Transversals

Angles of Triangles

Angles of Polygons

Using Similar Triangles

December - Graphing and Writing Linear Equations

Graphing Linear Equations

Slope of a Line

Graphing Proportional Relationships

Graphing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

Graphing Linear Equations in Standard Form

Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

Writing Equations in Point-Slope Form

January - Systems of Linear Equations

Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing

Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution

Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination

Solving Special Systems of Linear Equations

February - Data Analysis Data Analysis and Displays

Scatter Plots

Lines of Fit

Two-Way Tables

Choosing a Data Display

March - Functions

Relations and Functions

Representations of Functions

Linear Functions

Comparing Linear and Nonlinear Functions

Analyzing and Sketching Graphs

April - Exponents and Scientific Notation

Exponents

Product of Powers Property

Quotient of Powers Property

Zero and Negative Exponents

Estimating Quantities

Scientific Notation

Operations in Scientific Notation

May - Real Numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem

Finding Square Roots

The Pythagorean Theorem

Finding Cube Roots

Rational Numbers

Irrational Numbers

The Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem

June - Volume and Similar Solids

Volumes of Cylinders

Volumes of Cones

Volumes of Spheres

Surface Areas and Volumes of Similar Solids

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September - Place Value and Order of Operations

Thinking Thursdays

Workbook Activities

Prodigy introduction and assessment

October - Adding/Subtracting Decimals; Multiplying Whole #

Capture the Flag

PBL-Haunted House

Fall SAS

Fact Fluency/Spiral Thursdays

November - Multiplying by Decimals;

Fact Fluency (Mad Minute)

Building Thinking Classrooms (1/2 class with whiteboards, 1/2 with small group concept check)

December - Dividing Decimals then Adding/Subtraction of Fractions

Fact Fluency/Spiral Thursdays

Full Room Building Thinking Classrooms with flipped classroom (video on next days lesson for HW, review of skills leading up to the lesson, and brief overview of what's to come)

January - Finish Adding/Subtracting Decimals and Start Fractions (+/-)

Fact Fluency/Spiral Thursdays

BTC with flipped classroom

Start Bakery PBL (Fractions)

February - Fractions Multiplication and Division

Fact Fluency/Spiral Thursdays

BTC with flipped classroom

Finish Bakery PBL and Presentations

March - Finish Fractions (M/D), Conversion of Measurement Units, Start Coordinate Plane

Fact Fluency/Spiral Thursdays

BTC with flipped classroom

April - Finish Coordinate Plane, Volume, and Start Classifying 2D Shapes

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September - (Multiplication)

Multiplication from 0-12

Commutative Property

Identity Property

Zero Property

Multiply using arrays, equal groups, skip counting, number lines, repeated addition

Division using fact families and repeated subtraction

October - Multiplication and Division

Distributive Property

Associative Property

Sprouts Vet Clinic Project

November - Finding Patterns in Multiplication and Division

Turkey Escape Room

critical thinking

using multiplication and division strategies

December -

Winter Wonderland Maps

Use map skills

multiplication and division strategies to create attractions at a winter wonderland amusement park

Begin Area of regular and irregular shapes

January

Area

Interpreting data

Collect data to create bar graphs and picture graphs

February

Topics 1-8 Cumulative Benchmark

Properties of Addition and Subtraction

Strategies to add and subtract within 1000

March

Multiply multiples of 10

Fractions greater and less than 1

April

Equivalent fractions

Comparing fractions

Time, capacity, mass

May

Attributes of 2D shapes

Construction Room Transformation

reviews area, perimeter, shapes, time,

Year end math review- prep for SAS

Fine Arts Night- Pizza Palooza

June

Perimeter

Step up math

Amusement Park PBL

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September - Numbers 0-5

counting 1, 2, and 3

counting 4 and 5

identifying the number 0

writing numbers 0-5

Arts Integration: apple counting, Autumn tree leaf counting, 5 apples up on top photograph and counting

October - Comparing Numbers 0-5

equal groups

greater than

less than

Arts Integration: 5 Little Pumpkins, pumpkin patch comparing

Seeds 2 Art Integration: Monster eye counting and comparing, pumpkin thumbprint counting

November- Numbers 6-10 & Comparing Number 0-10

Counting 6 & 7

Counting 8 & 9

Counting 10

Making 10

Comparing groups of 10 by matching and using numerals

Arts Integration: counting turkey feathers to 10 to make turkeys

December - Classifying, Sorting, & Counting Data and Understanding Addition

classifying objects into categories

counting and using tally marks and numerals

exploring addition and representing as adding to and putting together

represent addition with equations

solving addition word problems

Arts Integration: Winter snow globe snowflake sorting

Seeds 2 Art Integration: Christmas tree category sorting craft, numbered snowman

January - Understanding Subtraction & More Addition and Subtracting

represent subtraction by taking apart

Arts Integration: NYE balloon popping subtraction

Seeds 2 Art Integration: hot cocoa subtraction

represent subtraction as taking from

represent and explain subtraction with equations

Arts Integration: penguin subtraction craft and equation

subtraction word problems

use patterns to develop fluency in subtraction

using appropriate tools for subtraction

Decompose 5 to solve problems

related facts

problem solving: reasoning

fluently add and subtract to 5

decompose 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to solve problems

ways to make 10

Arts Integration: hot cocoa marshmallow addition to 10 craft, candy heart addition to 10 craft

find the missing part of 10

STEAM: build a winter cave with insulation to hold three or more winter animals

February - Counting Numbers to 20

count read and write 11, 12

count read and write 13, 14, 15

count read and write 16, 17

count read and write 18, 19, 20

Arts Integration: Valentine's Day cookie counting. Valentine teen number buddy (representing teen numbers in different ways)

March - Compose and Decompose Numbers 11-19 and Counting Numbers to 100

make 11, 12, 13

make 14, 15, 16

make 17, 18, 19

finding parts of numbers 11-19

Arts Integration: rainbow teen number craft, bunny teen number craft

Finding patterns in numbers

Counting by ones and tens to 50

Counting by tens to 100

Counting by ones to 100

Arts Integration: skip counting caterpillars

April- Identify and Describe Shapes and Analyze, Compare, and Create Shapes

Arts Integration: shape animals (making an animal from various smaller shapes.)

2D and 3D shapes

Circles and Triangles

Hexagons

Solid figures

Describing shapes in the environment

Comparing 2D and 3D shapes

Making and building shapes

STEAM: building 3D shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks

May - Describe and Compare Measurable Attributes

Arts Integration: shape bugs

Length and Height

Capacity

Weight

Describe and compare objects by measurable attributes

June - Step Up to First Grade

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September - (Topic 1: Understanding Addition & Subtraction)

Topic 1

Adding & Joining Together

Both Addends Unknown

Taking From

Comparing

Identifying Changes

October - (Topic 2: Fluently Add & Subtract Within 10)

Topic 2

Counting on to Add

Doubles & Near Doubles

Adding in any Order

Counting Back to Subtract

Using Addition to Subtract

Word Problem Practice

November - (Topic 3: Addition & Subtraction Facts to 20: Using Strategies & Topic 4: )

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Counting On (with and without number lines)

Doubles & Near Doubles

Making 10 to Add

Addition & Subtraction Word Problems

Topic 4

Count to Subtract

Make 10 to Subtract

Fact Families

Use Addition to Subtract

December - (Topic 5: Work with Addition and Subtraction Equations)

Topic 5

Find the Unknown Number

True or False Equations

Make True Equations

Add Three Numbers

Word Problems with Three Addends

January - (Topic 6: Represent and Interpret Data)

Topic 6

Organize Data into Three Categories

Collect and Represent Data

Interpret Data

Continue to Interpret Data

Problem Solving: Make Sense and Persevere

Topic 7

Count by 10s to 120

Count by 1s to 120

Count on a Number Chart to 120

Count by 1s or 10s to 120

Count on an Open Number Line

Count and Write Numerals

Problem Solving: Repeated Reasoning

February - (Topic 8: Understand Place Value)

Topic 8

Make numbers 11-19

March - (Topic 9 Compare Two-Digit Numbers)

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September - Maps and Continents

Continents and Oceans song

Identify and Label continents and oceans

Recognize and define landforms

Continent research

STEAM project with SamLabs- light up landmarks

October - (unit title)

Reading passages in Scholastic Magazine during reading groups

November - Immigration to Ellis Island

Virtual Field Trips

Ellis Island

Statue of Liberty

Immigration Doll Project

Immigration Packet

December -

Finish Immigration

Scholastic News

January -

Introduction/Overview of American Revolution

Novel Study:

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere

Scholastic News

February -

Civil Rights- (connects to Mentor Text)

Iditarod

Scholastic News- current events

March -

Iditarod

Scholastic News-current events

April

Branches of Government

Scholastic News-current events

May

New Hampshire Government and Symbols

Scholastic News-current events

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Understand Place Value

Read and Write Multi Digit Numbers

Compare Multi-Digit Numbers

Round Multi-Digit Numbers

Adding and Subtracting Multi-Digit Numbers

Estimating Sums and Differences

October - (Multiplication 2 x1, 3x1, 4x1 )

Multiplying by a 10, 100, and 1,000

Estimating Products

Use Distributive Property

Use Partial Products

Use Standard Algorithm Problem Solving

November - (Multiplication 2 digit x 2 digit)

Multiply by 10's

Estimate Products

Use Area Models

Use Distributive Property

Use Partial Products

Use Standard Algorithm

Problem Solving

December - Finish Multiplication and Start Division

Divide by 10's, 100's, and 1,000's

Estimate Quotients

Understand Remainders

Divide 2 digit by 1 digit

Divide Multi digits by 1 digit

January - (unit title)

Divide Multi digits by 1 digit (review and practice)

Problem Solving with Division

Factors and Multiples

Prime and Composite Numbers

Patterns and Problem Solving

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September -Animal Structures, Life Cycles, Processes

Life Cycle sort

Reading passage and comprehension

Generation Genius- animal structures

What Butterfly? (camouflage activity)

Hot Seat- vocab

We're Building a Sanctuary!

animal groups

habitats

structures

life cycles

Career Connections: educator, vet, caretaker, market/design

Introduction to Google Slides, Canva

October - Fossils

Fossil or Not- sorting activity

Bread and Gummy Fossil Activity

Reading Passages- fossils

What is a Paleontologist activity

Types of Fossils activity

Vocab- Hot Seat

November - Beginning of Engineering Unit (continues into December)

What is the Engineering Design Process

Sam Labs in STEAM

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Define

Ada Twist, Scientist

Task cards with multiple problems

Imagine

What to Do with an Idea

scenarios- define problem and constraints and brainstorm ideas to solve

Plan, Create, Improve

The Crayon Man

Use the EDP to build crayon towers

Sprouts Workshop

Use the EDP to create a new toy

Intro to Tinkercad

January -Forces and Interactions

Balanced/Unbalanced

Informational reading

picture sort

Tug of War

Predict motion

pool activity

Magnetic Forces

Give me Strength activity

Create electromagnet

Magnetic Mazes activity

Vocab games

Hot Seat

Final assessment

February - Traits and Heredity

Informational reading and questions

Punnet Squares

Inherited vs. Acquired traits

Vocab Games

Hot seat

STEAM NIGHT

Begin project elements

Integrate STEAM into social studies and reading

Iditarod- The Race to Nome

March - Weather and Climate

Solve a Weather Problem

Large project- Use EDP to invent a solution to weather problem

Tinkercad

Severe weather Presentations

Weather log (daily)

Connects to Iditarod (weather in Alaska)

Informational reading

weather/climate

Create weather instruments

April - EDP (STEAM challenge)

Honeybees and Plants science- informational reading

Pollinator STEM challenge-

Peep nest (build a nest to keep birds safe)

May -Build a Roller Coaster STEM challenge

create with paper plates and marble

June - STEM Challenge

Straw Rockets and Parachute challenge

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September

Mentor Text

First Day Jitters

subject and predicate

adjectives

Enemy Pie

Adjectives

Simple sentences

sequencing events

Figurative Language

October

Mentor Text

My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother

quotation marks

Vivid verbs

Owl Moon

Shared Reading

Charlotte's Web

character traits

plot

sequencing

comprehension

Cause and Effect

StoryWorks Magazine

November - reading aligns w social studies unit- Ellis Island

How Many Days to America

Her Right Foot

The story of Annie Moore

December

Mentor Text

Trouble with Trolls

quotation marks

adverbs

cause and effect

inferences

How Santa got His Job

Compound, simple, complex

use of comma,

compare/contrast- (How Santa Lost His Job)

Polar Express

Similes and other figurative language

January -

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

adjectives, possessives, subject/predicate review

Fairy Tales

Focus on Plot Elements

Review character traits

Setting

Fairy Tale Project Choice Board

Become a storywriter and animator

engineering with paper

tinkercad-3D Print

Digital Stop Motion

February -

Finish Frindle

Iditarod Reading Passages and Stone Fox Novel

Iditarod STEAM integration project

Focus on Civil Rights for Mentor Text

Lillian's Right to Vote

Ruby Bridges

Jackie Robinson

Rosa Parks

Martin's Big Words

prepositions and prepositional phrases

Proper Nouns

March

Because of Winn Dixie Novel Study

Celebrate Diversity Mentor Texts

The Water Princess

compound predicate

A Crayon's Story

Possessive nouns and pronouns

I Dissent

Gerunds (verbs ending in ing)

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April

Winn Dixie Continued

Mentor Text

Mr. Lincoln's Way

appositives

The Rainbow Tulip

prepositional phrases

compound sentences/conjunctions

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Verdi

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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September - Single Digit Add and subtract

symmetry match the butterfly

flower parts and wholes

bead ten sticks

mandala arts, creating symmetry

draw and color the time spans between hours

use found objects spare parts to create symmetrical art

skip count by 5's and 10's

October - Arrays

counting 6oo mosquitoes-arrays

make a recipe using measuring cups

bat straw flyers how far can they fly-measure

draw and measure hands to make a tree-measure

sunflower, measure your height, make the flower that tall

measure your height and make a graph

trace your hand and measure it, make a tree (the hands are the leaves)

skip count by 5's and 10's

clocks to the hour and 1//2

rulers

November - Adding 2 digit

car ramps - drive and measure, which track is fastest

art germ arrays

activity-collect data on time of dusk and temperature, noticing change

activity- collecting data - what food group do you like?

activity- collecting data - what food do you like?

measure, more inches yards or feet

measure find objects that are an inch, foot, yard

lips with teeth, adults have 32 teeth and children have 20 milk teeth

numberlines

taking apart,

compensation

December - (adding 2 digit)

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A Year

ThinkSRSD; Introduction of POWER, TIDE, C-SPACE

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Assessments (IDI, LETRS, Dibels)

Class Novel Read Aloud

Reading Groups (Standard for each Reading Class)

Mini Lessons

Just Right Books, Stamina, Goals

Text Features

Text Evidence

Text Connections

Cause/Effect

Engage: Daily Language Review/Super Sentence building

Accuracy, Fluency, Grammar: Activity related to mini lesson in Story Works & Word Study small group

Depth and Complexity-Building Comprehension: Independent Reading

October

A Year

Class Novel (Because of Mr. Terrupt)

Plot, Character Traits and Development, Inference

GIST/TIDE

B Year

Class Novel

Reading Groups

Mini Lessons:

Figurative Language, Plot, Dialogue, Characters (Traits, etc), Fiction

Engage: Daily Language Review and paragraph writing

Accuracy, Fluency, Grammar: Activity related to mini lesson in Story Works & Word Study small group

Word Study based on assessments

Depth and Complexity-Building Comprehension: Independent Reading

November

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Class Novel

Reading Groups

Mini Lessons:

Non-Fiction Review, Stop-and-Jot (readying for research project), Main Idea/Supporting Details

Engage: Daily Language Review and paragraph writing

Accuracy, Fluency, Grammar: Activity related to mini lesson in Story Works & Word Study small group

Word Study based on assessments

Depth and Complexity-Building Comprehension: Independent Reading

December

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Class Novel

Reading Groups

Mini Lessons:

Note taking; Paragraph building; Outlining information to write a paper

Engage: Daily Language Review and paragraph writing

Accuracy, Fluency, Grammar: Activity related to mini lesson in Story Works & Word Study small group

Word Study based on assessments

Multi-Syllabic

Root/Base Words

Digraphs

Depth and Complexity-Building Comprehension: Independent Reading

January

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Class Novel

Reading Groups

Mini Lessons:

Descriptions, Organizing Information, Sequencing; Themes; Poetry Features

Engage: Daily Language Review and paragraph response to text with text evidence

Accuracy, Fluency, Grammar: Activity related to mini lesson in Story Works & Word Study small group

Word Study based on assessments

Depth and Complexity-Building Comprehension: Independent Reading

February

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Class Novel

Reading Groups

Mini Lessons:

Figurative Language, Poetry, Commas (possessive or plural)

Engage: Daily Language Review and paragraph writing

Accuracy, Fluency, Grammar: Activity related to mini lesson in Story Works & Word Study small group

Word Study based on assessments

Depth and Complexity-Building Comprehension: Independent Reading

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September

reading our names

reading our friends names

reading color words

uppercase and lowercase letter tracking with the alphabet song. STEAM: pipe cleaner alphabet poster

SEEDS 2 STEAM: Playdoh alphabet mats.

October

Creepy Carrots (story elements, retelling, character traits) STEAM: build a fence to keep the carrots in. Art: Creepy Carrots

Creepy Pair of Underwear (making predictions, story elements, retelling) Art: Creepy pair of underwear

Spookley the Square Pumpkin (story elements, retelling, problem and solution, text evidence adjectives about Spookley)

Room on the Broom (story elements, character traits, sequence of events) STEAM: design a broom for the witch

Reading high frequency words: I, it, if, in, at, am, a, the

Seeds 2

Splat the Cat (story elements, character traits, sequence of events)

Leaf Thief (problem and solution)

How to Catch a Witch (story elements, character traits, sequence of events)

Compare and Contrast apples and pumpkins

Arts Integration- Stuffed bag scarecrow, hanging ghost

November

Turkey Trouble (story elements and problem and solution) Arts Integration: Disguise a Turkey STEAM: Create a turkey trap out of building materials and creating turkey towers to hold a turkey on top without falling over

Stone Soup (Character traits) Arts Integration: What would you put in your stone soup? Cutting out pictures and gluing into a pot of soup

Balloons Over Broadway (making predictions) STEAM: balloon floats and green screen in front of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Reading high frequency words: on, of, no, go, so, up, us, run, is, his

Seeds 2

STEAM How to Catch a Turkey- turkey trap coding/ (cranberry and toothpick turkey trap building)

Problem and Solution, Setting, Characters - Turkey Trouble

STEAM- Non-fiction text, building Mayflowers out of tin foil to support the weight of the pilgrims and their luggage.

The Last Leaf- character traits

December - Gingerbread Man Around the World

Comparing/Contrasting different versions of The Gingerbread Man from around the world

Arts Integration: Create a gingerbread man passport for him to visit around the world

STEAM: design and engineer a bridge for the gingerbread man to safely get across the river

Reading high frequency words: as, has, was, be, he, me, we, an, and, can, ran

Seeds 2

Snow Friends story- Problem and Solution

The Snow Globe Family book- snow globe craft

STEAM: Elf on the Shelf building

Katie and the Candy Cane Fairy- candy cane patterned bead ornaments

January

Squirrel's New Years Resolution-Sequencing and Problem and Solution. What is a resolution? NYE Party Hat resolution pictures

The Mitten-making predictions, problem, making connections. STEAM: build a mitten to see how many connecting cubes can fit inside

The Hat- making predictions, making connections. compare and contrast to The Mitten. STEAM: build a hedgehog out of model magic and spaghetti. Art: winter hat photographs

The Snowy Day- retelling, making connections. Art: snowy day blizzard pictures

Reading high frequency words: big, see, get, got, not, had, did, but, my, by, why

Decodable stories

Seeds 2

Tacky the Penguin character traits

The Mitten retelling paper bag

Sneezy the Snowman melted puffy paint writing prompt

Snowy Weather- Salt w/ watercolor snowflakes

STEAM- The Hat- how many cubes will fit in my hat?

STEAM- cupid's catapult challenge

February

Groundhog gets a say retelling, main idea and details Arts Integration: groundhog shadow puppets and shadow voting

Crankenstien Valentine: character traits and sequencing STEAM: Engineer a sweet shop to hod several different sweets for Valentine's Day

Bears Loose Tooth (Dental Awareness Month) First, Next, Then, Last Arts Integration: clean teeth toothbrush painting

The Day It Rained Hearts: Main Idea Arts Integration: Umbrella heart craft

STEAM: Cupid's Coding Challenge

Reading high frequency words: do, to, into, play, say, said, like, came, here

Decodable texts.

March

Cat in the Hat rhyming word hat craftivity

How to Catch a Leprechaun: making connections Arts Integration and STEAM: building leprechaun traps STEAM: building 3D pots of gold and building rainbow bridges. Lucky charm coding.

Fairy Tales: comparing and contrasting real vs fantasy

Goldilocks: beginning, middle, end STEAM building a bed or chair out of popsicle sticks

Little Red Riding Hood: character traits STEAM: little red riding hood coding

Three Billy Goats Gruff: problem and solution STEAM: building bridges to hold teddy bear counters

Jack and the Beanstalk: making connections, what would you do if you had magic beans? STEAM: pool noodle bean stalk towers

Reading high frequency words: one, two, she, you, little, jump, help, from, or, for, her, are

Decodable texts

April -

The Very Hungry Caterpillar sequencing and retelling and cause and effect STEAM: green screen foods I like to eat. Sock how many foods can I fit in my caterpillar building activity (students color and decorate a sock to look like a caterpillar)

The Good Egg: character traits STEAM: plastic egg towers or sculptures.

The Easter Bunny is Missing First, Next, Then, Last STEAM: Find the easter bunny coding. Making easter bunny ears out of pipe cleaners

I am Earth: Nonfiction text Arts Integration: Ripped paper heart Earth (Our Class Cares)

Reading High frequency words: too, good, look, find, pretty, what, these, they

Decodable text.

May

Dragons Love Tacos: making connections. Whats My Favorite Taco? Synonym tacos Arts Integration: paper plate tacos

Mother's Day Mice: character traits Arts Integration: Mother's Day Wooden Spoons

A Chair for My Mother: Feelings before, during, and after

Bear Sees Color: retelling Arts Integration: Color collage poems

Read High Frequency Words: live, have, give, there, where, come, some, done

Decodable text.

June -

Reading High Frequency Words: all, will, who, that, this, with

Decodable texts

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September - We can be storytellers and illustrators

using proper pencil grip

sky line, plane line, grass line, worm line introduction

writing our names

we can illustrate by coloring in the lines, using colors that make sense, and leaving no white spaces

lowercase letters (proper formation and line spacing)

October - We can be storytellers and illustrators

illustrators can use tools (pencils, crayons, markers...)

illustrators can use sticks, circles, and boxes

illustrators add lots of details and colors

illustrators use their 5 senses to add details

lowercase letters (proper formation and line spacing)

November - We can be storytellers and illustrators

illustrators label their pictures (using beginning sounds)

illustrators create picture books

lowercase letters (proper formation and line spacing)

December - We can be storytellers and illustrators

illustrators label their pictures (using beginning sounds)

illustrators draw a beginning, middle, and end

illustrators label their pictures by stretching all of the sounds that we hear

lowercase letters (proper formation and line spacing)

January - We Can Be Authors

authors add labels to their illustrations

authors add words to their illustrations

"I like..." writing

uppercase letters (proper formation and line spacing)

continued practice with lowercase letters (proper formation and line spacing)

Narrative Writing

February -

authors tap sounds to write words (Unit 2 lesson 14)

authors use word strings to write stories

authors use high frequency words to write stories

Opinion writing "I like..." (I think the groundhog will or will not see it's shadow.)

Narrative Writing

March -

authors continue to use word strings and tap sounds to write sentences

Proper sentence structure and conventions

authors continue to use high frequency words to write stories

How to writing (how to catch a leprechaun.)

Question writing using a question mark.

Exclamatory writing using an exclamation point.

Narrative Writing

April -

authors continue to use word strings and tap sounds to write sentences

Proper sentence structure and conventions

authors continue to use high frequency words to write stories

Narrative Writing

Wanted Bunny Poster writing

Information writing: Earth Day

May -

authors expand sentence structure and use more high frequency words

Opinion Writing (My favorite kind of taco is....)

Color Poems

Informational reports on sharks and whales

Narrative Writing

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word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

comprehension - illustrators and authors

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B Year

Books-Theme Communities, rural urban suburban

word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

comprehension - illustrators and authors

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October

A Year

fiction and nonfiction

nonfiction text features

word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

B Year

Nocturnal Animals

fiction and nonfiction

nonfiction text features

word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

November

A Year

word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

Finding important ideas - authors purpose

B Year

word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

Finding important ideas - authors purpose

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December

A Year

word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

B Year

word reading at each child's level

trick word reading

decodable reading

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word reading at each child's level

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September

A Year-Ideas-where do authors get ideas

Who are community workers, draw and write

what does a sentence need? write about how to stay calm

brainstorm - make a web - ideas I would like to write about

nouns, plural nouns

B Year

Ideas

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October- ideas topic sentence and title

A Year

verbs, verb tense, comparing nouns and verbs

writing a topic sentence

B Year

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November

A Year-organization

adjectives, finding parts of speech in sentences

writing goals

writing a healthy tip news story

How to brush your teeth

parts of a paragraph

begin to edit with highlighters

B Year

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December

A Year-conventions

sentences/fragments

sentences predicate and subject

extending sentences-with who what where when why

punctuation on sentences

Letter-to santa

Opinion writing- the holiday I would like to visit

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Narrative Writing

Construct narrative pieces within a small group, based on a picture

Figurative Language Poems

Introduction to Google Docs

October - (unit title)

Narrative Writing

The Monster of 419 South Broadway

Personal Narrative

November - Letter Writing, Persuasive Writing

Students learn letter writing format and apply it to write persuasive letters to the President from a turkey's point of view.

December - Opinion Writing

Evaluate several texts to determine elements of opinion writing

Write opinion essay

Modular SAS Opinion Assessment

January

Narrative Fiction

Write fairy tales

Introduce Informative Essay writing

February -

Informational Writing

Informational text response

Modular SAS Assessment- informative

March

Biographies

April

Biographies continued

May

Review of opinion, informational, narrative

June

Letter writing review

Letter to 8th grade self, letter to 4th grade teacher

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September - ABC's

looking at lowercase letters

looking at uppercase letters

tracking the alphabet

October - Fundations Unit 1 Weeks 1-4

t, b, f, m, n, o, c, a, g

finger tracing and coloring in student notebook

magnet board putting letters in their home

dry erase board letter formation

trick word practice

November - Fundations Unit 1 Weeks 5-8

Letters: s, d, e, r, p, j, h, k, l

finger tracing and coloring in student notebook

magnet board putting letters in their home

dry erase board letter formation

December - Fundations Unit 1 Weeks 9-12

Letters v, w, x, y, z, qu

finger tracing and coloring in student notebook

magnet board putting letters in their home

dry erase board letter formation

trick word practice

January - Unit 2

tapping CVC words

changing beginning, middle, and ending sounds to tap and read new words

magnet board cvc word building

dry erase board letter formation

uppercase and lowercase letter formation in notebook

trick word practice

February - Unit 3

tapping more CVC words

long vowel vs short vowel sounds (listening)

nonsense word segmenting and blending

Scooping phrases and sentences

trick word practice

March - Unit 3

c vs k rule (c takes a, o, u k takes i and e)

long vowel vs short vowel sounds (listening)

Scooping phrases and sentences

nonsense word segmenting and blending

trick word practice

April - Unit 4

digraphs wh, ch, sh, th, ck

decoding three sound words with digraphs

spelling three sound words with digraphs

ck at the end of words

scooping phrases and sentences

trick word practice

May - unit 5

blends

sentence structure

sentence dictation

decoding digraphs and blends

spelling digraphs and blends

scooping phrases and sentences

trick word practice

June - Unit 5

blends

sentence structure

sentence dictation

decoding digraphs and blends

spelling digraphs and blends

scooping phrases and sentences

trick word practice

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September

1st Grade

Orientation

Unit 1

alphabet knowledge

letter-keyword-sound

letter formation

2nd Grade

fundations and One minute Phonological drills

short vowels blends and digraphs

October

1st Grade

Unit 2

short vowel words

trick words

2nd Grade

fundations and One minute Phonological drills

nk, ng ck, k, c, (replaces glued sounds)

November

1st Grade

Unit 3

Phoneme Segmentation

Consonant Digraph, Keywords and Sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck

Punctuation

2nd Grade

suffixes with doubling, drop the y, drop the e

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December

1st Grade

Unit 4

Bonus Letters: ff, ll, ss, zz

New Sound: all

Punctuation: ! ?

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2nd Grade

two syllable closed

v-e syllables

closed and v-e with 2 syllables

intro double vowels

One minute Phonological drills

January

1st Grade

Unit 5

New Sounds: am, an

Proofreading

2nd Grade

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One minute Phonological drills

February

1st Grade

Unit 6

Base word and Suffix: -s

Pluralization

2nd Grade

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One minute Phonological drills

March

1st Grade

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2nd Grade

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April

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May

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June

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September

A Year

Assessments

Baseline writing sample

GIST/TIDE practice

Sentence Construction Warm-Ups

B Year

Assessments

Baseline writing sample

Start The Writing Revolution

Sentence Construction Warm-Ups

October

A Year

The Writing Revolution

Sentence Construction Warm-Ups

Picture in Writing Poem (Fall Day)

Narrative-Scary Story

Wrapped Up in a Good Book Recommendation

B Year

The Writing Revolution

Sentence Construction Warm-Ups

Picture in Writing Poem (Fall Day)

November

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Personal Narrative

The Writing Revolution

December

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Country Research Report

The Writing Revolution

January

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B Year

Final Draft of Country Report-Revision/Editing

The Writing Revolution

Opinion baseline

Poetry (last week of Jan- Feb)

Picture in Writing- Winter

February

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Poetry

Persuasive Essay

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October - Plant and Animal Needs

Needs of a plant (planting grass seed)

What do animals eat?

Where do animals live? STEAM: building bird's nest

Animal poster reports

November -(unit title)

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December - Reindeer & Tundra

Reindeer habitat Arts Integration: Tundra watercolor paintings

Reindeer life cycle

Reindeer parts

Reindeer adaptations for survival in the tundra

January - Weather

Sun: will it melt in the sun science experiment STEAM: build a shelter to keep the chocolate chips from melting.

Wing: will it blow in the wind science experiment

Rain & Clouds: science experiment with shaving cream and food coloring

Snow: make our own snow with hair conditioner and baking soda

Weathermen and Forecasting: create a five day weather forecast and use the green screen

Extreme weather: tornados, hurricanes, blizzards STEAM: coding a tornado

Seeds 2

STEAM- building a house that can survive a hurricane

3D thunderstorm craft

Cotton ball clouds

Suncatchers

What should I wear weather book

My favorite kind of weather writing prompt.

February - (unit title)

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March - Force and Motion

Pushes and Pulls STEAM: build a maze and use pushes and pulls to get their marble through the maze

Laundry basket races uses push and pull

Fast & Slow cars using force

Different types of movement. Force makes things move

STEAM: build a three little pig house that will withstand the force of the big bad blow dryer

April - Earth and Human Activity

What is a natural resource? Picture sort

Water: how do we use water? The Earth's water Arts Integration: students will make a diagram comparing all of the Earth's water to available fresh water. How can we conserve water?

Trees: why do we need trees? Tree products scavenger hunt around the school

Reusing Resources: STEAM: students will create a new item from recyclable materials

Reduce, reuse, recycle

May - Ocean

Ocean habitat and layers of the ocean. Arts Integration: torn paper craft layers of the ocean. What sea creatures live in each layer of the ocean? STEAM: using loose parts and play doh create an ocean habitat

Whales: Arts Integration: whale water color painting

Sharks: Arts Integration: shark water color painting

Sea Turtles: Arts Integration: paper plate sea turtles

Fish: tinfoil fish (rainbow fish) coffee filter fish

June - (unit title)

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September

Orientation

Drill sounds

Blends

Digraphs

Lowercase cursive l

Unit 1

Closed Syllables

Glued sounds all, an, am

Closed exceptions- olt, old, ost, ind, ild

ck, tch

w and qu effect on a

Lowercase Cursive e, h, b, f, k

October -

Unit 2

1-1-1- Suffix rule

Review Suffixes s, es, ed, ing, ive, able, en, er, est, ish, y, ful, less, ness, ly, ty, ment

ed /ed/ /d/ /t/

Cursive i, j, p,r, s, t, u, w,

Unit 3

v-e syllables

spelling of /k/ in v-e

s saying /z/ between two vowels

Two syllable words with closed syllables

Two syllable words with closed and v-e

Multisyllabic spelling

lowercase cursive c, a, o

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Unit 4

ve at end of word]p\]p

ive as suffix

silent e spelling rule

cursive d, g, q

Unit 5

identifying schwa

reading words with schwa in unaccented syllable

spelling words with schwa

et spelling at end of word (jacket(

cursive n, m. v, y

December -

Unit 6

open syllable review

y as vowel i and e

schwa in open syllable with a, i

open syllable exception

soft c

soft g

cursive z, x

January

Bonus Unit

Review closed syllables

prefixes and roots

syllable division of multisyllabic words

Unit 7

Pluralizing words that end in y or o

Suffix rule for words that end in y

Capital cursive- A O C G E

February

Unit 8

Consonant-le

tion/sion

consonant-le exception

adding suffixes to consonant-le

Capital cursive- F T B P R L

March

Unit 9

r-controlled syllables

war wor

ward and or as suffix

spelling options for /er/

r-controlled exception

111 rule with r-controlled words

Capital H K N M D

Begin Unit 10

Vowel Teams

April activity

Vowel Teams continued

adding suffixes to vowel team

vowel team exception

Capital U V Y Z

Unit 11

Contractions

Capital Q X

May

Unit 12

soft c (after e, I, y)

soft g (after e, I, y)

English words don't end w/ j

dge

silent e with soft c and g

Capital cursive S I J

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September

A Year Family Traits

Examine family, Compare contrast

Look deeper looking at distinct traits

How families teach you, help you survive, get what we need,

Do all living things look just like their family? frog life cyle, play the ugly duckling

Do plants look exactly like their young

ASSESSMENT- Name and draw a way your parents helped you survive

B Year-no science

October

A Year Patterns of the Sun, Earth and Moon

day and night with flashlights and models

role play sun and earth then earth and moon

sundials

observe and document the night and phases of the moon (at home)

tilt of sun causes seasons: draw 4 seasons and clothing needed for each one

draw a tree in all four seasons

Oreo cookie moon phases

ASSESSMENT- Draw a change you have noticed on earth

Year B Nocturnal animals

Discover owl pellets find and sort bones by parts

Bat and Owl Diagrams

Bat Stem, push-powered straws to make the wings flap up and down/compare to a wind powered rocket

Glue webs of spiders then print from themEcholocation gameBat and owl graphic organizer with facts

ASSESS-What have I learned about nocturnal animals?

November

A Year

What are Natural Resources, first settlers used, make a mural

B Year Health and Nutrition

draw and label food groups

sort vegetables and fruit

how germs make you sick

spread germs with glitter

potato germ experiment

egg experiment with soda (oral hygiene)

cornucopia

exercise and movement with story and noticing change in heartbeat

ASSESS-Make a healthy poster

December

A Year No science

B Year

No science

January

A Animal Adaptation

People Adapt flip book

Animals adapt-intro, parts, survival, protection,

Structural adaptations, paper gliding squirrel

Camouflage, protection, chamo a chameleon

Mimics, Charades,

Nest building, Project, oil on feathers adaptation

Create a bulletin board with NH animals hibernating

Why do animals migrate? Structural adaptation investigation

Make a quilt, of animal adaptations

ASSESSMENT- Make a super human hero with as many animal adaptations

B Year

States of Matter

identify matter with objects solids liquids and gas

matter hunt to find properties

physical/chemical changes: build and rebuild, cooked spaghetti and egg, ice melt race,

water cycle diagram Discuss evaporation, condensation and precipitation,

water cycle-stages with snowman, solid liquid and gas

sink/float with different objects

Oobleck. make oobleck discuss how it non Newtonian,

Changing matter- vinegar and baking soda a balloon and a bottle.

ASSESSMENT- sort solids Liquids and gas, matter that can change, how did it change?

February

A Year Adaptations

No Science

B Year Trendsetters

imagine problem, use engineering process

build a catapult compare objects

Caine's Arcade: model building

Dean Kamen videos and newspaper articles, local inventor:

ASSESS the design Process-squirrels getting into bird feeders problem,

March

A Year

Sound and Light

How do we hear sounds. build a model ear drum Sounds how they change, data sheet, scientific methodSound and emotion

vibrations? Tuning fork demonstration in water, Predict and test,communicating with sound

make a rap song with soundCreate our story w/ sound effects (folly Artists)

sound exploration children interactCan we see without light? Make shadow puppets,

reflection V shaped mirror play, making images with blocks, light traveling through water

Opaque, translucent, transparent,

ASSESSMENT- sort opaque, translucent and transparent.

STANDARDS based assessment. make a game /communicate with sound and light

B Year

Habitats

what animals need to survive

desert: draw cacti and animal

arctic: blubber experiment

adaptations: draw snowshoe hare in winter and summer,compare desert and Arctic

savannah: draw and label animal, shelter, food

plant survival water experiment. celery or carnation in colored water

forest: play forest 4 corners wetlands: paint water lilies

Assess- culminating project-Rain forest research and installation

April

A Year Social Studies

B Year

Landforms

compare bread to Earth's layers

volcano eruption experiment with coke and Mentos

erode beaches

draw and write a caption about a storm and erosion

build a model of eroded land

go outside to see erosionsand and water to show erosion of waves

observe different kinds of dirtmodel of landforms mountains valleys, with clay and label it.

observe samples 3 kinds of rocks

ASSESS- Landform sort, Match vocab to definition

A Year

Tree Parts

parts of plants and animals review

life cycle of an oak tree

Tree Parts Make a life cycle diagram

Birds use tree resources-Birch trees

coniferous trees- paint with pine needles

red wood tree- measure the circumference of a red wood tree branch, large scale compass

What are twigs, branches, limbs

age of a tree model -the process of nutrients traveling with celery or carnations

Life cycle of apples drawings. sprout seeds

trees adapt Compare and Contrast - Nh trees and palm trees

wood as a natural resource

Biomimicry, inventions animals and plants

ASSESSMENT- Make a diagram with resources to survive on an island

B Year

Plants

draw and label plant life cycle

draw plant part flap book

plant needs experiment deprive each of one need to observe

seed dispersal activity: build a model of a seed moving

draw or make a model of a bee's parts

pollination: design a model that mimics an animal dispersing seeds or pollen

life cycle of a butterfly

ASSESS -culminating project, building a model to move pollen

June

A Year

No science

B Year

No science

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September - Citizenship & Community

Rules, Good vs Bad Choices, Being a Good Friend, Working Hard, Trying My Best, Helping Others

Places, homes, people, and families in a neighborhood

Places in a community. STEAM: 3Dux cardboard neighborhood

Community Helpers

Wants vs Needs

October - (unit title)

activity

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November - Past and Present

Schools- past vs. present

Homes- past vs. present (activity: homemade butter)

Communication- past vs. present (activity: quill pen writing)

Transportation- past vs. present (sponge steam engine craft)

Games- past vs. present (games from the past centers)

Pioneers (teepee building, pictographs)

December - Families and Traditions

Who is in my family? Who do I live with? What can families do together? Arts Integration: popsicle stick houses, colorful family glyphs, family tree with handprints from family members

Family traditions Arts Integration: family tradition quilt

January - (unit title)

activity

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February - United States

Laws Keep People Safe

Symbols of the United States

-American Flag Art: Torn paper flags

-Bald Eagle Art: guided realistic drawing

-The Statue of Liberty STEAM: green penny science experiment

-The Liberty Bell STEAM: build a liberty bell

-The White House STEAM: engineer the white house out of Keeva planks

Important Presidents

Seeds 2

Statue of Liberty torch and green screen

Pledge of Allegiance book

Voting activity (read about 2 candidates and have students vote for the candidate they share the same beliefs with)

March - (unit title)

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April - (unit title)

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May - (unit title)

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June - Economics

How money can be used

Saving vs. spending money

Goods and services

Consumers

Producers

Supply and demand

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September

A Year Family- responsibilities

this is mostly a science unit

B Year Communities and Maps

rules and community helpers, leadership roles in school

different types of communities

urban, suburban, rural murals

urban, suburban, rural triarama

map skills: floor plan of a room, map keys and compass rose

draw different types of maps, treasure, animal to food

October

A Year-science

B Year-science

November

A Year Early American Settlers

wants and needs

Why migrate? What would you bring?

How do we know about people who lived in the past, draw the Mayflower

Analyze artwork to learn about the past

Gardens and Hunting, Natural rsources

Shelter-build native AM and pilgrims homes, gardens and animals to hunt, Make a full plymouth plantation mural, with resources

How have women changed

play, early american games, build dolls

compare and contrats Native Am and Pilgrims

ASSESS- Draw ways people survive, help each other, and natural resources

B Year-science

December

A Year- Fairytales/Folktales -How we share culture with other countries

name and label the continents

elements of a fairytale

Cultures studied, Egyptian Cinderella, Egyptian writing

Chinese Cinderella- Chinese invent money

Irish Cinderella-Celtic music

B Year -Holidays Around the World

Traditions, how do people celebrate?

Homework, family traditions poster.

countires we learn about, African Christmas, Kwanza Hanukkah, Mexico, Italy, Old Befana, Chinese New Year,

Make a passport about each country celebrated

ASSESS- write and draw some of your favorite traditions you learned about

January

A Year-science

B Year- science

February

A Year - American Leaders of Change

elections, voting, mock campaign

the Presidents job/ students discuss problems and solutions at school

George Washington-time lines in biographies

why was Washington important, images of how we remeber him, monuments, dollar quater

his home mount vernon

Abraham Lincoln, what changes did he make compare and contrast lincoln and washington, timelines

Thomas Jefferson, timelines

Artist, Gilbert Stuart, portraiture

Clara Barton- red cross

Marvelous Mattie- invented the paper bag

Assess- Culminating project-biography of a leader

B Year- Inventors Artist and Activist- this is also mixed with science standards for engineering

We learned about inventors, popcycle, davinci's catapult, Dean Kamen a local inventor

Artists, Jackson Pollack, Frida Kahlo, Giacometti-surrealist,

activitists Susan B Anthony, Cesar Chavez, Dr. Martin Luther King,

Athletes-Shaun White Keira Knowlen

March

A Year-science

B Year science

April

A Year Economics

Goods and Services/producers and Consumers

sequence steps to make a product, crayons and milk

Learn about Money and breifly touch upon barter

Scarcity

Seedlings 2 build a circus, discuss and advertise our products, make a green screen circus act, for our service, have tickets discuss the flow of money

Seedlings 1- build a seed city, make store fronts, advertisement and products and services

B Year-science

May

A Year-science

B Year-Science

June

A Year New Hampshire

federal and state government, laws

branches of government

Our nations symbols-pledge of Alligence, Bald Eagle

NH- looking at the map, symbols of NH, important places to visit

State Symbols

B Year- Mexico Our Neighbor

Compare USA and Mexican symbols, money, flags presidents

Compare Mexican topography and USA, map

How do people celebrate in Mexico and Usa square dance/ mexican hat dance

Folk art from both countries

Mexican Music-make maracas/vs american Scott Joplin

Learning spanish words

Day of the Dead/halloween

Mexican foltales

Assessment, aq Persuasive story about why I should Visit Mexico

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September

A Year

Morpheme Magic

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B Year

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October

A Year

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B Year

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November

A Year

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B Year

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activity

December

A Year

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B Year

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January

A Year

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B Year

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February

A Year

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B Year

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March

A Year

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B Year

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April

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May

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June

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September

A Year

Life Science - Plants and Animals (start mid Sept.)

Parts of a plant structure

Photosynthesis

B Year

Introduce EDP and Scientific Method/Earth Science Unit for Rocks/Weathering and Erosion

Scientific Method flip book

Engineering and Design steps and process with STEAM activities to help with growth mindset

Classifying rocks

Rock cycle simulation

Rock and Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

Pangea and the Ring of Fire

October

A Year

Life Science- Plants and Animals

Classification of animals

Life cycles of animals

Food Chains

What's For Dinner?

Apex Predator

Food Webs

Owl Pellets - (Structure of Animals, Food Web)

Tech Food Web (TBD)

Field Trip to Center for Wildlife in York, ME

B Year

Continuation of Rocks/Weathering and Erosion Unit

Stress Me Out - stresses on the earth's crust

Earth's Changing Surface

Wind and Water Erosion Demonstrations

There She Blows and Sticks and Stones

Experiments with mechanical weathering and chemical weathering

Relationship between weathering, erosion, and deposition

November

A Year

Earth Science- Moon, Sun and Stars

Moon Phases

Moon Journal

Moon Phase Model

Earth in the Solar System

Revolution/Rotation - Seasons vs. Day/Night (model)

Layers of the Atmosphere Model

Shadows

Venn Diagram - Earth with another Planet and Earth with Moon and Sun

B Year

activity

activity

December

A Year

Earth in Space

Sun as a Star

Types of Stars

Constellations

Model and Design a New Constellation (3D)

Writing ( write a myth to accompany your star)

B Year

activity

activity

January

A Year

activity

activity

B Year

Energy Unit/Light and Sound

Potential and Kinetic Energy

Energy Transfers and Transformations

Forms of Energy

February

A Year

Matter/Mixtures and Solutions

Three States Of Matter

Movement of Molecules

Properties of Matter

Models of Molecules and Chemical Formula

Mixtures and Solutions

Physical and Chemical Changes

B Year

Energy Unit/Light and Sound

Energy Conversions

Heat Energy

Light Energy- Mirror, Mirror, How Does Light Travel?

Light and Sound Waves - Making Waves and What's that Sound?

March

A Year

activity

activity

B Year

Invention/EDP/Rube Goldberg Project

Design and build a Rube Goldberg Machine

April

A Year

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B Year

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May

A Year

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B Year

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June

A Year

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B Year

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September

A Year

Constitution/Civics

Rights and Responsibilities of a Citizen

The Constitution

Be A Constitution Detective

Articles of Confederation

Delegates and Representatives

Ratification

Three Branches of Government

Bill of Rights

Amendments

Write a Classroom Constitution

B Year

activity

October

A Year

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B Year

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November

A Year

B Year

World Geography

Linktivity Maps

Me on a Map

Continents and Oceans

How To Read A World Map/Map Skills

Latitude / Longitude

December

A Year

activity

B Year

World Geography/Culture

Country Research Project

Amazing Race

January

A Year

Economy

Goods and Services/Wants vs. Needs

Supply and Demand

Interdependence

Scarcity

Profit

Economy Simulation - Birches Bazar

Create a product

Design products

Price, Advertise and Sell Products on Shopping Day

Evaluate Business Model

B Year

Country Research Project

February

A Year

activity

activity

B Year

activity

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March

A Year

United States Study

Region Study

Linktivity on US Regions

Research Jigsaw

States and Capitals

Mapping Skills

Vocabulary of Geography

State Research Report

B Year

activity

activity

April

A Year

American Revolution (start to have time before Fine Arts Night)

activity

B Year

Westward Expansion ( Splash Publications)

History of Development in the New World

US Expansion

Lewis and Clark

May

A Year

American Revolution

Field Trip to Boston (end of May/early June)

B Year

Oregon Trail (Story Path)

Family Reenactment (experiential)

tables in class become wagons

Primary/Secondary Sources

Journals of Oregon Trail Travels

Guidebook - artwork/writing

June

A Year

American Revolution Wrap-Up

B Year

Oregon Trail Wrap Up

Strawberry Banke Field Trip

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September

A Year

Reading: Active reading practice, short stories, informational texts, SSR every other Friday.

Writing: Writing an email, clarity and tone, writing process, begin narrative writing unit

Grammar: Fragments/Run-ons, phrases and clauses

Word Study: Greek and latin roots

October

A Year

Reading: Begin “The Crucible”

Writing: Complete narrative writing unit

Grammar: compound/complex sentences, modifiers

Word Study: Text-relevant vocabulary

November

A Year

Reading: Complete “The Crucible” Begin “Crossing Ebenezer Creek”

Writing: Writing to inform, Race review, POWER/TIDE

Grammar: varying sentences, concise wording,

Word Study: Text-relevant vocabulary

December

A Year

Reading: “Crossing Ebenezer Creek”

Writing: Complete Writing to inform; MLA formatting

Grammar: Comma usage, non-restrictive elements

Word study: Text-relevant vocabulary

January

A Year

Reading: Non-fiction texts related to debate

Writing: Argument writing- debate unit

Grammar: Dashes and ellipses, dialogue and punctuation, quoting speech

Word study: Text-relevant vocabulary

February

A Year

Reading: Non-fiction texts related to debate

Writing: Argument writing- debate unit

Grammar: Titles of works, verbals, actives and passive voice

Word study: Text-relevant vocabulary

March

A Year

Reading: “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Writing: Daily journal entries, responses to reading

Grammar: verb shifts, verb moods, reference skills

Word study: Text-relevant vocabulary

April

A Year

Reading: “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Writing: Daily journal entries, responses to reading

Grammar: Word relations and connotations

Word study: Text-relevant vocabulary

May

A Year

Reading: Short stories/poems

Writing: Speech writing unit

Grammar: Mentor texts

Word study: text-relevant vocabulary

June

A Year

Reading: Short stories/poems

Writing: Speech writing unit

Grammar: Mentor texts

Word study: text-relevant vocabulary

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September

A Year

B Year

OCTOBER

A Year

B Year

November

A Year

B Year

December

A Year

B Year

January

B Year

February

A Year

B Year

March

April

A Year

B Year

Whirligig Novel Study

Build a Whirligig - Project

May

A Year

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September - Solving Linear Equations

Solving Simple Equations

Solving Multi-Step Equations

Modeling Quantities

Accuracy with Measurements

Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides

Solving Absolute Value Equations

Rewriting Equations and Formulas

October - Solving Linear Inequalities

Writing and Graphing Inequalities

Solving Inequalities Using Addition or Subtraction

Solving Inequalities Using Multiplication or Division

Solving Multi-Step Inequalities

Solving Compound Inequalities

Solving Absolute Value Inequalities

November - Graphing Linear Functions

Functions

Characteristics of Functions

Linear Functions

Function Notation

Graphing Linear Equations in Standard Form

Graphing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

Transformations of Linear Functions

Graphing Absolute Value Functions

December - Writing Linear Functions

Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

Writing Equations in Point-Slope Form

Writing Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Scatter Plots and Lines of Fit

Analyzing Lines of Fit

Arithmetic Sequences

Piecewise Functions

January - Solving Systems of Linear Equations

Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing

Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution

Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination

Solving Special Systems of Linear Equations

Solving Equations by Graphing

Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

Systems of Linear Inequalities

February - Exponential Functions and Sequences

Properties of Exponents

Radicals and Rational Exponents

Exponential Functions

Exponential Growth and Decay

Solving Exponential Equations

Geometric Sequences

Recursively Defined Sequences

March - Polynomial Equations and Factoring

Adding and Subtracting Polynomial

Multiplying and Dividing Polynomials

Special Products of Polynomials

Solving Polynomial Equations in Factored Form

Factoring x2 + bx + c

Factoring ax2 + bx + c

Factoring Special Products

Factoring Polynomials Completely

April - Graphing Quadratic Functions

Graphing f (x) = ax2

Graphing f (x) = ax2 + c

Graphing f (x) = ax2 + bx + c

Graphing f (x) = a(x − h) 2 + k

Using Intercept Form

Comparing Linear, Exponential, and Quadratic Functions

May - Solving Quadratic Equations

Properties of Radicals

Solving Quadratic Equations by Graphing

Solving Quadratic Equations Using Square Root

Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square

Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic Formula

Solving Nonlinear Systems of Equations

June - Radical Functions and Equations

Graphing Square Root Functions

Graphing Cube Root Functions

Solving Radical Equations

Inverse of a Function

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September

A: American History - Civil War

Front Page News - Union v. Confederacy - war started

strengths and weaknesses of North v. South

Political Cartoons

B: Medieval Europe

Close Reading

How Christianity Impacted Europe Mapping

October

A: American History - Civil War

Ironclads

Gettysburg comics/newspaper - BandLab Collab?

Emancipation Proclamation

B: Medieval Europe

Feudalism Social Pyramid

Cornell Notes

Primary Source

Crusades

November

A: American History - Civil War

Primary Sources (diaries, photos, etc.)

Writing Civil War letters

Timeline

B: Medieval Europe

Medieval Europe Road Trip

Kingdom Maps

December

A: American History - Reconstruction

Political Cartoons

Lincoln's Assassination - BandLab Collab?

Amendments 13-15

Congress & Jim Crow Laws

Plessy v Ferguson

KKK

B: Geography - World Maps & Geographic Thinking

Thematic Maps

5 Themes of Geography (t/f and reading followed by Zombie Apocalypse)

Canva City Mosaic

GPS & GIS Compare/Contrast

January

A: American History - Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion & 2nd Industrial Revolution

American Progress by John Gast

Boom Towns

Inventors

Big Business Biographies

Labor Strikes

Immigration

Midterm

B: Geography - Physical Systems

3d Model of Earth's inner structure

Layers of the Atmosphere picture

Midterm

February

A: American History - Pre-WWI/WWI

American Imperialism

Seward's Folly

Spanish American War

Assassination of Archduke

Mapping of Europe 1914

B: Geography - Physical Systems

Moon Phases sorting activity

Wind patterns

Water Cycle

March

A: American History - WWI

Biographies

Political Cartoons

Art from Trenches

WWI Poetry/BandLab background music to poem

Effects of Inflation

Casualties

B: Geography -

Climate Zones

STEAM Climate Quest

Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

Human Actions

April

A: American History - Roaring 20's/Great Depression/WWII

Presidents and challenges of 20s (Teapot Dome Scandal, Kellogg-Briand Pact, Coolidge, Hoover, etc.)

Music and art of Harlem Renaissance

Dorothea Lange photography - I Am poems

Great Depression in a Box

Road to War

Mapping of Europe 1939

B: Geography

activity

activity

May

A: American History - WWII

Major leaders, countries, government systems

Europe's Dictators: Most Wanted

Pearl Harbor (political cartoon, day of photos, day after speech FDR to Congress) - BandLab Collab

Japanese Internment

Measuring welfare on the homefront

Iwo Jima - battles in the Pacific

B: Geography - Country Project

Country research for Arts Integration

June

A: American History - WWII/Holocaust

Holocaust

Victory & Consequences

Final

B: Geography

activity

Final

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September

A Year

Literature: "What does active reading look like?”
-Short stories, informational text.
-SSR every other Friday/reading logs to go home.

Grammar: Fragments/run-ons, subject/verb agreement

Writing: “How can I email my teacher?” “Who is my audience?” “What is the writing process?”
Word study: Greek and Latin Roots
STEAM: Hexagonal thinking; working together to solve problems.

October

Reading: Independent reading practice, narrative samples; reading logs to go home

Grammar: Compound and complex sentences

Writing: Begin Narrative writing workshops (4 weeks)+ LEGO project

Word study: Greek and Latin Roots

November

A Year

Reading: "Restart" Gordan Korman; reading logs to go home. SSR every other Friday.

Grammar: Capitalization, punctuation, commas

Writing: Journal responses to daily reading,

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary

December

Reading: Drama/ Readers Theatre

Grammar: Quoting Speech, text, titles of works

Writing: R.A.C.E. Response; POWER/TIDE; Writing to Inform
Word study: Vocabulary in context; text-relevant vocabulary

January

A + B Year

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - Novel Study (9 weeks)

Research writing- Greek god research (9 weeks)

Grammar: Pronouns (case, clarity, intensive, agreement)

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary

February

A + B Year

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - Novel Study

Research writing- Greek god research

Grammar: Parts of speech

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary

March

A + B Year

Reading: Genre Book clubs (4 weeks)

Thesis crafting, argument writing, speed debates(4 weeks)

Grammar: Mentor texts

Word Study: Text relevant vocabulary- Student selected vocabulary lists

April

A + B Year

Reading: Genre book clubs(8 weeks)

Thesis crafting, argument writing, speed debates (9 weeks)

Grammar: Mentor texts

Word Study: Vocabulary in context; text relevant vocabulary

May

A + B Year

Reading: Short story unit

Writing: Literary analysis

Grammar: mentor texts

Word Study: Vocabulary in context; text relevant vocabulary

June

A + B Year

Reading: Genre book clubs/poetry (8 weeks)

Writing: Literary analysis (8 weeks)

Grammar: Mentor texts

Word Study: Vocabulary in context; text-relevant vocabulary