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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
First Day for Students
2
Establish Routines
& Procedures
3
Establish Routines
& Procedures
4
Establish Routines
& Procedures
7
8
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 1
9
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 2
10
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 3
11
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 4
14
15
16
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 5
17
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 6
18
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 7
September 2015 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Labor Day
School Closed- Rosh Hashanah
21
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 8
22
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 9
23
24
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 10- Unit
Assessment
25
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 1 Pausing Point
28
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 1
29
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Lesson 12A/12B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 2
30
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 3
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 4
2
L&L: Nursery Rhymes and
Fables
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 5
5
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 6
6
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 7
7
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 8
8
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 9
9
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 10
Assessment
12 13
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 2 Pausing Point
14
L&L: The Five Senses
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 1
15
L&L: The Five Senses
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 2
16
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 3
School Closed-
Yom Kippur
October 2015 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Columbus Day
19
L&L: The Five Senses
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 4
20
L&L: The Five Senses
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 5
Review
21
L&L: The Five Senses
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 6
22
L&L: The Five Senses
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 7
23
L&L: Stories
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 8
26
L&L: Stories
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 9
27
L&L: Stories
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 10
Review
28
L&L: Stories
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 11
Review and Assessment
29
L&L: Stories
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 12
Review and Assessment
30
L&L: Stories
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 13
Review and Assessment
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
2
L&L: Stories
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 14
Review and Assessment
3 4
L&L: Stories
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 3 Pausing Point
5
L&L: Stories
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 1
6
L&L: Stories
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 2
9
L&L: Stories
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 3
10
L&L: Stories
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 4
11 12
L&L: Stories
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 5
Review
13
L&L: Stories
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 6
16
L&L: Plants
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 7
17
L&L: Plants
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 8
18
L&L: Plants
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 9
19
L&L: Plants
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 10
Review
20
L&L: Plants
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 11
Review and Assessment
November 2015 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Election Day
Teachers Report
School Closed-
Veterans Day
23
L&L: Plants
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 12
Review and Assessment
24
L&L: Plants
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 13
Review and Assessment
25 26 27
30
L&L: Plants
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 14
Review and Assessment
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Plants
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 15
Review and Assessment
2
L&L: Plants
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 4 Pausing Point
3
L&L: Plants
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 1
4
L&L: Plants
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 2
7
L&L: Plants
Lesson 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 3
8
L&L: Plants
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 4
9
L&L: Plants
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 5
Review
10
L&L: Plants
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 6
11
L&L: Farms
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 7
School Closed- Thanksgiving Recess
December 2015 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
14
L&L: Farms
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 8
15
L&L: Farms
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 9
16
L&L: Farms
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 10
17
L&L: Farms
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 11
Review
18
L&L: Farms
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 12
Review and Assessment
21
L&L: Farms
Pausing Point
Skills:
Pausing Point
22
L&L: Farms
Pausing Point
Skills:
Pausing Point
23 24 25
28 29 30 31
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
4
L&L and Skills:
Catch up day or
Pausing Point
5
L&L: Farms
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 13
Review and Assessment
6
L&L: Farms
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 14
Review and Assessment
7
L&L: Farms
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 15
Review and Assessment
8
L&L: Farms
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 16
Review and Assessment
School Closed- Holiday Recess
School Closed- Holiday Recess
January 2016 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Holiday Recess
11
L&L: Farms
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Pausing Point
12
L&L: Farms
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 1
13
L&L: Farms
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 2
14
L&L: Farms
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 3
15
L&L: Farms
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 4
18 19
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 5
20
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 6
21
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 7
22
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 8
25
L&L: Native Americans
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 9
26
L&L: Native Americans
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 10
27
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 11
28
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 12
29
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 13
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Native Americans
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 14
2
L&L: Native Americans
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 15
Assessment
3
L&L: Native Americans
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
4
L&L: Native Americans
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 1
5
L&L: Native Americans
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 2
School Closed-
Dr. M. L. King, Jr.
Day
Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar February 2016
March 2016
8
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 3
Review
9
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 4
10
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 5
11
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 6
Review
12
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 7 15 16 17 18 19
22
L&L: Kings and Queens
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 8
23
L&L: Kings and Queens
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 9
Review
24
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 10
Review
25
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 11
Review and Assessment
26
L&L: Kings and Queens
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 12
Review and Assessment 29
L&L: Kings and Queens
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 13
Review and Assessment
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Kings and Queens
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 14
Review and Assessment
2
L&L: Kings and Queens
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 15
Review and Assessment
3
L&L: Kings and Queens
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 16
Review and Assessment
4
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 17
Review and Assessment
School Closed- Winter Recess
Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
7
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 7 Pausing Point
8
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 1
9
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 2
10
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 3
11
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 4
14
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 5
15
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 6
16
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 7
17
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Lessons 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 8
18
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 9
21
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 10
22
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 11
23
L&L: Seasons and Weather
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 12
24 25
28 29
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 13
30
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 14
31
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 15
Assessment
School Closed- Easter Recess
School Closed-
Easter Recess
April 2016 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 16
Assessment
4
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 17
Assessment
5
L&L and Skills:
Catch up day or
Pausing Point
6
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 18
Assessment
7
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 19
Assessment
8
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 8 Lesson 20
Assessment
11
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 8 Pausing Point
12
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 1
13
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 2
14
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 3
15
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 4
18
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 5
19
L&L: Columbus and the
Pilgrims
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 6
20
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 7
21
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 8
22
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 9
25 26 27 28 29
School Closed- Spring Recess
May 2016 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
2
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 10
3
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 11
4
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 12
5
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 13
6
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 14
9
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 15
10
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 16
11
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 17
12
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 18
Review
13
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 19
Review and Assessment
16
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 20
Review and Assessment
17
L&L: Colonial Towns and
Townspeople
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 21
Review and Assessment
18
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 22
Review and Assessment
19
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 9 Lesson 23
Review and Assessment
20
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 9 Pausing Point
23
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 1
24
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 2
25
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 3
26
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 4
27
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 5
30 31
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 6
School Closed Memorial Day
June 2016 Kindergarten CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 7
2
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 8
3
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 9
6
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 10
7
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 11
8
L&L: Taking Care of the
Earth
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 12
9
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 13
10
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 14
13
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 15
14
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 16
15
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 17
16
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 18
17
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 19
20
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 20
21
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 21
22
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 22
23
L&L: Presidents and
American Symbols
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 10 Lesson 23
24
29
30
Time does not allow for Skills Unit 10 Lessons 24 and 25 (Review) and Lessons 26-29 (Review and Assessment) or
Unit 10 Pausing Point
Last Day of
School
September 2015 First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
First Day for Students
2
Establish Routines
& Procedures
3
Establish Routines
& Procedures
4
Establish Routines
& Procedures
7
8
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 1
9
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 2
10
L&L Fables and Stories
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 3
11
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 4
14
15
16
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 5
17
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 6
Assessment
18
L&L: Fables and Stories
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 7
Assessment
21
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 8
Assessment
22
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 9
Assessment
23
24
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 10- Unit
Assessment
25
L&L: Fables and Stories
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 11
28
L&L: Fables and Stories
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 12
29
L&L: Fables and Stories
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 13
30
L&L: Fables and Stories
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 14
October 2015
First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Labor Day
School Closed- Rosh Hashanah
School Closed-
Yom Kippur
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 15
2
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 16
5
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 17
6
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 18
7
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 19
8
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 20
9
L&L: The Human Body
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 21 12 13
L&L: The Human Body
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 22
14
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 23
15
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 24
16
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 25
19
L&L: The Human Body
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 26
20
L&L: The Human Body
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 27
21
L&L: The Human Body
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 28
22
L&L: The Human Body
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 29
23
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 30 Review
26
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 31 Review
27
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 32 Review
28
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 1 Pausing Point
29
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 1 Pausing Point
30
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 1 Pausing Point
November 2015
First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Columbus Day
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
2
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 1
3 4
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 2
5
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 3
6
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 4
9
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 5
10
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 6
11 12
L&L: Different Lands, Similar
Stories
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 7
13
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 8
16
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 9
17
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 10
18
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 11
19
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Pausing Point 1
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 12
20
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 13 Review
23
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 14 Review
24
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 15 Review
25 26 27
30
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 16 Review
December 2015
First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Election Day
Teachers Report
School Closed-
Veterans Day
School Closed- Thanksgiving Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 17 Review
2
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 18
Assessment
3
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 19
Assessment
4
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 12A/12B
Skills:
Unit 2 Pausing Point
7
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Pausing Point 2
Skills:
Unit 2 Pausing Point
8
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 13A/13B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 1
9
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 14A/1B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 2
10
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 15A/15B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 3
11
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Lesson 16A/16B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 4
14
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 5
15
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 6
16
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 7
17
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 8
18
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 9
21
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 10
22
L&L: Early World Civilizations
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 11 Review
23 24 25
28 29 30 31
School Closed- Holiday Recess
January 2016 First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed- Holiday Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
4
L&L and Skills:
Catch up day or
Pausing Point
5
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 12
6
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 13
7
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 14 Review
8
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 15
11
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 16 Review
12
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 17 Review
13
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 18 Review
14
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 19
Assessment
15
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 3 Pausing Point
18 19
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 3 Pausing Point
20
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 1
21
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 2
22
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Lesson 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 3
25
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 4
26
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 5 Review
27
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 6 Review
28
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 7
29
L&L: Early American
Civilizations
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 8
School Closed-
Holiday Recess
First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Dr. M. L. King, Jr.
Day
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Astronomy
Lessons 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 9
Review & Practice
2
L&L: Astronomy
Lessons 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 10 Review
3
L&L: Astronomy
Lessons 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 11 Review
4
L&L: Astronomy
Lessons 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 12 Review
5
L&L: Astronomy
Lessons 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 13
8
L&L: Astronomy
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 14 Review
9
L&L: Astronomy
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 15 Review
10
L&L: Astronomy
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 16 Review
11
L&L: Astronomy
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 17
12
L&L: Astronomy
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 18
Review & Practice
15 16 17 18 19
22
L&L: Astronomy
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 19 Review
23
L&L: Astronomy
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 20
24
L&L: Astronomy
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 21
25
L&L: Astronomy
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 22
26
L&L: Astronomy
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 23
29
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 24
February 2016
School Closed- Winter Recess
March 2016
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 25
End of Unit Assessment
2
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 26
Mid-Year Assessment
3
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 27
Mid-Year Assessment
4
L&L: History of the Earth
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 28
Mid-Year Assessment
7
L&L: History of the Earth
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Pausing Point
8
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 4 Pausing Point
9
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 1
10
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 2
11
L&L: History of the Earth
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 3
14
L&L: History of the Earth
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 4
15
L&L: History of the Earth
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 5
16
L&L: History of the Earth
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 6
17
L&L: History of the Earth
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 7
18
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 8
21
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 9
22
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 10
Review & Practice
23
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 11
24 25
28 29
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 12
30
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 13
31
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 14
First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed- Easter Recess
School Closed-
Easter Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 15
4
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 16
5
L&L and Skills:
Catch up day or
Pausing Point
6
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 17
7
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 18
8
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 19
11
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 20
Review & Practice
12
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 21
Review & Practice
13
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 22
End of Unit Assessment
14
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 5 Pausing Point
15
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 1
18
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 2
19
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 3
20
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 4
21
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 5
22
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 6
Review & Practice 25 26 27 28 29
April 2016 First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed- Spring Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
2
L&L: Fairy Tales
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 7
3
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 8
Review & Practice
4
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 9
5
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 10
6
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 11
Review & Practice
9
L&L: Fairy Tales
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 12
Review & Practice
10
L&L: Fairy Tales
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 13
Review & Practice
11
L&L: Fairy Tales
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 14
Review & Practice
12
L&L: Fairy Tales
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 15
Review & Practice
13
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 16
16
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 17
Review & Practice
17
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 18
18
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 19
19
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 20
Review & Practice
20
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 21
Review & Practice
23
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 22
Review & Practice
24
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 23
25
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 24
Assessment
26
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 25
Assessment
27
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
30 31
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 1
May 2016 First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed Memorial Day
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 2
Review & Practice
2
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Lesson 12A/12B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 3
3
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 4
6
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 5
Review & Practice
7
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 6
8
L&L: A New Nation:
American Independence
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 7
9
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 8
10
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 9
Review & Practice
13
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 10
Review & Practice
14
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 11
15
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 12
16
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 13
17
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 14
20
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 15
21
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 16
22
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 17
23
L&L: Frontier Explorers
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 7 Lesson 18
Review & Practice
24
29
30
June 2016 First Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
Last Day of
School
Time does not allow for the completion of L&L Lesson 11A/11B, Lesson Review, Lesson Assessment or Culminating Activities as well as
Skills Unit 7 Lessons 19-21 (End of Year Assessment) and Unit 7 Pausing Point
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
First Day for Students
2
Establish Routines
& Procedures
3
Establish Routines
& Procedures
4
Establish Routines
& Procedures
7
8
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 1
9
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 2
10
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 3
11
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 4
14
15
16
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 5
17
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 6
Assessment
18
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 7
Assessment 21
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 8
Assessment
22
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 9
Assessment
23
24
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 10
Assessment
25
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 11
28
L&L: Fairy Tales and Tall
Tales
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 12
29
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 13
30
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 14
September 2015 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Labor Day
School Closed- Rosh Hashanah
School Closed-
Yom Kippur
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 15
2
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 16
5
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 17
6
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 18
7
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 19
8
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 20
9
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 21
12 13
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lessons 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 1 Lesson 22
14
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lessons 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 1 Pausing Point
15
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lessons 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 1 Pausing Point
16
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lessons 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 1
19
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lessons 12A/12B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 2
20
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lessons 13A/13B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 3
21
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Lessons 14A/14B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 4
22
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 5
23
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 6
26
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 7
27
L&L: Early Asian Civilizations
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 8
28
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 9
29
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 10
30
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 11
October 2015 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Columbus Day
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
2
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 12
3 4
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 13
5
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 14
6
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 15
9
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 2 Lesson 16
Unit Assessment
10
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 2 Pausing Point
11 12
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 2 Pausing Point
13
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 1
16
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 2
17
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 3
18
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Lesson 12A/12B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 4
19
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 5
Review
20
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 6
23
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 7
24
L&L: Ancient Greek
Civilization
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 8
25 26 27
30
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 9
November 2015 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Election Day
Teachers Report
School Closed-
Veterans Day
School Closed- Thanksgiving Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 10
Review
2
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 11
3
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 12
4
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 13
Review
7
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 14
8
L&L: Greek Myths
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 15
Midpoint Decoding
Assessment
9
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 16
10
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 17
11
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 18
Review
14
L&L: Greek Myths
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 19
15
L&L: Greek Myths
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 20
16
L&L: Greek Myths
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 21
17
L&L: Greek Myths
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 22
18
L&L: Greek Myths
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 23
21
L&L: Greek Myths
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 24
22
L&L: Greek Myths
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 3 Lesson 25
Assessment
23 24 25
28 29 30 31
December 2015 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed- Holiday Recess
School Closed- Holiday Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
4
L&L and Skills:
Catch up day or
Pausing Point
5
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 1
6
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 2
7
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 3
8
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 4
11
L&L: The War of 1812
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 5
12
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 6
13
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 7
14
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 8
15
L&L: The War of 1812
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 9
18 19
L&L: The War of 1812
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 10
20
L&L: The War of 1812
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 11
21
L&L: The War of 1812
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 12
22
L&L: The War of 1812
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 13
25
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 14
26
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 15
27
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 16
28
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 17
29
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 18
January 2016 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed-
Holiday Recess
School Closed-
Dr. M. L. King, Jr.
Day
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 19
Review
2
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 20
3
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 21
4
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 22
Assessment
5
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 23
Assessment
8
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 24
Assessment
9
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 4 Lesson 25
Assessment
10
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 4 Pausing Point
11
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 4 Pausing Point
12
L&L: Cycles in Nature
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 4 Pausing Point
15 16 17 18 19
22
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 1
23
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 2
24
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 3
25
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 4
26
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 5
Review
29
L&L: Westward Expansion
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 6
Review
Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar February 2016
School Closed- Winter Recess
March 2016
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 7
2
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 8
3
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 9
4
L&L: Westward Expansion
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 10
Review
7
L&L: Westward Expansion
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 11
8
L&L: Westward Expansion
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 12
Review
9
L&L: Westward Expansion
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 13
10
L&L: Westward Expansion
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 14
Review
11
L&L: Insects
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 15
14
L&L: Insects
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 16
Review
15
L&L: Insects
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 17
16
L&L: Insects
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 18
17
L&L: Insects
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 19
18
L&L: Insects
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 20
21
L&L: Insects
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 21
22
L&L: Insects
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 22
23
L&L: Animals and Habitats
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 11
24 25
28 29
L&L: Insects
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 23
30
L&L: Insects
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 24
31
L&L: Insects
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 25
Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed- Easter Recess
School Closed-
Easter Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Insects
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 26
Unit Assessment
4
L&L: Insects
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 27
Unit Assessment
5
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 28
Individual Assessment
6
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 29
Individual Assessment
7
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 5 Lesson 30
Individual Assessment
8
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 5 Pausing Point
11
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 5 Pausing Point
12
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 5 Pausing Point
13
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 1
14
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 2
15
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 3
18
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 4
19
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 5
20
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Lesson 11A/11B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 6
21
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 7
22
L&L: Fairy Tales
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 6
Review & Practice 25 26 27 28 29
April 2016 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed- Spring Recess
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
2
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 8
3
L&L: The U.S. Civil War
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 9
4
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 10
5
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 11
6
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 12
9
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 13
10
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 14
11
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 15
12
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 16
13
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 17
16
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 18
17
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 19
18
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 20
Spelling Assessment
19
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 21
20
L&L: The Human Body:
Building Blocks & Nutrition
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 22
23
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 23
24
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 24
25
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 25
26
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 26
27
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 27
Unit Assessment
30 31
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 6A/6B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 28
May 2016 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
School Closed Memorial Day
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1
L&L: Immigration
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 29
2
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 7A/7B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 30
3
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 8A/8B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 31
6
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 9A/9B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 32
7
L&L: Immigration
Lesson 10A/10B
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 33
End of Year Assessment
8
L&L: Immigration
Domain Review
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 34
End of Year Assessment
9
L&L: Immigration
Domain Assessment
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 35
End of Year Assessment
10
L&L: Immigration
Culminating Activities
Skills:
Unit 6 Lesson 36
End of Year Assessment
13
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Lesson 1A/1B
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
14
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Lesson 2A/2B
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
15
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Lesson 3A/3B
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
16
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Lesson 4A/4B
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
17
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Lesson 5A/5B
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
20
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
21
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
22
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
23
L&L: Fighting for a Cause
Pausing Point
Skills:
Unit 6 Pausing Point
24
27 28 29 30
June 2016 Second Grade CKLA
Curriculum Calendar
Last Day of
School
Dr. Deborah L. Wortham, Superintendent of Schools Ms. M. Hazelton, Assistant to the Superintendent for Elementary Education
Mr. C. Braswell, Principal Washington Rose Elementary School
Ms. T. Thadal, Teacher Ms. A. Hudson, Principal Ulysses Byas Elementary School
Ms. A. Wagner, ELA Curriculum Specialist Dr. B. Solomon, Principal Centennial Ave. Elementary School
Mrs. J. Pagnotta, ELA Curriculum Specialist
Board of Education Robert Summerville, President
Willa Scott, Vice President Charlena Croutch, Trustee
Wilhelmina Funderburke, Trustee Alfred T. Taylor, Trustee
Grades 3-6 Curriculum Calendar 2015-2016
Suggested Pacing for Expeditionary Learning Module/Unit/Lesson Implementation: 2015-2016
Grade 3 Gr. 3 Module 1- Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: The Power of Reading around the World
Gr. 3 Unit 1- Seeking the Power of Education and Reading
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Talking with My Peers: Carousel of Reading Superheroes around the World
Sept. 7-11
2 Introducing Close Reading: Finding the Main Message and Taking Notes about Rain School
3 Continued Close Reading of Rain School: Text-Dependent Questions and Vocabulary
4 Choosing a Book That Interests Me: Seeking the Superhero Reader in Me
5 Informative Paragraph Pre-assessment: What Is One Reason You Want the Power of Reading? Sept. 14-18 6 Close Reading of Nasreen’s Secret School: How Do People Access Books in Afghanistan?
7 Continued Close Reading of Nasreen’s Secret School: Discussion of Questions and Evidence
8 Paragraph Writing Instruction
Sept. 21-25 9 Close Reading of That Book Woman: How Did People Access Books in Rural Areas of the United States?
10 Continued Close Reading of That Book Woman: Text Dependent Questions and Vocabulary
11 End of Unit 1 Assessment: Close Reading and Powerful Note-Taking on My Own
Gr. 3 Unit 2- Building the Power of Reading
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Close Reading of Thank You, Mr. Falker: Identifying the Superpowers of Reading
Sept. 28-Oct. 2
2 Continued Close Reading of Thank You, Mr. Falker, Text Dependent Questions and Vocabulary
3 Close Reading of The Boy Who Loved Words: How Do People Build Their Word Power?
4 Vocabulary: Finding the Meaning of Words in Context in The Boy Who Loved Words
5 Independent Reading : Building the Power of Stamina
6 Reading Proficiently and Independently: The Power of Setting Goals
Oct. 5-9
7 Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: On-Demand Informational Writing
8 Developing Reading Fluency: Criteria for Reading Aloud
9 Developing Reading Fluency: Selecting a Text and Practicing Reading Aloud
10 Developing Reading Fluency: Beginning the End of Unit 2 Assessment
Gr. 3 Unit 3- Accessing Books around the World
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Building Background Knowledge about Physical Environment: What Makes it Hard for Some People to Get
Books?
Oct. 12-16
2 Reading Maps: Locating the Countries We Have Been Reading About
3 Close Reading of Waiting for the Biblioburro: Finding the Main Message and Taking Notes
4 Continued Close Reading of Waiting for the Biblioburro: Comparing and Contrasting the Children in
Colombia, Appalachia, Chad, and Afghanistan
5 Paragraph Writing about Waiting for the Biblioburro
Oct. 19-23
6 Determining Main Idea Using Text and Illustrations: Accessing Books around the World
7 Close Reading of Excerpts from My Librarian is a Camel: How Do People Access Books around the World?
8 Group Discussion: Accessing Books around the World
9 Mid-Unit Assessment: Answering Text-Dependent Questions about Librarians and Organizations around the
World
10 Planning Writing: Making Notes for the Accessing Books around the World Informative Paragraph
Oct. 26-30
11 Writing a First Draft: Accessing Books around the World Informative Paragraph
12 Revising: Developing Topic Sentences from My Accessing Books around the World Informative Paragraph
13 Revising: Strong Conclusions for My Accessing Books Around the World Informative Paragraph
14 Revising My Accessing Books around the World Informative Paragraph for a Hook to Captivate My Reader
(optional lesson)
Nov. 2-6 15 Editing and Publishing: Accessing Books around the World Informative Paragraph
16 Illustrating: Geography Icon
17 On-Demand End of Unit Assessment and Bookmark Celebration
Gr. 3 Module 2A- Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs
Gr. 3 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: Learning to Become an Expert (about Frogs)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading and Talking With Peers: A Carousel of Photos and Texts about Frogs
Nov. 9-13
2 Close Reading of Pages 4-7 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Bullfrog Habitat
3 Continued Close Reading of Pages 4-7 and 12-15 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Text-Dependent Questions
and Vivid Words and Phrases
4 Close Reading of Pages 8-11 and 16-25 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Predators and Prey
5 Continued Close Reading of Pages 8-11 and 16-25 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Text-Dependent Questions
and Vivid Words and Phrases
Nov. 16-20
6 Mid-Unit Assessment: Close Reading of Pages 26-31 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Bullfrog Life Cycle
7 Close Reading of Page 32 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Main Ideas about the Bullfrog
8 Continued Close Reading of Page 32 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Text-Dependent Questions, Main Ideas,
and Key Vocabulary about the Bullfrog
9 Science Talk: How Do Bullfrogs Survive?
10 Planning Writing: Bullfrog Informational Paragraph
Nov. 23-24 11 End of Unit 1 Assessment: On-Demand Writing an Informational Paragraph about How a Bullfrog Survives
Gr. 3 Unit 2- Case Study: Reading to Build Expertise about Freaky Frogs
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading Closely to Expand Understanding of Adaptations
Nov. 30-Dec. 4 2 Using Informational Text Features and Learning Freaky Frog Vocabulary
3 Asking and Answering Questions: Studying the Life Cycle of a Frog
4 Asking and Answering Questions: Studying the Skin of a Frog
5 Asking and Answering Questions: Reading about a Frog’s Habitat
6 Mid-Unit Assessment: Close Reading of “The Spadefoot Toad”
Dec. 7-11
7 Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Glass Frog”, Pages 32 and 33 of Everything You Need to Know about Frogs
8 Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Water-Holding Frog”, Pages 36 and 37 of Everything You Need to Know
about Frogs
9 Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Amazon Horned Frog”, Pages 20 and 21 of Everything You Need to Know
about Frogs
10 Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about Poison Dart Frogs: Poison!
11 Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about Poison Dart Frogs: Legs and Toes
Dec. 14-18 12 Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about Poison Dart Frogs: Eggs and Tadpoles
13 End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Informational Paragraph about How the Poison Dart Frog Survives
Gr. 3 Unit 3- Culminating Project: Freaky Frog Trading Cards
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading New Texts about Freaky Frogs
Jan. 4-8
2 Research Synthesis and Science Talk: Freaky Frog Research Matrix and Science Talk about How Freaky
Frogs Survive
3 Writing a First Draft: Facts and Image Side of the Freaky Frog Trading Card
4 Publishing: Facts and Image Side of the Freaky Frog Trading Card
5 Planning Writing: Generating Criteria and Making a Plan for the Paragraph Side of the Freaky Frog Trading
Card
Jan. 11-15
6 First-Person Writing Using Vivid and Precise Words
7 Mid-Unit Assessment: Writing a First-Draft Freaky Frog Trading Card Narrative Paragraph
8 Revising: Using Vivid and Precise Verbs and Adjectives
9 Final Revision: Using Feedback and Criteria
Jan. 18-22 10 Editing: Polishing Our Writing
11 Publishing: Writing the Final Draft of My Freaky Frog Trading Card
12 End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Assessment and Freaky Frog Trading Card Celebration
Gr. 3 Module 3A- Analyzing Narrative and Supporting Opinions: A Study of Peter Pan Gr. 3 Unit 1- How Authors Capture Readers’ Imaginations: A Study of Peter Pan
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading and Talking with Peers: A Carousel of Pictures and texts about Peter Pan
Jan. 25-29
2 Reading for Main Idea in a Chapter Book (Chapter 2)
3 Reading for Details that Capture a Reader’s Imagination and Answering Questions (Chapter 2)
4 Identifying Character Traits: A Study of Tinker Bell (Chapter 3)
5 Identifying Character Motivations: Why Do Characters Do What They Do? (Chapter 4)
6 Character Actions: Looking Closely at How Characters’ Actions Move the Story Forward (Chapter 5)
Feb. 1-5
7 Character Analysis: Looking Closely at One Character in Peter Pan (Revisiting Chapters 1-5)
8 On Demand Mid-Unit Assessment: Character Analysis of Peter Pan (Chapter 6)
9 Supporting Opinions with Reasons: Analyzing Character’s Actions (Chapter 7)
10 Sharing Opinions and Reasons: Peter Pan Discussion Groups (Chapters 7 and 8)
11 Considering an Author and Reader’s Point of View: Would You Have Offered Hook a Hand? (Chapter 9) Feb. 8-9 12 End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Paragraph: Supporting Opinion with Reasons
Gr. 3 Unit 2- Reading Like a Writer: Crafting Imagined Scenes of Peter Pan
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 A Close Look at Setting: Getting Lost in Neverland
Feb. 10-12 2 Figurative Language: Looking Closely at Author’s Craft in Peter Pan
3 Planning a Sequence of Events: Narrative Writing of a Scene in Neverland
4 Drafting an Imagined Narrative: Scenes from Neverland, Part 1
Feb. 22-26 5 Drafting an Imagined Narrative: Scenes from Neverland, Part 2
6 Reading Like a Writer: Looking for Words and Phrases that Show a Character’s Thoughts, Feelings and Actions
7 Revising for Dialogue: Examining How an Author Develops a Character’s Feelings
8 Reading Like a Writer: Looking for Vivid and Precise Verbs in Chapter 14
9 Revising Scenes: Using Words That Work- Vivid and Precise Verbs
Feb. 29-Mar.4 10 Looking Carefully at Conventions: Reviewing Quotation Marks and Editing our Scenes
11 Mid-Unit Assessment: On-Demand Writing: Crafting a New Scene
12 Learning from a New Type of Literature: An Introduction to Readers Theater Scripts
13 Staging a Readers Theater: “The Birds Leave the Nest”, Based on Chapter 4 of Peter Pan Mar. 7-11 14 Characters’ Feelings and Reading Fluency: The Mermaid Lagoon, Based on Chapter 9 of Peter Pan
15 Staging a Readers Theater: The Mermaid Lagoon (Based on Chapter 9 of Peter Pan)
16 Planning and Performing: Beginning the End of Unit 2 Assessment
Gr. 3 Unit 3- Writing Like a Reader: Developing Opinions about the Author’s Craft in Peter Pan
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Planning Writing: Generating Criteria and Making a Plan for a Summary of Peter Pan
Mar. 14-18
2 Writing a First-Draft Peter Pan Summary
3 Revising and Editing: Simple and Compound Sentences and Connections
4 Mid-Unit Assessment: Writing a Summary about Peter Pan Mar. 21-25 5 Peter Pan Opinion Writing: Generating Criteria and Choosing a Favorite Character
6 Opinion Writing: Planning Opinion and Reasons
7 Opinion Writing: Introducing an Opinion and Providing a Conclusion Sentence Mar. 28-Apr. 1 8 Revising Opinion Writing: Strengthening My Reasons by Using Specific Details about My Character
9 Final Revision: Using Feedback and Criteria
10 On-Demand End of Unit Assessment and Celebration of Opinion Writing
Gr. 3 Module 4- Gathering Evidence and Speaking to Others: The Role of Fresh Water around the World Gr. 3 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: Getting to Know H2O
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading and Talking with Peers: A Carousel of Photos and Texts about Water
April 11-15
2 Close Reading of Pages 4–7 of One Well: The Story of Water on Earth—Where Is Water on Earth?
3 Language Workshop: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
4 Finding Key Details in Informational Text: “Where in the World Is Water?”
5 Mid-Unit Assessment: Writing an On-Demand Informational Paragraph about Where Water Is on Earth
6 Determining Main Idea: “Rivers and Streams”
Apr. 18-22
7 Finding Key Details: “Rivers and Streams”
8 Determining the Main Idea and Key Details: “River to the Sea”
9 Comparing and Contrasting: Finding the Similarities and Differences between Two Texts about Rivers and
Streams
10 Determining the Main Idea and Key Details: “Recycling Water in the Well” from Page 8 of One Well
11 Determining the Main Idea and Key Details: “The Water Cycle” (from the USGS)
May 2-4 12 Comparing and Contrasting: Finding the Similarities and Differences between Two Texts about the Water
Cycle
13 End of Unit Assessment: Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about the Water Cycle
Gr. 3 Unit 2- Reading and Research: Challenges of Water around the World
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Gathering, Documenting, and Sorting Information: Determining Challenges Related to Having Clean Water
for Everyone May 5-6
2 Writing to Teach a Reader about Water on Earth; Laying the Foundation for Water Challenges Research
3 Asking and Answering Questions about One Well, “People at the Well” (Pages 16 and 17), Part 1
May 9-13
4 Asking and Answering Questions about One Well, “People at the Well” (Pages 16 and 17), Part 2
5 Asking and Answering Questions about One Well, “Access to the Well” (Pages 20 and 21)
6 Asking and Answering Questions about One Well, “Pollution in the Well” (Pages 24 and 25)
7 Mid-Unit Assessment: Asking and Answering Questions about Having Enough Clean Water for Everyone
8 Independent Research: The Challenges to Having Enough Clean Water for Everyone
May 16-20
9 Continued Independent Research: The Challenges to Having Enough Clean Water for Everyone
10 Completing Independent Research: The Challenges to Having Enough Clean Water for Everyone
11 End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Writing to Inform Your Reader about the Challenges to Having Enough
Clean Water for Everyone
Gr. 3 Unit 3- Writing and Speaking about the Challenges and Solutions to Clean Water: Creating Voice Thread Presentations
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading Closely to Become “Well Aware”: Launching Our Performance Task
May 23-27
2 Determining the Main Idea and Key Details: “Dry Days in Australia”
3 Determining the Main Idea and Key Details: “Tackling the Trash”
4 Determining the Main Idea and Key Details: “Ryan Hreljac: The Boy Who Built a Well”
5 Discussion Circles: What’s One Thing We Should Do?
6 Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: On-Demand Opinion Writing: What’s One Thing We Can Do to Ensure There Is Clean
Water for Everyone?
May 30-Jun.3
7 Crafting Your VoiceThread PSA Script: Strengthening Reasons to Better Support Your Opinion
8 Crafting Your VoiceThread PSA Script: Organizing Your Ideas Logically to Send a Clear Message
9 Crafting Your VoiceThread PSA Script: Identifying Appropriate Facts and Descriptive Details to Support Your
Message
10 Crafting Your VoiceThread PSA Script: Using Linking Words and Phrases to Connect Ideas
Jun. 6-10 11 Preparing to Record Your VoiceThread PSA Script: Using Peer Feedback to Speak Fluently in an Engaging
Manner
12 End of Unit 3 Assessment: Presenting Your VoiceThread PSA Script and Giving Peer Feedback
13 End of Unit 3 Assessment, Continued: Presenting Your VoiceThread PSA Script and Giving Peer Feedback
Suggested Pacing for Expeditionary Learning Module/Unit/Lesson Implementation: 2015-2016
Grade 4 Gr. 4 Module 1A-Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: Oral Tradition, Symbolism, Building Community
Gr. 4 Unit 1- Haudenosaunee: Consensus Building in Community (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Practicing Listening/Reading Closely: The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Sept. 8- Sept. 25
2 Reading Closely: Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
3 “Birth of the Haudenosaunee”: The Creation of a Nation
4 Practicing Reading Closely: “Birth of the Haudenosaunee” continued
5 Keeping Track of How it All Fits Together: Making Connections
6 Identifying Main Idea and Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Two Row Wampum
7 Reading Poetry and Identifying Theme: Robert Frost’s “A Time to Talk”
8 Synthesizing Symbolism: Personal Wampum Belt
9 Writing to Explain: Gathering Details and Organizing Paragraphs
10 Writing to Explain: Drafting Strong Paragraphs
11 Writing to Explain: Concluding and Polishing Strong Paragraphs/End of Unit Assessment
Gr. 4 Unit 2- Haudenosaunee: A Community that Transcends Time (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Text Features: Introduction to the Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy
Sept. 28- Oct. 16
2 Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer, Part 1: The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy
3 Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer, Part 2: Inferring What Was Important to the Iroquois
4 Capturing Main Idea and Details: How Life is Changing for the Iroquois
5 Paragraph Writing
6 Mid Unit Assessment: Reading, Note-taking, and Paragraph Writing
7 Close Reading and Charting, Part 1: The Iroquois People in Modern Times
8 Close Reading and Charting, Part 2: The Iroquois People in Modern Times
9 Complete Sentences and Charting: Lacrosse
10 Writing to Explain: Drafting Strong Explanatory Paragraphs
11 Critiquing and Polishing Our Explanatory Paragraphs
12 Evidence-Based Paragraph Writing
Gr. 4 Unit 2- Optional Independent Reading for Eagle Song (Simultaneous with Unit 2 and 3 instruction)
Lesson # Lesson Title Time for IR IR1 Introduction to Eagle Song and Chapter 1 45 minutes
IR2 Revisit Chapter 1, Begin Chapter 2 25 minutes
IR3 Revisit Chapter 2, Begin Chapter 3 25 minutes
IR4 Revisit Chapter 3, Begin Chapter 4 20 minutes
IR5 Revisit Chapter 4, Begin Chapter 5 15 minutes
IR6 Revisit Chapter 5, Begin Chapter 6 15 minutes
IR7 Revisit Chapter 6, Begin Chapter 7 20 minutes
IR8 Revisit Chapter 7, Begin Chapter 8 37 minutes
IR9 Chapter 8 and Themes of Eagle Song 60 minutes
IR10 Optional Eagle Song Assessment: Paragraph Writing 50 minutes
Gr. 4 Unit 3- Creating a Classroom Community (Approx. 7 days)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 How Community is Shaped by Culture: A preteen’s perspective on the Haudenosaunee today
Oct. 19- Oct. 30
2 Comparing History Sharing: The Talking Drums of Mali
3 Getting the Gist: Hawaiian Quilt (Reflecting back on symbolism and community)
4 The Keeping Quilt: Identifying Theme and Symbolism in the Passing Down of Cultural Stories and
Experiences
5 Making Connections: Building a Community Through a Classroom Quilt
6 End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Paragraph Writing
7 Defining Our Classroom Community
Gr. 4 Module 2A-Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Interdependent Roles in Colonial Times
Gr. 4 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: Life in Colonial America (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Discovering the Topic: Inferring and Confirming Using Evidence
Nov. 2- Nov. 18
2 Inferring from a Primary Source: Close Read of Colonial Times Inventory
3 Inferring: Who Was John Allen?
4 Learning about Farms in Colonial America: Explicit versus Inferred Information
5 Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Inferring with Pictures and Text
6 Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring about the Importance of Religion in Colonial America
7 Paragraph Writing: The Role of Religion in Colonial America
8 Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring about Work and Play in Colonial America
9 End of Unit 1 Assessment: Inferring and Synthesizing (from two texts) about Life in Colonial America
Gr. 4 Unit 2- Case Study: Conducting Research on Colonial Americans (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Building Background Knowledge: Colonial Craftspeople
Nov. 19- Dec. 22
2 Shared Reading: Learning about Colonial Trades
3 Writing to Inform: Colonial Trades
4 Word Choice: Using Academic Vocabulary to Apply for a Colonial Trade Job
5 Research: Identifying Categories for Our Research about the Wheelwright
6 Documenting Research: Sorting and Recording Information about the Wheelwright
7 Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Inferring about the Silversmith Trade in Colonial Times
8 Researching and Note-Taking: Becoming an Expert on a Colonial Trade
9 Researching and Note-Taking: Building Expertise about a Colonial Trade
10 Reading and Taking Notes on Colonial Trades
11 Listening Closely and Taking Notes: Colonial Trade Podcast about the Wheelwright
12 Listening Closely and Taking Notes I Expert Groups: Colonial Trade Podcast
13 Summarizing and Synthesizing: Planning for Writing an Apprentice Wanted Ad
14 Synthesizing Information: Writing an Apprentice Wanted Ad
15 End of Unit 2 Assessment: Working with Two Texts- Reading, Listening, Summarizing, and Synthesizing
16 Synthesizing Research: How Colonists Were Interdependent
Gr. 4 Unit 3- Culminating Project: Research-Based Narrative about an Event in Colonial America (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Preparing to Write Historical Fiction: Determining Characteristics of the Genre
Jan. 4- Jan. 29
2 Planning Ideas: Developing a Colonial Character Profile
3 Practice Planning a Historical Narrative: The Wheelwright
4 Drafting a Historical Fiction Narrative: The Wheelwright
5 Planning a Historical Fiction Narrative Based on Expert Trades
6 Mid-Unit Assessment: Drafting a Historical Fiction Narrative Based on Expert Trades
7 Peer Critique: Historical Accuracy of Ideas and Vocabulary
8 Revising for Organization: Timely Transitions
9 Planning for When to Include Dialogue: Showing Character’s Thoughts and Feelings
10 Writing Dialogue: Revising Historical Narrative Drafts to Add Dialogue
11 Revising for Organization and Style: Bold Beginnings
12 Revising for Organization and Style: Exciting Endings
13 Peer Critique for Organization and Style
14 Reviewing Conventions and Editing Peers’ Work
15 Publishing Historical Fiction Narratives
16 Writer’s Gallery and End of Unit 3 Assessment: On-Demand New Historical Fiction Narrative
Gr. 4 Module 3A- Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions: Simple Machines
Gr. 4 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge about Simple Machines through Informational Text and Literature
(Approx. 1 week)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Using Mystery Pictures and Text to Discover the Topic (Simple Machines)
Feb. 1- Feb. 9
2 Reading and Writing about Simple Machines
3 Mid-Unit Assessment and Introduction to Science Talks
4 Learning from Literature: Simple Machines Readers Theater
5 Learning from Literature Continued: Examining Text Structure, Vocabulary, and Information about
Simple Machines in the Readers Theater The Machine
6 Assessing Readers Theater and Performing The Machine
Gr. 4 Unit 2- Scientific Research: Researching Simple Machines: How They Help Do Work (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Setting Purpose for a Deeper Study of Simple Machines
Feb. 10- March 7
2 Reading a Scientific Experiment: The Inclined Plane
3 Reading a Scientific Text: Learning More about the Inclined Plane
4 Reading a Scientific Experiment: The Lever
5 Reading Scientific Text: Reading Closely about the Lever
6 Science Talk: Synthesizing What We Know about the Inclined Plane and Lever
7 Making Connections to Vocabulary and Mid-Unit Assessment: Interactive Word Wall and Reading and
Answering Questions about Screws
8 Reading Scientific Text: Reading Closely About the Pulley
9 Reading Scientific Text: Reading Closely about the Wheel and Axle
10 Reading a Scientific Experiment: The Pulley and Wheel and Axle
11 Science Talk: Synthesizing What We now about Simple Machines
12 Connecting Key Vocabulary and End-of-Unit Assessment Part 1: Reading and Answering Questions
about Wedges
13 Connecting Key Vocabulary and End-of-Unit Assessment Part 2: Reading and Answering Questions
about Experiments
Gr. 4 Unit 3- Culminating Project: Sharing Opinions: The Most Helpful Simple Machines (Approx. 3-4 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading Editorials, Part 1: Determining Authors’ Opinions
March 8- April 4
2 Reading Editorials, Part 2: How Authors Support Their Opinions with Reasons and Evidence
3 Reading as Writers: Identifying Characteristics of Editorials
4 Mid-Unit Assessment: Reading and Answering Questions about Editorials
5 Preparing to Write: Identifying Characteristics of Editorials and Determining Reasons to Support Our
Opinions about Simple Machines
6 Planning to Write Editorials: Grouping Reasons with Evidence That Supports My Opinion
7 Drafting an Editorial about a Simple Machine
8 Revising for Ideas: Interesting Introductions
9 Revising for Word Choice: Scientifically Accurate Vocabulary
10 Peer Critique: Scientific Accuracy of Ideas and Vocabulary
11 Revising for Organization: Catchy Conclusions
12 Revising for Sentence Fluency: Compound Sentences
13 Reviewing Conventions and Editing Peers’ Editorials
14 Publishing Simple Machine Editorials
15 End of Unit Assessment, Part 1: Planning and Drafting an Editorial
16 End of Unit Assessment, Part 2: Revising to Create a Polished Editorial and Author’s Chair Celebration
Gr. 4 Module 4- Susan B. Anthony, The Suffrage Movement, and the Importance of Voting
Gr. 4 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: The Leadership of Susan B. Anthony (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Engaging Readers in the History of Voting Rights
April 18- May 9
2 Confirming Our Topic: First Read of “On Women’s Right to the Suffrage” Speech by Susan B. Anthony
3 Summarizing Informational Text: “The Vote”
4 Reading for Gist and Building Vocabulary: “Order in the Court” and the Trial of Susan B. Anthony
5 Rereading and Summarizing: “Order in the Court” and the Trial of Susan B. Anthony
6 Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Answering Questions and Summarizing a Text about Fredrick Douglass
7 Reading for Main Idea and Building Vocabulary: New York Times Article of Susan B. Anthony’s Trial
8 Comparing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts of Susan B. Anthony’s Trial
9 End of Unit Assessment: Comparing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts of Inauguration Day
Gr. 4 Unit 2- Analyzing Characters and How They Contribute to Theme: Reading and Analyzing The Hope Chest
(Approx. 3 ½ weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Listening to and Rereading a Speech by Susan B. Anthony to Infer About Her as a Leader of Change
May 10- June 3
2 Preparing to Read The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach
3 Summarizing Literature and Analyzing Characters: The Hope Chest, Chapter 1
4 Analyzing Descriptive Language: The Hope Chest, Chapters 1-3
5 Summarizing Literature and Analyzing Characters: The Hope Chest, Chapter 3
6 Clustering Vocabulary to Build Meaning from a Text
7 Summarizing Chapters 1-6 of The Hope Chest Using a Story Map
8 Preparing to Write an Essay about Myrtle: Reading about the Jim Crow Laws
9 Examining the Structure of Short Essays and Gathering Evidence for an Essay about Myrtle
10 Writing a Short Essay about Myrtle and Discussing Character Reactions to Jim Crow
11 Mid-Unit Assessment: Reading and Answering Questions about a New Chapter of The Hope Chest
12 Summarizing The Hope Chest Chapters 7-11 and Interpreting and Creating Cover Art
13 Introducing Literary Theme: Exploring Themes in The Hope Chest
14 Determining the Central Theme of The Hope Chest
15 Writing an Essay on Theme: Introducing a Prompt and Analyzing a Model Essay
16 Preparing to Write an Essay about Theme: Reading and Gathering Evidence from Chapter 17 in The
Hope Chest
17 End of Unit Assessment, Part 1: Reading and Answering Questions about Characters and Theme
18 End of Unit Assessment, Part 2: Writing an Essay about the Theme of The Hope Chest
Gr. 4 Unit 3- Writing and Speaking About the Importance of Voting. Why Vote? (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Synthesizing Ideas from Two Texts: Bringing Together Ideas about Women’s Suffrage
June 6- June 22
2 Ideas Supported by Reason and Evidence: Introducing the Performance Task, A Voting PSA
3 How Text Structures Support Ideas: Analyzing Text Structures in “Youth Power”
4 Synthesizing from Multiple Texts: Synthesizing Ideas about Why Voting is Important
5 Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Reading and Comparing New Informational Texts about Voting
6 Writing a Public Service Announcement: Planning the Opinion and Reasons
7 Writing a Public Service Announcement: Planning and Drafting a PSA about the Importance of Voting
8 Writing a Public Service Announcement: Revising a PSA about the Importance of Voting
9 Writing a Public Service Announcement: Creating a Supporting Visual for a PSA about the Importance of
Voting
10 End of Unit 3 Assessment: Presenting a Public Service Announcement about the Importance of Voting
Suggested Pacing for Expeditionary Learning Module/Unit/Lesson Implementation: 2015-2016
Grade 5 Gr. 5 Module 1- Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: Stories of Human Rights
Gr. 5 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge on Human Rights (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Getting Ready to Learn about Human Rights: Close Reading of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (UDHR)
Sept. 8-Oct. 1
2 Building Background: A Short History of Human Rights
3 Vocabulary: Human Rights
4 Close Reading: The Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
5 Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Human Rights Vocabulary and Common Prefixes
6 Close Reading: “Unpacking” Specific Articles of the UDHR
7 Close Reading: Becoming Experts on Specific Articles of the UDHR
8 Summarizing Complex Ideas: Comparing the Original UDHR and the “Plain Language” Version
9 Main Ideas in Informational Text: Analyzing a Firsthand Human Rights Account
10 Main Ideas in Informational Text: Analyzing a Firsthand Human Rights Account for Connections to Specific
Articles of the UDHR
11 End of Unit 1 Assessment: On-Demand Analysis of a Human Rights Account
Gr. 5 Unit 2- Case Study: Esperanza’s Story (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Building Background Knowledge: Learning about the Historical and Geographical Setting of
Esperanza Rising (Chapter 1: “Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1924”)
Oct. 2-Oct. 22
2 Getting to Know Esperanza (Chapter 2: “Las Uvas/Grapes”)
3 Inferring about Characters Based on How They Respond to Challenges (Chapter 3: “Las Papayas/Papayas”)
4 Inferring about Characters Based on How They Respond to Challenges (Chapter 4: “Los Higos/Figs”)
5 Connecting Informational Text with Literature: Building Background Knowledge about Mexican Immigration,
California, and the Great Depression (Chapter 5: “Las Guayabas/Guavas”)
6 Contrasting Two Settings (Chapter 6: “Los Melones/Cantaloupes”)
7 Point of View: Comparing Esperanza’s and Isabel’s Perspectives about Life in the Camp (Chapter 7: “Las
Cebollas/Onions”)
8 Understanding Themes in Esperanza Rising (Chapter 8: “Las Almendras/Almonds”)
9 Mid-Unit 2 Assessment and Discussing Themes in Esperanza Rising: (Chapter 9: “Las Ciruelas/Plums”)
10 Characters Changing Over Time: (Chapter 10: “Las Papas/Potatoes”)
11 Building Background Knowledge: Why do Workers Strike? (Chapter 11: “Los Aguacates/Avocados”)
12 Contrasting Perspectives: Should the Farmworkers in Esperanza Rising Go on Strike? (Chapter 12: “Los
Espárragos/Asparagus”)
13 Gathering Evidence and Drafting a Two-Voice Poem (Chapter 13: “Los Duraznos/Peaches”)
14 Writing, Critique, and Revising: Two- Voice Poems (Chapter 14: “Las Uvas/Grapes”)
15 Revisiting Big Metaphors and Themes; Revising and Beginning to Perform Two Voice Poems
16 Paragraph Writing, Part I: How Esperanza Responds on the Train (revisiting Chapter 5: “Las
Guayabas/Guavas”)
17 Paragraph Writing, Part II
18 End of Unit 2 Assessment: On-Demand Analytical Essay about How Esperanza Changes Over Time
Gr. 5 Unit 3- Culminating Project: Readers Theater: Esperanza Rising, from Novel to Script (Approx. 2.5 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Narratives as Theater, Part I: What is Readers Theater?
Oct. 23-Nov. 18
2 Narratives as Theater: Esperanza Rising, from Novel to Script
3 Readers Theater and the UDHR
4 Mid-Unit Assessment: Evaluating a Novel versus a Script
5 Identifying Theme: Connecting Passages from Esperanza Rising to Human Rights
6 Launching Readers Theater Groups: Identifying Passages from Esperanza Rising for Readers Theater that
Connect to the UDHR
7 Drafting Individual Readers Theater Scripts for a Specific Scene: Narrowing Text for Our Readers Theater
Scripts
8 Drafting Individual Readers Theater Scripts for a Specific Scene: Rephrasing, Narrator Introduction, and
Identifying Characters
9 End of Unit Assessment: Individual Sections of Readers Theater Script
10 Our Group Readers Theater: Managing the Sequence of Events in our Group Script
11 Our Group Readers Theater: Revising Scripts, Conclusion, and First Rehearsal
12 Performance Task: Readers Theater Second Rehearsal and Performance
Gr. 5 Module 2A- Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Biodiversity in Rainforests of the Western Hemisphere
Gr. 5 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: How Scientists Communicate about the Living Things of the Rainforest
(Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Building Background Knowledge: Examining the Unique Living Things of the Rainforests and the Scientists Who
Study Them
Nov. 19-Dec. 11
2 Reading an Interview: “Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin”
3 Continued Close Read of “Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin”
4 Summarizing Informational Text: “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider”
5 Informational Text Features: Analyzing “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider”
6 Mid-Unit Assessment: Analyzing an Interview with a Rainforest Scientist Part I
7 Analyzing Documentary Videos: “Great Bear Rainforest Remote Camera Project: British Columbia, Canada
8 Synthesizing Information: Living Things in the Rainforest
9 End of Unit 1 Assessment: Interview with a Rainforest Scientist Part II and Comparing and Contrasting Texts
About Rainforest Biodiversity
10 Science Talk
Gr. 5 Unit 2- The Most Beautiful Roof in the World and the Work of Rainforest Scientist Meg Lowman (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Introduction to The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Why Does Meg Lowman Research the Rainforest? (p. 2-4)
Dec.14- Jan. 22
2 Reading and Writing about How to Perform a Process: How Meg Lowman Studies the Rainforest (p. 4-8)
3 Supporting an Opinion: Why Is the Rainforest Canopy a Difficult Place to Research? (p. 9-10)
4 Close-Read: Blue Creek, a Rainforest in Belize (p. 12)
5 Close Reading in Expert Groups: What Is It Like in the Rainforest Canopy? (p. 13-16)
6 Reading Informational Texts for Details: Meg’s Rainforest Experiment (p. 17-20)
7 Mid-Unit Assessment: Text-Dependent, Multiple Choice and Short Answer Assessment
8 Close- Read: Epiphytes of the Rainforest and the Creatures That Call Them Home (p. 24-26)
9 A Rainforest Folktale: Determining the Message of “The Wings of the Butterfly”, a Tukuna People Tale
10 Reading for Details: Taking an Inventory in the Rainforest (p. 28-31)
11 Reading for Fluency: Readers Theater about the Rainforest (p. 33)
12 Comparing Two Main Ideas in an Informational Text: Meg Lowman’s Methods for Researching the Rainforest
(p. 35-36)
13 Interviewing Meg Lowman: What Does It Mean to be a Responsible Scientist? (p. 37-39)
14 Analyzing How Rainforest Scientists Communicate Their Research (p. 39-42)
15 End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Analysis of Meg Lowman’s Research in the Rainforest
Gr. 5 Unit 3- Reading and Writing Like a Scientist: Observing Nature, Conducting Research, and Creating a Field Journal Entry
(Approx.3 Weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 How to Write Like a Scientist in the Field: Introduction to the Elements of Field Journals
Jan. 25-Feb.29
2 Learning to Observe Closely and Record Accurately: How to Create a Field Journal
3 Writing Narratives from First-Person Point of View: Imagining Meg Lowman’s Rainforest Journal
4 Taking Notes and Citing Quotes from Text: Gathering Information on Our Rainforest Insects
5 Structuring the Search: Categorizing Our Research
6 Conducting Research: Asking and Answering Our Questions about Rainforest Arthropods
7 Conducting Research: Analyzing a Variety of Sources to Capture Information about My Insect
8 Mid-Unit Assessment: On-Demand Note-Taking about Howler Monkeys
9 Making Inferences about Informational Text: Science Talk on How My Insect Contributes to the Rainforest
Ecosystem
10 Blending Informative and Narrative Writing: Transforming Research Notes into Field Journal Entries
11 Writing and Revising Our Texts: Using Peer Critique to Improve First Drafts
12 Using Peer Feedback and Summarizing Our Research in Informational Text Boxes
13 Revision and Illustration: Strengthening the Writing in my Rainforest Field Journal and Adding a Labeled
Drawing
14 Revising and Polishing Our Final Products
15 End of Unit Assessment: Writing a Rainforest Field Journal Entry about Howler Monkeys
Gr. 5 Module 3A- Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions: Sports and Athletes’ Impact on Culture
Gr. 5 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: The Importance of Sports in American Culture (Approx. 1.5 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Building Background Knowledge: Why Are Sports Important in American Culture?
March 1-March 10
2 Identifying Author’s Opinion and Evidence: The Value of Sports in People’s Lives, Part I
3 Identifying Author’s Opinion and Evidence: The Value of Sports in People’s Lives, Part II
4 Mid-Unit Assessment: Identifying Author’s Opinion and Supporting Evidence: Sports in American Culture
5 Identifying Opinions and Evidence: The Importance of Sports in American Society, Part I
6 Organizing Evidence and Writing an Opinion Paragraph: The Importance of Sports in American Society, Part II
7 End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Opinion and Evidence Paragraph about the Importance of Sports in
American Culture
Gr. 5 Unit 2- Case Study: Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America (Approx. 3.5 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s)
1 Introducing Promises to Keep and Drawing Inferences: Who Is Jackie Robinson and Why Is He Important?
(pgs. 6-7)
March 11-May 6
2 Synthesizing From Informational Texts: Main Idea and Key Details from Promises to Keep (pgs. 8-10)
3 Comparing Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic: Learning about the Great Migration (pgs. 10-13)
4 Determining Author’s Opinions, Reasons and Evidence: Signs of Hope and Progress for African Americans in
the 1920s (pgs. 14-15)
5 Reading to Determine Important Relationships between People and Events: The Importance of the 1936
Olympics for African Americans (pgs. 16-19)
6 Comparing Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic: The Story of Bus Desegregation (p. 21)
7 Inferring Author’s Opinions and Writing Opinion Statements: Journalists’ Opinions about Segregation Post-World
War II (pgs. 22-25)
8 Explaining the Relationships between Events in a Historical Text: Contextualizing the History of Baseball (pgs. 8-
9, 25)
9 Identifying Supporting Reasons and Evidence for an Opinion: Exploring Why Jackie Robinson Was the Right
Man to Break the Color Barrier (pgs. 26-29)
10 Mid-Unit Assessment: Identifying Author’s Opinion, Reasons, and Supporting Evidence: “Courage on the Field”
11 Letters as Informational Text: Comparing and Contrasting Three Accounts about Segregation (pgs. 38-39)
12 Identifying Supporting Reasons and Evidence for an Opinion: Exploring Jackie Robinson’s Promise (pgs. 38-45)
13 Developing an Opinion Based on the Textual Evidence: Jackie Robinson’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement
(pgs. 50-57)
14 Writing an Introduction and Body Paragraph That Support an Opinion: Jackie Robinson’s Role in the Civil Rights
Movement
15 Writing a Second Body Paragraph and Conclusion for an Opinion Essay: Jackie Robinson’s Role in the Civil
Rights Movement (pgs. 50-57)
16 Developing an Opinion Based on the Textual Evidence: Jackie Robinson’s Legacy (pgs. 58-63)
17 End of Unit Assessment: Writing an Opinion Essay with Supporting Evidence about Jackie Robinson’s Legacy
Gr. 5 Unit 3- Culminating Project: Expert Groups Research and Writing an Opinion Letter (Approx. 3.5 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Introducing New Athletes to Research: Althea Gibson and Roberto Clemente
May 9-June 7
2 Research: Close Read of Text 1 for Each Expert Group
3 Organizing an Opinion, Reasons, and Evidence: Text 1 for Each Expert Group
4 Research: Close Read of Text 2 for Each Expert Group
5 Organizing an Opinion, Reasons, and Evidence: Text 2 for Each Expert Group
6 Research: Close Read of Text 3 for Each Expert Group
7 Organizing an Opinion, Reasons, and Evidence: Text 3 for Each Expert Group
8 Mid-Unit Assessment: Notes and Graphic Organizer for a Letter to a Publisher
9 Whole Class Model Letter Writing: Introduction: Opinion, Reasons, and Evidence about Jackie Robinson’s
Legacy
10 Whole Class Model Letter Writing: Organizing Reasons and Evidence and Using Transition Words
11 Whole Class Model Letter Writing: Concluding Statement and Preparing for End of Unit Assessment
12 End of Unit Assessment: Writing a Draft Letter to a Publisher about an Athlete’s Legacy
13 Revising Draft Letters to a Publisher about an Athlete’s Legacy: Critique and Feedback, Part I
14 Revising Draft Letters to a Publisher about an Athlete’s Legacy: Using Critique and Feedback, Part II
15 Author’s Read: Final Performance Task
Gr. 5 Module 4- Gathering Evidence and Speaking to Others: Natural Disasters in the Western Hemisphere
Gr. 5 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: The Science Behind Natural Disasters (Approx. 1.5 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Building Background Knowledge and Making Inferences: What is a Natural Disaster?
June 8-June 16
2 Relationships Between Key Scientific Concepts: What Causes Earthquakes?
3 Relationships Between Key Scientific Concepts: What Causes Hurricanes?
4 Mid-Unit Assessment: Text Dependent Short-Answer Quiz-The Effect of Natural Disasters
5 Synthesizing Information from Texts about Natural Disasters: What Makes an Earthquake a Natural Disaster/
6 Organizing Evidence from Multiple Informational Texts to Prepare for Writing: What Makes an Earthquake a
Natural Disaster
7 End of Unit Assessment, Part 1: On Demand Essay “What Makes a Hurricane a Natural Disaster?
8 End of Unit Assessment Part II: Science Talk
Gr. 5 Unit 2- Removed From Module
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s)
Gr. 5 Unit 3- Research on 2010 Earthquake in Haiti, Learning about the Red Cross, and Writing an Opinion Speech (Approx. 3.5 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Building background Knowledge: Jigsaw to Build and Share Expertise about the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Part I
June 17-June 24
2 Building background Knowledge: Jigsaw to Build and Share Expertise about the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Part II
3 Researching about the Red Cross: What Is a Multinational Aid Organization
4 Researching about the Red Cross Who is the Red Cross and What Does This Multinational Organization Do?
5 Researching about the Red Cross: How Did the Red Cross Aid Haiti After the 2010 Earthquake?
6 Mid-Unit Assessment, Part I: Short Constructed Response and Organizing Notes for a Public Speech
7 Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, Part II: Organizing Notes for a Public Speech
8 Speech Writing: Identifying Criteria for a High Quality Introduction
9 Speech Writing: Identifying Reasons, Evidence, and Linking Words
10 Speech Writing: Identifying Criteria for a High Quality Conclusion
11 End of Unit 3 Assessment: Draft Opinion Speech: How Should Aid Be Prioritized Following a Natural Disaster in a
Neighboring Country?
12 Final Performance Task: Critique and Revision, Part I
13 Final Performance Task: Critique and Revision, Part II
14 Editing Sentences and Creating Visual and Multimedia Displays for a Presentation
15 Including Multimedia and Visual Displays in a Presentation: Prioritization of Relief Aid after Natural Disasters
16 Final Performance Task: Delivering an Opinion Speech with Multimedia Display
Suggested Pacing for Expeditionary Learning Module/Unit/Lesson Implementation: 2015-2016
Grade 6
Gr. 6 Module 1- Myths: Not Just Long Ago
Gr. 6 Unit 1- Building Background Knowledge: Percy Jackson and the Hero’s Journey (Approx. 2 ½ weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Engaging the Reader: Close Reading Part 1 of “Shrouded in Myth”
Sept. 8- Sept. 30
2 Building Background Knowledge: Close Reading Part 2 of “Shrouded in Myth”
3 Meeting the Mail Character: Launching The Lightening Thief (Chapter 1)
4 Inferring about Character: Getting to Know Percy (Chapters 1 and 2)
5 Inferring about Character: Close Reading of The Lightening Thief (Chapter 3)
6 Vocabulary Strategies and Questions from the Text: Close Reading Part 2 of The Lightening Thief (Ch. 3, cont.)
7 Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Making Inferences about Percy
8 Things Close Readers Do (added to) The Hero’s Journey, Part 1: What Is a Hero?
9 Building Background Knowledge about the Hero’s Journey, Part 2: Acts 2 and 3 Plus Focusing on Key
Vocabulary in “The Hero’s Journey”
10 Selecting Evidence and Partner Writing: Aligning “The Hero’s Journey” and The Lightening Thief (Chapter 5)
11 Selecting Evidence: “The Hero’s Journey” and The Lightening Thief (Chapter 6)
12 Writing with Evidence: Percy and the Hero’s Journey (Chapter 7)
13 End of Unit 1 Assessment: Drawing Evidence from Text: Written Analysis of How Percy’s Experiences Align with
“The Hero’s Journey”
Gr. 6 Unit 2- Reading Closely to Build Background: Myths and Legends (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Reading Closely to Build Background Knowledge: “Myths and Legends”
2 Building Background Knowledge: The Myth of Cronus
3 Using Details to Determine Theme: The Myth of Cronus
4 What Makes a Myth a Myth? Comparing Cronus and “Shrouded in Myth”
5 Building Vocabulary: Working with Words about “The Key Elements of Mythology”
6 Using Details to Determine Theme: The Myth of Cronus
7 Analyzing the Model Analytical Mini-Essay: “Elements of Mythology and Theme of Cronus”
8 Exploring Allusions to Myths in The Lightening Thief: Close Reading Part 1 of Prometheus
9 Analyzing Details in the Myth of Prometheus for Elements of Mythology and Theme
Oct. 1- Oct. 16 *Note: two lessons can
be taught in one 90
minute block*
10 Drafting an Analytical Mini-Essay: Using Partner Talk and Graphic Organizers to Guide Thinking
11 Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Writing an Analytical Mini-Essay about Mythological Elements and Theme
12 Determining Theme: Reading Myths in “Expert Groups”
13 Connecting the Theme of the Expert Group Myth to a Theme in The Lightening Thief and to Life Lessons
14 Building Writing Skills: Receiving Feedback and Varying Sentence Structures
15 Planning for Writing: Revisiting “Key Elements of Mythology” and Determining a Theme in the Myth of Cronus
16 Planning for Writing: Studying Model Writing and Determining a Theme in The Lightening Thief
17 Planning for Writing: Introduction and Conclusion of a Literary Analysis
18 Launching the End of Unit Assessment: Drafting Literary Analysis
19 Peer Critique and Pronoun Mini-Lesson: Revising Draft Literary Analysis
20 End of Unit Assessment, Part 2: Final Draft of Literary Analysis
Gr. 6 Unit 3- Culminating Project: My Hero’s Journey Narrative (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 “The Hero’s Journey”: Using a Graphic Organizer to Deconstruct Percy Jackson’s Hero’s Journey and Plan a
New Hero’s Journey Narrative
Oct. 19- Oct. 30
2 “The Hero’s Journey”: Analyzing a Model Narrative and Continuing to Plan a New Hero’s Journey Narrative
3 Mid-Unit Assessment and Establishing a Context for My Hero’s Journey Narrative
4 Writing : Getting Feedback, Setting Goals, and Drafting
5 Writing to Show, Not Tell: Dialogue, Sensory Words, and Strong Action Verbs
6 Writing: Analyzing the Conclusion of “The Golden Key” and Drafting a Compelling Conclusion for the Hero’s
Journey Narrative
7 End of Unit Assessment- Final Draft of Hero’s Journey Narrative
Gr. 6 Module 2A- Working with Evidence: Rules to Live By
Gr. 6 Unit 1- Analyzing Figurative Language, Word Choice, Structure and Meaning: Bud, Not Buddy and
Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address (Approx. 2 ½ weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Bud, Not Buddy: Launching the Novel and Understanding Its Context (Chapter 1)
Nov. 2- Nov. 24
2 Figurative Language and Word Choice: A Closer Look at Bud, Not Buddy (Chapter 2)
3 Analyzing Figurative Language and How the Author’s Word Choice Affects Tone and Meaning (Chapter 3)
4 Interpreting Figurative Language and Answering Selected Response Questions (Chapter 4)
5 Mid-Unit Assessment: Figurative Language and Word Choice in Bud, Not Buddy (Chapter 5)
6 Getting the Gist: Steve Jobs Commencement Address (Focus on Paragraphs 6-8, and connecting to Ch. 6)
7 Text-Dependent Questions and Choosing Details to Support a Claim: Digging Deeper into Paragraphs 6-8 of
Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 7)
8 Getting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 12-14 of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address
(and connecting to Chapter 8)
9 Text-Dependent Questions and Making a Claim: Digging Deeper into Paragraphs 12-14 of Steve Jobs’
Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 9)
10 Getting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 20-22 of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address
(and connecting to Chapter 10)
11 Text-Dependent Questions and Making a Claim: Digging Deeper into Paragraphs 20-22 of Steve Jobs’
Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 11)
12 End of Unit Assessment : Analyzing an Excerpt from Barack Obama’s Back-to-School Speech
Gr. 6 Unit 2- Analyzing Structure and Communicating Theme in Literature: “If” by Rudyard Kipling and Bud, Not Buddy
(Approx. 3 ½ weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 How Does the Author Convey Themes in Bud, Not Buddy?
Nov. 30- Dec. 22
2 Introducing “If” and Noting Notices and Wonders of the First Stanza
3 Looking Closely at Stanza 1- Identifying Rules to Live By Communicated in “If”
4 Notices and Wonders of the Second Stanza of “If”
5 Looking Closely at Stanza 2- Identifying Rules to Live By Communicated in “If”
6 Notices, Wonders, and Vocabulary of the Third Stanza of “If”
7 Looking Closely at Stanza 3- Identifying Rules to Love By Communicated in “If”
8 Mid-Unit Assessment: Analyzing Structure and Theme in Stanza 4 of “If”
9 Qualities of a Strong Literary Argument Essay
10 Revisiting Bud’s Rules: Survive or Thrive?
11 Pitching Your Claim with Best Evidence
12 Selecting Evidence to Logically Support Claims
13 Writing: Drafting Body Paragraphs and Revising for Language
14 Planning for Writing: Introduction and Conclusion of a Literary Argument Essay
15 Asking Probing Questions and Choosing a Research Topic
16 Introducing Research Folders and Generating a Research Question
17 End of Unit 2 Assessment: Final Draft of Literary Argument Essay
Unit 3- My Rule to Live By (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Researching Part 1: Reading for Gist and Gathering Evidence Using the Researcher’s Notebook
Jan. 4- Jan. 15
2 Researching Part 2: Reading for Gist and Gathering Evidence Using the Researcher’s Notebook
3 Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, Part 1: Summarizing, Analyzing and Discussing Research
4 Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, Part 2: Summarizing, Analyzing and Discussing Research
5 Analyzing the Structure and Content of an Essay to Inform
6 End of Unit 3 Assessment, Part 1: Drafting Body paragraphs of an Essay to Inform
7 End of Unit 3 Assessment, Part 2: Drafting Introduction and Conclusion of an Evidence-Based Essay
8 Performance Task Preparation: Peer Critique and Mini-Lesson Addressing Common Errors: Revising Draft
Evidence-Based Essay
9 Final Performance Task: Final Draft of Evidence-Based Essay
Module 3A- Understanding Perspectives: The Land of the Golden Mountain
Unit 1- Narrator’s Point of View and Evidence of Author’s Perspective in Dragonwings (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Learning from the Narrator’s Point of View: Introducing Dragonwings
Jan. 19- Feb. 3
2 Analyzing Point of View and Figurative Language: Chapter 1
3 Analyzing Point of View and Figurative Language: Chapter 2
4 Analyzing Point of View and Figurative Language: Chapter 3
5 Mid-Unit Assessment: Developing the Narrator’s Point of View, Figurative Language, and Connecting
Passages across the novel Dragonwings
6 Introducing The Lost Garden and Finding Evidence of Laurence Yep’s Perspective on What It’s Like to Fit into
Another Culture on pages 66-67 of Dragonwings
7 Inferring Laurence Yep’s Perspective on the Police from the Crime in the Neighborhood Excerpt of The Lost
Garden
8 Finding Evidence of Laurence Yep’s Perspective of the Police in Dragonwings
9 Inferring Laurence Yep’s Perspective of Being Chinese from “Being Chinese” Excerpt of The Lost Garden
10 End of Unit 1 Assessment: Finding Evidence of Laurence Yep’s Perspective on Being Chinese in Dragonwings
and Determining Connotative Language
Unit 2- Comparing Varying Points of View of the Same Topic or Event (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Launching the Performance Task: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Feb. 4- March 4
2 Introducing “Comprehending the Calamity”
3 Analyzing Author’s Point of View: Earthquake Excerpt of “Comprehending the Calamity”
4 Finding the Gist of the Immediate Aftermath of “Comprehending the Calamity”
5 Analyzing Author’s Point of View: Immediate Aftermath Excerpt of “Comprehending the Calamity”
6 Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Author’s Point of View: Relief Camps
7 Qualities of a Strong Literary Analysis Essay
8 Reading for Gist and Analyzing Point of View: Moon Shadow
9 Making a Claim: Emma Burke’s Point of View of the Immediate Aftermath of the Earthquake
10 Making a Claim: Moon Shadow’s Point of View of the Immediate Aftermath
11 Planning for Writing: Introduction and Conclusion of a Literary Analysis Essay
12 Analyzing the Purpose of a Newspaper Article
13 Researching Facts
14 End of Unit 2 Assessment: Final Literary Analysis
Unit 3- Writing a Newspaper Article about the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fires (Approx. 2 ½ weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Writing Interview Questions
March 7- March 23
2 Researching: Eyewitness Accounts, Part 1
3 Researching: Eyewitness Accounts, Part 2
4 Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Part 1: Researching the Destruction Caused by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and
Fires
5 Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Part 2: Explaining How New Information Connects to the Topic
6 The Five Ws
7 Analyzing the Features of a Newspaper Article
8 Evaluating Eyewitness Accounts
9 Organizing Research: The Inverted Pyramid
10 End of Unit 3 Assessment: Drafting the Newspaper Article
11 Revising the Newspaper Article: Sentence Structure and Transitions
12 Performance Task: Final Draft of the Newspaper Article
Module 4- Reading for Research and Writing for Argument: Insecticides: Cost vs. Benefits
Unit 1- Learning from Frightful’s Perspective (Approx. 2 ½ weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Launching Frightful’s Mountain: Building Background Knowledge and Establishing Reading Routines
March 29- May 6
2 Close Reading and Gathering Evidence from Frightful’s Mountain and “Welcome Back”
3 Tracing a Speaker’s Argument: John Stossel DDT Video
4 Citing Evidence and Building Vocabulary: “The Exterminator”
5 Annotating the Text and Identifying Argument, Claims and Evidence: “Double Whammy” and “The Exterminator”
6 Identifying How Text Features Support Arguments: “The Exterminator”
7 Getting the Gist and Tracing an Argument: “Public Fear” Excerpt from “The Exterminator”
8 Mid-Unit Assessment: Tracing an Argument in an Article and a Video
9 Interpreting and Connecting Information: Creating a Cascading Consequence Chart Using Frightful’s Mountain
10 Using Multiple Resources of Information: Creating a Cascading Consequence Chart about DDT and Practicing a
Fishbowl Discussion
11 Interpreting, Integrating and Sharing Information: Using Charts and Graphs about DDT
12 Interpreting, Integrating and Sharing Information: Using Cascading Consequences and Fishbowl Protocol
13 End of Unit Assessment: Fishbowl Discussion
Unit 2- Research: Do the benefits of DDT outweigh its harmful consequences? (Approx. 3 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Getting the Gist and Paraphrasing: “Rachel Carson: Environmentalist and Writer”
May 9- June 3
2 Applying Research Skills: “Rachel Carson: Environmentalist and Writer”
3 Comparing an Author’s Presentation of Ideas: “Rachel Carson: Sounding the Alarm on Pollution”
4 Research Tasks: New Words, Relevant Information, Revision
5 Resource Materials and Gathering Information: Reading Another “Choice” Text from the Research Folder
6 Presentation of Events: Comparing Two Authors
7 Researching Digital Sources, Part 1: Guided WebQuest
8 Researching Digital Sources, Part 2: Guided WebQuest
9 Mid-Unit Assessment Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts: Simulated Research
10 Forming a Research-Based Claim: Cascading Consequences Chart
11 Forming a Research-Based Claim: Creating Steakholders Charts
12 Forming a Research-Based Claim: Cascading Consequences Chart
13 Presenting a Research-Based Claim: Effective Speaking Techniques
14 Presenting a Research-Based Claim: Visual Aid and Peer Critique
15 End of Unit 2 Assessment: A Hosted Gallery Walk
Unit 3- Writing: Position Paper about the Use of DDT (Approx. 2 weeks)
Lesson # Lesson Title Date(s) 1 Analyze Model Position Paper with Rubric
June 6- June 22
2 Planning the Argument: Writing the Claim and Reasons
3 Claim, Reasons, and Evidence: Planning the Body Paragraphs
4 Actions for a Position Paper: Identify, Discuss, Write
5 Mid-Unit Assessment: Completing My Draft Position Paper
6 Peer Critique and Revising: Formal English
7 End of Unit Assessment: Revising and Publishing
8 Completing Reflection: Preparing a Poster for Presentation
9 Finishing Poster and Preparing for Gallery Walk
10 Performance Task: Hosted Gallery Walk of Scientific Posters
