Curriculum Maps

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Content Area
Grades
Bullying Prevention 2-12
English Language Arts K-2
English Language Arts 3-8
Science 4-8
Math K-8
ELL 1-12
Health K-12

Bullying Prevention

Bullying Prevention Grades 2-12

 

    

English Language Arts

English Language Arts Grades K-2
Kindergarten

Curriculum Map - 1st 30 days Readers Workshop

Curriculum Map - 1st 30 days Writers Workshop

Narrative - Readers Workshop

Narrative - Writers Workshop

Author Study

Informational Writing

Grade 1

Curriculum Map - 1st 30 days Readers Workshop

Curriculum Map - 1st 30 days Writers Workshop

Narrative - Readers Workshop

Narrative - Writers Workshop

Author Study

Informational Writing

Grade 2

Curriculum Map - 1st 30 days Readers Workshop

Curriculum Map - 1st 30 days Writers Workshop

Narrative - Readers Workshop

Narrative - Writers Workshop

Author Study

Informational Writing

English Language Arts Grades 3-8
Grades 3-8
Grade 3

Curriculum Map for First 30 Days  

Narrative/Memoir    

Genre Study: Report

Genre Study: Standardized Testing & Traditional Literature

Response to Literature

Grade 4

Curriculum Map for First 30 Days   

Narrative/Memoir  

Narrative ELD Curriculum Map

Narrative SEI/ELA Curriculum Map

Genre Study: Report

Sheltered English Language Arts Report

Genre Study: Standardized Testing & Traditional Literature

Genre Study: Standardized Testing Curriculum Map & MEPA Preview

MEPA Review Resources

ELD Biography

Response to Literature

Sheltered English Language Arts Response to Literature

ELD Poetry Map

ELD Narrative Procedure

Grade 5

Curriculum Map for First 30 Days

Narrative/Memoir 

Narrative ELD Curriculum Map

Narrative SEI/ELA Curriculum Map

Genre Study: Report

Sheltered English Language Arts Report

Genre Study: Standardized Testing & Traditional Literature

Genre Study: Standardized Testing Curriculum Map & MEPA Preview

MEPA Review Resources

ELD Biography

Response to Literature

Sheltered English Language Arts Response to Literature

ELD Poetry Map

ELD Narrative Procedure

Grade 6

Curriculum Map for First 20 Days

Narrative/Memoir 

Narrative ELD Curriculum Map

Narrative SEI/ELA Curriculum Map

Proposal

Sheltered English Language Arts Report

Genre Study: Standardized Testing & Traditional Literature

Genre Study: Standardized Testing Curriculum Map & MEPA Preview

MEPA Review Resources

ELD Biography

Response to Literature

Sheltered English Language Arts Response to Literature

ELD Poetry Map

ELD Narrative Procedure

Grade 7

Curriculum Map for First 20 Days

Narrative/Memoir 

Narrative ELD Curriculum Map

Narrative SEI/ELA Curriculum Map

Proposal

Sheltered English Language Arts Report

Genre Study: Standardized Testing & Traditional Literature

Genre Study: Standardized Testing Curriculum Map & MEPA Preview

MEPA Review Resources

ELD Biography

Response to Literature

Sheltered English Language Arts Response to Literature

ELD Poetry Map

ELD Narrative Procedure

Grade 8

Curriculum Map for First 20 Days

Narrative/Memoir    

Narrative ELD Curriculum Map

Narrative SEI/ELA Curriculum Map

JFA

Sheltered English Language Arts Report

Genre Study: Standardized Testing & Traditional Literature

Genre Study: Standardized Testing Curriculum Map & MEPA Preview

MEPA Review Resources

ELD Biography

Response to Literature

Sheltered English Language Arts Response to Literature

ELD Poetry Map

ELD Narrative Procedure

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Science

Scope and Sequence Guide Grades K-8

Science

 
Grade 4

Rocks and Minerals
Magnetism & Electricity

Grade 5

Weather and Climate
Weather: An Integrated Arts & Science Unit

Adaptations

Grade 6

Unit 1: Topography and Global Atmospheric Patterns
Unit 2: Forces that Shape the Earth
Unit 3: Our Solar System
Grade 7
Unit 1: The Human Body
Unit 2: Heredity and Evolution
Unit 3: Ecosystems
Unit 4
Grade 8

Unit 1: Measuring Matter and Changes in Matter

Unit 2: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Unit 3: Force and Motion
Unit 4
  MCAS Review

 

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Mathematics - Investigations in Number, Data and Space and Connected Math

Scope and Sequence Guide Grades K-8

Dates listed in Scope & Sequence Guide

Kindergarten

Unit
Focal Point
Unit Completed by:
Who Is In School Today?

Classroom Routines and Materials

Counting and Comparing

Measurement and the Number System 1

What Comes Next?

Patterns and Functions

Measuring and Counting

Measurement and the Number System 2

Make a Shape, Build a Block

2-D and 3-D Geometry

How Many Do You Have?

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System

Sorting and Surveys

Data Analysis

Grade 1

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:

How Many of Each?

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 1

Making Shapes and Designing Quilts

2-D Geometry

Solving Story Problems

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 2

What Would You Rather Be?

Data Analysis

Fish Lengths and Animal Jumps

Measurement

Number Games and Crayons Puzzles

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 3

Color, Shape, and Number Patterns

Patterns and Functions

Twos, Fives, and Tens

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 4

Blocks and Boxes

3-D Geometry

Grade 2

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:

Counting, Coins and Combinations

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 1

Shapes, Blocks and Symmetry

2-D Geometry and 3-D Geometry

Stickers, Number Strings, and Story Problems

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 2

Pockets, Teeth, and Favorite Things

Data Analysis

How Many Floors?  How Many Rooms?

Patterns, Functions, and Change

How Many Tens? How Many Ones?

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 3

Parts of a Whole, Parts of a Group

Fractions

Partners, Teams, and Paper Clips

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 4

Measuring Length and Time

Measurement

 GRADES 3 - 8
*These units represent 60% of the math content tested on the MCAS Test

Grade 3

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:
Trading Stickers, Combining Coins*

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 1

Surveys and Line Plots

Data Analysis

Collections and Travel Stories*

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 2

Perimeter, Angles, and Area

2-D Geometry and Measurement

Equal Groups*

Multiplication and Division

Finding Fair Shares*

Fractions and Decimals

Stories, Tables, and Graphs

Patterns, Functions, and Change

How Many Hundreds? How Many Miles?*

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System 3

Solids and Boxes

3-D Geometry and Measurement

Grade 4

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:

Landmarks and Large Numbers*

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System

Factors Multiples, and Arrays*

Multiplication and Division 1

Describing the Shape of the Data

Data Analysis and Probability

Multiple Towers and Division Stories*

Multiplication and Division 2

Size, Shape, and Symmetry

2-D Geometry and Measurement

Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares*

Fractions and Decimals

Moving Between Solids and Silhouettes

3-D Geometry and Measurement

How Many Packages? How Many Groups?*

Multiplication and Division 3

Penny Jars and Plant Growth

Patterns, Functions, and Change

Grade 5

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:
Number Puzzles and Multiple Towers* (1)

Multiplication and Division 1

Prisms and Pyramids

3-D Geometry and Measurement

Thousands of Miles, Thousands of Seats*

Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System

What’s That Portions?*

Fractions and Percents 1

Measuring Polygons

2-D Geometry and Measurement

Decimals of Grids and Number Lines*

Decimals, Fractions, and Percents 2

How Many People? How Many Teams?*

Multiplication and Division 2

Growth Patterns

Patterns, Fractions, and Change

How Long Can You Stand on One Foot?

Data Analysis and Probability

Grade 6              

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:

Data About Us

Statistics

Prime Time* (1)

Factors and Multiples

Shapes and Designs (2) 2-D Geometry
Patterns, Relations, Algebra Patterns and Algebra

Bits and Pieces I*

Understanding Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Covering and Surrounding

2- D Measurement

Bits and Pieces II*

Using Fraction Operations

Bits and Pieces III*

Computing With Decimals and Percents

Patterns, Relations, Algebra Patterns and Algebra

How Likely Is It?

Understanding Probability

Standards Rev

Rev all Standards

Number Sense

Rev number sense

Grade 7           

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:
Shapes and Designs

2-D Geometry

Accentuate the Negative*

Integers and Rational Numbers

Variables and Patterns*

Algebra

Stretching and Shrinking*

Understanding Similarity

Comparing and Scaling*

Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

Moving Straight Ahead*

Linear Relationships

Filling and Wrapping (2)

3-D Measurement

What Do You Expect?

Probability and Expected Value

Data Distribution

Describing Variability and Comparing Groups

Grade 8

(See Coach for Addendums and Assessments)

Unit
Focal Points
Unit Completed by:
Thinking With Mathematical Models*

Linear and Inverse Variation

Looking for Pythagoras*

Pythagorean Theorem

Kaleidoscopes, Hubcaps, and Mirrors (1)

Symmetry and Transformations

Growing, Growing, Growing (2)

Exponential Relationships

Say It With Symbols*

Making Sense of Symbols

The Shapes of Algebra* (3)

Linear Systems and Algebra

Samples & Populations

Box & Whiskers and Statistical Keys on Calculator

Frogs, Fleas, and Painted Cubes (4)

Quadratic Relationships

High School Expectations

Algebra

 

Math Notes:

Grade 4 Only

(1):  Landmarks and Large Numbers First book to be taught - Investigations:  All

Grade 5 Only

(1):  Number Puzzles & Multiple Towers Supplement with activities and games from Prime Time

Grade 6 Only

Use GroundWorks and HPS Patterns, Relations, & Algebra (3) throughout the year in skills block for work in algebra, relations, and patterns.
(1): Prime time Investigations:  All & user Inv. 1 & 2, to activate prior knowledge and establish rituals & routines
(2):  Shapes & Designs Investigations:  2.2-2.5, 3. & 4 – only
(3):  HPS Patterns, Relations & Algebra Copy of unit available from math coach

Grade 7 Only:

Incorporate Data throughout the year, including scientific notation in science
(1):  Filling & Wrapping       Investigations:  1-3 – only

Grade 8 Only:

(1):  Kaleidoscopes, Hubcaps, and Mirrors  Investigations:  1; 2.1-2.2; 3.1-3.3; 4 – only
(2):  Growing, Growing, Growing  Investigations:  1; 2; 4.1; & 5.2 – only
(3):  The Shapes of Algebra  Investigations:  1; 2; 3.1-3.2; & 4.2 – only
(4):  Frogs, Fleas, and Painted Cubes  Investigations:  1; 2.1-2.4; 3; & 4.1 – only

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English Language Development

English Language Development

Grades 1-3

Concept Development Units

Grades 1-2

Narrative

First 30 Days

Grades 3

Narrative

Grades 3-4

First 30 Days

Grades 4-5

Benchmarks and Outcomes

Report of Information Unit

Narrative ELD Curriculum Map

ELD Biography

ELD Poetry Map

ELD Narrative Procedure

Grades 6-8

Narrative ELD Curriculum Map

Report of Information Unit

ELD Biography

ELD Poetry Map

ELD Narrative Procedure

Grades 9-12

Benchmarks and Outcomes

Level 1 Edge Fundamentals

Level 3 Edge Level B

 

 

Health

Health Grades K-12

 

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