Class:(1/2)Year:20162017

CurriculumMap

UnitTheme
(Science)

SocialStudies

Reading

Writing

October

November

December

ClassName(IowaNative
Species)Research
BiologyandEngineering

BeanSeedExperiment:Students

BiologyandEngineering

WillowwindGarden
ImprovementProject:

BiologyandEngineering

PossibleField
Trip/Visitors:

willcreateadiorama,speechor
pamphletasaculminatingproject.

Studentsplan,design,andbuilda
projecttobetterourschool
garden.

LocalFarmsandGardens
UICollegeofEngineering

SelfIdentity
RightsandResponsibilities
CoreVirtues

CommunityBuilding
Maps
CoreVirtues

CoreVirtues

Daily5
CAFE
Comprehension(Ongoing)

Daily5
CAFE
Accuracy(Ongoing)

Daily5
CAFE
Fluency(Ongoing)

Checkforunderstanding
Backupandreread
Retellthestory
UsePriorknowledgetoconnectwith
text
Makeapictureormentalimage
Askquestionsthroughoutthe
readingprocess
Predict,
Inferandsupportwithevidence
Usetextfeatures
Summarizetext,sequencemain
events
Usemainideaandsupportingdetails
todetermineimportance
Determineandanalyzeauthors
purpose
Recognizeliteracyelements
Recognizeandexplain
causeandeffectrelationships
Compareandcontrastwithinand
betweentexts

CrossChecking
Usetheillustrationsasclues
Usebeginningandendingsounds
Blendsounds;stretchandreread
Flipthesound
Chunkletterandsoundstogether
Skiptheword,thencomeback
Tradeaword/guessawordthat
makessense

Voraciousreading
Readappropriateleveltexts
thatareagoodfit
Rereadtexts
Practicecommonsightwords
andhighfrequencywords
Adjustandapplydifferent
readingratestomatchtext
Usepunctuationtoenhance
phrasingandprosody

PersonalNarratives
SmallMoments

PersonalNarratives
SmallMoments

September

Economics
CoreVirtues
ClassEconomy
Practicewithsaving,spending,
exchanginggoodsandservices

Daily5
CAFE
ExpandVocabulary
(Ongoing)
Voraciousreading
Tuneintointerestingwordsand
usenewvocabularyinspeaking
andwriting
Usepictures,illustrations,and
diagrams
Usewordpartstodetermine
meaningofwords
Usepriorknowledgeandcontext
topredictandconfirmmeaning
Asksomeonetodefinetheword
foryou
Usedictionaries,thesauruses,and
glossariesastools.

Poetry

PartnerStories
NonFictionWriting

UnitTheme
Science

SocialStudies

January

February

MotionandMatter

WheelandAxle
Systems

MotionandMatter

PossibleField
Trips/Visitors:

Studentsdesignand
experimentwithrollingto
exploreconceptsof
magnetism,force,gravity

SkateParkatCityPark
UICollegeofEngineering
LocalAutoShop

CoreVirtues
Stewardship

CoreVirtues
Stewardship

March
Weatheraroundthe
World

CulturePresentations
Studentsshareaspectsof
theirfamilyculturewiththe
class.

CoreVirtues
Geography
Culture

April

May

Weatheraroundthe
World

PossibleField
Trips/Visitors:

Weatheraroundthe
World

Weather
ExperimentsandLog

LocalNewsandWeather
Stations
CedarScienceMuseum

Studentsrecreatetypes
ofweatherandto
understandcausesand
loglocalweathereach
day.

CoreVirtues
Geography
Culture

CoreVirtues
Geography
Culture

MappingData
Studentsshowresources
foundandmadein
certainareas,currency,
andweatherpatternson
worldmaps

Reading

Daily5
CAFE
GuidedReading
Groups

Daily5
CAFE
GuidedReadingGroups

Daily5
CAFE
GuidedReadingGroups

Daily5
CAFE
GuidedReadingGroups

Daily5
CAFE
GuidedReading
Groups

Writing

PartnerStories
FictionWriting

FictionWriting

PersuasiveWriting

PersuasiveWriting

PersuasiveWriting