WRITING CURRICULUM TABLE

Concept Standard Assessments Facts Skills Problems to Activities

(How will you pose
have evidence
that they know
it?)
The big idea, ELA Discussion: Nonfiction is a Discuss details Why is it Write a list
“enduring CC.1.4.4.M Write Identify key story based on of specific important to about countries
narratives to
understanding”: elements of facts, real countries. learn about students are
develop real or
broad way to imagined different events, and real different interested in.
make sense of experiences or countries based people. Write a quick countries?
the world, or a events on the read paragraph on Include country
“life lesson” alouds. A narrative what a student Why should you details students
CC.1.4.4.O Use
dialogue and text is a story wants to know add details you learn about.
It is important to descriptions to Discuss how recounted in about a specific know about a
explore different develop experiences information the form of a country. country? Students will
countries. This and events or show about a country causally-linked read books
will help students the responses of
characters to is organized set of events. It Explain a What is a about different
select a country and nonfiction retells the story nonfiction nonfiction countries.
situations; use
they are most concrete words and resources. in past tense. narrative text. narrative text?
interested about. phrases and sensory Students will
details to convey
Writing A country is an How can you discuss what
Central experiences and
events precisely. Journal: area of land tell the different they are curious
problem/issue/ List countries of with its own between a about in
or essential CC.1.4.4.P interest and government. fiction and regards to
question: Organize an event include details. nonfiction countries.
sequence that
narrative text?
What are the unfolds naturally,
using a variety of Quick-write:
different
transitional words What a student
countries
students can and phrases to wants to know
explore? How manage the about a country.
sequence of events;
should students provide a
choose a country conclusion that
to write about? follows from the
narrated experiences
and events.
SCIENCE CURRICULUM TABLE

Concept Standard Assessments Facts Skills Problems to Activities

(How will you pose
have evidence
that they know
it?)
The big idea, National Research Discussion: A water filter Identify where Why might Sketch water
“enduring Council Pre-activity: removes water comes there not be filters on
understanding”: Framework for K- Explain where impurities by from. clean water in paper.
broad way to 12 Science water comes lowering certain
make sense of Education from and how contamination Sketch, countries? Design a water
the world, or a Standards: we get access of water. design, and filter.
“life lesson” Practices: asking to clean water. test a water What do
questions, carrying Water comes filter. people do to Students will
It is important to out investigations, During activity: from a lake, get access to work together
understand that constructing Explain why river, reservoir. Explain why clean water? in groups.
not everyone has explanations, certain clean water is
access to clean designing solutions, materials are There are many important and How do you
water. Water and obtaining and being used for countries that the basic design a water
goes through a communicating the water filter. do not have process of how filter?
process of information access to clean water becomes
filtration and After activity: water. filtered.
purification for Discuss how
people to drink. ETS1.A: Defining
and Delimiting we can tell if
Engineering water is clean,
Central what they saw
Problems
problem/issue/ during the
or essential Different proposals
for solutions can be presentation of
question:
 compared on the basis filters.
How are water of how well each one
filters created? meets the specified Activity:
criteria for success or
Sketch and
how well each takes
the constraints into design/build
account. (3-5-ETS1- water filters.
1)
Test/present
ETS1.B: Developing water filters.
Possible Solutions
At whatever stage, Exit slip:
communicating with Explain why it
peers about proposed is important for
solutions is an engineers to
important part of the work in the
design process, and area of water
shared ideas can lead
filtration, how
to improved designs.
(3-5-ETS1-2)
we can
protect/save
clean water,
and why it is
important for
people in rural
areas to have
access to water
filters.
READING CURRICULUM TABLE

Concept Standard Assessments Facts Skills Problems to Activities

(How will you pose
have evidence
that they know
it?)
The big idea, ELA Discussion: An inference is Make Can you make Create a poster.
“enduring CC.1.2.4.G Make and a clue inferences inferences
understanding”: Interpret various explain determined by using key based on details Read alouds.
presentations of
broad way to inferences to looking at the details. directly or
information within
make sense of
a text or digital understand a key details of a indirectly in the
source and explain character story. Apply the key story?
the world, or a
“life lesson” how the elements in a
information Identify story Story elements story to answer What do you
It is important to contributes to an elements to are character, questions. know about the
make inferences understanding of make setting, plot, character,
to understand a text in which it inferences. point of view, Identify setting, plot,
character and appears. conflict, and character traits. point of view,
causes of events Peppe the theme. conflict, and
in both fiction CC.1.2.4.I
Integrate Lamplighter theme.
and nonfiction Book:
books. information from
two texts on the Identify facts in
same topic to the story to
Central demonstrate refer back for
problem/issue/ understanding of key details.
or essential that topic.
question: Quiz:
CC.1.3.4.C
Refer back to
What is the Describe in depth
a character, the story to
significance of
making setting, or event in make
inferences? What a story or drama, inferences.
makes an drawing on Poster:
specific details in
inference correct Identify Peppe’s
the text.
or incorrect? personality
based on the
story details.