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prekindergarten122 Instructional days (122 hours)

Prekindergarten English Language Arts

122 Instructional days (122 hours)
Core Knowledge Language Arts Preschool
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kindergarten317 Instructional days (317 hours)

Kindergarten English Language Arts

317 Instructional days (317 hours)
Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening and Learning, and Skills
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grade 1313 Instructional days (313 hours)

Grade 1 English Language Arts

313 Instructional days (313 hours)
Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening and Learning, and Skills
grade 1
listening and learning strand147 Instructional days (147 hours)

Core Knowledge Language Arts, Listening and Learning

147 Instructional days (147 hours)
Students build the background knowledge and vocabulary critical to listening and reading comprehension.
listening and learning strand
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skills strand166 Instructional days (166 hours)

Core Knowledge Language Arts, Skills

166 Instructional days (166 hours)
Students learn the decoding skills needed for reading.
skills strand
unit 132 Instructional days (32 hours)

Blending and Segmenting, Tricky Words, and Spelling

32 Instructional days (32 hours)
Students will review sounds and spellings as well as read decodable stories from Snap Shots.
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unit 219 Instructional days (19 hours)

Five Vowel Sounds

19 Instructional days (19 hours)
In Unit 2, we introduce five vowel sounds and the most common (or least ambiguous) spelling for each sound.
unit 2
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unit 319 Instructional days (19 hours)

New Vowel Sounds and Spellings

19 Instructional days (19 hours)
Students work with five new vowel sounds and the common spellings for each sound, as well as practice their learning in decodable texts with specific emphases on those sounds.
unit 3
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unit 428 Instructional days (28 hours)

Spelling, Comprehension, and Word Reading

28 Instructional days (28 hours)
In this unit we introduce the sounds that are sometimes called the /r/-controlled vowel sounds and the most common spelling for each sound.
unit 4
lesson 1

Sound /er/ Spelled ‘er’; Tricky Words Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

1 hour
Students are introduced to the sound using sound riddles
lesson 2

Contractions

1 hour
Students work with vowel spellings, contractions, and "Meet Vern"
lesson 3

Contractions

1 hour
Student work with contractions and reread "Meet Vern"
lesson 4

Sound /ar/ Spelled ‘ar’

1 hour
Students work with the /ar/ sound and read "Things that Swim"
lesson 5

Review

1 hour
Students review and are assessed on spelling
lesson 6

Review

1 hour
Students engage in vowel spelling review
lesson 7

Sound /or/ Spelled ‘or’; Two-Syllable Words

1 hour
Students are introduced to two-syllable words
lesson 8

Tricky Words yesterday, today, tomorrow

1 hour
Students practice with two-syllable words and tricky words
lesson 9

Review and Practice

1 hour
Students work with two-syllable words, identify nouns and verbs, and reread "Chimps" in small groups
lesson 10

Review

1 hour
Students work with spelling and listen to a whole-group reading of "Mandrills"
lesson 11

Review

1 hour
Students work with present and past tense verbs
lesson 12

Review

1 hour
Students read "Things with Wings" and do vowel spelling review
lesson 13

Identifying Past-, Present-, and Future-Tense Verbs

1 hour
Students work specifically with past, present and future tense verbs
lesson 14

Review

1 hour
Students continue to work with vowel sounds, two-syllable words and reread "Big Cats"
lesson 15

Review

1 hour
Students are assessed on spelling and practice "Groundhogs"
lesson 16

Review

1 hour
Students work with "ed" and then whole-group read "The Reptile Room"
lesson 17

Adjectives

1 hour
Students work with adjectives in addition to nouns and verbs
lesson 18

Review and Practice

1 hour
Students use adjectives and practice verb identification
lesson 19

Review

1 hour
Students word-sort and partner read "Termite"
lesson 20

Planning a Descriptive Paragraph

1 hour
Students begin planning a descriptive paragraph
lesson 21

Drafting a Descriptive Paragraph

1 hour
Students draft a descriptive paragraph using what they have learned about nouns, adjectives and verbs.
lesson 22

Planning and Researching a Descriptive Paragraph

1 hour
Students plan and research using informational text
lesson 23

Drafting a Descriptive Paragraph

1 hour
Students draft their writing and read in small groups "Cranes and Spoonbills"
lesson 24

Editing a Descriptive Paragraph

1 hour
Students will edit their descriptive writing using what they have learned about grammar and format
lesson 25

End-of-Unit Assessment

1 hour
Students will do the assessment and do some reading.
lesson 26

Mid-Year Assessment

1 hour
Students will be assessed on reading comprehension and word reading in isolation
lesson 27

Mid-Year Assessment

1 hour
The assessment will continue around reading comprehension and word reading
lesson 28

Mid-Year Assessment

1 hour
Students will be assessed on reading comprehension and word reading in isolation
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unit 522 Instructional days (22 hours)

Spelling Alternatives and Advancing the Code

22 Instructional days (22 hours)
Students move from the clear spelling of sounds to the more advanced codes.
unit 5
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unit 625 Instructional days (25 hours)

Spelling Alternatives for Consonant Sounds

25 Instructional days (25 hours)
In this unit students continue the work they began in the last unit by introducing or reviewing a number of spelling alternatives for consonant sounds.
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unit 721 Instructional days (21 hours)

Advanced Code and Spelling Alternatives for Vowels

21 Instructional days (21 hours)
Students will continue with the advanced code while focusing on spelling alternatives for vowel sounds.
unit 7
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grade 2307 Instructional days (307 hours)

Grade 2 English Language Arts

307 Instructional days (307 hours)
Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening and Learning, and Skills
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grade 3228 Instructional days (228 hours)

Grade 3 English Language Arts

228 Instructional days (228 hours)
Student build literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
grade 3
grade 4252 Instructional days (252 hours)

Grade 4 English Language Arts

252 Instructional days (252 hours)
Student build literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
grade 4
grade 5232 Instructional days (232 hours)

Grade 5 English Language Arts

232 Instructional days (232 hours)
The overarching focus for all modules is building students’ literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
grade 5
grade 6247 Instructional days (247 hours)

Grade 6 English Language Arts

247 Instructional days (247 hours)
Building students’ literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
grade 6
grade 7256 Instructional days (256 hours)

Grade 7 English Language Arts

256 Instructional days (256 hours)
The overarching focus for all modules is on building students’ literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
grade 7
grade 8258 Instructional days (258 hours)

Grade 8 English Language Arts

258 Instructional days (258 hours)
The overarching focus for all modules is on building students’ literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
grade 8
grade 9237 Instructional days (237 hours)

Grade 9 English Language Arts

237 Instructional days (237 hours)
All lessons utilize engaging, high quality texts that span the canonical to the contemporary
grade 9
grade 10233 Instructional days (233 hours)

Grade 10 English Language Arts

233 Instructional days (233 hours)
Students analyze literary and journalistic nonfiction as well as poetry, drama, and fiction.
grade 10
grade 11185 Instructional days (185 hours)

Grade 11 English Language Arts

185 Instructional days (185 hours)
Students delve deeply into works by acclaimed authors and historical figures.
grade 11
grade 12242 Instructional days (242 hours)

Grade 12 English Language Arts

242 Instructional days (242 hours)
Students build knowledge, analyze ideas, delineate arguments, and develop writing, collaboration, and communication skills.
grade 12
prekindergarten146 Instructional days (146 hours)

Prekindergarten Mathematics

146 Instructional days (146 hours)
Students explore two and three-dimensional shapes, compare length, weight, and capacity, addition and subtraction stories, and counting to 20.
prekindergarten
grade 2152 Instructional days (152 hours)

Grade 2 Mathematics

152 Instructional days (152 hours)
Students extend understanding of base-ten notation, fluency with addition and subtraction, standard units of measure, and describing and analyzing shapes.
grade 2
algebra i105 Instructional days (105 hours)

Algebra I

105 Instructional days (105 hours)
Students explore relationships between quantities, descriptive statistics, linear and exponential functions, polynomial and quadratic expressions.
algebra i
geometry117 Instructional days (117 hours)

Geometry

117 Instructional days (117 hours)
Students explore congruence, proofs, constructions, trigonometry, circles, as well as connect algebra and geometry through coordinates.
geometry
algebra ii120 Instructional days (120 hours)

Algebra II

120 Instructional days (120 hours)
Students explore polynomials, rational and radical relationships, trigonometry and functions and make inferences and conclusions from data.
algebra ii
precalculus111 Instructional days (111 hours)

Precalculus and Advanced Topics

111 Instructional days (111 hours)
Students explore transformations, vectors and matrices, rational and exponential functions, trigonometry, probability and statistics.
precalculus