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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
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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
module 141 Instructional days (41 hours)

Reading and Writing Personal Narratives

41 Instructional days (41 hours)
Shared focus on text analysis and narrative writing.
module 1
module 238 Instructional days (38 hours)

Informative Writing, Speaking And Listening Skills

38 Instructional days (38 hours)
"I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government."
module 2
module 338 Instructional days (38 hours)

Researching Multiple Perspectives to Develop a Position

38 Instructional days (38 hours)
Students engage in an inquiry-based, iterative research process.
module 3
module 437 Instructional days (37 hours)

Analyzing the Interaction of Central Ideas and Character Development

37 Instructional days (37 hours)
Students read, discuss, and analyze four literary texts.
module 4
literary criticism29 Instructional days (29 hours)

Literary Criticism

29 Instructional days (29 hours)
Students read and analyze Toni Morrison.
literary criticism
unit 129 Instructional days (29 hours)

Literary Criticism

29 Instructional days (29 hours)
“Without Ever Leaving the Ground She Could Fly”: Exploring Complex Structure and Ideas in Literature
unit 1
lesson 1

Introducing Setting Through Description of Event

1 hour
Students consider how Morrison introduces the setting of her novel through her descriptions.
lesson 2

Ruth Foster: Introducing Characters

1 hour
Students work in groups to analyze how Morrison introduces and develops the character of Ruth.
lesson 3

Development of Central Idea

1 hour
Students analyze how Morrison develops a central idea over the course of this passage.
lesson 4

Telling Others Reflects on Self" Pilate's Character Development

1 hour
Students analyze and discuss Pilate’s character development through the story she tells Milkman and Guitar.
lesson 5

History Defines Character: Macon

1 hour
Students analyze how Macon’s description of his early years further develops his character.
lesson 6

Milkman and The Central Idea of Identity

1 hour
Students analyze the passage, paying attention to how Morrison develops the central idea of identity.
lesson 7

Identity and Community; How Milkman Got His Name

1 hour
Students pay particular attention to how the central ideas of identity and community develop.
lesson 8

Aesthetic Impact of Stories in the Story

1 hour
Students analyze how Milkman’s and Freddie’s stories contribute to the overall meaning of the novel.
lesson 9

Group Discussion: Milkman and Hagar

1 hour
Students participate in a group discussion, considering the development of central ideas in the excerpts
lesson 10

Search For Identity: Pilate

1 hour
Students focus on Pilate’s search for identity and her relationship to the community around her.
lesson 11

Jig-Saw Discussion: Seven Days and Story of the Gold

1 hour
Students discuss how structural choices contribute the development of central ideas in three key excerpts.
lesson 12

Figurative Language's Impact on Central Idea

1 hour
Students analyze Morrison’s use of figurative language to develop central ideas.
lesson 13

Morrison's Choices Around Character Development

1 hour
Students engage in a discussion focusing on how Morrison’s choices develop the characters and events.
lesson 14

Lena and Milkman: Character Development

1 hour
Students focus on how Milkman’s character develops over the course of the excerpt.
lesson 15

Jig-Saw Assessment: Structure, Character, and Central Ideas

1 hour
Students examine how three components interact to contribute to the overall meaning and aesthetic impact.
lesson 16

Interaction of Central Ideas

1 hour
Students analyze the development and interaction of central ideas when Milkman recounts an earlier conversation.
lesson 17

How Journeys Develop Character

1 hour
Students analyze Milkman’s interaction with Circe and his journey to Hunter’s Cave.
lesson 18

Surviving an Assault

1 hour
Students discuss what Milkman’s actions demonstrate about his character development.
lesson 19

Analysis of Structural Choices

1 hour
Students analyze Morrison’s structural choices and how they contribute to Milkman’s character development.
lesson 20

Evidence Based Discussion: Character and Central Ideas

1 hour
Students discuss two sections of this excerpt analyzing Milkman’s character development and central ideas.
lesson 21

Why does her story come at the end?

1 hour
Students consider Morrison’s choice to include Hagar’s story at the end of the text.
lesson 22

Milkman's Knowledge and Epigraph

1 hour
Students analyze the relationship between Milkman’s newfound knowledge and the epigraph of the novel.
lesson 23

Motifs and Central Ideas

1 hour
Students analyze the excerpt in groups, focusing on how motifs relate to central ideas.
lesson 24

Structural Choices at End of the Novel

1 hour
Students focus on the structural choices Morrison makes at the end of the novel.
lesson 25

Crafting a Formal Essay

1 hour
Students write a formal essay discussing a question they have explored, using evidence-based analysis.
lesson 26

Purpose of the Foreword: Power and Beauty

1 hour
Students analyze Morrison’s purpose for writing the Foreword, considering how style contributes to its power.
lesson 27

Mythology and Song of Solomon

1 hour
Students explore how the literary criticism relates to prior analysis of existing unanswered questions.
lesson 28

Gallery Walk and Literary Criticism

1 hour
Students analyze how key ideas from the literary criticism apply to the novel.
lesson 29

Milkman: Mythical Hero?

1 hour
Students see how their interpretations change or are reinforced by Harris’s literary criticism.
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Extension Module24 Instructional days (24 hours)

Extension Module

24 Instructional days (24 hours)
One-unit Module with extended focus on a central text, The New Jim Crow
Extension Module
core proficiencies35 Instructional days (35 hours)

Developing Core Proficiencies Curriculum

35 Instructional days (35 hours)
These units model instruction and provide flexible materials to use and adapt for a variety of contexts.
core proficiencies
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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