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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 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 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 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.
module 140 Instructional days (40 hours)

Myths

40 Instructional days (40 hours)
Students are involved in a deep study of mythology, its purposes, and elements.
unit 113 Instructional days (13 hours)

Building Background Knowledge: Percy Jackson and the Hero’s Journey

13 Instructional days (13 hours)
What is the hero’s journey?
lesson 1

Close Reading: Part 1 of “Shrouded in Myth”

1 hour
Students are introduced to myths/mythology through a close read of the text "Shrouded in Myth."
lesson 2

Building Background Knowledge: Part 2 of "Shrouded in Myth”

1 hour
This lesson introduces the structure for discussions that will carry students through the novel.
lesson 3

Meeting the Main Character: Launching The Lightning Thief

1 hour
Students are introduced to the main character of the Lightning Thief.
lesson 4

Inferring about Character: Getting to Know Percy

1 hour
This lesson introduces a new routine: a comprehension quiz Entrance Ticket.
lesson 5

Inferring about Character: Close Reading of the Lightning Thief

1 hour
Students focus on the skills of getting the gist and making inferences.
lesson 6

Close Reading Part 2 of The Lightning Thief

1 hour
This lesson introduces a new routine, the use of “equity sticks,” to encourage total participation.
lesson 7

Mid-Unit-Assessment: Making Inferences from Percy

1 hour
This assessment may require more than the 35 minutes allotted.
lesson 8

The Hero’s Journey, Part 1: What is a Hero?

1 hour
Students begin to build background knowledge about the important archetype of the hero’s journey.
lesson 9

Building Background Knowledge About the Hero’s Journey, Part 2

1 hour
Acts-2-3 Plus Focusing on Key Vocabulary in “The Hero’s Journey”
lesson 10

Selecting Evidence and Partner Writing

1 hour
Students begin aligning “The Hero’s Journey” and The Lightning Thief (Chapter-5)
lesson 11

Selecting: “The Hero’s Journey” and the Lightning Thief (Chapter 6)

1 hour
This lesson continues the series of lessons scaffolding students toward writing with evidence.
lesson 12

Writing with Evidence: Percy and the Hero’s Journey (Chapter 7)

1 hour
Students work on their "Percy and the Hero's Journey" essay.
lesson 13

End-of-Unit-Assessment

1 hour
Students draw Evidence from Text: Written Analysis of How Percy’s Experiences with “The Hero’s Journey”
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unit 220 Instructional days (20 hours)

Myths: Not just Long Ago

20 Instructional days (20 hours)
Students delve deeply into mythology: its purpose, elements, and themes.
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unit 37 hours

My Hero's Journey Narrative

7 hours
Students write their own “hero’s journey” narrative.
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module 2A38 Instructional days (38 hours)

Working with Evidence: Rules to Live By

38 Instructional days (38 hours)
How do people formulate/use “rules” to improve their lives?
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module 2B39 Instructional days (39 hours)

Voices of Adversity

39 Instructional days (39 hours)
Students explore the idea of adversity of people across time/place, and through multiple modes of writing.
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module 3A36 Instructional days (36 hours)

Understanding Perspectives: The Land of the Golden Mountain

36 Instructional days (36 hours)
Students study of how an author develops point of view and how an author’s perspective.
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module 3B36 Instructional days (36 hours)

Understanding Perspectives: Sustaining the Oceans

36 Instructional days (36 hours)
Students consider point of view as they learn about ocean conservation.
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module 438 Instructional days (38 hours)

Reading for Research-Writing an Argument: Insecticides: Costs vs. Benefits

38 Instructional days (38 hours)
Students explore the benefits and harmful consequences of the use of the pesticide DDT.
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core proficiencies20 Instructional days (20 hours)

Developing Core Proficiencies Curriculum

20 Instructional days (20 hours)
These units model instruction and provide flexible materials to use and adapt for a variety of contexts.
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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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.