Elementary (K-4)

Unit 1 Title: Needs of Plants and Animals

Unit 2 Title: Pushes and Pulls

Unit 3 Title: Sunlight and Weather
 

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Grade Concept Overview: Introduction to Time, Families, Communities, & Nations

Major Course Objectives:

1. Students will be able to explore opinions to begin making arguments

2. Students will be able to explore the roles of family, community and government.

3. Students will be able to explore multiple perspectives

Unit 1 Title: Family

Unit 2 Title: Jobs and Community

Unit 3 Title: Past and Present

Unit 4 Title: My Community

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Unit 1 Title: Position, Length, Height, and Sorting

Unit 2 Title: Numbers to 5, Shapes, and Weight

Unit 3 Title: Addition and Subtraction Within 5 and Shapes

Unit 4 Title: Numbers to 10 and Shapes

Unit 5 Title: Numbers to 100

Unit 6 Title: Addition and Subtraction Within 10

Unit 7 Title: Teen Numbers and Shapes
 

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Unit 1 Title: Foundational Skills

• Standards & Key Concepts: Book Handling, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency

Unit 2 Title: Reading Informational Text: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 3 Title: Reading Informational Text: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

• Standards & Key Concepts: Diverse Media, Evaluating Arguments, Analysis Across Texts

Unit 4 Title: Reading Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details 

• Standards & Key Concepts: Main Idea, Text Analysis

Unit 5 Title: Reading Informational Text: Range of Reading

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 6 Title: Reading Literature: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Point of View, Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 7 Title: Reading Literature: Integration of Knowledge, Key Ideas & Details

• Standards & Key Concepts: Sources of Information, Text Analysis, Theme, Literary Elements

Unit 8 Title: Reading Literature: Range of Reading, and Vocabulary Acquisition & Use

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 9 Title: Writing

• Standards & Key Concepts: Focus for Writing, Content for Writing, Organization for Writing, Writing Style, Writing Conventions, Production and Distribution of Writing, Technology and Publication, Conducting Research, Credibility, Reliability, and Viability of Sources, Range of Writing

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Unit 1 Title: Animal and Plant Defenses

Unit 2 Title: Light and Sound

Unit 3 Title: Spinning Earth

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Grade Concept Overview: Time, Families, Communities, & Nations

Major Course Objectives:

1. Students will be able to build opinions to begin making arguments

2. Students will be able to understand the roles of family, community and government.

3. Students will be able to understand multiple perspectives

Unit 1 Title: Time and Lineage

Unit 2 Title: Local and State Communities

Unit 3 Title: Our Nation

Unit 4 Title: Global Citizenship

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Unit 1 Title: Relating Addition and Subtraction

Unit 2 Title: Addition and Subtraction Within 20

Unit 3 Title: Solving Word Problems and Making Comparisons

Unit 4 Title: Using Tens and Ones to Organize and Count

Unit 5 Title: Operations with Tens and Ones

Unit 6 Title: Geometry and Measurement
 

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Unit 1 Title: Foundational Skills

• Standards & Key Concepts:  Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency

Unit 2 Title: Reading Informational Text: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 3 Title: Reading Informational Text: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

• Standards & Key Concepts: Diverse Media, Evaluating Arguments, Analysis Across Texts

Unit 4 Title: Reading Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details 

• Standards & Key Concepts: Text Analysis

Unit 5 Title: Reading Informational Text: Range of Reading

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 6 Title: Reading Literature: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Point of View, Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 7 Title: Reading Literature: Integration of Knowledge, Key Ideas & Details

• Standards & Key Concepts: Sources of Information, Text Analysis, Theme, Literary Elements

Unit 8 Title: Reading Literature: Range of Reading, and Vocabulary Acquisition & Use

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 9 Title: Writing

• Standards & Key Concepts: Focus for Writing, Content for Writing, Organization for Writing, Writing Style, Writing Conventions, Production and Distribution of Writing, Technology and Publication, Conducting Research, Credibility, Reliability, and Viability of Sources, Range of Writing

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Unit 1 Title: Plant and Animal Relationships

Unit 2 Title: Properties of Materials

Unit 3 Title: Changing Landforms

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Grade Concept Overview: The Creation of America: The First Nation, Immigration and Migration

Major Course Objectives:

1. Students will be able to validate opinions to begin making arguments

2. Students will be able to recognize differences and inequities

3. Students will be able to understand multiple perspectives

Unit 1 Title: Indigenous People

Unit 2 Title: Nation of Immigrants

Unit 3 Title: Challenges of Immigration

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Unit 1 Title: Numbers Within 20: Addition, Subtraction, and Data

Unit 2 Title: Numbers Within 100: Addition, Subtraction, Time, and Money

Unit 3 Title: Numbers Within 1,000: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction

Unit 4 Title: Length: Measurement, Addition and Subtraction, and Line Plots

Unit 5 Title: Shapes and Arrays: Partitioning and Tiling Shapes, Arrays, Evens and Odds
 

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Unit 1 Title: Foundational Skills

• Standards & Key Concepts: Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency

Unit 2 Title: Reading Informational Text: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 3 Title: Reading Informational Text: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

• Standards & Key Concepts: Diverse Media, Evaluating Arguments, Analysis Across Texts

Unit 4 Title: Reading Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details 

• Standards & Key Concepts: Main Idea, Text Analysis

Unit 5 Title: Reading Informational Text: Range of Reading

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 6 Title: Reading Literature: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Point of View, Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 7 Title: Reading Literature: Integration of Knowledge, Key Ideas & Details

• Standards & Key Concepts: Sources of Information, Text Analysis, Theme, Literary Elements

Unit 8 Title: Reading Literature: Range of Reading, and Vocabulary Acquisition & Use

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 9 Title: Writing

• Standards & Key Concepts: Focus for Writing, Content for Writing, Organization for Writing, Writing Style, Writing Conventions, Production and Distribution of Writing, Technology and Publication, Conducting Research, Credibility, Reliability, and Viability of Sources, Range of Writing

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Unit 1 Title: Balancing Forces

Unit 2 Title: Inheritance and Traits

Unit 3 Title: Environments and Survival

Unit 4 Title: Weather and Climate
 

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Grade Concept Overview: Exploring Pennsylvania, Berks County and Our School District: Local History From Past to Present

Major Course Objectives:

1. Students will be able to construct basic arguments

2. Students will be able to recognize differences and Inequalities

3. Students will understand differences between present and past perspectives

Unit 1 Title: Settling our Area

Unit 2 Title: Establishing our Nation

Unit 3 Title: Our Industrial Past

Unit 4 Title: Our Local Community

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Unit 1 Title: Three-Digit Numbers: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction

Unit 2 Title: Multiplication and Division: Concepts, Relationships, and Patterns

Unit 3 Title: Multiplication: Finding Area, Solving Word Problems, and Using Scaled Graphs

Unit 4 Title: Fractions: Equivalence and Comparison, Measurement, and Data

Unit 5 Title: Time, Liquid Volume, and Mass

Unit 6 Title: Attributes and Categories, Perimeter and Area, and Partitioning
 

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Unit 1 Title: Foundational Skills

• Standards & Key Concepts: Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency

Unit 2 Title: Reading Informational Text: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 3 Title: Reading Informational Text: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

• Standards & Key Concepts: Diverse Media, Evaluating Arguments, Analysis Across Texts

Unit 4 Title: Reading Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details 

• Standards & Key Concepts: Main Idea, Text Analysis

Unit 5 Title: Reading Informational Text: Range of Reading

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 6 Title: Reading Literature: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Point of View, Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 7 Title: Reading Literature: Integration of Knowledge, Key Ideas & Details

• Standards & Key Concepts: Sources of Information, Text Analysis, Theme, Literary Elements

Unit 8 Title: Reading Literature: Range of Reading, and Vocabulary Acquisition & Use

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 9 Title: Writing

• Standards & Key Concepts: Focus for Writing, Content for Writing, Organization for Writing, Writing Style, Writing Conventions, Response to Literature, Production and Distribution of Writing, Technology and Publication, Conducting Research, Credibility, Reliability, and Viability of Sources, Range of Writing

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Unit 1 Title: Energy Conversions

Unit 2 Title: Vision and Light

Unit 3 Title: Earth’s Features

Unit 4 Title: Waves, Energy, and Information
 

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Grade Concept Overview: Exploring America and the World

Major Course Objectives:

1. Students will be able to identify continents and states around the world.

2. Students will be able to recognize what events led to the cause of the American Revolution.

3. Students will be able to identify the events that happened at the beginning of the American Revolution.

4. Students will be able to learn how to read a map.

Unit 1 Title: Geographical Skills and Regions of the U.S. Part 1

Unit 2 Title: Regions of the U.S. Part 2

Unit 3 Title: Regions of the U.S. Part 3

Unit 4 Title: Regions of the U.S. Part 4

Unit 5 Title: Regions of the U.S. Part 5

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Unit 1 Title: Whole Numbers: Place Value, Comparison, Addition, and Subtraction

Unit 2 Title: Operations: Multiplication, Division, and Algebraic Thinking

Unit 3 Title: Multi-Digit Operations and Measurement: Multiplication, Division, Perimeter, and Area

Unit 4 Title: Fractions, Decimals, and Measurement: Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication

Unit 5 Title: Geometry and Measurement: Figures, Classification, and Symmetry

 

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Unit 1 Title: Foundational Skills

• Standards & Key Concepts: Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency

Unit 2 Title: Reading Informational Text: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Point of View, Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 3 Title: Reading Informational Text: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

• Standards & Key Concepts: Diverse Media, Evaluating Arguments, Analysis Across Texts

Unit 4 Title: Reading Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details 

• Standards & Key Concepts: Main Idea, Text Analysis

Unit 5 Title: Reading Informational Text: Range of Reading and Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 6 Title: Reading Literature: Craft and Structure

• Standards & Key Concepts: Point of View, Text Structure, Vocabulary

Unit 7 Title: Reading Literature: Integration of Knowledge, Key Ideas & Details

• Standards & Key Concepts: Sources of Information, Text Analysis, Theme, Literary Elements

Unit 8 Title: Reading Literature: Range of Reading, and Vocabulary Acquisition & Use

• Standards & Key Concepts: Range of Reading, Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Unit 9 Title: Writing

• Standards & Key Concepts: Focus for Writing, Content for Writing, Organization for Writing, Writing Style, Writing Conventions, Response to Literature, Production and Distribution of Writing, Technology and Publication, Conducting Research, Credibility, Reliability, and Viability of Sources, Range of Writing

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