English 21 units
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Unit 1 · Reading: Comprehension
Week 1- 1-1Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by…
- 1-2Draw conclusions and support with textual evidence
- 1-3Summarizing a story’s beginning, middle, and determining their central message, lesson or…
- 1-4Monitoring comprehension and making corrections and adjustments when understanding breaks…
- 1-5Unit 1 Review: Reading: Comprehension
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Unit 2 · Phonics: Understand how English is written and read
Weeks 2 to 3- 2-1Decoding multisyllabic words in context, and independent of context, by applying common…
- 2-2Decoding words that double final consonants when adding an ending
- 2-3Using the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes
- 2-4Using the meaning of homophones
- 2-5Decoding known and unknown words by spelling patterns
- 2-6Reading irregularly spelled high frequency words
- 2-7Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as…
- 2-8Unit 2 Review: Phonics: Understand how English is written and read
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Unit 3 · Writing: Apply a writing process to develop a text for audience and purpose
Weeks 3 to 5- 3-1Using a simple pre-writing strategy when given the purpose and the intended audience
- 3-2Generating a main idea to support a multiple paragraph text using a variety of sentence…
- 3-3Supporting the topic sentences within each paragraph with facts and details (from sources…
- 3-4Writer's Craft: Organizing Information
- 3-5Addressing an appropriate audience
- 3-6Strengthen writing as needed by revising
- 3-7Edit for language conventions
- 3-8Use a variety of conventional tools and technology (including keyboarding skills) to…
- 3-9Unit 3 Review: Writing: Apply a writing process to develop a text for audience and purpose
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Unit 4 · Grammar and Spelling: Grammar
Weeks 5 to 12- 4-1Action and Being Verbs
- 4-2Simple Verb Tenses
- 4-3Irregular Verbs
- 4-4Linking Verbs
- 4-5Present Tense
- 4-6Past Tense and Future Tense
- 4-7Regular and Irregular Verbs
- 4-8Be, Have, and Do
- 4-9More Irregular Verbs
- 4-10Using Do and See Correctly
- 4-11The Past with Helping Verbs
- 4-12Complete Subjects and Predicates
- 4-13Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
- 4-14Finding the Subject
- 4-15Complete and Simple Subjects
- 4-16Nouns in Subjects
- 4-17Complete and Simple Predicates
- 4-18Verbs in Predicates
- 4-19Comparing with Adjectives
- 4-20Comparing with Adverbs
- 4-21Demonstrative Pronouns
- 4-22Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs
- 4-23Making Comparisons
- 4-24Comparing with More and Most
- 4-25Comparing with Good and Bad
- 4-26Subject-Verb Agreement
- 4-27Review: Verbs
- 4-28Kinds of Sentences
- 4-29Simple and Compound Sentences
- 4-30Pronouns and Antecedents
- 4-31Personal Pronouns
- 4-32Review: Pronouns
- 4-33Subject Pronouns
- 4-34Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
- 4-35Unit 4 Review: Grammar and Spelling: Grammar
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Unit 5 · Speaking and Listening: Purpose
Week 13- 5-1Following classroom listening rules
- 5-2Asking questions to check understanding of information presented, staying on topic, and…
- 5-3Following three-step instructions, according to classroom expectations
- 5-4Unit 5 Review: Speaking and Listening: Purpose
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Unit 6 · Reading: Develop and apply skills to the reading process
Weeks 13 to 16- 6-1Decoding and identifying the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes and knowing how they…
- 6-2Using sentence level context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or…
- 6-3Using homographs, and homophones
- 6-4Distinguishing the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context
- 6-5Determining the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known…
- 6-6Using a dictionary or a glossary to determine the meanings, syllabications, and…
- 6-7Discussing analogies
- 6-8Determining the meaning of the author’s use of similes and metaphors to produce imagery
- 6-9Using conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases
- 6-10Text to text (ideas and information in various fiction and nonfiction works, using…
- 6-11Text to world (text ideas regarding experiences in the world)
- 6-12Reading text that is developmentally appropriate
- 6-13Producing evidence of reading
- 6-14Unit 6 Review: Reading: Develop and apply skills to the reading process
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Unit 7 · Writing: Opinion/Argumentative
Weeks 16 to 18- 7-1Introduce a topic or text being studied, using connected sentences
- 7-2State an opinion or establish a position and provide reasons for the opinion/position
- 7-3Use specific and accurate words that are related to the topic, audience, and purpose
- 7-4Contain information using student’s original language, except when using direct quotation…
- 7-5Reference the name of the author(s) or name of the source used for details or facts…
- 7-6Use transitions to connect opinion and reason
- 7-7Provide clear evidence of a beginning, middle and a concluding statement or paragraph
- 7-8Unit 7 Review: Writing: Opinion/Argumentative
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Unit 8 · Grammar and Spelling: Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling
Weeks 18 to 21- 8-1Write legibly (print, cursive)
- 8-2Possessive Nouns
- 8-3Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns
- 8-4Direct Quotations
- 8-5Using Quotation Marks
- 8-6Capitalize dialogue correctly
- 8-7Dates, Addresses, and Letters
- 8-8Names of Places and Things
- 8-9Capitalizing Words in Titles
- 8-10Use spelling patterns and generalizations to spell compound words
- 8-11Spelling the Past Tense
- 8-12Nouns Ending with y
- 8-13Consult reference materials to check and correct spellings
- 8-14Arrange words in alphabetical order, to the third letter
- 8-15Unit 8 Review: Grammar and Spelling: Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling
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Unit 9 · Speaking and Listening: Entertainment
Weeks 21 to 22- 9-1Demonstrating active listening through body language and eye contact with the speaker,…
- 9-2Unit 9 Review: Speaking and Listening: Entertainment
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Unit 10 · Reading: Fiction
Weeks 22 to 24- 10-1Summarize and sequence the events/plot and explain how past events impact future events
- 10-2Describe the personality traits of characters from the thoughts, words, and actions
- 10-3Describe the interaction of characters, including relationships and how they change
- 10-4Paraphrase the big idea/themes and supporting details of texts
- 10-5Compare and contrast key elements in various types of fiction
- 10-6Explain cause and effect relationships
- 10-7Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters
- 10-8Unit 10 Review: Reading: Fiction
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Unit 11 · Writing: Informative/Explanatory
Weeks 24 to 25- 11-1Writing Workshop: How-to Essay
- 11-2Develop the topic with simple facts, definitions, details, and explanations
- 11-3Use specific, and relevant, words that are related to the topic, audience and purpose
- 11-4Uses the student’s original language, except when quoting from a source
- 11-5Use transition words to connect ideas within categories of information
- 11-6Create a concluding statement or paragraph
- 11-7Unit 11 Review: Writing: Informative/Explanatory
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Unit 12 · Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Discussions
Weeks 25 to 26- 12-1Coming to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material
- 12-2Responding appropriately to discussion in a variety of settings, according to classroom…
- 12-3Expressing opinions of read-alouds and independent reading topics
- 12-4Unit 12 Review: Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Discussions
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Unit 13 · Reading: Poetry
Week 26- 13-1Use examples of alliteration
- 13-2Identify basic forms of poetry
- 13-3Unit 13 Review: Reading: Poetry
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Unit 14 · Writing: Narrative/Literary
Weeks 27 to 28- 14-1Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative
- 14-2Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and descriptions
- 14-3Establish an organize an event sequence to establish a beginning/middle/ end
- 14-4Use transition words and phrases to signal event order
- 14-5Writer's Craft: Personal Voice
- 14-6Unit 14 Review: Writing: Narrative/Literary
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Unit 15 · Speaking and Listening: Presenting
Weeks 28 to 29- 15-1Using presentation skills and/or appropriate technology
- 15-2Presenting information with clear ideas and details speaking clearly at an understandable…
- 15-3Giving an informal presentation, using a variety of media
- 15-4Choosing words and phrases for effect (adjectives, action verbs, figurative language)
- 15-5Using academic language and conventions
- 15-6Unit 15 Review: Speaking and Listening: Presenting
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Unit 16 · Reading: Drama
Weeks 29 to 30- 16-1Explain the elements of plot, setting, and character as presented through dialogue in…
- 16-2Identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses
- 16-3Unit 16 Review: Reading: Drama
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Unit 17 · Writing: Research Process
Weeks 30 to 32- 17-1Generate a list of subject appropriate topics
- 17-2Create an individual question about a topic
- 17-3Decide what sources of information might be relevant to answer these questions
- 17-4Locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, interviews, or visual…
- 17-5Determine the accuracy and relevance of the information related to a selected question
- 17-6Take simple notes in own words and sort evidence into provided categories or organizer
- 17-7Use quotation marks to denote direct quotations when recording specific words and…
- 17-8Create a resource page from notes
- 17-9Writing Workshop: Research Report
- 17-10Unit 17 Review: Writing: Research Process
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Unit 18 · Reading: Text Features
Weeks 32 to 33- 18-1Explain the author’s purpose
- 18-2Identify the details or facts that support the main idea
- 18-3Use text and graphic features to locate information and to make and verify predictions
- 18-4Follow and explain a set of written multi-step directions
- 18-5Describe the relationship between events, ideas, concepts or steps
- 18-6Unit 18 Review: Reading: Text Features
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Unit 19 · Reading: Literary Techniques
Weeks 33 to 34- 19-1Distinguish the difference between a biography and an autobiography
- 19-2Distinguish fact from opinion
- 19-3Distinguish point of view from what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think…
- 19-4Explain examples of sound devices, literal and nonliteral meanings, and figurative…
- 19-5Unit 19 Review: Reading: Literary Techniques
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Unit 20 · Reading: Text Structures
Weeks 34 to 35- 20-1Describe relationships among events, ideas, concepts, and cause and effect in texts
- 20-2Explain the relationship between problems and solutions
- 20-3Use information gained from illustrations and words to demonstrate understanding of the…
- 20-4Explain the author’s purpose
- 20-5Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in texts on the…
- 20-6Unit 20 Review: Reading: Text Structures
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Unit 21 · Reading: Digital and Media Literacy
Weeks 35 to 36- 21-1Understanding how communication changes when moving from one genre of media to another
- 21-2Explaining how various design techniques used in media influence the message
- 21-3Comparing various written conventions used for digital media
- 21-4Identifying text structures and graphics features of a web page
- 21-5Unit 21 Review: Reading: Digital and Media Literacy
History 9 units
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Unit 1 · Principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States
Weeks 1 to 5- 1-1Explain and give examples of how laws are made and changed within the state
- 1-2Explain the major purposes of the Missouri Constitution
- 1-3Examine how individual rights are protected within our state
- 1-4Explain how the State of Missouri relies on responsible citizen participation and draw…
- 1-5Describe the character traits and civic attitudes of influential Missourians
- 1-6Explain how the National Anthem symbolizes our nation
- 1-7Recognize and explain the significance of the Gateway Arch and the Great Seal of Missouri…
- 1-8Unit 1 Review: Principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States
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Unit 2 · Principles and processes of governance systems
Weeks 5 to 7- 2-1Explain how governments balance individual rights with common good to solve local…
- 2-2Analyze peaceful resolution of disputes by the courts, or other legitimate authorities in…
- 2-3Describe how authoritative decisions are made, enforced and interpreted by the state…
- 2-4Identify and explain the functions of the three branches of government in Missouri
- 2-5Unit 2 Review: Principles and processes of governance systems
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Unit 3 · Continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States
Weeks 8 to 12- 3-1Describe the migration of Native Americans to Missouri prior to European settlement in…
- 3-2Describe the discovery, exploration and early settlement of Missouri by European…
- 3-3Describe the reasons African peoples were enslaved and brought to Missouri
- 3-4Examine cultural interactions and conflicts among Native Americans, European immigrants…
- 3-5Examine changing cultural interactions and conflicts among Missourians after the Civil War
- 3-6Identify and describe the historical significance of the individuals from Missouri who…
- 3-7Discuss the causes and consequences of the Dred Scott decision on Missouri and the nation
- 3-8Unit 3 Review: Continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States
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Unit 4 · Continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States, Part 2
Weeks 12 to 15- 4-1Describe the importance of the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Lewis and Clark
- 4-2Evaluate the impact of westward expansion on the Native Americans in Missouri
- 4-3Discuss issues of Missouri statehood
- 4-4Explain Missouri’s role in the Civil War, including the concept of a border state
- 4-5Describe the consequences of the Civil War in Missouri including on education,…
- 4-6Unit 4 Review: Continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States, Part 2
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Unit 5 · Economic concepts and principles
Weeks 16 to 20- 5-1Compare and contrast private and public goods and services
- 5-2Define natural, capital and human resources
- 5-3Define economy
- 5-4Explain supply and demand
- 5-5Conduct a personal cost-benefit analysis
- 5-6Define taxes and explain how taxes are generated and used
- 5-7Explain factors, past and present, that influence changes in our state’s economy
- 5-8Unit 5 Review: Economic concepts and principles
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Unit 6 · Major elements of geographical study and analysis and their relationship to changes in society and the environment
Weeks 20 to 26- 6-1Read and construct historical and current maps
- 6-2Name and locate major cities, rivers, regions, and states which border Missouri
- 6-3Describe and use absolute location using a grid system
- 6-4Identify and compare physical geographic characteristics of Missouri
- 6-5Describe human geographic characteristics of Missouri
- 6-6Describe how people of Missouri are affected by, depend on, adapt to and change their…
- 6-7Describe how changes in communication and transportation technologies affect people’s…
- 6-8Identify regions in Missouri
- 6-9Compare regions in Missouri
- 6-10Explain how geography affected important events in Missouri history
- 6-11Unit 6 Review: Major elements of geographical study and analysis and their relationship to changes in society and the environment
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Unit 7 · Relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
Weeks 27 to 29- 7-1Compare the cultural characteristics of regions in Missouri
- 7-2Take part in a constructive process or method for resolving conflicts
- 7-3Research stories and songs that reflect the cultural history of Missouri
- 7-4Describe how people in Missouri preserve their cultural heritage
- 7-5Examine the changing roles of Native Americans, Immigrants, African Americans, women and…
- 7-6Unit 7 Review: Relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
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Unit 8 · Use of tools of social science inquiry
Weeks 30 to 34- 8-1Select and analyze primary and secondary social studies’ sources to determine importance…
- 8-2Create and use artifacts to share information on social studies’ topics
- 8-3Use visual tools and informational texts to interpret, draw conclusions, make…
- 8-4Identify facts and opinions in social studies’ topics
- 8-5Identify point of view in social studies’ topics
- 8-6Present social studies’ research to an audience using appropriate sources
- 8-7Investigate an appropriate social studies’ question and share results with assistance, if…
- 8-8Unit 8 Review: Use of tools of social science inquiry
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Unit 9 · Developing a research plan and identifying resources
Weeks 34 to 36- 9-1Generate supporting questions about social studies’ topics
- 9-2Use steps in a process to investigate a social studies’ question
- 9-3Use appropriate sources to investigate social studies’ questions
- 9-4Unit 9 Review: Developing a research plan and identifying resources
Math 7 units
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Unit 1 · Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic
Weeks 1 to 3- 1-1Round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100
- 1-2Read, write and identify whole numbers within 100,000 using base ten numerals, number…
- 1-3Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction within 1000
- 1-4Multiply whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90
- 1-5Unit 1 Review: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic
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Unit 2 · Develop understanding of fractions as numbers
Weeks 4 to 11- 2-1Understand a unit fraction as the quantity formed by one part when a whole is partitioned…
- 2-2Describe the numerator as representing the number of pieces being considered
- 2-3Describe the denominator as the number of pieces that make the whole
- 2-4Understand the whole is the interval from 0 to 1
- 2-5Understand the whole is partitioned into equal parts
- 2-6Understand a fraction represents the endpoint of the length a given number of partitions…
- 2-7Demonstrate that two fractions are equivalent if they are the same size, or the same…
- 2-8Recognize and generate equivalent fractions using visual models, and justify why the…
- 2-9Compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator using the symbols >, = or <,…
- 2-10Explain why fraction comparisons are only valid when the two fractions refer to the same…
- 2-11Unit 2 Review: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers
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Unit 3 · Relationships and Algebraic Thinking
Weeks 12 to 19- 3-1Interpret products of whole numbers
- 3-2Interpret quotients of whole numbers
- 3-3Describe in words or drawings a problem that illustrates a multiplication or division…
- 3-4Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve problems
- 3-5Determine the unknown number in a multiplication or division equation relating three…
- 3-6Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide
- 3-7Multiply and divide with numbers and results within 100 using strategies such as the…
- 3-8Demonstrate fluency with products within 100
- 3-9Write and solve two-step problems involving variables using any of the four operations
- 3-10Interpret the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation…
- 3-11Identify arithmetic patterns and explain the patterns using properties of operations
- 3-12Unit 3 Review: Relationships and Algebraic Thinking
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Unit 4 · Reason with shapes and their attributes
Weeks 20 to 22- 4-1Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes and that the shared…
- 4-2Distinguish rhombuses and rectangles as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of…
- 4-3Partition shapes into parts with equal areas, and express the area of each part as a unit…
- 4-4Unit 4 Review: Reason with shapes and their attributes
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Unit 5 · Solve problems involving the measurement of time, liquid volumes and weights of objects
Weeks 23 to 26- 5-1Tell and write time to the nearest minute
- 5-2Estimate time intervals in minutes
- 5-3Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of minutes
- 5-4Measure or estimate length, liquid volume and weight of objects
- 5-5Use the four operations to solve problems involving lengths, liquid volumes or weights…
- 5-6Unit 5 Review: Solve problems involving the measurement of time, liquid volumes and weights of objects
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Unit 6 · Geometry and Measurement
Weeks 27 to 32- 6-1Calculate area by using unit squares to cover a plane figure with no gaps or overlaps
- 6-2Label area measurements with squared units
- 6-3Demonstrate that tiling a rectangle to find the area and multiplying the side lengths…
- 6-4Multiply whole-number side lengths to solve problems involving the area of rectangles
- 6-5Find rectangular arrangements that can be formed for a given area
- 6-6Decompose a rectangle into smaller rectangles to find the area of the original rectangle
- 6-7Solve problems involving perimeters of polygons
- 6-8Understand that rectangles can have equal perimeters but different areas, or rectangles…
- 6-9Unit 6 Review: Geometry and Measurement
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Unit 7 · Represent and analyze data
Weeks 33 to 36- 7-1Create frequency tables, scaled picture graphs and bar graphs to represent a data set…
- 7-2Solve one- and two-step problems using information presented in bar and/or picture graphs
- 7-3Create a line plot to represent data
- 7-4Use data shown in a line plot to answer questions
- 7-5Unit 7 Review: Represent and analyze data
Science 4 units
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Unit 1 · Earth and Space Sciences
Weeks 1 to 7- 1-1Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions…
- 1-2Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world
- 1-3Make a claim about the merit of an existing design solution (e.g
- 1-4Unit 1 Review: Earth and Space Sciences
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Unit 2 · Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science
Weeks 9 to 14- 2-1Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified…
- 2-2Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is…
- 2-3Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are…
- 2-4Unit 2 Review: Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science
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Unit 3 · Life Sciences
Weeks 16 to 27- 3-1Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different…
- 3-2Construct scientific arguments to support claims that some characteristics of Organisms…
- 3-3Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among…
- 3-4Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular ecosystem some Organisms --…
- 3-5Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment…
- 3-6Unit 3 Review: Life Sciences
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Unit 4 · Physical Sciences
Weeks 29 to 35- 4-1Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back…
- 4-2Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be…
- 4-3Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship of…
- 4-4Unit 4 Review: Physical Sciences