English 22 units
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Unit 1 · Reading: Comprehension
Week 1- 1-1Drawing conclusions, inferring by referencing textual evidence of what the text says…
- 1-2Drawing conclusions by providing textual evidence of what the text says explicitly
- 1-3Monitoring comprehension and making corrections and adjustments when understanding breaks…
- 1-4Unit 1 Review: Reading: Comprehension
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Unit 2 · Phonics: Understand how English is written and read
Weeks 1 to 2- 2-1Decoding words using knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication…
- 2-2Reading root words, prefixes, and suffixes and important words from specific content…
- 2-3Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as…
- 2-4Unit 2 Review: Phonics: Understand how English is written and read
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Unit 3 · Writing: Prewriting
Weeks 2 to 4- 3-1Selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the purpose to an intended audience
- 3-2Formulating questions related to the topic
- 3-3Accessing prior knowledge or building background knowledge related to the topic
- 3-4Using a pre-writing strategy
- 3-5Unit 3 Review: Writing: Prewriting
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Unit 4 · Grammar and Spelling: Grammar
Weeks 4 to 11- 4-1Writing with Verbs
- 4-2Using Forms of the Verb Be
- 4-3Writing with Adjectives
- 4-4Progressive Forms
- 4-5Adverbs
- 4-6Writing with Adverbs
- 4-7Review: Modifiers
- 4-8Other Kinds of Adverbs
- 4-9Changing Meaning with Adverbs
- 4-10Subject and Object Pronouns
- 4-11Inverted and Interrupted Order
- 4-12Object Pronouns
- 4-13Using I and Me
- 4-14Prepositional Phrases
- 4-15Writing with Prepositional Phrases
- 4-16Choosing Correct Prepositions
- 4-17Review: Prepositional Phrases
- 4-18Object of the Preposition
- 4-19Expanding Sentences with Prepositional Phrases
- 4-20Conjunctions
- 4-21Conjunctions in Compound Sentences
- 4-22Writing Good Sentences
- 4-23Forming Compound Subjects and Predicates
- 4-24Combining Sentences: Compound Subjects
- 4-25Combining Sentences: Compound Predicates
- 4-26Combining Sentences to Make a Series
- 4-27Writer's Craft: Effective Sentences
- 4-28Fragments and Run-ons
- 4-29Unit 1 Review: The Sentence
- 4-30Sentence Fragments
- 4-31Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
- 4-32Unit 4 Review: Grammar and Spelling: Grammar
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Unit 5 · Speaking and Listening: Purpose
Weeks 11 to 12- 5-1Following, generating, and justifying classroom listening rules
- 5-2Posing and responding to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information,…
- 5-3Following and restating multi-step instructions that involve a short related sequence of…
- 5-4Unit 5 Review: Speaking and Listening: Purpose
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Unit 6 · Reading: Develop and apply skills to the reading process
Weeks 12 to 14- 6-1Determining the meaning of academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other…
- 6-2Using the context of the sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or…
- 6-3Completing analogies
- 6-4Idioms
- 6-5Using a dictionary or glossary to determine the meanings, syllabication, and…
- 6-6Using conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases
- 6-7Text to text (ideas and information in various fiction and nonfiction works, using…
- 6-8Text to world (text ideas regarding experiences in the world by demonstrating an…
- 6-9Reading text that is developmentally appropriate
- 6-10Producing evidence of reading
- 6-11Unit 6 Review: Reading: Develop and apply skills to the reading process
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Unit 7 · Writing: Apply a writing process to develop a text for audience and purpose
Weeks 15 to 16- 7-1Generating a main idea to support a multiple paragraph text, using a variety of sentence…
- 7-2Writer's Craft: Paragraphing
- 7-3Categorizing, organizing, and sequencing facts, details, and/or events into a text (from…
- 7-4Addressing an appropriate audience
- 7-5Strengthen writing as needed by revising
- 7-6Edit for language conventions
- 7-7Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing
- 7-8Demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page,…
- 7-9Unit 7 Review: Writing: Apply a writing process to develop a text for audience and purpose
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Unit 8 · Grammar and Spelling: Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling
Weeks 17 to 19- 8-1Write legibly
- 8-2More About Quotation Marks
- 8-3Writing Sentences with Commas
- 8-4Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives
- 8-5Review: Capitalization and Punctuation
- 8-6Spelling the Present Tense
- 8-7Spell words ending in the long ‘e’ sound
- 8-8Alphabetize reference sources
- 8-9Homophones
- 8-10Commonly Confused Words
- 8-11Unit 8 Review: Grammar and Spelling: Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling
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Unit 9 · Speaking and Listening: Entertainment
Weeks 19 to 20- 9-1Generating and following active listening rules, according to classroom expectations
- 9-2Unit 9 Review: Speaking and Listening: Entertainment
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Unit 10 · Reading: Fiction
Weeks 20 to 21- 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
- 10-4Compare and contrast the adventures or exploits of characters and their roles
- 10-5Compare and contrast the point of view from which stories are narrated, explain whether…
- 10-6Unit 10 Review: Reading: Fiction
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Unit 11 · Writing: Opinion/Argumentative
Weeks 21 to 23- 11-1Introduce a topic or text being studied using an introductory paragraph
- 11-2Writing Workshop: Persuasive Essay
- 11-3Use specific and accurate words that are related to the topic, audience and purpose
- 11-4Contain information using student’s original language, except when using direct quotation…
- 11-5Reference the name of the author(s) or name of the source used for details or facts…
- 11-6Use transitions to connect opinion and reason
- 11-7Organize the supporting details/reasons into introductory, supporting, and concluding…
- 11-8Unit 11 Review: Writing: Opinion/Argumentative
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Unit 12 · Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Discussions
Weeks 23 to 24- 12-1Contributing to discussion after listening to others’ ideas, according to classroom…
- 12-2Expressing opinions of read-alouds and independent reading and relating opinion to others
- 12-3Unit 12 Review: Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Discussions
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Unit 13 · Reading: Poetry
Week 24- 13-1Explain structural elements of poetry
- 13-2Unit 13 Review: Reading: Poetry
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Unit 14 · Writing: Informative/Explanatory
Weeks 25 to 26- 14-1Introduce a topic using a topic sentence in an introductory paragraph
- 14-2Writer's Craft: Elaboration
- 14-3Use specific, relevant and accurate words that are suited to the topic, audience, and…
- 14-4Contain information using student’s original language, except when using direct…
- 14-5Use transitions to connect categories of information
- 14-6Writing Workshop: Comparison/Contrast Essay
- 14-7Create a concluding paragraph related to the information
- 14-8Unit 14 Review: Writing: Informative/Explanatory
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Unit 15 · Speaking and Listening: Presenting
Weeks 26 to 28- 15-1Paraphrasing portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and…
- 15-2Using efficient presentation skills with available resources
- 15-3Incorporating descriptive and sequential details in a student designed or teacher…
- 15-4Giving a formal presentation to classmates, using a variety of media
- 15-5Speaking with expression and fluency
- 15-6Adjusting formal/informal language according to context and topic
- 15-7Unit 15 Review: Speaking and Listening: Presenting
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Unit 16 · Reading: Drama
Week 28- 16-1Analyze how characters change from the beginning to the end of a play or film
- 16-2Explain structural elements of dramatic literature
- 16-3Unit 16 Review: Reading: Drama
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Unit 17 · Writing: Narrative/Literary
Weeks 29 to 30- 17-1Establish a setting, situation/topic and introduce a narrator and/or characters
- 17-2Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, motivation and descriptions
- 17-3Writing Workshop: Short Story
- 17-4Use a variety of transitions to manage the sequence of events
- 17-5Writer's Craft: Word Choice
- 17-6Unit 17 Review: Writing: Narrative/Literary
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Unit 18 · Reading: Text Features
Weeks 30 to 31- 18-1Use multiple text features to locate information and gain an overview of the contents of…
- 18-2Describe the sequence of events, ideas, concepts, or steps needed to carry out a procedure
- 18-3Interpret and explain factual information presented graphically
- 18-4Unit 18 Review: Reading: Text Features
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Unit 19 · Writing: Research Process
Weeks 31 to 33- 19-1Generate a list of subject appropriate topics
- 19-2Create a research question to address relevant to a chosen topic
- 19-3Identify a variety of relevant sources, literary and informational
- 19-4Use organizational features of print and digital sources efficiently to locate information
- 19-5Convert graphic/visual data into written notes
- 19-6Determine the accuracy of the information gathered
- 19-7Differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using ideas of others
- 19-8Record bibliographic information from sources according to a standard forma
- 19-9Present and evaluate how completely, accurately, and efficiently the research question…
- 19-10Unit 19 Review: Writing: Research Process
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Unit 20 · Reading: Literary Techniques
Weeks 33 to 34- 20-1Explain similarities and differences between the events and characters’ experiences in a…
- 20-2Analyze, make inferences, and draw conclusions about persuasive text
- 20-3Explain how an author uses language to present information to influence what the reader…
- 20-4Unit 20 Review: Reading: Literary Techniques
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Unit 21 · Reading: Text Structures
Weeks 34 to 35- 21-1Distinguish fact from opinion in a text and explain how to verify what is a fact
- 21-2Explain explicit and implicit relationships among ideas in texts
- 21-3Explain author’s purpose
- 21-4Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic
- 21-5Unit 21 Review: Reading: Text Structures
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Unit 22 · Reading: Digital and Media Literacy
Weeks 35 to 36- 22-1Explaining the positive and negative impacts of advertisement techniques used in various…
- 22-2Explaining how various design techniques used in media influence the message
- 22-3Comparing various written conventions used for digital media
- 22-4Explaining text structures and graphics features of a web page and how they help readers…
- 22-5Unit 22 Review: Reading: Digital and Media Literacy
History 8 units
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Unit 1 · Principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States
Weeks 1 to 6- 1-1Read and analyze the text of the Declaration of Independence to determine important…
- 1-2Explain the major purposes of the U.S. Constitution
- 1-3Research and analyze the text of the U.S. Constitution to determine important principles…
- 1-4Explain the major purpose of the Bill of Rights
- 1-5Identify important principles in the Bill of Rights
- 1-6Examine ways by which citizens have effectively voiced opinions, monitored government,…
- 1-7Describe the character traits and civic attitudes of historically significant individuals…
- 1-8Recognize and explain the significance of national symbols associated with historical…
- 1-9Unit 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 6 to 9- 2-1Explain how the purpose and roles of government were debated c
- 2-2Analyze peaceful resolution of disputes by courts or other legitimate authorities in U.S.…
- 2-3Explain how authoritative decisions are made, enforced and interpreted by the federal…
- 2-4Identify and explain the functions of the three branches of government in the federal…
- 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 9 to 15- 3-1Describe the migrations of Native Americans prior to 1800
- 3-2Describe the discovery, exploration and early settlement of America by Europeans prior to…
- 3-3Describe the reasons African peoples were enslaved and brought to the Americas prior to…
- 3-4Examine cultural interactions and conflicts among Native Americans, Immigrants from…
- 3-5Identify and describe the contributions of historically significant individuals to…
- 3-6Explain the causes of the American Revolution, including the perspectives of patriots,…
- 3-7Explain the factors that contributed to the colonists’ success
- 3-8Describe the historical context for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, the…
- 3-9Explain how the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights…
- 3-10Investigate the causes and consequences of westward expansion prior to 1800
- 3-11Unit 3 Review: Continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States
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Unit 4 · Economic concepts and principles
Weeks 16 to 20- 4-1Compare and contrast saving and financial investment
- 4-2Explain the relationship between profit and loss in economic decisions
- 4-3Distinguish among natural, capital and human resources
- 4-4Conduct a public cost- benefit analysis
- 4-5Explain how the government utilizes taxes to provide goods and services
- 4-6Explain factors, past and present, that influence changes in state and regional economies
- 4-7Unit 4 Review: Economic concepts and principles
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Unit 5 · Major elements of geographical study and analysis and their relationship to changes in society and the environment
Weeks 20 to 25- 5-1Construct and interpret historical and current maps
- 5-2Name and locate specific regions, states, capitals, river systems and mountain ranges in…
- 5-3Identify and compare physical characteristics of specific regions within the nation
- 5-4Identify and compare diverse human geographic characteristics of the nation
- 5-5Analyze how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to and change their physical…
- 5-6Analyze how changes in communication and transportation technologies affect people’s lives
- 5-7Identify different regions in the United States and analyze how their characteristics…
- 5-8Use geography to interpret the past and predict future consequences as appropriate to…
- 5-9Unit 5 Review: Major elements of geographical study and analysis and their relationship to changes in society and the environment
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Unit 6 · Relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
Weeks 26 to 29- 6-1Compare cultural characteristics across historical time periods in U.S. history prior to c
- 6-2Apply constructive processes or methods for resolving conflicts
- 6-3Research stories and songs that reflect the cultural history of the early United States…
- 6-4Analyze the preservation of cultural life, celebrations, traditions, and commemorations…
- 6-5Examine roles among Native Americans, Immigrants, African Americans, women and others…
- 6-6Unit 6 Review: Relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
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Unit 7 · Use of tools of social science inquiry
Weeks 29 to 34- 7-1Select, analyze, and evaluate primary and secondary social studies’ sources with guidance…
- 7-2Analyze and use artifacts to share information on social studies’ topics
- 7-3Use visual tools and informational texts to interpret, draw conclusions, make…
- 7-4Create products such as maps, graphs, timelines, charts and models, diagrams etc
- 7-5Distinguish between fact and opinion and recognize bias and point of view in social…
- 7-6Conduct and present social studies’ research to an audience using appropriate sources
- 7-7Research an appropriate social studies’ question and share results with an audience
- 7-8Unit 7 Review: Use of tools of social science inquiry
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Unit 8 · Developing a research plan and identifying resources
Weeks 34 to 36- 8-1Generate compelling research questions about a social studies topic
- 8-2Apply a research process to a compelling social studies’ question
- 8-3Identify and use appropriate resources for investigating a compelling social studies’…
- 8-4Unit 8 Review: Developing a research plan and identifying resources
Math 8 units
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Unit 1 · Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic with numbers up to one million
Weeks 1 to 7- 1-1Round multi-digit whole numbers to any place
- 1-2Read, write and identify multi-digit whole numbers up to one million using number names,…
- 1-3Compare two multi-digit numbers using the symbols >, = or <, and justify the solution
- 1-4Understand that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit represent 10 times what it would…
- 1-5Demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction of whole numbers
- 1-6Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number and multiply two…
- 1-7Long Division
- 1-8Long Division with Remainders
- 1-9Unit 1 Review: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic with numbers up to one million
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Unit 2 · Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering
Weeks 8 to 10- 2-1Explain and/or illustrate why two fractions are equivalent
- 2-2Recognize and generate equivalent fractions
- 2-3Compare two fractions using the symbols >, = or <, and justify the solution
- 2-4Unit 2 Review: Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering
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Unit 3 · Extend understanding of operations on whole numbers to fraction operations
Weeks 11 to 15- 3-1Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining/composing and…
- 3-2Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator and record each…
- 3-3Solve problems involving adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like…
- 3-4Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a…
- 3-5Solve problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number
- 3-6Unit 3 Review: Extend understanding of operations on whole numbers to fraction operations
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Unit 4 · Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions
Weeks 15 to 18- 4-1Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators of 10 or 100
- 4-2Understand that fractions and decimals are equivalent representations of the same quantity
- 4-3Read, write and identify decimals to the hundredths place using number names, base ten…
- 4-4Compare two decimals to the hundredths place using the symbols >, = or <, and justify the…
- 4-5Unit 4 Review: Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions
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Unit 5 · Relationships and Algebraic Thinking
Weeks 19 to 25- 5-1Multiply or divide to solve problems involving a multiplicative comparison
- 5-2Solve multi-step whole number problems involving the four operations and variables and…
- 5-3Solve whole number division problems involving variables in which remainders need to be…
- 5-4Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors and find the multiples…
- 5-5Determine if a whole number within 100 is composite or prime, and find all factor pairs…
- 5-6Generate a number pattern that follows a given rule
- 5-7Use words or mathematical symbols to express a rule for a given pattern
- 5-8Unit 5 Review: Relationships and Algebraic Thinking
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Unit 6 · Geometry and Measurement
Weeks 26 to 30- 6-1Draw and identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, perpendicular lines and…
- 6-2Classify two-dimensional shapes by their sides and/or angles
- 6-3Construct lines of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure
- 6-4Identify and estimate angles and their measure
- 6-5Draw and measure angles in whole-number degrees using a protractor
- 6-6Unit 6 Review: Geometry and Measurement
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Unit 7 · Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit
Weeks 30 to 33- 7-1Convert measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit
- 7-2Use the four operations to solve problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid…
- 7-3Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles to solve problems
- 7-4Unit 7 Review: Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit
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Unit 8 · Represent and analyze data
Weeks 33 to 36- 8-1Create a frequency table and/or line plot to display measurement data
- 8-2Solve problems involving addition and subtraction by using information presented in a…
- 8-3Analyze the data in a frequency table, line plot, bar graph or picture graph
- 8-4Unit 8 Review: Represent and analyze data
Science 4 units
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Unit 1 · Earth and Space Sciences
Weeks 1 to 7- 1-1Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support…
- 1-2Plan and conduct scientific investigations or simulations to provide evidence how natural…
- 1-3Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features
- 1-4Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes…
- 1-5Unit 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…
- 2-2Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are…
- 2-3Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is…
- 2-4Unit 2 Review: Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science
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Unit 3 · Life Sciences
Weeks 15 to 18- 3-1Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that…
- 3-2Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their…
- 3-3Unit 3 Review: Life Sciences
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Unit 4 · Physical Sciences
Weeks 20 to 35- 4-1Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a…
- 4-2Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and…
- 4-3Plan and conduct a fair test to compare and contrast the forces (measured by a spring…
- 4-4Predict how changes in either the amount of force applied to an object or the mass of the…
- 4-5Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of…
- 4-6Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g
- 4-7Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one…
- 4-8Use models to explain that simple machines change the amount of effort force and/or…
- 4-9Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and…
- 4-10Unit 4 Review: Physical Sciences