English 22 units
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Unit 1 · Reading: Comprehension
Week 1- 1-1Drawing conclusions, inferring by referencing textual evidence to support analysis of…
- 1-2Drawing conclusions by providing textual evidence of what the text says explicitly as…
- 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 all 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 3- 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 prewriting strategy
- 3-5Unit 3 Review: Writing: Prewriting
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Unit 4 · Grammar and Spelling: Grammar
Weeks 4 to 8- 4-1Exact Nouns
- 4-2Adjective or Adverb?
- 4-3Interjections
- 4-4Using Good and Well
- 4-5Interrogative Pronouns
- 4-6Writing Clearly with Pronouns
- 4-7Perfect Tenses
- 4-8Rise/Raise, Lie/Lay, Sit/Set
- 4-9Bring/Take, Let/Leave, Lend/Loan
- 4-10Principal Parts of Verbs
- 4-11Commonly Misused Verbs
- 4-12Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses
- 4-13Future Perfect Tense
- 4-14Sequence of Tenses
- 4-15Forming Compound and Complex Sentences
- 4-16Compound and Complex Sentences
- 4-17Independent and Dependent Clauses
- 4-18Combining Independent and Dependent Clauses
- 4-19More About Complex Sentences
- 4-20Sentence Variety
- 4-21Unit 4 Review: Grammar and Spelling: Grammar
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Unit 5 · Speaking and Listening: Purpose
Weeks 8 to 9- 5-1Following agreed upon rules for listening and fulfilling discussion rules independently
- 5-2Posing and responding to specific questions to clarify or following up on information,…
- 5-3Following, restating, and giving multi-step instructions from or to others in…
- 5-4Listening for speaker’s message and summarizing main points based on evidence
- 5-5Unit 5 Review: Speaking and Listening: Purpose
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Unit 6 · Reading: Develop and apply skills to the reading process
Weeks 10 to 12- 6-1Determining the meaning of academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other…
- 6-2Using context to determine meaning of unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words
- 6-3Constructing analogies
- 6-4Explaining the meaning of common idioms, adages, similes, metaphors, hyperboles and other…
- 6-5Identifying and using words and phrases that signal contrast, addition, and relationships
- 6-6Using a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine…
- 6-7Using conversational, general academic, and domain- specific words and phrases
- 6-8Text to text (ideas and information in various fiction and nonfiction works, using…
- 6-9Text to world (text ideas regarding experiences in the world by demonstrating an…
- 6-10Reading text that is developmentally appropriate
- 6-11Producing evidence of reading
- 6-12Unit 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 12 to 14- 7-1Choosing an appropriate organizational structure and building on one main idea to create…
- 7-2Establishing and supporting a main idea with an overall topic sentence at, or near, the…
- 7-3Categorizing, organizing, and sequencing facts, details, and/or events (from sources when…
- 7-4Restating the overall main idea in the concluding statement
- 7-5Addressing an appropriate audience, organization, and purpose
- 7-6Strengthen writing as needed by revising
- 7-7Edit for language conventions
- 7-8Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing
- 7-9Demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages,…
- 7-10Unit 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 15 to 17- 8-1Write legibly
- 8-2Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction when writing compound sentences
- 8-3Uses for Commas
- 8-4Punctuating Compound and Complex Sentences
- 8-5More Uses for Commas
- 8-6More About Commas
- 8-7Punctuating Titles
- 8-8Use underlining when writing titles of books, magazines, and newspapers
- 8-9Titles
- 8-10Singular Possessive Nouns
- 8-11Writing with Possessive Nouns
- 8-12Plural Possessive Nouns
- 8-13Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and…
- 8-14Unit 8 Review: Grammar and Spelling: Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling
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Unit 9 · Speaking and Listening: Entertainment
Week 18- 9-1Evaluating and modifying own active listening skills
- 9-2Unit 9 Review: Speaking and Listening: Entertainment
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Unit 10 · Reading: Fiction
Weeks 18 to 20- 10-1Compare and contrast the roles and functions of characters in various plots, their…
- 10-2Explain the theme or moral lesson, conflict and resolution in a story or novel
- 10-3Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences events
- 10-4Recognize foreshadowing
- 10-5Explain the effect of a historical event or movement in literature
- 10-6Introduce origin myths, and culturally significant character/ events in mythology
- 10-7Introduce different forms of third-person points of view in stories
- 10-8Unit 10 Review: Reading: Fiction
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Unit 11 · Writing: Opinion/Argumentative
Weeks 20 to 22- 11-1Introduce a topic or text being studied using an introductory paragraph that clearly…
- 11-2State an opinion or establish a position and provide relevant reasons for the opinion…
- 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
Week 22- 12-1Summarizing points made by others before presenting own ideas, according to classroom…
- 12-2Providing and evaluating evidence to support opinion
- 12-3Unit 12 Review: Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Discussions
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Unit 13 · Reading: Poetry
Week 23- 13-1Explain how poets use sound and visual elements in poetry
- 13-2Identify forms of poems
- 13-3Unit 13 Review: Reading: Poetry
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Unit 14 · Writing: Informative/Explanatory
Weeks 24 to 25- 14-1Introduce a topic using a topic sentence in an introductory paragraph
- 14-2Develop the topic into supporting paragraphs from sources, using topic sentences with…
- 14-3Use an organizational format that suits the topic
- 14-4Use specific, relevant, and accurate words that are suited to the topic, audience, and…
- 14-5Contain information using student’s original language, except when using direct…
- 14-6Use transition words to connect ideas within and across categories of information
- 14-7Use text structures when useful
- 14-8Create a concluding paragraph related to the information
- 14-9Unit 14 Review: Writing: Informative/Explanatory
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Unit 15 · Speaking and Listening: Presenting
Week 26- 15-1Using efficient presentation skills with available resources using a variety of media
- 15-2Planning an appropriate presentation, based on audience
- 15-3Employing appropriate pacing, vocabulary, and gestures to communicate a clear viewpoint
- 15-4Unit 15 Review: Speaking and Listening: Presenting
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Unit 16 · Reading: Drama
Week 27- 16-1Analyze the similarities between an original text and its dramatic adaptation
- 16-2Explain structural elements of dramatic literature
- 16-3Evaluate the critical impact of sensory details, imagery, and figurative language
- 16-4Unit 16 Review: Reading: Drama
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Unit 17 · Writing: Narrative/Literary
Weeks 27 to 29- 17-1Establish a setting, situation/topic and introduce a narrator and/or characters
- 17-2Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, motivation, and descriptions
- 17-3Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to establish a beginning/middle/ end
- 17-4Use a variety of transitions to manage the sequence of events
- 17-5Use specific, relevant, and accurate words that are suited to the topic, audience, and…
- 17-6Unit 17 Review: Writing: Narrative/Literary
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Unit 18 · Reading: Text Features
Week 29- 18-1Use multiple text features and graphics to locate information and gain an overview of the…
- 18-2Interpret details from procedural text to complete a task, solve a problem, or perform an…
- 18-3Interpret factual or quantitative information
- 18-4Unit 18 Review: Reading: Text Features
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Unit 19 · Writing: Research Process
Weeks 30 to 32- 19-1Generate a list of subject appropriate topics
- 19-2Formulate and refine an open-ended research question
- 19-3Follow guidelines for collecting and recording information
- 19-4Select relevant resources, literary and informational
- 19-5Assess relevance, accuracy, and reliability of information in print and digital sources
- 19-6Convert graphic/visual data into written notes
- 19-7Differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using ideas of others
- 19-8Present and evaluate how completely, accurately, and efficiently the research question…
- 19-9Record bibliographic information from sources according to a standard format
- 19-10Unit 19 Review: Writing: Research Process
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Unit 20 · Reading: Literary Techniques
Weeks 32 to 34- 20-1Evaluate if the author’s purpose was achieved, identify reasons for the decision, and…
- 20-2Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and…
- 20-3Verify facts through established methods
- 20-4Identify the author’s viewpoint or position, supporting premises and evidence, and…
- 20-5Recognize exaggerated, contradictory, or misleading statements
- 20-6Explain the type of evidence used to support a claim in a persuasive text
- 20-7Use reasoning to determine the logic of an author’s conclusion and provide evidence to…
- 20-8Unit 20 Review: Reading: Literary Techniques
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Unit 21 · Reading: Text Structures
Weeks 34 to 35- 21-1Identify devices used in biographies and autobiographies, including how an author…
- 21-2Explain the difference between a stated and implied purpose for an expository text
- 21-3Analyze how the pattern of organization of a text influences the relationships
- 21-4Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting similarities and differences…
- 21-5Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak…
- 21-6Unit 21 Review: Reading: Text Structures
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Unit 22 · Reading: Digital and Media Literacy
Weeks 35 to 36- 22-1Explaining how messages conveyed in various forms of media are presented differently
- 22-2Comparing and contrasting the difference in techniques used in media
- 22-3Identifying the point of view of media presentations
- 22-4Analyzing various digital media venues for levels of formality and informality
- 22-5Explaining textual and graphics features of a web page and how they help readers to…
- 22-6Unit 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 4- 1-1Apply the principles of the Declaration of Independence to the historical time periods…
- 1-2Apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution to the historical time periods being…
- 1-3Apply the principles of the Bill of Rights to historical time periods being studied and…
- 1-4Analyze ways by which citizens have effectively voiced opinions, monitored government,…
- 1-5Describe the character traits and civic attitudes of historically significant individuals…
- 1-6Recognize and explain the significance of national symbols associated with historical…
- 1-7Unit 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 the purpose and roles of government have been debated across historical time…
- 2-2Analyze peaceful resolution of disputes by courts or other legitimate authorities in U.S.…
- 2-3Analyze how authoritative decisions are made, enforced and interpreted by the federal…
- 2-4Distinguish between powers and functions of local, state and national government in the…
- 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 14- 3-1Outline the territorial expansion of the United States
- 3-2Describe the impact of migration on immigrants and the United States c
- 3-3Examine cultural interactions and conflicts among Native Americans, European Americans…
- 3-4Identify and describe the contributions of historically significant individuals to the…
- 3-5Explain the causes and consequences of major political developments and reform in U.S.…
- 3-6Investigate the causes and consequences of westward expansion c
- 3-7Identify political, economic and social causes and consequences of the Civil War and…
- 3-8Identify political, economic, and social causes and consequences of the Great Depression
- 3-9Identify political, economic, and social causes and consequences of World War I and WWII…
- 3-10Identify the political, economic and social consequences of the Cold War on the United…
- 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 14 to 16- 4-1Explain how scarcity, supply and demand, opportunity costs, income, labor, wages and…
- 4-2Explain factors, past and present, that influence changes in our nation’s economy
- 4-3Use an economic lens to describe the impact of migration on the immigrants and the United…
- 4-4Unit 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 17 to 24- 5-1Use geographic sources to acquire information, answer questions and solve problems
- 5-2Construct maps for relevant social studies topics
- 5-3Name and locate specific regions, states, capitals, river systems and mountain ranges in…
- 5-4Locate and describe real places, using absolute and relative location
- 5-5Describe and analyze physical characteristics of the nation
- 5-6Describe and analyze diverse human characteristics of the nation
- 5-7Evaluate how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to and change their physical…
- 5-8Evaluate how changes in communication and transportation technologies affect people’s…
- 5-9Describe different regions in the United States and analyze how their characteristics…
- 5-10Use geography to interpret the past, explain the present and plan for the future as…
- 5-11Use a geographic lens to describe the impact of migration on the immigrants and the…
- 5-12Unit 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 24 to 28- 6-1Compare cultural characteristics across historical time periods in the U.S. post c.1800
- 6-2Describe the cultural impact of migration on the immigrants and the United States c
- 6-3Evaluate constructive processes or methods for resolving conflicts
- 6-4Research stories and songs that reflect the cultural history of the United States c
- 6-5Analyze the preservation of cultural life, celebrations, traditions, and commemorations…
- 6-6Examine the changing roles among Native Americans, Immigrants, African Americans, women…
- 6-7Unit 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 28 to 33- 7-1Identify, select, analyze, and evaluate resources to create a product of social science…
- 7-2Evaluate and use artifacts to share information on social studies' topics
- 7-3Use visual tools to interpret, draw conclusions, make predictions, and communicate…
- 7-4Create and present products such as maps, graphs, timelines, charts and models, diagrams…
- 7-5Explain how facts and opinions affect point of view and/or bias in social studies’ topics
- 7-6Identify, research, and defend a point of view/position on a social studies’ topic
- 7-7Conduct and present social studies’ research to an audience using appropriate sources
- 7-8Conduct and present research on a social studies’ question to an audience, using…
- 7-9Unit 7 Review: Use of tools of social science inquiry
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Unit 8 · Use of tools of social science inquiry, Part 2
Weeks 34 to 36- 8-1Generate compelling research questions about a social studies’ topic
- 8-2Create and apply a research process to investigate a compelling social studies’ question
- 8-3Evaluate and use appropriate resources for investigating a compelling social studies’…
- 8-4Research and defend a point of view/position on a social studies’ question
- 8-5Unit 8 Review: Use of tools of social science inquiry, Part 2
Math 8 units
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Unit 1 · Use place value system understanding to perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers to billions and decimals to thousandths
Weeks 1 to 6- 1-1Read, write and identify numbers from billions to thousandths using number names, base…
- 1-2Compare two numbers from billions to thousandths using the symbols >, = or <, and justify…
- 1-3Understand that in a multi-digit number, a digit represents 1/10 times what it would…
- 1-4Evaluate the value of powers of 10 and understand the relationship to the place value…
- 1-5Round numbers from billions to thousandths place
- 1-6Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers and decimals to the thousandths place, and…
- 1-7Multiply multi-digit whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place, and justify the…
- 1-8Divide multi-digit whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place using up to…
- 1-9Unit 1 Review: Use place value system understanding to perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers to billions and decimals to thousandths
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Unit 2 · Understand the relationship between fractions and decimals (denominators that are factors of 100)
Weeks 7 to 9- 2-1Understand that parts of a whole can be expressed as fractions and/or decimals
- 2-2Convert decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals
- 2-3Compare and order fractions and/or decimals to the thousandths place using the symbols >,…
- 2-4Unit 2 Review: Understand the relationship between fractions and decimals (denominators that are factors of 100)
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Unit 3 · Perform operations and solve problems with fractions and decimals
Weeks 9 to 17- 3-1Estimate results of sums, differences and products with fractions and decimals to the…
- 3-2Estimate the size of the product based on the size of the two factors
- 3-3Explain why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product…
- 3-4Explain why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product…
- 3-5Explain why multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number is equivalent to…
- 3-6Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers with…
- 3-7Recognize the relationship between multiplying fractions and finding the areas of…
- 3-8Calculate and interpret the product of a fraction by a whole number and a whole number by…
- 3-9Calculate and interpret the product of two fractions less than one
- 3-10Calculate and interpret the quotient of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number
- 3-11Calculate and interpret the quotient of a whole number by a unit fraction
- 3-12Unit 3 Review: Perform operations and solve problems with fractions and decimals
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Unit 4 · Relationships and Algebraic Thinking
Weeks 17 to 23- 4-1Generate two numeric patterns given two rules
- 4-2Translate two numeric patterns into two sets of ordered pairs
- 4-3Graph numeric patterns on the Cartesian coordinate plane
- 4-4Identify the relationship between two numeric patterns
- 4-5Write a rule to describe or explain a given numeric pattern
- 4-6Write, evaluate and interpret numeric expressions using the order of operations
- 4-7Translate written expressions into algebraic expressions
- 4-8Solve and justify multi-step problems involving variables, whole numbers, fractions and…
- 4-9Unit 4 Review: Relationships and Algebraic Thinking
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Unit 5 · Classify two- and three- dimensional geometric shapes
Weeks 24 to 26- 5-1Understand that attributes belonging to a category of figures also belong to all…
- 5-2Classify figures in a hierarchy based on properties
- 5-3Analyze and describe the properties of prisms and pyramids
- 5-4Unit 5 Review: Classify two- and three- dimensional geometric shapes
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Unit 6 · Understand and compute volume
Weeks 27 to 29- 6-1Describe a cube with edge length 1 unit as a “unit cube” and is said to have “one cubic…
- 6-2Understand that the volume of a right rectangular prism can be found by stacking multiple…
- 6-3Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = B × h for volume of right rectangular prisms…
- 6-4Unit 6 Review: Understand and compute volume
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Unit 7 · Geometry and Measurement
Weeks 29 to 34- 7-1Represent the axes as scaled perpendicular number lines that both intersect at 0, the…
- 7-2Identify any point on the Cartesian coordinate plane by its ordered pair coordinates
- 7-3Define the first number in an ordered pair as the horizontal distance from the origin
- 7-4Define the second number in an ordered pair as the vertical distance from the origin
- 7-5Plot and interpret points in the first quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate plane
- 7-6Convert measurements of capacity, length and weight within a given measurement system
- 7-7Solve multi-step problems that require measurement conversions
- 7-8Unit 7 Review: Geometry and Measurement
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Unit 8 · Represent and analyze data
Weeks 35 to 36- 8-1Create a line graph to represent a data set, and analyze the data to answer questions and…
- 8-2Create a line plot to represent a given or generated data set, and analyze the data to…
- 8-3Unit 8 Review: Represent and analyze data
Science 4 units
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Unit 1 · Earth and Space Sciences
Weeks 1 to 10- 1-1Support an argument that relative distances from Earth affects the apparent brightness of…
- 1-2Make observations during different seasons to relate the amount of daylight to the time…
- 1-3Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and…
- 1-4Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere,…
- 1-5Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various…
- 1-6Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to…
- 1-7Unit 1 Review: Earth and Space Sciences
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Unit 2 · Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science
Weeks 11 to 16- 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 18 to 22- 3-1Compare and contrast the major organs/organ System (e.g
- 3-2Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e
- 3-3Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers,…
- 3-4Unit 3 Review: Life Sciences
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Unit 4 · Physical Sciences
Weeks 24 to 35- 4-1Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen
- 4-2Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change…
- 4-3Plan and conduct investigations to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their…
- 4-4Conduct an investigation to determine whether the combining of two or more substances…
- 4-5Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed…
- 4-6Use models to describe that energy stored in food (used for body repair, growth, motion,…
- 4-7Develop a model to describe that objects can be seen only when light is reflected off…
- 4-8Unit 4 Review: Physical Sciences