August

September

October

November

December

Language Arts-

Reading

Literary

For example:

· Short Stories

· Novels

· Essays

· Poetry

· Plays

· Scripts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Skills

Literary

Same as August

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Skills

Informational

For example:

· Journals

· Magazines

· Newspaper Articles

· Letters

· Brochures

· Reference Materials

· Essays

· Nonfiction Books

· Electronic Texts

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Skills

Informational

Same as October

1 week of Practical/ Workplace

For example:

· Articles

· Letters

· Memos

· Brochures

· Electronic Texts

· Manuals

· Schedules

· Directions

· Warranties

· Recipes

· Forms

· Consumer Texts

· Community Reader Day

Literary

Same as August

Language Arts-

Writing

¬

1st Nine Weeks

· Personal Writing Draft Copy (Memoir/Personal Narrative)

· Reflective

· Transactive

· Begin On Demand

® ¬

2nd Nine Weeks

· Literary Draft Copy (Stories/Poetry)

· Reflective

· Transactive

 

 

®

 

August

September

October

November

December

Language Arts-

Grammar

 

¬

 

EMBED

 

GRAMMAR

 

IN WRITING

 

®

Math

 

 

 

Number Computation

· Expanded Form

· Place Value

· Rounding

· Compare/Order

Number Computation

· Estimating

· Add/Subtract including decimals

· Regroup with adding and Subtracting

Algebraic Ideas

·1 Unknowns

·2 Functions

Number Computation & Algebraic Ideas

· Multiplication Facts to 12s

· Multiples

· Multiplication/Division Properties

· Division facts to 12s

· Factors/Prime/Composite

Number Computation

·1 Multiplying by one and two digit numbers

Number Computation

· Continue multiplying by one and two digit numbers

· Begin one digit division

Science

Life Science

· Living Things/Classifying

· Scientific Method

Life Science

· Animal Growth/Adaptations

Life Science

· Plant Growth/Adaptation

· Ecosystems

· Scientific Method

Earth Science

· Changes to Earth’s surface

· Scientific Method

Earth Science

· Fossils/Rocks

Earth Science

· Weather

· Scientific Method

Earth Science

· Space

· Scientific Method

Social Studies

Geography

· Map Skills

· Landforms

Geography

· Map Skills

· Landforms

Begin U.S. Regions

Southeast

·1 Historical Perspective

·2 Culture & Society

·3 Geography

·4 Government

·5 Economics

·6 Climate

·7 Resources

Northeast

·8 Historical Perspective

·9 Culture & Society

·10 Geography

·11 Government

·12 Economics

·13 Climate

·1 Resources

Midwest

·14 Historical Perspective

·15 Culture & Society

·16 Geography

·17 Government

·18 Economics

·19 Climate

· Resources

 

August

September

October

November

December

Practical Living

¬ 1st Nine Weeks

· Safety

· Soccer Skills

® ® ®

· Soccer Skills

· Stress Management

® ¬ ¬

·1 Benefit of Physical Activity

2nd Nine Weeks

· Basketball Skills

· Drug Awareness

Vocational Studies

Embed in

· Career Fair held at

All Areas

school’s discretion.

Throughout the

School

· Veteran’s Day Activities

 

 

Year

Arts and Humanities –

Dance

Dance as a way of expressing culture and history.

Arts and

Humanities –

Drama

· Dramatic Elements and Terminology

· Acting Skills

· Elements of Production

· Write simple scripts

· Theatre Productions

· Historical, Dramatic works

Arts and

Humanities –

Music

 

Elements of Music

·1 Melody

·2 Rhythm

Musical Notation

Elements of Music

·1 Rhythm

·2 Melody

Musical Notation

Elements of Music

·1 Dynamics

·2 Tempo

·3 Harmony

Elements of Music

·4 Dynamics

·5 Tempo

·6 Harmony

Cultures of Music

Elements of Music

·1 Styles

Cultures of Music

Arts and

Humanities –

Visual Arts

· Elements of Visual Arts and Terminology

 

· Styles of Art

· Purposes of Visual Arts/ Culture

· Build on content standards with projects throughout the year.

· Build on content standards with projects throughout the year.

 

 

 

January

February

March

April

May

Language Arts-

Reading

Literary

Same as August

1 Week Practical/

Workplace

See November

Persuasive

For Example

· Magazine and Newspaper Articles

· Brochures

· Letters

· Proposals

· Speeches

· Editorials

· Electronic Texts

· Essays

· Opinion Columns

· Advertisements

One Week Each

· Informational

· Literary

· Persuasive

· Practical/Workplace

Variety of Reading Selections

Variety of Reading Selections

Language Arts-

Writing

3rd Nine Weeks

· Transactive Final Copy (Articles/Reports/etc.)

· Reflective

(Letter to the Reviewer)

®

·1 Literary Final Copy

·2 Personal Writing Final Copy

4th Nine Weeks

· On-Demand Writing

· Review Letters and Articles

· Reflective Final Copy

· Celebrating Students as Writers (Publishing, Class Books, etc.)

®

Language Arts-

Grammar

¬

EMBED

GRAMMAR

IN WRITING

®

Math

 

 

 

 

Probability & Statistics

·1 Calculate average (mean), median, mode

·2 Interpret graphs (pie, circle, line, pictographs)

Algebraic Ideas

·1 Graphing

· Continue from January

Probability & Statistics

· Fairness

Algebraic Ideas

· Coordinates

Measurement

Algebraic Ideas

Geometry

Algebraic Ideas

· Fractions/Decimals

Probability & Statistics

· Fractions/Decimals

Number Computation

· Fractions/Decimals

 

 

 

 

January

February

March

April

May

Science

Physical Science

· Matter and its changes

· Heat

·1 Scientific Method

Physical Science

· Sound/Light

· Scientific Method

Physical Science

· Electricity/Magnetism

· Simple Machines

· Scientific Method

Review of Life, Physical, & Earth Sciences

Life Science/Health

· Human Body

· Scientific Method

Life Science

· Human Body (cont.)

Earth Science

· Oceans (if time)

· Scientific Method

Social Studies

Southwest

·20 Historical Perspective

·21 Culture & Society

·22 Geography

·23 Government

·24 Economics

·25 Climate

· Resources

West

·26 Historical Perspective

·27 Culture & Society

·28 Geography

·29 Government

·30 Economics

·31 Climate

·32 Resources

· Begin KY History

· KY History

· Economics

· Continue KY History

· Continue Economics

Practical Living

¬ 3rd Nine Weeks

· Volleyball Skills

® ® ®

· Nutrition

® ¬ ¬

· Continue Nutrition

 

4th Nine Weeks

· Consumerism

· Softball Skills

® ®

· Healthy Living Environment

 

Vocational Studies

 

 

Embed in

All Areas

Throughout the

School

 

 

Year

Arts and Humanities –

Dance

· Elements of Dance

· Dance Movements

· Purposes of Dance

· Review

 

 

January

February

March

April

May

Arts and

Humanities –

Drama

Arts and

Humanities –

Music

Elements of Music

· Musical Form

· Instruments/Timbre

Culture of Music

Culture of Music

Elements of Music

·1 Timbre

Review all Elements of Music

·2 Historical Context

· Music Appreciation

Arts and

Humanities –

Visual Arts

 

· Build on content standards with projects throughout the year.

· Build on content standards with projects throughout the year.

· Review content standards of Art.

· Review content standards of Art.

· Build on content standards with projects.

 

PRACTICAL LIVING

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

PL-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology

August

1st Nine-Weeks

Safety

 

 

 

 

 

Soccer Skills

· 1.6.2

· 1.6.3

 

· 1.6.1

 

· 2.1.2

 

· Know benefits and strategies for proper bike, traffic, water, and unknown substance safety.

· Be able to develop a personal plan for safety on a bike, in traffic, in the water, and with unknown substances.

· Know how to behave during tornadoes, blizzards, flooding, and electrical storms.

· Pre-soccer: know how to trap and dribble soccer ball with foot and know how to pass with accuracy (ground pass and distance pass).

September

Finish Soccer

Stress Management

 

 

· 1.8.2

· 1.8.3

· 1.8.4

 

 

 

· Know strategies to manage stress in your life (e.g., exercise, music, talking to friend).

· Know strategies to prevent violence (conflict resolution, walk away, deep breaths, talking).

· Know how coping strategies like goal setting, time management, and the decision-making process help to promote mental and emotional health.

 

October

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits of physical activity

 

· 1.5.1

· 1.5.4

· 2.3.1

2.3.2

· Know how exercise affects heart rate, including determining own heart rate.

· Know how to improve strength, endurance, and flexibility.

· Know the basics of individual and group sports and recreational activities (benefits, safety practices, responsibilities of participation, rules of activities).

 

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

PL-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology

 

November

Continue Benefits of physical activity.

Basketball Skills

 

 

 

 

· 2.1.2

 

 

· Pre-basketball skills: know correct passing techniques (bounce and chest) and know how to dribble while standing.

December

Drug Awareness

 

 

· 1.7.2

· 1.7.1

· 1.8.1

· 3.1.4

· 1.8.1

 

· Know laws regulating the use, sale, and advertising of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.

· Know why people start using tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.

· Know how and why peers influence the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.

· Know how and why advertising influences the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.

· Know strategies for resisting the pressures of peers and advertising.

 

January

3rd Nine-Weeks

Volleyball Skills

 

· 2.1.2

2.3.2

 

· Pre-volleyball skills: know how to serve underhand properly and successfully, know catch set skills, and know basic rules of volleyball (three hits, points on serve, boundaries).

·

February

Finish Volleyball

Begin Nutrition

 

· 1.4.2

· 1.4.2

· 1.4.2

· 1.4.1

· 1.4.3

· 1.4.3

 

· Know what the food pyramid is and how it is used.

· Know the six basic nutrients and their functions and sources.

· Know the food pyramid and the food requirements from each group.

· Be able to describe how our nutritional needs are met by what we eat, including food groups.

· Be able to find and read information contained on food package labels.

· Be able to make responsible eating choices.

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

PL-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology

March

Finish Nutrition

4th Nine-Weeks

Nutrition

·

·

April

Consumerism

 

 

 

 

 

 

Softball Skills

SS-E

· 3.3.2

· 5.2.1

5.2.6

· 2.1.2

· 2.4.1

 

· 2.1.2

2.3.2

· Know and understand the barter system.

· Know about the background and development of the first Americans who lived in Canada and Mexico.

· Understand the life of the first Americans from their culture (music, art, dance, language).

· Know that conflict and competition occur as cultures emerge (e.g., war, disagreements, arguments, stereotypes, prejudice).

· Pre-softball skills: know how to grip throw softball correctly, (overhead, proper stepping, follow through), know how to run bases correctly (first base, footing while stepping on base, rounding), and know basic rules (scoring, three-outs, fair and foul balls, being safe and out).

May

Finish Softball

Healthy Living Environment

 

· 3.3.2

· 3.3.2

· 3.3.1

3.3.2

· Know about the animal control guidelines in your community.

· Know the importance of good sanitation and what services are provided in your community.

· Know the importance of immunizations and what community agencies provide them.

 

MATH

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

MA-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology

August

Number Computation

·1 Expanded Form

 

·2 Place Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

·3 Rounding

 

 

 

·4 Compare/Order

 

 

1.1.1

1.2.1

1.1.1

1.2.1

1.1.1

1.1.4

1.3.3

 

1.1.1

 

1.1.4

1.1.4

1.1.4

1.2.4

 

 

· Be able to read and write to millions place.

 

· Be able to read and write to millions place.

· Be able to correctly use commas.

· Know each place value to million.

· How the base 10 number system relates to place value.

· Be able to round four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand and estimate sums and differences.

· Know place value to round off to thousands.

· Be able to read and write decimals to hundredths (money).

· Be able to line up numbers.

· Be able to count and skip count forwards and backward.

 

Use Accelerated Math.

Use manipulatives when appropriate.

 

September

(continued on the next page)

Number Computation

· Estimating

 

 

 

· Add/Subtract including decimals

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.6

1.2.6

1.1.4

1.1.4 1.2.2

 

 

· Be able to estimate sums and differences (front end, rounding).

· Be able to solve sum or difference and determine why the estimate was close or not.

· Be able to line up numbers.

· Be able to line up seven-digit numbers (according to place value) to add and subtract.

 

 

Use Accelerated Math.

Use manipulatives when appropriate.

 

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

MA-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology

 

September

(continued)

· Add/Subtract including decimals (continued)

 

 

 

Algebraic Ideas

·1 Unknowns

·2 Functions

Number Computation

·1 Regroup with addition & subtraction

1.2.3

1.2.6

1.1.2

1.3.2

 

4.1.2

4.2.3

4.1.1

4.2.1

1.1.4 1.2.2

1.2.2

1.3.2

1.1.4

· Be able to add and subtract simple decimals to

hundredths (money).

· Be able to solve sum or difference and determine why the estimate was close or not.

· Be able to check with addition and subtraction

.

· Be able to recognize the unknown or missing value.

· Be able to identify rules for patterns (input, output).

· Be able to line up seven-digit numbers (according to place value) to add and subtract.

· Be able to regroup in addition and subtraction.

· Be able to check with addition and subtraction

· Be able to regroup numbers.

· Be able to use calculators for problem solving

Use Accelerated Math.

Use manipulatives when appropriate.

 

October

(continued on the next page)

Number Computation

·1 Multiplication Facts (Review)

 

 

 

·2 Multiples

·3 Multiplication Properties/ Division Properties

 

1.1.2

1.2.2

1.1.5

1.2.8

 

1.3.2

 

 

 

· Be able to readily recall multiplication facts to twelve.

· Be able to demonstrate multiplication and division through the use of manipulatives.

· Be able to understand and use multiples and factors.

· Be able to identify how properties (commutative, associative) are used in subtraction, addition, multiplication and division.

 

Use Accelerated Math.

Use manipulatives when appropriate.

 

 

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

MA-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology

October

(continued)

 

 

Algebraic Ideas

·1 Multiplication facts

 

 

·2 Multiplication Properties/ Division Properties

 

 

Number Computation

·3 Division Facts

 

 

·1 Multiples

·2 Factors/Prime/Composite

 

Algebraic Ideas

·3 Division Facts

 

 

4.1.2

4.2.3

4.1.1 4.2.1

4.3.2

4.3.2

 

 

1.1.2

1.2.2

1.2.2

1.2.8

1.1.3 1.2.7

 

4.1.2 4.2.3

4.1.1 4.2.1

 

 

· Be able to readily recall multiplication facts to twelve.

· Be able to recognize the unknown or missing value.

· Be able to identify rules for patterns (input, output).

· Be able to identify how properties (commutative, associative) are used in subtraction, addition, multiplication and division.

· Be able to readily recall division facts to twelve.

· Be able to demonstrate multiplication and division through the use of manipulatives.

· Be ale to understand and use multiples and factors.

· Be able to understand prime and composite numbers.

 

· Be able to recognize the unknown or missing value.

· Be able to identify rules for patterns (input, output).

 

Use calculator activities where appropriate.

 

November

 

Number Computation

·1 Multiplying by one and two digit numbers

 

1.1.4

1.1.4

1.2.2

 

· Be able to correctly place the partial products.

· Be able to use zero as a placeholder.

Be able to demonstrate multiplication and division through the use of manipulatives.

 

Use Accelerated Math.

Use manipulatives when appropriate

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

MA-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology

December

Number Computation

·1 Continue 2-digit multiplication

 

 

·2 Begin 1-digit division

 

1.1.4

1.1.4

1.2.2

1.2.2

1.2.2

 

· Be able to correctly place the partial products.

· Be able to use zero as a placeholder

· Be able to demonstrate multiplication and division through the use of manipulatives.

· Be able to correctly place quotient.

· Be able to find and correctly place a remainder.

Use Accelerated Math.

 

Use manipulatives when appropriate.

January

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(continued on next page)

Probability & Statistics

·1 Calculate average (mean), median and mode

 

 

 

 

·2 Interpret graphs – Pie, Circle, Line, Pictograph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·3 Probability

 

 

 

 

 

 

·1

3.1.1 3.2.6

3.2.1

3.2.2

3.2.3

 

3.1.3

3.2.3

3.2.4

3.2.5

3.2.2 3.3.3

3.1.2

 

3.2.7

 

3.2.7

3.3.13.3.2

· Be able to calculate/find average (mean), range

(difference in largest and smallest data value) using a calculator.

· Pose questions that can be answered by collecting data.

· Collect, organize, describe data (e.g. drawings, tables, charts)

· Be able to analyze and interpret statistics and graphs.

· Be able to find data from a graph.

· Be able to interpret various graphs and displays of data and make predictions (e.g., line graph, pie graph, circle graph, pictograph, line plot, simple Venn diagram, table).

· Be able to relate type of display to data.

 

· Probability of a likely and an unlikely event (with the unlikely near 0, the likely near 1)

· Know how to demonstrate probability in fractional form, being able to discuss this concept in "real world" applications.

·

Use Accelerated Math.

Use manipulatives when appropriate.

Use calculator activities where appropriate.

Month

Date

Topic

C.C.#

MA-E

Core Content

Activities/Demonstrators/

Technology