2nd -3rd grade Lexile range: 450-790
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Unit 1 - People continually build their identity
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How do our surroundings affect us?
a. “California Communities” Vistas pp. 20-27
b. “California Geography” Vistas pp. 36-43, 56-57 560L
c. Vistas Primary Source Handbook “Miwok tools” pp. 28-29
d. “My Diary from Here to There” Vistas pp. 158-163
2. How does culture affect us?
a. The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco (Theme 2) 830L
b. Anthony Reynosa: Born to Rope by Cooper & Gordon (Theme 2) 560L
c. The Talking Cloth by Rhonda Mitchell (Theme 2) 550L
d. Dancing Rainbows by Evelyn C Mott (Theme 2) 460L
e. Pepita Talks Twice by Ofelia D Lachtman (Theme 6) 480L
f. Oral traditions (such as folklore) teach life-lessons
i. The Mysterious Giant of Barletta by Tomie dePaola (Theme 3) 580L
ii. Vistas “Coyote Rides a Star” pp. 86-89
iii. Vistas “The Story of Paul Bunyan” pp. 396-401
g. “Kumeyaay” Vistas pp. 132-147
h. “Communities Celebrate Holidays” Vistas R3-R15
3. What does it mean to be Californian?
a. “Many Cultures, Many Customs” Vistas pp. 94-113 830L
b. “Life in a Kumeyaay Village” Vistas pp. 124-129
c. “Newcomers Build Communities Vistas” pp. 210-215
d. “A Farming Community” Vistas pp. 288-299
4. What does it mean to be American?
a. Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip by Sook Nyul Choi (Theme 5) 700L
b. “A Visit to the Past” Vistas pp. 218-223
c. “Our American Community” Vistas pp. 336-341
d. “American Heroes” Vistas pp. 374-380, 384
e. “Our Country’s Symbols” Vistas pp. 386-395
f. Across the Wide Dark Sea by Jean Van Leeuwen (Theme 5) 610L
Unit2 – Interactions impact perspectives
1. How do you change perspective?
a. The Waterfall by Jonathan London (Theme 1) 520L
b. Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen (Theme 3) 620L
c. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Theme 3) 640L
d. Across the Wide Dark Sea by Jean Van Leeuwen (Theme 5) 610L
e. Poppa’s New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis (Theme 6) 670L
f. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Theme 6) 800L
2. How do our surroundings affect our perspective?
a. Trapped by the Ice! By Michael McCurdy (Theme 5) 790L
b. The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco (Theme 2) 830L
c. A Taste of Hope (Vocabulary Development, Theme 5) 830L
d. Vistas “Communities Celebrate Holidays” R3-R15
3. What are the results of interacting with others? with our surroundings?
a. The Lost and Found by Mark Teague (Theme 1) 350L
b. The Rescuers 680L (p. T14; Big Book Vol. 1, p. 26)
c. Joseph and the Terrible Truth 570L (p.T18; Big Book Vol. 1, p. 34);
d. Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey (Theme 3) 740L
e. Nights of the Pufflings (Theme 4) 820L
f. Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman (Theme 4) 700L
g. “Walk Lightly” Vistas p. 4
h. Where Does Energy on Earth Come From? (Harcourt, p. 52)
i. What is Matter? (Harcourt, p. 90)
j. What are Atoms and Elements? (Harcourt, p. 124)
k. How Do you See Objects? (Harcourt, p. 172)
l. How to Animal Adaptations Help Animals (Harcourt, p. 204)
m. How do Living Things Change Environments? (Harcourt, p. 230)
n. How Do Changes to the Environments Affect Living Things? (Harcourt, p. 240)
o. Why Does the Shape of the moon Seem to Change? (Harcourt, p. 314)
4. What is the impact of immigration?
a. Across the Wide Dark Sea by Jean Van Leeuwen (Theme 5) 610L
b. Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip by Sook Nyul Choi (Theme 5) 700L
c. Vistas Primary Source Handbook “Scottish immigrant 1852” pp. 6-7
d. Vistas Primary Source Handbook “Kumeyaay Indian jugs” pp. 8-9
e. “A Home on Planet Theo” Vistas pp. 60-65
f. “Newcomers leave their mark” Vistas pp. 166-193
g. “Newcomers Build Communities” Vistas pp. 210-215
h. “A Visit to the Past” Vistas pp. 218-223
5. What are the benefits and disadvantages of shared leadership?
a. “The Kumeyaay” Vistas pp. 122-151
b. “Rules and Laws Protect Everyone” Vistas pp. 342-347
Unit 3 – Change is inevitable
1. What are the effects of modifying the physical environment?
a. Nights of the Pufflings (Theme 4) 820L
b. Two Days in May (Theme 4) 600L
c. “Communities Need Natural Resources” Vistas pp. 48-55
d. “People Change the Environment” Vistas pp. 66-73
e. Vistas Primary Source Handbook “Central Valley Project” pp. 42-43
2. Why do people adapt?
a. The Keeping Quilt (Theme 2) 730L
b. “Many Cultures, Many Customs” Vistas pp. 94-101
c. “Native Americans Then and Now” Vistas pp. 106-113
d. “Life in a Kumeyaay Village” Vistas pp. 124-129
e. Primary Source Handbook Vistas pp. 26-27 Sacramento Riverfront
f. “New Settlers, New Towns” Vistas pp. 176-181
g. “A New Kind of Town” Vistas pp. 188-193
h. How Has Life Changed for People Over Time? Macmillian Mcgraw-Hill online
3. Why does nature adapt?
a. Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman (Theme 4) 700L
b. What Causes Matter to Change State? (Harcourt, p. 102)
c. What are Physical and Chemical Changes? (Harcourt, p. 112)
d. What Causes Color? (Harcourt, p. 160)
e. How Do Plant Parts Help Plants? (Harcourt, p. 192)
f. How to Animal Adaptations Help Animals (Harcourt, p. 204)
g. What Lives in Different Environments? (Harcourt, p. 216)
h. How do Living Things Change Environments? (Harcourt, p. 230)
i. How Do Changes to the Environments Affect Living Things? (Harcourt, p. 240)
j. How Have Living Things Changed over Time? (Harcourt, p. 254)
k. Why Does the Shape of the Moon Seem to Change? (Harcourt, p. 314)
l. Science mini books
i. “Living Things Are All Around Us”
ii. “Amazing Plants”
iii. “Animals & Adaptations”
iv. “Could a Polar Bear Survive in the Desert?”
m. Discovery Education Video, The Language of Science: Earth/Space Science 3-5: Weather
(Water Cycle Segment 8min)
4. How has innovation shaped our communities?
a. Vistas Primary Source Handbook pp. 2-3 First Flying Boat
b. Vistas Primary Source Handbook pp. 4-5 Bay Bridge
c. Vistas Primary Source Handbook pp. 14-15 Signal Hill
d. “Transportation Brings Change” Vistas pp. 200-207
e. “The Past is Present” Vistas pp. 226 – 237
f. Communities Change, Macmillian, McGraw-Hill online,
http://www.mhschool.com/ss/ca/eng/g3/u3/g3u3_unit.html
g. Natives and Immigrants view of the Gold Rush
h. “Kids can change the world, all they need is a little inspiration,” http://inspiremykids.com/
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Unit 4 – Perseverance **** NEED TO ADD MYTHS, FOLKTALES, ETC…***
1. Should all plants and animals be protected?
a. What Lives in Different Environments? (Harcourt, p. 216)
b. How do Living Things Change Environments? (Harcourt, p. 230)
c. How Do Changes to the Environments Affect Living Things? (Harcourt, p. 240)
d. How Have Living Things Changed over Time? (Harcourt, p. 254)
2. How do people meet their needs?
a. “People Use Money” Vistas pp. 256-285
b. “Communities Produce Goods” Vistas pp. 286-323
c. Communities at Work. Macmillan, McGraw-Hill online
http://www.mhschool.com/ss/ca/eng/g3/u4/g3u4_unit.html
d. Extended Text Max Malone Makes a Million by Charlotte Herman
e. Harcourt Science – Health Handbook R1-R15
f. Dairy Council of California http://healthyeating.org/
g. Avenues Unit 7 “Good For You”
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3. Why do communities need government?
a. “Many Communities, One Nation” Vistas pp. 328-403
b. Macmillan McGraw-Hill online
http://www.mhschool.com/ss/ca/eng/g3/u5/g3u5_unit.html
4. What are the effects of showing courage?
a. The Ballad of Mulan by Song Nan Zhang (Theme 1) 610L
b. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Theme 3) 640L
c. Two Days in May (Theme 4) 600L
d. Across the Wide Dark Sea by Jean Van Leeuwen (Theme 5) 610L
e. Trapped by the Ice! By Michael McCurdy (Theme 5) 790L
f. “Grafton Tyler Brown” Vistas pp.44-45
g. “Kids can change the world, all they need is a little inspiration,” http://inspiremykids.com/
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5. How can you show respect?
a. “Mary Youngblood” Vistas pp.114-17
b. Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey (Theme 3) 740L
c. Poppa’s New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis (Theme 6) 670L
d. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Theme 6) 800L
6. What are the qualities of a leaders
a. “American Heroes” Vistas pp. 374-380, 384
b. Make Your Mark (HM Novel Unit)
c. Macmillian, McGraw-Hill online.
http://www.mhschool.com/ss/ca/eng/g3/u3/g3u3_bio.html
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