Kindergarten
August
September
October
November
Narrative Reading
and Writing
Developing Routines
for Learning
Narrative Reading
And Writing
Becoming a
*Community of Readers
and Writers
Thinking, Wondering
and Talking about Books
Writing Small Moments
Narrative Reading
and Writing
Learning to Be a
Reader
Writing 3 Page
Stories
*Content: Holidays
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
Information Reading
and Writing
Looking at Information
Books to Be a Reader
And to Learn about
*Winter
Writing
How-to Books
Mixed Genre Reading
and Writing
Reading and Writing List
Books
Grade 1
Narrative Reading and
Mixed Genre Reading and
Writing
Narrative Writing
Taking Charge of Reading Taking Charge of Reading by
by Using Strategies
Using Strategies
Writing Small Moment by reading multiple genres
Stories
about Coastal Cultures and
*Looking at Where We
Desert Cultures
Live (Urban, Suburban
Developing a Writers’
and Rural Communities)
Notebook and
Writing about Myself with
Small Moment Narratives
Narrative Reading and
Narrative Reading and
Writing
Writing
Reading about Characters
Building Strategies to
Writing Realistic Fiction
Mixed Genre Reading
Tackle Tricky Words
Reading Fairytales,
Writing Small Moment
Folktales and Non-fiction
Stories in Books
from a variety of cultures
*Family and
(Arctic Cultures and
Communities
Rainforest Cultures)
Writing about my Reading
Writing about My Opinion
Information Reading and
to Make a Difference
Writing
Information Reading
Optional: Writing Fairy
Reading
to
Learn
about
and Writing
Tales
Science and Social Studies
*Reading about Animals
Writing How-to Do
Information Reading and
to Learn
*Experiments and AllWriting
Writing “All About”
About Buffalo
Reading about
Books to Teach
*Matter and Motion
Writing to Teach through
Mixed Genre Reading Mixed Genre Reading and
Recording Experiments
Opinion Writing
and Opinion Writing
and “All-About” Books
Close Reading to Gather
Reading Challenging
Evidence and Form a
Books with Accuracy,
Supported Opinion
Fluency and
Final Test Prep Review
Writing about Reading
Comprehension
Targeted Instruction Based
on Assessed Gaps
Writing Book Reviews
Narrative Reading
and Writing
Readers Build Good
Reading Habits as We
*All about School
Launching Writers’
Workshop with
Narrative Writing
Reading and Writing Poetry
Narrative Reading and Reading and Writing Poetry Exploring Writing Craft to
Improve all Writing
Writing
Reading to Understand
Mixed Genre Reading and
Information Reading
Characters
Writing with a Focus on
Poetry Writing
Writing Realistic Fiction
Mixed Genre Reading
Opinion Writing
Reading to Learn about
Other Points of View
Writing Letters and Signs Mixed Genre Reading of
to Show My Opinion
Choice
and to Persuade
Writing Poetry
* Integrated Units
Grade 2
Integrated and ELA Curriculum Units Map K-8
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
*Learning about Plants
Information Texts
Writing Poetry
Enterprise Charter School ELA/Integrated Content Map
Fairy Tales
Putting Learning Together with
a Focus on
*Plant and Animal Adaptations
Narrative Reading and
Writing
Looking closely at the
Craft of Writing when
Reading Narratives with a
theme of Friendship
*Looking at Communities
Developing a Writers’
Notebook and Realistic
Fiction
Mixed Genre Reading Opinion
Writing
Reading Literature to Write
about It
Writing Personal and
Persuasive Essays
Developing a Claim and with
Support and Text-Based
Evidence
*Content: Native Americans in
NYS
Mixed Genre Reading and
Writing to Research and Teach
*Colonial Life in NY and
America/Revolutionary War
Writing a Research Report
about Colonial America
Grade 6
Narrative Reading
(Survival Story)
and Writing
Reading to Learn about
Authors’ Craft
Writing Narratives and
Developing the Heart of
the Story
*Exploration of
Geography in the
Western Hemisphere
Mixed Genre Reading
Opinion Writing
Reading Narratives and
Non-Fiction to
Understand Text
Structure
Writing in Response to
Reading and to Have
Opinions about
*Early Ancestors of the
Americas
and Early Civilizations
(Maya / Aztec)
Mixed Genre Reading
and Writing
Writing Persuasive
Essays about
*Government and the
*Civil War
Information Reading and
Writing
Reading across Multiple
Non-fiction Texts to
Research
Writing a Research Paper
on
*European Exploration of
the Americas
Final Test Prep Review
Targeted Instruction
Based on Assessed
Gaps
Final Test Prep Review
Targeted Instruction
Based on Assessed
Gaps
Mixed Genre Reading
Narrative Writing
Reading about the
*Western Movement and
*Industrialization
*Immigration
Writing Historical Fiction
Mixed Genre Reading
Opinion Writing
Reading to Understand
Perspective and Point of
View
Writing
Research-Based
Argument Essays about
*Comparative Cultures
Reading Poetry to Study
Craft Moves
Writing Poetry
Mixed Genre Reading and
Writing
Choice for Independence
*Western Hemisphere of
Today (Political and
Economic Structures)
Grade 7
Grade 8
Mixed Genre Reading
Narrative Reading and
and Narrative Writing
Writing
Reading about
Reading Realistic Fiction
American History
to Understand Story Arc
*(Native American,
and Craft Moves
Colonial Times, or
Writing Narratives to
Craft Powerful Life Stories American Revolution)
through Narrative
*SS—How do powerful
factors shape our stories? and Non-fiction Texts
Study of geography in the
Identity in Personal
eastern hemisphere and
and Historical Life
ancient civilizations
Writing a Historical
(Neolithic man,
Fiction Text about a
Mesopotamian, Egypt)
12 year old in that
Time Period
Mixed Genre Reading
and Investigative
Journalism to Create
Compelling Narratives
*Changing Society
*Industrial Society,
*Immigration,
*Women’s Suffrage
Is Change Inevitable?
Students read and
interview to
investigate and Create
Vivid Narratives and
Show Multiple
Perspectives
Mixed Genre Reading Mixed Genre Reading
Reading to Learn about and Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing
*Development of the
Literary Essay
Constitution
Writing to
Westward Expansion
Compare Contrast
Reform Movements
*SS Comparative world
Opinion Writing
religions and belief
Writing about
systems and classical
Reading
civilizations (Greece,
From Reader's
Rome and China)
Notebooks to Essay
Mixed Genre Reading
and Opinion Writing
*The 20’s and the
Great Depression
Position Papers and
Argument Writing
Writing Literary Essays
Responding to
Literature
Discussing Theme with
Well-Supported
Arguments and
Counter Argument
Final Test Prep Review Final Test Prep Review
Targeted Instruction
Targeted Instruction
Based on Assessed
Based on Assessed
Gaps
Gaps
Mixed Genre Reading
Information/Opinion
Mixed Genre Reading
Writing
Information Writing
Biographies and Other
Reading
Sources to
With a focus on the
Research and Report
*Fall of the Roman
*Civil War
Empire/Interaction and
Slavery and
Trade across the
Reconstruction
Eastern Hemisphere Writing Research Based
Essays about Topics of
Passion to Persuade
Deb Bussewitz, Curriculum and Instruction Specialist
Final Test Prep Review
Targeted Instruction
Based on Assessed
Gaps
Mixed Genre Reading
Information/Opinion
Writing
World War II
Foreign Policy and
Demographic Changes
*Modern Day Issues
Writing Position Papers
through Research
Explaining a Modern
Day Issues that Matters
Taking a Position
To Persuade
(May, 2015)