Elementary GT Curriculum Pacing Guide, 2011-12
SEPTEMBER Year One
READING
VOCABULARY
WRITING
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE/STEM
Introduce Reading
genres
Vocabulary Word
Wall
Narrative,
Descriptive
Everyday Math
Pretests
Lake Michigan
Interactions
Teach Scientific
Design Method
Read Fairy Tale:
Leaping Beauty by
Gregory Maguire
Personal
Dictionaries
(Donovan's Word
Jar-Read Aloud)harvest words
Characteristics of the
genre of fairy tale, Venn from reading
Diagrams,
Compare/Contrast,
Lessons 1-3 Word
Roots
Readers' Theater, script
writing; write own fairy Sadlier-Oxford
tale after choosing
Vocab. Workshop
setting
Units 1-2
Math Activities
EcosystemsWeekly Contracts for WebQuests
Independent Work
Study trip to National
Lakeshore
Apangea individual
work
Maintain Science
Folder, recordkeeping for
experiments using
NASA Ignite
activity, 3-2-1 Puff!
Math in a Flash
4th Grade Science
Unit: Electricity
and Magnetism
Problem-solving
activities:
Enigmathics, Stack n
Pack
Read Maniac Magee by
Jerry Spinelli
Story Elements,
Character Study,
Descriptive Lang.,
Comprehension skills of
main idea (chapter
titles) inference,
prediction, cause/effect;
social issues of bullying,
homelessness, racism,
and illiteracy
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OCTOBER Year One
READING
VOCABULARY WRITING
Reading Newspapers
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Expository
(related to
Soc. Studies
and
Literature)
MATH
SOCIAL
STUDIES
Everyday Math Current Events
Pretests
Truck plaza
Personal
Math Activities and Moon
Dictionaries Weekly
Valley study for
Literature Circles for book choice:
harvest words
Contracts for
Michigan City
from reading
Newspaper Independent
Sign of the Beaver
Writing
Work
Native
Lessons 3-5
Americans in
Indian Captive
Word Roots
Create a
Apangea
Indiana and
class
individual work U.S Regions
Calico Captive
Sadlier-Oxford newsletter
Vocab.
Math in a Flash Social Studies
The Light in the
Workshop Units
Texts
3-4
ProblemForest
solving
Native
activities:
Americans
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/lewis/litf/index.html
Enigmathics,
WebQuest
Stack n Pack
SCIENCE/STEM
Plant/Animal
Adaptations and
Survival
Research animal
adaptations and
habitats; and
apply knowledge
to animal
placement in new
environment
LEGO Robotics
Exploration
Begin Foreign Language Study using Mango
2
NOVEMBER Year One
READING
VOCABULARY
WRITING
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE/STEM
Reading
Workshop/Literature
Circles using school
resources
Vocabulary Word
Wall
Persuasive Writing
Everyday Math
Pretests
Explorers
Colonies
NASA Ignite
Activities
--Pedro's Journal
Letter Writing
Personal
Dictionaries
harvest words
from reading
Foreign Language Study
using Mango
Word Roots
Lessons 6-7
Math Activities
Weekly Contracts for
Independent Work
LEGO Robotics
Exploration
Apangea individual
work
Math in a Flash
Sadlier-Oxford
Vocab. Workshop
Units 5, 6
Problem-solving
activities:
Enigmathics, Stack n
Pack
3
DECEMBER Year One
READING
VOCABULARY
WRITING
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE/STEM
Reading
Workshop/Literature
Circles
Vocabulary Word
Wall
Personal
Dictionaries
harvest words
from reading
Persuasive Writing
Everyday Math
Pretests
Revolutionary War
Government
Recycling/Ecology
--Revolutionary War
biographies and
mysteries (Jean Fritz,
Carole Marsh)
--Scarlet Stockings Spy
(Trinka Noble)
Word Roots
Lessons 8-9
Sadlier-Oxford
Vocab. Workshop
Foreign Language Study Units 7
using Mango
Letter Writing
Math Activities
Weekly Contracts for
Independent Work
NASA Ignite
Activities
LEGO Robotics
Exploration
Apangea individual
work
Math in a Flash
Problem-solving
activities:
Enigmathics, Stack n
Pack
4
JANUARY Year One
READING
VOCABULARY
Cosmic Novel Study
Vocabulary Word
Wall
Foreign Language Study Personal
Dictionaries
using Mango
harvest words
from reading
WRITING
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE/STEM
Narrative Writing
Fantasy Elements
Everyday Math
Pretests
Pioneers -Oregon
Trail Simulation
Force and Motion
Descriptive writing
Math Activities
Weekly Contracts for
Independent Work
Word Roots
Lessons 10-12
Apangea individual
work
Sadlier-Oxford
Vocab. Workshop
Units 8, 9
Math in a Flash
NASA Ignite
Activities:
Marble Roll
Toys in Space
Cool Spacesuits
Problem-solving
activities:
Enigmathics, Stack n
Pack
5
FEBRUARY Year One
READING
VOCABULARY
The Root Cellar Novel
Study
Vocabulary Word
Wall
Personal
Dictionaries
harvest words
Foreign Language Study from reading
using Mango
Word Roots
Lessons 13-15
Sadlier-Oxford
Vocab. Workshop
Units 10, 11
WRITING
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE/STEM
Poetry Unit –
Reading and
Writing
Everyday Math
Pretests
Civil War
Mass/Matter
Math Activities
Weekly Contracts for
Independent Work
Apangea individual
work
Math in a Flash
Problem-solving
activities:
Enigmathics, Stack n
Pack
6
MARCH Year One
READING
VOCABULARY
The Watsons Go to
Birmingham 1976
Novel Study
Vocabulary Word
Expository Writing
Wall
Personal
Dictionaries harvest
words from reading
Foreign Language
Study using Mango
Word Roots Lessons
15-18
Sadlier-Oxford
Vocab. Workshop
Units 12, 13
WRITING
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE/STEM
Everyday Math
Pretests
Civil Rights
Energy
Math Activities
Weekly Contracts for
Independent Work
Apangea individual
work
Math in a Flash
Problem-solving
activities:
Enigmathics, Stack n
Pack
7
APRIL Year One
READING
VOCABULARY
QWERTY Stevens : The Vocabulary Word
Edison Mystery Novel
Wall
Study
Personal
Dictionaries
Foreign Language Study harvest words
from reading
using Mango
WRITING
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE/STEM
Persuasive Writing
Everyday Math
Pretests
Growth of Industry
and Business
Simple Machines
Inventions
Math Activities
Economics - Run a
Weekly Contracts for business
Independent Work
Word Roots
Lessons 19-21
Apangea individual
work
Sadlier-Oxford
Vocab. Workshop
Units 14, 15
Math in a Flash
Problem-solving
activities:
Enigmathics, Stack n
Pack
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