Blue Ridge Elementary – Year Long Curriculum Map
2nd
6 Weeks
Month
August-September
OctoberNovember
Unit of
Study
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
A Colorful Time
with Rhythm and
Rhyme
 Letter
Formation
 Pencil Grip
 Writing
Names
 Drawing
Illustrations
Tell Me a Story,
Writing
1st
6 Weeks
English Language Arts
6
Weeks
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1-2-3
W.K.3-Use a
combo of
drawing,
dictating, and
writing to
narrate a
single event
Sequence of
events
Grade Level: Kindergarten
3rd
4th
6 Weeks
6 Weeks
November,
December, and
January-February
January
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Exploring with
Friends in the
Neighborhood
 W.K.2-Use
drawing,
dictating, and
writing to write
on informative
texts
 Conventions
of writing
 Understand
and use
question
words
America: Symbols
and Celebrations
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W.K.7Participate in
shared
research and
writing
projects
Conventions
of writing
Complete
thoughts and
sentences
L.K.2-Spell
words
phonetically
5th
6 Weeks
6th
6 Weeks
March-April
April, May, and
June
Unit 5:
Unit 6:
The Great Big
World
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Wonders of Nature:
Plants, Bugs, and
Frogs
W.K.6-Use
 W.K.6-Use
digital tools to
digital tools to
produce
produce
writing
writing
W.K.8-Recall
 Determine
info from
multiple
experiences/
meanings of
words
gather
information
 Writing
conventions
L.K.2-Spell
words
 Spell words
phonetically
phonetically
Writing
conventions
Blue Ridge Elementary – Year Long Curriculum Map
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Fiction
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Nonfiction
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Nursery
Rhymes
Brown Bear,
Brown Bear
Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom
Itsy Bitsy
Spider
Mary Wore
Her Red
Dress
Mother Goose
Are You My
Mother?
Put Me in the
Zoo
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A World of
Colors: Seeing
Colors in a
New Way
All the Colors
of the
Rainbow
Colors
My Five
Senses
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Pete the Cat
Three Little
Pigs
Three Billy
Goats Gruff
Very Hungry
Caterpillar
The Three
Bears
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The Year at
Maple Hill
Farm
Pigs
Goats
Our Animal
Friends at
Maple Hill
Farm
Farm Animals
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Blueberries for
Sal
Curious
George
Frog and Toad
Harold and the
Purple Crayon
Make Way of
Ducklings
Owl Moon
The Snowy
Day
Where the
Wild Things
Are
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A Day in the
Life Of:
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Firefighters,
doctors,
teachers,
police officers,
etc.
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Community
Helpers from
A to Z
Whose Tools
Are These?
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Duck for
President
Clifford Goes
to Washington
America the
Beautiful
This Land is
Your Land
The Pledge of
Allegiance
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Kwanzaa
Martin Luther
King
Chinese New
Year
Independence
Day
The Statue of
Liberty
The White
House
The American
Flag
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Mr. Popper’s
Penguins
A story, A
Story
Why
Mosquitoes
Buzz in
People’s Ears
Lon Po Po
The Paper
Crane
Little Red
Riding Hood
Arrow to the
Sun
Rain Player
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Africa
Antarctica
Beginner’s
World Atlas
Me on the
Map
The Seven
Continents
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Nursery
rhymes
A Tree is Nice
Jack and the
Beanstalk
The Tiny Seed
The Grouchy
Ladybug
The Very
Lonely Firefly
The Very
Quiet Cricket
Over in the
Meadow
Two Tree
Toads
Garden
Helpers
Our Good
Earth
A Blue
Butterfly
From
Caterpillar to
Butterfly
From Tadpole
to Frog
How a Seed
Grows
Blue Ridge Elementary – Year Long Curriculum Map
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Science
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Social Studies
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Color in
Nature
Five Senses
Postions and
motions of
objects
Weather
All About Me
(Character
Traits)
7 Habits
K.C & G1.1Positive
Relationships
K.C.&G.1.2Citizenship
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K.L.1Characteristics
of Farm
Animals
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Animals and
their needs
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K.P.2-Physical
properties of
objects
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Weather
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7 Habits (Be
Proactive)
K.E.1.1Families
(wants and
needs)
K.C & G1.1Positive
Relationships
K.C.&G.1.2Citizenship
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K.P.2-Physical
properties of
objects
Weather
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K.H.1.1Understanding
change over
time (family,
new jobs,
siblings, etc.)
K.G.1.1- Use
maps to locate
places
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Weather
K.P.2-Physical
properties of
objects
Weather
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K.G.1.1- Use
maps to locate
places
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K.G.2.1Explain how
people adapt
to weather
conditions.
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Weather
K.P.2-Physical
properties of
objects
Weather
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K.G.2.2-Needs
and Wants
K.C & G1.1Positive
Relationships
K.C.&G.1.2Citizenship
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Weather
K.P.2-Physical
properties of
objects
Weather
K.C & G1.1Positive
Relationships
K.C.&G.1.2Citizenship
Blue Ridge Elementary – Year Long Curriculum Map
Health
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Personal
Space
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Personal
Hygiene
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Expression of
emotions
(K.MEH.1)
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Position Words
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Shapes
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Colors
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Proper
Handwashing
(K.PCH.1)
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Likes and
Differences
2D Shapes
Attributes
(More & Less)
Counting &
Cardinality
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Personal
Hygiene
Numbers to 10
Counting &
Cardinality
Measurable
attributes
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Math
K.ICR.1Healthy and
effective
relationships
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K.NPA.1Nutrition
K.ICR.1Healthy and
effective
relationships
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K.ICR.1Healthy and
effective
relationships
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K.ICR.1Healthy and
effective
relationships
Counting to
100
Comparing #’s
1-10.
Counting &
Cardinality
2D & 3D
shapes
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Attributes of
2D and 3D
shapes
Addition and
subtraction
Decompose
numbers
Fact Fluency to
10
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Place Value to
20
Counting
forward,
without starting
at 1.
Write numbers
0-20
<,>,=
Building 3D
shapes
Classifying
objects
Addition and
Subtraction
Math Fact
Fluency
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