Kindergarten Curriculum

Reading

Unit 1: We Are Readers: Launching Reading Workshop
Unit 2: Emergent Readers
Unit 3: Super Powers
Unit 4: Bigger Books, Bigger Muscles
Unit 5: Becoming Avid Readers
Unit 6: Growing Expertise in Little Books: Non Fiction Reading Centers
Unit 7: Readers are Resourceful
Math

Unit 1: Math in Our World
Unit 2: Numbers 1-10
Unit 3: Flat Shapes All Around Us
Unit 4: Understanding Addition and Subtraction
Unit 5: Composing and Decomposing Numbers 1-10
Unit 6: Numbers 0-20
Unit 7: Solid Shapes All Around Us
Unit 8: Putting It All Together
Social Studies

Unit 1: My School and Community: Star Name
Unit 2: Self and Others: Individual Development and Cultural Identity: Celebrations
Unit 3: Geography, People and the Environment: Neighborhood Study
STEM

Unit 1: Sunlight and Weather
Unit 2: Needs of Plants and Animals
Unit 3: Pushes and Pulls
Art

Unit 1: Analyzing Theme: Characters and the Authors Who Created Them
Unit 2: Reading Nonfiction: Tackling Complexity
Unit 3: Researching Debateable Issues
Unit 4: Interpreting Text Sets
Unit 5: Fantasy Books Clubs
Unit 6: Independent Book Clubs
Social and Emotional Learning

Unit 1: Charter
Unit 2: Mood Meter
Unit 3: Meta Moments
Unit 4: Blueprint
Four Rs: Reading, Writing, Respect & Resolution

Grade 1 Curriculum

Reading

Unit 1: Readers build good habits & word detectives
Unit 2: Learning about the world by Reading
Unit 3: Readers Get to know characters and learn lessons
Unit 4: Readers have big jobs (fluency/phonics/comprehension)
Unit 5: Nonfiction book clubs
Unit 6: Fiction series books
Math

Unit 1: Adding & subtracting & working with data
Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction
Unit 3: Story Problems
Unit 4: Adding and subtracting within 20
Unit 5: Numbers to 99
Unit 6: Adding within 100
Unit 7: Length Measurements within 120 Units
Unit 8: Geometry and Time
Unit 9: Putting it all together
Social Studies

Unit 1: Families Around the World
Unit 2: Families Long Ago
Unit 3: Mapping Our Community
STEM

Unit 1: Spinning Earth
Unit 2: Animal and Plant Defenses
Unit 3: Light and Sound
Art

Unit 1: Analyzing Theme: Characters and the Authors Who Created Them
Unit 2: Reading Nonfiction: Tackling Complexity
Unit 3: Researching Debateable Issues
Unit 4: Interpreting Text Sets
Unit 5: Fantasy Books Clubs
Unit 6: Independent Book Clubs
Writing Workshops

Unit 1: Small movements (personal narrative)
Unit 2: “All About” books (informative writing)
Unit 3: Reviews (persuasive Writing)
Unit 4: Poetry
Unit 5: From Scenes to Series

Grade 2 Curriculum

Reading

Unit 1: Teaching Reading Habits and Setting a Purpose for your Reading
Unit 2: Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction
Unit 3: Bigger Books, Building Stamina and Comprehension
Unit 4: Tracking Character Changes
Unit 5: Nonfiction Book Clubs
Unit 6: Series Book Clubs
Math

Unit 1: Adding, Subtracting and Working with Data
Unit 2: Adding and Subtracting Within 100
Unit 3: Measuring Length
Unit 4: Addition and Subtraction on the Number Line
Unit 5: Numbers to 1,000
Unit 6: Geometry, Time and Money
Unit 7: Adding and Subtracting Within 100
Unit 8: Equal Groups
Unit 9: Putting it all Together
Social Studies

Unit 1: Our Community's Geography
Unit 2: New York City Over Time
Unit 3: Urbin, Suburban and Rural Communities
Unit 4: Rights, Rules and Responsibilities
STEM

Unit 1: Changing Landforms
Unit 2: Plant and Animal Relationships
Unit 3: Properties of Materials
Art

Unit 1: Analyzing Theme: Characters and the Authors Who Created Them
Unit 2: Reading Nonfiction: Tackling Complexity
Unit 3: Researching Debateable Issues
Unit 4: Interpreting Text Sets
Unit 5: Fantasy Books Clubs
Unit 6: Independent Book Clubs
Writing Workshops

Unit 1: Personal Narratives
Unit 2: Informational Writing
Unit 3: Opinion Writing
Unit 4: Narrative Writing (Realistic Fiction)
Unit 5: Lab Reports and
Unit 7: Informational Books
Unit 8: Poetry

Grade 3 Curriculum

Reading

Unit 1: Building a Reading Life
Unit 2: Reading to Learn
Unit 3: Series
Unit 4: Character Studies
Unit 5: Research Clubs
Unit 6: Interpreting Poetry
Math

Unit 1: Introducing Multiplication
Unit 2: Area and Multiplication
Unit 3: Wrapping Up Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000
Unit 4: Relating Multiplication to Division
Unit 5: Fractions as Numbers
Unit 6: Measuring Length, Time, Liquid Volume and Weight
Unit 7: Two Dimensional Shapes and Perimeter
Unit 8: Putting it All Together
Social Studies

Unit 1: Introduction to World Geography & World Communities
Unit 2: Case Study: China
Unit 3: Case Study: Nigeria
Unit 4: Case Study: Peru
STEM

Unit 1: Environments and Survival
Unit 2: Balancing Forces
Unit 3: Weather and Climate
Social and Emotional Learning

Unit 1: Charter
Unit 2: Mood Meter
Unit 3: Meta Moments
Unit 4: Blueprint
Four Rs: Reading, Writing, Respect & Resolution
Writing Workshops

Unit 1: Persuasive Essays
Unit 2: Informational Writing
Unit 3: Writing From Research
Unit 4: Literary Essays
Unit 5: Narrative Writing
Unit 7: Writing Poetry

Grade 4 Curriculum

Reading

Unit 1: Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story
Unit 2: Reading the Weather, Reading the World: Purposeful Reading of Nonfiction
Unit 3: Historical Fiction Clubs
Unit 4: Test Preparation
Unit 5: Learning Through Reading: The American Revolution
Math

Unit 1: Factors and Multiples
Unit 2: Fraction Equivalence and Comparison
Unit 3: Extending Operations to Fractions
Unit 4: From Hundredths to Hundred-Thousands
Unit 5: Multiplicative Comparison and Measurement
Unit 6: Multiplying and Dividing Multi- digit Numbers
Unit 7: Angles and Angle Measurement
Unit 8: Properties of Two-dimensional Shapes
Unit 9: Putting it All Together
Social Studies

Unit 1: NYS Geography
Unit 2: Native Americans
Unit 3: Explorers
Unit 4: Colonial America and the
American Revolution
Unit 5: The Constituion and the New Nation
STEM

Unit 1: Energy Conversions
Unit 2: Waves, Energy and Information
Unit 3: Earth's Features
Social and Emotional Learning

Unit 1: Charter
Unit 2: Mood Meter
Unit 3: Meta Moments
Unit 4: Blueprint
Four Rs: Reading, Writing, Respect & Resolution
Writing Workshops

Unit 1: The Arc of the Story: Writing Realistic Fiction
Unit 2: Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essay
Unit 3: Literary Essay: Writing About Fiction
Unit 4: Test Preparation
Unit 5: Bringing History to Life
Unit 6: Historical Fiction

Grade 5 Curriculum

Reading

Math