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 teh 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